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Comment by WhisperingWinds on November 27, 2009 at 8:12pm

I am posting two of my favorite links for any parent of a special need child.
www.nichcy.org
has lots of great info on different topics for parent's and schools.

been around a long time a national clearing house of info and resources by state.

www.disabilityinfo.gov same as above but more info.

oh, one more www.idea.ed.gov for iep and spec ed info.

Comment by WhisperingWinds on November 26, 2009 at 5:38pm

Hi. We have off and on issues with transition anxiety. that was the toughest. But we have traveld across the US, plane train and auto. We pick places less crowded but as kids we went to disneyland, the beach. she loves the beaches in so calif. the water and the sand. She is still now teaching herself new things. The other day something broke on a spray bottle. she fixed it! she tuaght her self how to use the paint programs in the computer. I am always impressed. She is usually pretty happy. She can have a killer sense of humor. They say our kids do not have feelings or emotions. ha! She has come a long long way. There was a time when we thought she would not talk. Now she talks all the time!

Comment by WhisperingWinds on November 26, 2009 at 9:56am

Julie try not to take all the stuff they write about autism to hear. 20 yrs nothing was known about it. So called experts were not there. It is a life by trial and error and effort. Happy turkey day!

Comment by Julie on November 25, 2009 at 5:12pm

Wow, that's great! I agree, and it was surprising, when certain autistic labeled issues disappeared or finally went away after lots of focus on them. I love my baby!

Comment by WhisperingWinds on November 25, 2009 at 1:55pm

HI julie My dd is lower functioning. I work pt as a sub teacher. I can tell you your child will continue to learn and grow. there used to be this idea that our kids learned and then stopped learning. Not so.
Things will come and go with your auti child. Some of the sensitives she used to have are thankfully gone with age and time.
Things like noise. Being around big crowds have eased a lot.

It is a lot of work but i love my baby as well. She is 24 and graduated in 07.

Comment by Julie on November 24, 2009 at 10:27am

Just a "hello" from me and my son. My son is a high-functioning child with Autism. He is AWESOME and the most precious person in my life! If anyone needs any advice--I find a lot of people just wanting to hear from someone with an older child, because it gives them hope--then feel free to shoot me an email or post.

I haven't been on here for a while so I don't know if I need to keep checking back or if they'll send me an email that someone responded to my post. Happy Thanksgiving Week!

Comment by Julie Allen on September 3, 2009 at 10:16am

Did anyone else watch the Dateline special with Matt Lauer about the vaccine debate? Watching on my TEVO later today.. If you have, any thoughts??

Comment by JT on August 30, 2009 at 6:41am

thanks so much to the members that wrote me back about my son,its great to have support like that.

Comment by Julie Allen on August 17, 2009 at 7:31pm

Hi Don,
Let me please pass on this message of hope~ it can happen.
Start from there. I can testify to that. Your feelings are valid as far as, it seeming difficult at times when you have a special needs child and you are single. You just need to get creative and really believe that it can and will happen. One piece of advice is to go to support groups. Thats one way to meet other parents, with similar struggles- who may even be biased to special needs kids in a good way:) Another thing is to just keep enjoying your life- If you're having a good time than someone else is bound to want to come along. Guess what, if not, that's ok too because lets face it- better to be alone than w/ the wrong person. I guess what I'm trying to say is- have faith. Know that you're not alone. My eldest has HFA and I have also pondered meeting anyone that would understand. I haven't revisited that though because I really don't care if anyone does or doesn't. Either they will or they won't and regardless it's ok.
Please hook up with me on FB http://www.facebook.com/JDA1029 and twitter http://twitter.com/treasurehuntres I'm hugely involved with Autism Speaks and a support group near where I live. Who needs anyone who views any child as baggage? There are many of us out there that love autistic kids- you just gotta look. I'm glad you've started so, thank you:)

Comment by Don S. on July 25, 2009 at 11:30am

Hi, I'm a single father of 10y/o twins with ASD I've had custody for a year and have been divorced for about 3yrs. Haley and Wylie are pretty wonderful kids, we do a lot of stuff together. I joined this forum a few months ago and have made some friends but haven't come accross any with kids with autism. As a man with custody of ASDTwins I feel absolutly cursed when it comes to dating, making new friends and dealing with old relationships. Not that I would give up my kids or wish them different, it's more of a realization about how biased the community is against custodial fathers and how most people in the single life view kids with special needs as "Baggage" I now focus on hobbies, support groups and my life with my kids and work. I have only been lurking at this site and other's like Facebook/Autism Speaks/etc.. for last month or so. I have retracted to only messaging to a few sympathetic friends... It's not healthy, but like I said I feel cursed.

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