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Autism and Design.

Posted 21st October 2008 at 14:55 by Carey2

I have been contacted by a group of design students that have set themselves the task of designing "something" that will make a difference to the lives of youngsters with a learning disability,the austistic spectrum being one of the fields they are investigating.

You will find their posts within the forum here :

http://www.theblueroomforum.org/f29/...rs-design-711/

http://www.theblueroomforum.org/f21/...oduct-you-712/...

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This disturbs me somewhat.........

Posted 29th August 2008 at 14:30 by Carey2
Updated 21st October 2008 at 14:39 by Carey2

Over the last year we have seen some successes and breakthroughs with the government and local authorities responding to pressure and campaigns by the National Autistic Society and it's members.

Now I have seen on various forums a number of posts by professionals asking for help and advice dealing with people that are on the autsitic spectrum. These have come about as the posters have no knowledge,experience or training relating to autism in any form.

Full credit to...

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Holidays nearly over,are you ready for the new term?

Posted 29th August 2008 at 13:56 by Carey2
Updated 30th August 2008 at 08:05 by Carey2

Well the summer seemed a long one without a lot of decent holiday weather,this resulted in a surge in bandwidth usage as a delighted son declared that being on the computer playing Halo and Runescape is better than going out anyway.
Listed amongst the reasons : It's what I want to do anyway,going out stops me having fun with my friends,(online friends) going out means dealing with too many people and who wants to sit in a car anyway. etc. etc.

So the trips out this year have...

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Well it is that time of year again........

Posted 10th July 2008 at 18:48 by Carey2

The summer holidays are fast approaching and while for many that means looking forward to 6 or 7 weeks of relaxation for many other families it is the beginning of several weeks of possible stress and anxiety.

All these weeks without the routine of school or residential setting can be very traumatic for many on the autistic spectrum , this is of course made worse by worry over changes of class/teacher/rooms etc.

In the last couple of weeks my son has already been through...

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St. Lucie teacher has students vote on whether 5-year-old can stay in class

Posted 25th May 2008 at 11:38 by Carey2
Updated 25th May 2008 at 15:31 by Carey2

http://www.tcpalm.com/news/2008/may/...er-5-year-old/

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PORT ST. LUCIE — Melissa Barton said she is considering legal action after her son's kindergarten teacher led his classmates to vote him out of class.

After each classmate was allowed to say what they didn't like about Barton's 5-year-old son, Alex, his Morningside Elementary teacher said they were going to take a vote, Barton said.

By a 14 to 2 margin, the

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