Autism - Volunteer 4 Your Fav. Org. - All Skills Needed!

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"Hope for a bright future. Live in the moment. I just want to be loved. Autism can be a complex medical condition, affecting G.I. and speech. As a society, I wish we could celebrate being on the spectrum as savant skills and a pureness of the soul. Dare to say that with an "explosion" of autism that autism is normal. You can help with social education and state sponsored medical research."

Please contact your favorite autism organization to see how YOU can help. Do you have a skill that can benefit children such as karate, piano, painting...? Contact your local public school and be a volunteer! You truly can make a difference. "It takes a village to raise one child."

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[glassjim]

This video on Autisim shows a caring and concern about how any parent would do anything to improve their autistic child. A parent's love is complete and all consuming JG

[liebejill]

Thank you! Well expressed.

[alpswissart]

great i like the creative part of cutup

[liebejill]

Thanks!

[ensrifraff]

I'm not too familiar but if you look at videos by silentmiaow (Amanda Baggs). She's 100% nonverbal and communicates with a type pad. I'm sure she'd be glad to provide information.

[liebejill]

Is there a specific brand or technique that you would recommend?

[ensrifraff]

Digestive issues are no fun. Have you tried using a type pad to teach him to communicate?

[liebejill]

Demonizing is a strong word. Perhaps, they mean that many children with autism lack social reciprocity. This can mean among other things that they may lack the ability to care if they hurt someone's feelings.

[autismdiva]

The MIND institute has led the way in demonizing autistic children, making them sound as if they are truly awful and nearly non-human. Once you do that it's easy to advocate for terminating autistic fetuses. They are looking for biomarkers. Biomarkers might be detectable in the fetus. It's naive to think autistic fetuses wouldn't be aborted the way Down syndrome fetuses are now.

[autismdiva]

Also, David Amaral has said one direction they'd like to go is with plasmapheresis of mothers early in pregancy or somewhere in pregnancy to remove her antibodies to the baby's brain. It's a hypothesis they have. What damage could this do to a baby? I don't know, but I wouldn't do it. They are talking about using surogate mothers, too for moms who might have antibodies to their babies. Very brave new world, if you ask me.