In this You Tube video, Barack Obama discusses his policies concerning people with autism and other disabilities.
Click here to view the video
Friday, June 27, 2008
What autism does to a Mother
Redbook magazine recently published the 2nd in a series of articles that are doing on the personal side of autism and how it impacts families. In part one, you can meet the Kalkowski family and walk with them through the diagnosis process at:
Click here to read part 1
In part 2......
Nicole Kalkowski knows that beyond the stress, fear, and family turmoil that come with learning that your child has this devastating disorder, there is also a devastating aloneness. In the second installment of Living With Autism, we follow this mother of three as she struggles to save her son and finds help — for her children and for herself — in unexpected places.
Click here to read part 2
Click here to read part 1
In part 2......
Nicole Kalkowski knows that beyond the stress, fear, and family turmoil that come with learning that your child has this devastating disorder, there is also a devastating aloneness. In the second installment of Living With Autism, we follow this mother of three as she struggles to save her son and finds help — for her children and for herself — in unexpected places.
Click here to read part 2
Wednesday, June 4, 2008
Care Notebooks Help Families Maintain Records
Sooner SUCCESS believes that parents are the experts on their children and need to be empowered with practical tools to help them manage their child's care.
The Care Notebook, created by the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), helps parents and caregivers maintain an ongoing record of their child's unique care, services, providers, and notes. It is also a way to help keep the lines of communication open between the many providers and services that can make up a family’s medical home.
Health professionals recommend that parents/caregivers bring this notebook everywhere: to all medical appointments, therapies, care conferences, school meetings, even on vacations where new service providers may be necessary.
The AAP Care Notebook can even be customized online to fit the personal needs of each child.
For assistance in building a care notebook or to request links to other online examples of Care Notebooks, contact Lisa Simmons at 603-1580.
The Care Notebook, created by the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), helps parents and caregivers maintain an ongoing record of their child's unique care, services, providers, and notes. It is also a way to help keep the lines of communication open between the many providers and services that can make up a family’s medical home.
Health professionals recommend that parents/caregivers bring this notebook everywhere: to all medical appointments, therapies, care conferences, school meetings, even on vacations where new service providers may be necessary.
The AAP Care Notebook can even be customized online to fit the personal needs of each child.
For assistance in building a care notebook or to request links to other online examples of Care Notebooks, contact Lisa Simmons at 603-1580.
Tuesday, June 3, 2008
Low birth weight increases risk of autism, particularly in girls
Low birth weight and preterm birth increase the risk of autism in infants by about twofold, but more than threefold for girls, according to a new study. The research bolsters the suspected link between autism, low birth weight, and prematurity.
To read more details about this study, click here to visit Web MD
To read more details about this study, click here to visit Web MD
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