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Ren Roque

August 22nd, 2010 7:10 pm PT

It’s back to school once again.  Parents with autistic children may experience stress and frustration preparing their kids for school.  Autistic children don’t always welcome change specially to routines that they are already familiar with.  It can be overwhelming and for some emotionally draining.  The challenge and opportunity may be in how you handle the situation.  Getting someone to watch over your autistic child while you shop may seem like a good idea.  But maybe it’s time to face the music and do something this year that can be beneficial for you and your child.


Everyone in Huntington Beach knows where Bella Terra is.  Chances are you have taken your family to Bella Terra to watch movies, eat at restaurants, or shop for clothes.  If your autistic child is already familiar with Bella Terra, then why not visit Staples to shop for school supplies, Kohl’s for back to school clothes, and of course take a break and indulge in a snack at Jamba Juice, Corner Bakery, Pete’s, Starbucks, or The Cheesecake Factory.   Make it a fun day and plan your shopping activities with occasional breaks. And just maybe if your child behaves, end your shopping with a favorite movie at Century.

Read in Full: http://www.examiner.com/autism-parenting-in-santa-ana/back-to-school-for-autism



 

 

Karla Akins

August 22nd, 2010 11:30 pm CT

 

There’s a new trend in homeschooling that’s the greatest idea since lapbooking. Many moms have been using it all along but called it something else.

 

The trend is called Workboxing. To learn how it works check out the Heart of Wisdom blog about how to set up a workbox homeschool. Also another picture journal entry here. Included in this blog are downloads you can use to set up a workbox program. Another good post is here.

 

This system shares similarities with the TEACCH method of working with children with autism. TEACCH stands for the Treatment and Education of Autistic and Related Communication Handicapped Children.

 

The reason the workbox system can work for students with autism (depending on where they are on the spectrum) is because each drawer gives the child a clear beginning and end to the task. They open the drawer and remove the assignment, complete it, and move it to another drawer or basket. Or they can put it back in the same drawer and close the drawer again. They must complete that task before moving on to the next task in the next drawer.

 

A more complicated step for higher functioning children is to place a velcro label from the front of the box that’s completed onto a card. It works sort of like a 3D checklist. Some children relish this step as there’s a feeling of satisfaction of having completed a task, much as adults cross off to-do lists.

 

Read in Full: 

http://www.examiner.com/homeschooling-in-fort-wayne/why-workboxes-can-work-for-your-autistic-homeschooler



 

Micki Steele / The Detroit News

Birmingham

 

Ninth-grader Andrew Downs of Royal Oak didn’t know what to expect the first day of camp. But after two weeks in a program for people with special needs, the 14-year-old had learned yoga and made friends.

“It was a bit sketchy at first,” said Andrew, who spends most of his time in a wheelchair. “But once I got into it, it was a good experience.”

Andrew performed Friday as a monkey in Camp FAR Out’s “Jungle Adventures” music and dance recital with 34 other campers with special needs. Some are autistic. Others have Down syndrome. But they all got on stage for the camp’s finale performance.

“We put them all together and it works,” said Arlene Kass, the executive director. “All of their abilities and talents are explored.”

The FAR Conservatory of Therapeutic and Performing Arts in Birmingham sponsors the annual 10-day summer camp. It also offers year-round art, music, dance, sports and recreation programming for children and adults with special needs to help them learn social skills and build confidence.

Read in Full:  http://www.detnews.com/article/20100821/METRO02/8210361/1409/metro/Camp-exposes-special-needs-children-to-performance-art–recreation



 

 

By Denise Bachman

 

Like many first-time moms, Lauren Moye is a bit apprehensive about her 5-year-old son’s first day of kindergarten.

 

But her concerns have nothing to do with separation anxiety. As a single parent who works full time at Fairmont Supply Co., Moye takes her son, Jayden Thompson, to day care on a daily basis.

 

On Sept. 1, though, Jayden will be boarding a school bus bound for Washington Park Elementary, and sometimes he doesn’t deal well with change.

 

Jayden has an autism spectrum disorder. He was diagnosed at age 3 by doctors at Children’s Hospital in Pittsburgh with pervasive developmental disorder, which is characterized by delays in socialization and communication.

