Hi5! Cloud storage by Apple!

Apple Might Finally Solve Photo Storage Hell http://techcrunch.com/2014/06/22/apple-might-finally-solve-photo-storage-hell/

Healthy Parenting during a Move

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U.S./U.K. analysis: The Lifetime Cost of Autism Tops $2 Million per Person

In addition to medical costs, autism takes a financial toll in hidden ways as well, according to the latest tally

U.S. and U.K. scientists have completed the most comprehensive analysis of the costs associated with supporting a child with an autism-spectrum disorder (ASD) over a lifetime and found that those whose ASD is linked with intellectual disability can accrue up to $2.4 million while those without intellectual disability require about $1.4 million in medical, nonmedical and indirect costs. And that’s on top of the average $241,000 that it takes to raise a child to age 18 in the U.S.


These estimates, published in JAMA Pediatrics, are higher than previous ones, and highlight how diverse the costs of autism can be, from the more obvious medical fees to the hidden economic, social and even less tangible psychological ones.







The Lifetime Cost of Autism Tops $2 Million per Person | TIME









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Has Church Changed Since an Autism Diagnosis?

Worshippers With Disabilities Search For Acceptance -

Lindsay Graham grew up in the same church attended by her parents and
grandparents, and she expected the same would be true for her children. That
changed when her son, J.D., was diagnosed with autism at age 2.

It was time to find another church, one equipped to handle children with
disabilities. They ended up at First Baptist Orlando, which has a special needs
ministry for children.

 - Disability Scoop




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"Tips for crafting standards-based IEPs"

http://www.smartbrief.com/06/25/14/tips-crafting-standards-based-ieps#.U67Wxcko7qB

State laws for autism coverage are uneven across U.S.

States with the weakest infrastructure for diagnosing children with autism often lack laws requiring compensation for treatment costs, finds an analysis published 30 April in the journal Autism.

Only 37 out of 50 states and the District of Columbia mandate that private insurers cover behavioral therapies for children with autism. Behavioral interventions can help children with autism build basic skills and may reduce costs for their care in adulthood. But treatment costs range from $10,000 to $100,000 a year, making insurance companies reluctant to pay for it. In some states, mandates settle this problem.











State laws for autism coverage are uneven across U.S. — SFARI.org - Simons Foundation Autism Research Initiative

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Summer Fun: 199 Activities and Tips

Get your Ebook copy!

During the summertime, everyday life creates new classrooms in the kitchen, backyard or wherever we may be.  Math lessons and speech therapy happen at the neighborhood lemonade stand.  Science and sensory integration are part of the discovery process while digging in the garden.  Family fun can unlock teachable moments and develop relationship skills such as eye contact, joint attention, emotion sharing and episodic memory.




Summer Fun: 199 Activities and Tips | Friendship Circle -- Special Needs Blog





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"Smart Apps For Special Needs: Updated: Math apps for teens working at a lower level"

Smart Apps For Special Needs: Updated: Math apps for teens working at a lower le...: As new apps become available, we want to make sure our lists stay up to date. We started this math list back in September of 2013, an...



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Lisa M's Top Multiplayer Games - Smart Apps For Kids

Lisa M's Top Multiplayer Games

Having three children who are on the Autism Spectrum and have difficulty with joint attention and sharing means I am always on the look out for good multiplayer apps to help them to learn these skills.

The apps on this list are good for teaching these important life skills to ALL children in an entertaining way.

They also create a good opportunity to teach children to be good losers.

Lisa M's Top Multiplayer Games - Smart Apps For Kids

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#Autism & #Healthcare: Independent Research on Access to Care, Spending, Quality, Policies and Parity

Health care of children with autism


Perspectives on health care of adults with developmental disabilities
Healthcare Expenditures for Autism During Times of School Transition: Some Vulnerable Families Fall Behind

Racial and ethnic disparities in quality of health care among children with autism and other developmental disabilities

State insurance parity legislation for autism services and family financial burden


Health Care of Latino Children with Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities: Quality of Provider Interaction Mediates Utilization


State Medicaid Spending and Financial Burden of Families Raising Children with Autism


Access to care for children with autism in the context of state Medicaid reimbursement


State Medicaid policies and the health care access of low-income children with special health care needs living in the American South.


