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Post by grammyk on Oct 2, 2008 18:47:45 GMT 1
www.autismbites.com/This is a great website of a family, the Kirton's, who have 6 children all on the Autism Spectrum.They also have a blog and you can get there from the website. I saw a documentary last night about them on Discovery Health. It will air again this Saturday at 1:00. After watching it our problems seem smaller.....
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Post by Bonobo on Nov 6, 2010 23:29:20 GMT 1
Autism ‘Communication Shutdown’ campaign launched
02.11.2010 11:32
A Polish NGO is aiming to raise awareness about autism in Poland by calling on social networkers to take a break from Facebook.
Called ‘Communication Shutdown’ the initiative is meant to show what it’s like for an individual to be disconnected from the world by deactivating profiles on social networking websites.
“It is difficult to imagine even a day without contacting your friends and family,” says the oroganisers of the campaign, the NGO Synapsis Foundation.
“How can we live one day without anyone being able to tell, write or explain anything to us? If we understand such problems in communication, then we will grasp the true meaning of autism,” says the press release marking the start of the initiative, which is part of a global action held in over 40 countries.
Alongside raising awareness, the campaign is also aimed at raising funds for organizations providing support for people afflicted with the disorder.
Taking part in the initiative requires a donation of a minimum of 5 USD via the web site communicationshudown.org, which entitles an individual to download a special computer application, providing a campaign badge replacing your profile photo on any networking website for a day.
All the Polish donations go to the Synapsis Foundation, which has delivered professional help to autistic people and their families since 1990.
There are over 250 social networking websites in Poland, bringing together 16 million Internet users. O two-thirds of the world’s population communicates via websites such as Facebook or Twitter.
It is estimated that around 10,000 children suffer from autism in Poland. One in 150 children in the country are afflicted with the disorder, while only 30 percent of them are given professional support. (
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Post by jeanne on Nov 7, 2010 1:39:21 GMT 1
A Polish NGO is aiming to raise awareness about autism in Poland by calling on social networkers to take a break from Facebook.This sounds like a great initiative! [/i][/quote] And this is a very discouraging statistic! Where are the 30 percent that don't get professional support? Are they in school? And aren't the schools required to provide professional support for them? |
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Post by Bonobo on Nov 7, 2010 9:02:42 GMT 1
And this is a very discouraging statistic! Where are the 30 percent that don't get professional support? Are they in school? And aren't the schools required to provide professional support for them? No, there aren`t schools for such kids. The problem requires raising awareness, indeed. Doctors are not prepared to fight it efficiently and funds are scarce. |
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Post by jeanne on Nov 7, 2010 12:53:45 GMT 1
And this is a very discouraging statistic! Where are the 30 percent that don't get professional support? Are they in school? And aren't the schools required to provide professional support for them? No, there aren`t schools for such kids. The problem requires raising awareness, indeed. Doctors are not prepared to fight it efficiently and funds are scarce. That is indeed sad. Here public schools must provide help for these children and if they cannot be dealt with effectively in their local schools, the school district must pay for them to be sent to expensive private schools. This can be a tremendous financial burden on local school systems, but it must be done. ALL children here are entitled by law to a free, appropriate education for their personal circumstances. Of course, I am not saying that the services the children now receive in either public or private settings are the best, but hopefully we are working toward making them better all the time...as Poland must continue working to raise awareness. There are no easy answers to a problem of this magnitude. |
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Post by Bonobo on Nov 7, 2010 20:34:26 GMT 1
ALL children here are entitled by law to a free, appropriate education for their personal circumstances. Yes, I understand it. However, Poland, with 18000 $ per capita GDP and 50% public debt is a bit behind the USA, with its 46000 $ and 100% public debt. We stall cannot afford all things which we would wish to. |
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Post by tufta on Nov 8, 2010 9:48:13 GMT 1
ALL children here are entitled by law to a free, appropriate education for their personal circumstances. Yes, I understand it. However, Poland, with 18000 $ per capita GDP and 50% public debt is a bit behind the USA, with its 46000 $ and 100% public debt. We stall cannot afford all things which we would wish to. I do hope however we will not be able to acheive the American debt level   |
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Post by valpomike on Nov 8, 2010 18:37:01 GMT 1
You don't have our leader, and we won't after his next election. He will go the way of the other bad Democrats. But we must suffer until than, with him.
Now we are spending 200 Million dollars a day for his, and his 3000 guest, to take a vacation.
Mike
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