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Happy Holidays $URPRI$e$ !!! from  Secret Santa's $100K gift to Sandy victims | National News - WDSU Home

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(Secret) Santa gets help from Fore!Kids Foundation

NFL Saints Quarterback legend Archie Manning teams up with Fore!Kids Foundation and Zurich insurance group  to donate $100 Toys R US gift cards! Read what Bransen Benton thinks about   (Secret) Santa gets help from Fore!Kids Foundation | New Orleans - WDSU Home

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Disability Rights Galaxy - Facebook Roundup

'Disability Rights Galaxy' blogged on November 16, 2011 about issues that are still relevant.

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an early Christimas gift for Grandparents

Yes, it's Labor Day.
But, Autism needs can't wait.
Besides, 'Christmas in July' already happened!

• Grandparent's Guide to Autism Spectrum Disorders: Making the Most of Time at Nana's House

• by Nancy Mucklow

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Paralympian with AS wins GOLD!

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Jessica-Jane Applegate swam a perfectly controlled race to claim ParalympicsGB's third gold medal in the pool with victory in the S14 200 metres freestyle.

Applegate, who turned 16 less than a fortnight ago, had qualified fastest after breaking her own British record this morning.

Applegate, who turned 16 less than a fortnight ago, had qualified fastest after breaking her own British record this morning

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an aspie world?

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Controversial stem cell treatment put to test in groundbreaking autism study

Diseases and conditions where stem cell treatment is promising or emerging. (See Wikipedia:Stem cell#Treatments). Bone marrow transplantation is, as of 2009, the only established use of stem cells. Model: Mikael Häggström. To discuss image, please see Template talk:Häggström diagrams (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Stem cell diagram illustrates a human fetus stem cell and possible uses on the circulatory, nervous, and immune systems. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

In the first such officially-sanctioned study of its kind, investigators are planning to test whether stem cells can effectively treat autism. And they've drawn some quick criticism of their work from researchers who are skeptical about the small number of young patients which will be recruited for the FDA-approved trial.
In the study, investigators at the Sutter Institute for Medical Research in Sacramento, CA, will enroll 30 children between the ages of two and 7. Half will be treated with injections of their own cord blood stem cells drawn from a single stem cell bank over 6 months, while the other half is given a placebo. Then they will switch therapies for the next 6 months.

Diagram of stem cell division and differentiation. A - stem cell; B - progenitor cell; C - differentiated cell; 1 - symmetric stem cell division; 2 - asymmetric stem cell division; 3 - progenitor division; 4 - terminal differentiation (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

"This is the start of a new age of research in stem cell therapies for chronic diseases such as autism, ..., said Michael Chez, the director of pediatric neurology with the Sutter Neuroscience Institute and principal study investigator. "I will focus on a select portion of children diagnosed with autism who have no obvious cause for the condition, such as known genetic syndromes or brain injury."

August 21, 2012 | By John Carroll
Read more: Controversial stem cell treatment put to test in groundbreaking autism study - FierceBiotech http://www.fiercebiotech.com/story/controversial-stem-cell-treatment-put-test-groundbreaking-autism-study/2012-08-21#ixzz24KW3pBqt
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The School Law Blog - Court Upholds N.Y. Bar on 'Aversive Interventions' for Students

Court Upholds N.Y. Bar on 'Aversive Interventions' for Students - The School Law Blog - Education Week

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Autistic Grief Is Not Like Neurotypical Grief

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I discovered ASD via grief.It was on my 47th birthday that I actually had the misfortune to witness the death of my father via stroke. Had I entered the room just five minutes later, I would have missed hearing his last words or seeing the terror in his eyes as h

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5 Steps for Parents to Climb the Mountain of Transition to Middle School

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5 Steps for Parents to Climb the Mountain of Transition to Middle School

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How to Have a Good Relationship with Your Child's Teacher

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What Are Special Needs? Children's Disabilities and the Special Needs of Families

What Are Special Needs? Children's Disabilities and the Special Needs of Families

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Back to School Resources

“Don’t you love New York in the fall? It makes me wanna buy school supplies. I would send you a bouquet of newly sharpened pencils if I knew your name and address.” Quote from the movie You've Got Mail.

Here are some great online resources for information and tips for Back to School

And here are links to two of our popular previous blog posts about getting ready for Back to School: Back To School: Help I need a placement! and other concerns

Back to School: Get Ready with Organized School Records

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School Uses Olympics to Teach Autistic Students in Manhattan

School Uses Olympics to Teach Autistic Students in Manhattan - NYTimes.com

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The Amazing Spider-Man: The Animal Farm of the Autism Epidemic?