Utilization of Medicaid-funded interventions for children with autism


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Webinar "New CMS Regulation on HCBS Settings: Implications for Employment Services"

The National Disability Institute -LEAD Center  conducted a webinar about Home and Community Based Services.   Review the archived recording and the presentation materials from June 25, 2014 explaing the new employment settings regulations released by the Centers  for Medicare and Medicaid Services.

LEAD Center - Leadership for the Employment and Advancement of People with Disabilities
Click the  link below.

Webinar New CMS Regulation on HCBS Settings: Implications for Employment Services | LEAD Center



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"Schools May Be Underreporting Restraint, Seclusion"

Carson Luke, a young boy with autism, shattered bones in his hand and foot after educators grabbed him and tried to shut him into a “scream room.” Kids across the country risked similar harm at least 267,000 times in just one school year.

Propublica investigates: Violent and Legal: The Shocking Ways School Kids are Being Pinned Down, Isolated Against Their Will




Disability Scoop reports:

Students were subject to restraint and seclusion hundreds of thousands of times
in one school year, a new analysis finds, and that’s likely just the tip of the
iceberg.




Efforts in Congress in recent years to establish nationwide standards
limiting the use of restraint and seclusion in schools have stalled. While
favored by disability advocates, groups representing school administrators have
fought proposals to restrict the practices and insist that restraint and
seclusion are only used as a last resort.

Schools May Be Underreporting Restraint, Seclusion - Disability Scoop











Reference articles:

   ProPublica

June 19

Our latest investigation: The schocking ways schoolchildren are being pinned down and isolated against their will. Read #RestrainingStudents: http://propub.ca/1spFObD

The room where they locked up Heather Luke's 10-year-old son had cinder block walls, a dim light and a fan in the ceiling that rattled so insistently her son would beg them to silence it.

Podcast: Restraints and Seclusion in Public Schools

Meet the Groups Fighting Against Limits on Restraining School Kids

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Disability first: autism is not an accessory -- Thoughts on Person-First vs. Identity-First Language | ILLUSION OF COMPETENCE

http://illusionofcompetence.blogspot.com/2012/08/disability-first-autism-is-not-accessory.html?m=0

I Am an Advocate: CEC's National Legislative Conference

Watch video by a Parent, Teacher Educators, Administrators and a Consultant during the National Council for Exceptional Children Legislative Conference 2014.

I Am an Advocate: CEC's National Legislative Conference               

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  I Am an Advocate: Erica Cutright, Teacher & Parent

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  I Am an Advocate: Bruce Schroeder, Teacher Educator

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  I Am an Advocate: Willola Ashley, Administrator

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Tantrums, Meltdowns and More: Executive Dysfunction and Behavior | Executive Functioning

My child doesn’t seem able to read body language. He often misunderstands how other people are reacting to him.
My teen has regular meltdowns, even when minor things go wrong.

My child is forever getting time-outs for disrupting the classroom by calling out, interrupting and refusing to take turns.

Does this describe your child?




   Listen to and read about




Tantrums, Meltdowns and More: Executive Dysfunction and Behavior | Executive Functioning | Types of LD





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#AutismChampions Connect with the Autism Congressional Caucus

   








The Autism Champions Initiative empowers our community’s strongest champions – you – to connect with Congress like never before.

Are your Legislators members of the Autism Congressional Caucus?

 *The Congressional Autism Caucus is a bi-partisan coalition of more than 125 members. This website is designed to connect champions like you to all members in Congress, regardless of their membership in the Congressional Autism Caucus.Click below to see.