 

“I’m terrified of school and wondering whether he’ll go on the school bus,” Moye said while Jayden played with some of his superhero action figures in the family’s Washington apartment.

 

“I know deep down in my heart, he’ll be OK,” she said.

 

Jayden has a strong support system, starting with his mom, who has been his biggest advocate ever since she noticed a delay in his speech. Even though she was told all Jayden needed was speech therapy, she had her doubts.

 

Read in Full: 

http://www.observer-reporter.com/or/localnews/08-22-2010-Jayden-Thompson-autism-education



 

The issue of forced contraception raises difficult questions about autonomous decision making under the Mental Capacity Act

Wayne Martin

20 August 2010 13.30 BST

Can the state force a mentally disabled woman to use contraception? How should a judge decide whether a woman in an abusive relationship has the capacity to make decisions about her own body? What is the role played by other people when we make a decision for ourselves?

Recent weeks have seen the first spate of judicial rulings under the landmark Mental Capacity Act. The act was adopted by parliament in 2005, and came into effect in 2007, but it is only now that the first cases are testing key provisions of the new legal world it establishes.

The disturbing case of Mrs A explores troubling questions about procreation and power in the context of mental disability and domestic violence. It raises deep and difficult questions about just what it means for individuals to make decisions for themselves.

Mrs A suffers from a significant learning disability; court papers document that her IQ is in the bottom one percentile of adults of her age.

Prior to meeting her husband, she had twice become pregnant. Although she insisted that she would be a good mother, a pre-birth assessment in each instance concluded that she lacked the insight to meet her baby’s needs without intensive support. Under court order, her two infants were removed at birth. After the second pregnancy, Mrs A herself came under a guardianship order and began using contraception, administered by a monthly injection.

Read in Full:  http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/aug/20/mental-health



 

Dear Readers,

Aspie Editorial is moving to a new home in the next month or two.  Sadly, Blog City has called time on its service:

Dear Blog-City Citizens,,

The team at Blog-City are announcing ‘time’ on the service.

We will be closing the blog-city doors 1st January 2012.

It has been a fun time for us, but we no longer have the time to commit to upgrades and new features. We feel its neglect may be stopping you from moving to pastures new where features are more vigorously upheld.

All existing subscriptions will be honoured so do not worry. We will however be removing the resubscription pages. If you’re subscription is ending shortly and you wish to take advantage of the next 18 months with us, please contact us through your blog “help me now” and we can come to some arrangement. If you would like help with backing up your existing data, please use the “help me now” tool.

There is no rush, you’re subscriptions will run to term and we will help you where you require it.

We appreciate all the support and usership you have given us since the turn of the new millenium and wish you all the best!

Sincere thanks to everyone who has been a part of the city.

Blog City staff are currently working on a WP/Blogger export which may take a further month or two to establish due to time constraints.   The new site will be with WordPress (https://www.aspie-editorial.com/ for those interested in a sneak preview).  I’ll be the first to admit, it’ll take some getting used to.  Hopefully the lighter background will make reading that much easier for some.

Meanwhile, posts will continue as usual here.  Next notification, should hopefully follow a pain-free and successful migration!

Thanks,

Julie



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Article Date: 20 Aug 2010 – 9:00 PDT

“It’s like a magic drug”, said the lead researcher of a team from Yale University in the US whose latest study suggests that ketamine, a drug normally used as an anasthetic, could be reformulated as an anti-depressant that takes effect in hours rather than the usual weeks and months of most available medications.

You can read how the researchers discovered this effect in a study they performed on rats which was published online on 20 August in the journal Science.

Senior author Dr Ronald Duman, professor of psychiatry and pharmacology at Yale, told the media that just one dose of the drug can work rapidly and lasts for seven to ten days.

This is the same ketamine that is used as a recreational drug, called “Special K”, or “K”.

He and his team found that the drug not only improved the rats’ depression-like behaviors, it also restored connections between neurons or brain cells that had been damaged by chronic stress. They called this “synaptogenesis”.