The Amazing Spider-Man: The Animal Farm of the Autism Epidemic? - AGE OF AUTISM

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iPhone/iPad Apps for AAC

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'Special Education Rights and Responsibilities Manual'

Special Education and Disability Rights Blog: Resource of the Week: Special Education Rights an...: Disability Rights California (the Protection and Advocacy, Inc - or PAI - of California) produces many great publications that are user frie...
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Aspergers and Working

Asperger Syndrome Employment Workbook - An Employment Workbook for Adults with Asperger Syndrome'

By Roger N. Meyer, a forward by Dr. Tony Attwood, Published by Jessica Kingsley Publishings

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Alexa Posny, Education and Rehabilitative Services | ED.gov Blog

Leaders@ED: Alexa Posny, Assistant Secretary for Special Education and Rehabilitative Services | ED.gov Blog

Dr. Posny addresses Special Education and Rehabilitative Services issues during the annual OSEP Leadership Conference.

Office of Special Education Programs(OSEP) - U.S. Department of Education

The 2012 OSEP Leadership Conference will support

better outcomes for infants, toddlers, children and

youth with disabilities and their families by providing

opportunities for key leaders and partners to interact with

Department staff and OSEP-funded technical assistance

providers.

Time: July 30, 2012 at 8am to August 1, 2012 at 5pm

Location: Hyatt Regency on Capitol Hill

City/Town: Washington, DC

Event Type: conference

The 2012 OSEP Leadership Conference (previously

named the OSEP Mega Leadership Conference)

  OSEP Leadership Conference - TA&D Network

2012 OSEP Project Directors' Conference . The 2012 OSEP Project Directors' Conference will be held July 23–25, 2012, at the Marriott Wardman Park Hotel in ...

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...Are you Really Done at 21?!

Adults - Ongoing Services Throughout The Lifespan: Are You Really Done at 21

Suzanne Grimshaw MSW, LCSW

 Your children were most likely diagnosed when they were young. Now, they are becoming an adult or soon will reach that age where they might need ongoing services throughout their lifespan. While some adults with autism will likely live in homes of their own with only a little support, many more will require a range of ongoing and even intensive services throughout their lifespan. The sad reality at this time is that there is a tremendous lack of adult residential supports and pro... 

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 Suzette Bartlett, MSW, LCSW and Suzanne Grimshaw, MSW, LCSW present, "Adults - Ongoing Services Throughout The Lifespan: Are You Really Done at 21", Thursday evening, September 6 at 7:00pm at the USAAA 2012 World Conference.  

more »  For adults with Autism and Asperger's  transitioning into adulthood can be very difficult. A Residential/Day Program Model will be presented. Conference Schedule and Abstracts REGISTRATION Access to USAAA Newsletter Archive 2005 - 2012 CEU ACCREDITATIONQUICK FACTSThe US Autism & Asperger Association 5th Annual World Conference, held October 1-3, 2010, became the most viewed Autism/Asperger conference in the world. This was the first ever Autism and Asperger conference streamed lived in its entirety.

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Voting Rights & People with disabilities

     Here are a few views from several countries on Voting Rights & People with disabilities:

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Today I came across a story from Minnesota, where voting rights for the mentally disabled has become a hot topic. Currently the law there presupposes their right to vote, unless a judge determines otherwise. There is a movement – and a legal challenge – that would like to see the presumption go against those existing rights; specifically that those under guardianship should not be allowed to vote unless a judge rules otherwise.

Besides the questions this raises about discrimination and any legitimate reasons for excluding a group of people from voting, it made me wonder what the situation was here in New Zealand. Do we also take away people’s rights to vote if a judge says so, solely on the grounds of intellectual or mental disability? The answer appears to be “no:” In New Zealand, people excluded from voting (besides those who are under 18 or do not qualify as citizens in the relevant sense), are only those who are either currently in prison, or “who have been in a psychiatric hospital for more than three years after being charged with a criminal offence.” This website further explains the relevance and function of this exclusion:

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Voting Rights For People With Disabilities Questioned - Disability Scoop

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With the presidential campaign season heading into high gear, concerns are being raised about whether all people with disabilities should have the right to vote.

 Voting-rights debate sets off alarms among disabled people and their advocates

"I want to vote," said Dave McMahan, a 61-year-old military veteran with mental illness who lives in a Minneapolis group home and has his affairs controlled by a legal guardian. "I've been through sweat and blood to vote. I don't want my rights taken away, because I fought for my rights here in the United States and expect to keep them that way."
At stake are the voting rights of an estimated 22,000 people whose affairs are controlled in varying degrees under guardianships. Under current law, they retain the right to vote unless a judge takes it away. That presumption, and its apparent conflict with the state Constitution, has been questioned in the lawsuit and in debate at the Legislature earlier this year.

Lawyer Robert McLeod, a guardianship expert who helped write the current law, argued against Kiffmeyer's bill and against the court petition.

"We're talking about taking a fundamental liberty and stripping it from 22,000 people," he said.

While abuse may occur, he said, that does not justify penalizing the disabled people who may be victimized.

Brian Erickson, a 40-year-old Army veteran, is another of Grisham's guardianship clients who has a mental illness. ...,  who lives his life by the orderly schedule worked out by his guardians and Veterans Affairs.

He didn't want to give up his right to vote. "As a vulnerable adult, the only way we can speak is by voting. I don't want them making laws that take that right taken away from me," he said.

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