Look up your local legislators and encourage them to be a champion for the autism community.

Tell your story thru the interactive platform.

Autism Speaks Champions





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   Autism Votes shared a link.

Autism Champions is now official!
If you missed our webinar presentation, join us on Twitter at 3 pm EST by following #AutismChampions. And watch the video below to learn how YOU can connect with your federal and state legislators at the click of a button!

Autism Speaks Champions

Autism Speaks has launched an exciting new online tool to help you connect with your federal and state legislators with the click of a button! Find out how o...

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Swimming and Water Safety Fund Announced!

This quarter, 32 organizations providing swimming and water safety lessons to the autism community have been awarded funding of up to $2,000 each. This fund, announced in early 2014, selects eligible organizations and programs to identify qualified financially disadvantaged individuals with autism to participate in swimming and water safety lessons.  VIew a list of this quarter's recipients here!

Through the first round of this new scholarship fund, a total of $37,000 was awarded in May to 15 organizations.

Recipients of 2nd Round of Swimming and Water Safety Fund Announced! | News | Autism Speaks





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Traveling on a Special Diet

Get Food & Nutrition for ADHD, Autism, and Healthy Children




Whether you’re taking a daytrip or overnight vacation, learning a few simple strategies can help families eat well, while sticking to a special diet.
Get tips and ideas on what to pack, meal ideas, storing food, hotel rooms-refrigerators and kitchenettes, motels/residence inns with kitchenette, restaurants, and much more!














Get a nutrition trip GFCF Travel Card!







Traveling on a Special Diet | Nourishing Hope






















Julie Matthews - Pinterest Boards include:

• Grain-Free SCD/GAPS/PALEO Recipes

• Biochemistry of Autism/ADHD
• Low Salicylate & Low Oxalate Recipes

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CPT Codes for ABA Therapy Sessions

Current Procedural Terminology (CPT)  Category III codes will be implemented on Tuesday, July 1, 2014. 

CPTCodes - Association for Behavior Analysis International
























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   Live Oak Behavioral Psychology, LLC


It's finally happening! Standardized CPT codes for ABA therapy are being released July 1st. Hopefully this will make access to services much easier for everyone involved!
https://www.facebook.com/ABAInternational.org/posts/10152538977627760
[http://www.liveoakpsychology.com/services/]






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   Association for Behavior Analysis International® Facebook

NEW BILLING POSSIBILITIES FOR ABA PRACTITIONERS: Since its establishment in 1974 ABAI has emphasized the scientific basis of applied behavior analysis (ABA) practice; training and the promotion of educational standards have been high priorities.
.... As of July 1, 2014 three assessment and seven intervention methods have been recognized as having scientific merit, and thereby justifying coverage by health care insurers, including Medicaid. The primary service recipient group is children and youth with autism spectrum disorders, but those with related conditions are included. In the coming months ABAI will be sponsoring regional workshops, webinars, and other means to introduce ABA practitioners to new current procedural terminology (CPT) billing codes. Please click the following link for more information: https://www.abainternational.org/constituents/practitioners/practice-resources/cptcodes.aspx.

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Language Building Activities for Children with Autism

http://www.autismlearningfelt.com/2010/08/language-building-activities-for-children-with-autism.html

Pa. Lawmaker Wants To Give Disabled Equal Access to Organ Transplants

Sabatina’s bill to end that discrimination has been dubbed “Paul’s Law,” after Paul Corby, an autistic man from Schuylkill County (second from right in photo) whose mother, Karen Corby, says he was diagnosed with a condition that makes his heart less able to pump blood.




photo credit: (Karen Corby, the mother of an autistic man, speaks in favor of legislation that would give the disabled equal access to organ transplants. Photo by Tony Romeo)




Pa. Lawmaker Wants To Give Disabled Equal Access to Organ Transplants « CBS Philly





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' Help! My child is turning 18 - Now what?' webinar

https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/9189024750339444994

#HCBS: "Keeping the Promise: Self Advocates Defining the Meaning of Community Living"

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services invited public comment in 2011 on establishing minimum quality standards for providers of home and community based services (HCBS). The Autistic Self Advocacy Network joined with two other self-advocacy groups, Self Advocates Becoming Empowered and the National Youth Leadership Network, to prepare a report on what community living means. In addition to discussing what kinds of living arrangements should qualify for HCBS funds, this report addressed policy issues in the areas of housing, education, employment, and transportation.