They hope their findings will help to speed up the development of a safe and easy to administer version of ketamine, which has already proved to be effective in severely depressed patients, they said.

About ten years ago, scientists at Connecticut Mental Health Center found that in lower doses, ketamine, normally used as a general anasthetic for children, appeared to relieve patients with depression.

Since then, other studies have shown that over two thirds of patients who don’t respond to all other types of anti-depressants improved hours after receiving ketamine, said Duman.

Read in Full:  http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/198483.php



 

By Daniel Tomasulo, Ph.D.

I’ve had the clandestine identity writer since I first scribbled in crayon on the living room wall. But there was always one small problem: talent. So the first thing I needed to do was to go out there and get me some of that God-given talent that God hadn’t given me yet. Here are the lessons I’ve learned.

Lesson One: Getting some skill

I took a noncredit course at the New School in New York City called Finding Your Voice In Non-Fiction. It seemed perfect. For 10 weeks 20 of us sat around and critiqued each other’s essays. This confirmed something I had suspected: Some people were better writers than me. I could tell. Their writing had whole sentences and nifty words. They had nice little paragraphs and compelling stories about something that really happened to them.

I learned how to identify what made their writing enticing, which made my drivel more readable. This was a challenge, of course, but there was an even bigger realization helping me: There were people who were worse than me.

Read in Full:  http://psychcentral.com/blog/archives/2010/08/23/finding-your-writing-voice-without-losing-your-mind/



 

By Rick Nauert PhD Senior News Editor
Reviewed by John M. Grohol, Psy.D. on August 24, 2010 

A new report suggests eating blueberries, strawberries, and acai berries may help the aging brain stay healthy in a crucial but previously unrecognized way.

The study, presented at the 240th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society (ACS), concludes that berries, and possibly walnuts, activate the brain’s natural “housekeeper” mechanism.

The berries’ natural compounds seem to clean up and recycle toxic proteins linked to age-related memory loss and other mental decline.

Shibu Poulose, Ph.D., who presented the report, said previous research suggested that one factor involved in aging is a steady decline in the body’s ability to protect itself against inflammation and oxidative damage.

This leaves people vulnerable to degenerative brain diseases, heart disease, cancer, and other age-related disorders.

“The good news is that natural compounds called polyphenolics found in fruits, vegetables and nuts have an antioxidant and anti-inflammatory effect that may protect against age-associated decline,” said Poulose, who is with the U. S. Department of Agriculture.

Read in Full:  http://psychcentral.com/news/2010/08/24/eat-berries-for-brain-health/17203.html



 

Article Date: 24 Aug 2010 – 2:00 PDT

The Epilepsy Therapy Project (ETP) and the Epilepsy Foundation (EF) announced the latest grant recipients of its New Therapy Grants Program, a unique joint venture of the non-profit epilepsy organizations, to advance promising epilepsy research in clinical development. The grant awards, totaling approximately $200,000 in funding, will support an experimental gene therapy that directly targets epileptogenic brain tissue, as well as an electrode system that has the potential to improve the efficacy of surgical therapies for certain epilepsy syndromes.

“Patients need new options to treat and manage epilepsy, and through this grant program we are excited to see such remarkable innovation in the field. The fields of gene therapy and surgical treatment of epilepsy remain cutting-edge with much to be explored in terms of advancing epilepsy treatment outcomes,” said Orrin Devinsky, MD, ETP Co-Founder and Vice President for Translational Programs, Professor of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Psychiatry, and Director, NYU Comprehensive Epilepsy Center, New York University. “By choosing to support these two promising programs, we hope to see important strides made while encouraging researchers and companies to pursue new ideas and approaches in epilepsy and seizure conditions.”

The New Therapy Grants program grants are designated to facilitate the advancement of new treatments through critical early-stage clinical development or to bridge the gap from preclinical to clinical development to ensure patients will have the opportunity to benefit from groundbreaking progress in the field of epilepsy. The award committee, which is comprised of clinical, scientific and industry representatives, evaluates applications to support new therapeutic approaches submitted by highly qualified clinical experts and scientists with the greatest potential for near-term patient benefit.

Read in Full:  http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/198664.php