Keeping the Promise: Self Advocates Defining the Meaning of Community Living | Autistic Self Advocacy Network








Related:

Joint Report Issued on Home and Community Based Services (HCBS) Standards

95 Disability Rights Groups Call on CMS to Issue HCBS Regulations

ASAN-Kentucky Comment on New HCBS Waiver Regulations

ASAN Comment on Healthy Pennsylvania 1115 Demonstration Application



For more HCBS Reports, Comments, etc... by ASAN:refer to

hcbs | Search Results | Autistic Self Advocacy Network .







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HCBS Settings Employment webinar hosted by ASAN

The Autistic Self Advocacy Network is hosting a LEAD Center webinar about  Home and Community- Based Services, entitled, "New CMS Regulation on HCBS Settings - Implications for Employment Services"
Speaker: Samantha Crane, Director of Public Policy, Autistic Self Advocacy Network
Target Audience: Workforce Development Professionals, Policy Makers, Individuals with Disabilities and related stakeholders.
Register here:   Webinar June 25 .


For more information on HCBS, refer to the HCBS Advocacy.



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Do Autistic Kids Fare Better In Integrated Or Specialized Schools?

Listen to the story and review responses on the National Public Radio.




Do Autistic Kids Fare Better In Integrated Or Specialized Schools? : NPR





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'A Guide to Teaching Students with Developmental Disabilities

  

This book is a  must-have resource for all special educators and general educators who work with students with autism spectrum disorders (ASD).

By Darlene #. Perner and Monica E.  Delano. 2013.8 pages. ISBN 0-86586-472-1.  #P6065.

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Special, Gifted Education Receive Modest Funding Boost in Senate Proposal (CEC Policy Insider)

Special, Gifted Education Receive Modest Funding Boost in Senate Proposal (CEC Policy Insider)





         

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Camp at UW-EC helps young adults with Asperger's get a head start on college

 

 “It’s been great,” said Dan Allaire, camp participant from Stillwater, Minn.

Camp Campus, a program that offers young adults with Asperger’s, a high-functioning form of autism, a chance to spend a week at University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire living as college students.

This year’s program started Sunday and wraps up Friday. The camp includes social skills development, financial management, fitness training and one-on-one meetings with academic faculty.

via

   Council of Administrators of Special Education, a Division of CEC shared a link.

CEC SmartBrief : Program seeks to ease transition to college http://ow.ly/2Ikg2N

Program seeks to ease transition to college

www.smartbrief.com

The University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire recently held a summer camp that seeks to prepare young adults with Asperger's syndrome for campus and academic life. Campers met with...

Camp at UW-EC helps young adults with Asperger's get a head start on college - Leader-Telegram: Front Page

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Transition: Planning for Beyond High School | Pyramid Parent Talk

http://pyramidparenttalk.com/2014/05/15/planning-for-beyond-high-school/

What are 'Related Services'? | Pyramid Parent Talk

http://pyramidparenttalk.com/2014/06/15/related-services/

Teaching An Autistic Child

http://www.autismlearningfelt.com/2010/08/rethink-autism-for-teaching-aba-autism-child.html

Transition Plan Poll

http://www.iancommunity.org/transition-plan-poll

THE HORSE BOY - A Father/Son Story

HAPPY FATHER'S DAY!

More and more films are being made about the vital role that fathers play in the
development of their children. Society is entering a new era of parenting, when
fathers, instead of being emotionally distant breadwinners, are stepping up to
the plate of direct, hands-on parenting. The special bond between father and son
is one of the greatest gifts life can offer. The Horse Boy
tells this story.

The Horse Boy explores one family's journey as they travel halfway across the world in search of a miracle to heal their autistic son.

The Horse Boy does more than chronicle Rowan and his parents' journey across the vast, wild landscape of Mongolia. It delves into the strange world of autism itself, the relationship between humans and animals and between different cultures and different ways of being (autistic vs. normal, or "neuro-typical"), and the nature of healing.

Buy The Horse Boy book and dvd (USA, UKEurope, Australia).  Watch  the movie on Amazon Kindle. 


Go the official site for the THE HORSE BOY to view the official trailer.
Additionally, click below to view The Horse Boy official trailers:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=cYkT_GndKtE


http://www.zeitgeistfilms.com/displaytrailer.php?directoryname=horseboy&size=low&extension=avi









The Horse Boy is on Facebook, too!

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Calling All DADvocates to Launch 'Beyond The Beltway'

The 'Men In Blue Initiative' needs DADvocates in every state to be a Dad who Advocates.   Men can sign up between June 16 5hru June 27th to support 'Autism CARES', 'ABLE' and 'Tricare'.

For more info. about Autism Speaks' legislative efforts, Talking Points and recruiting other Dads, refer to:

https://plus.google.com/up/mobile?continue=https://plus.google.com/share?url%3Dhttp://www.autismspeaks.org/advocacy/beyond-the-beltway%26hl%3Den-US&gpsrc=frameless&hl=en-US

The Odd Way Home

Two strangers, each living at the edges of society, are fatefully united for a harrowing and inspirational journey through the enchanting vistas of New Mexico. A passionate young woman escaping her abusive past, and a reclusive young man with Autism, take a journey that redefines the notion of family. Starring Chris Marquette, Rumer Willis, Brendan Sexton III With Bruce Altman And Veronica CartwrightDirected By Rajeev Nirmalakhandan













See if The Odd Way Home is featured at film festival near year!















Now available On Demand via iTunes, Direct TV, Verizon Fios, AT&T and Rogers (Canada).

For previews, interviews and Official Tailers, visit The Odd Way Home Film (Facebook) page.

  The Odd Way Home Film shared a link.

June 4

Enjoy this sneak peek of our film. We love this scene. Let us know what you think. Tickets are still available in Los Angeles Area for #theoddwayhome limited release at Arena Cinema Hollywood.

Purchase Tickets: http://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-odd-way-home-dramedy-tickets-11730830229

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PEDLKlfax1A

The Odd Way Home - a movie about autism - the Do you have to go to the bathroom scene

http://theoddwayhome.com/autism/ Although the story...

 

  The Odd Way Home Film shared a link.

June 6

The Albuquerque Film & Media Experience at Nob Hill is proud to be supporting the New Mexico Autism Society as one of the local non-profits to be benefiting from the KiMo Theatre screening of The Odd Way Home Film tomorrow night at 8pm. He...re is the awesome Sarah Baca, its executive director, being interviewed by Barry Ramo about autism and the great work they do:
http://www.koat.com/news/Health-Beat-Understanding-Autism/26351562

Health Beat: Understanding Autism

www.koat.com

KOAT medical expert Dr. Barry Ramo discusses autism.

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Providing ABA Therapy for Your Child with Autism

Learn about Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA)


http://www.autismlearningfelt.com/2010/04/providing-aba-therapy-for-your-child.html

Summer Fun Without Toxic Chemicals

How To Have A Safe and Healthy Summer with Your Kids
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http://myemail.constantcontact.com/Summer-Fun-Without-Toxic-Chemicals--How-to-Have-a-Safe-and-Healthy-Summer-With-Your-Kids.html?soid=1101201531086&aid=o3QLzUzsSQQ

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