As Summer vacation continues we find more and more we are having to make greater efforts to find things for our son to do. He is as summer continues becoming increasingly bored and harder to please. Early on in the vacation we were caught with the dilemma of the fact that he was basically confiscating […]
First Week of Summer Break is Over
The first week of the summer break is over and it there were many interesting details come out of the week For one the week started with all of the kids wound up completely an our son climbing on everything in reach including computer desks and tables, walking along the top of the back of […]
Special Needs Students Pulled From School
In the past week three stories have come to light regarding the fact that three special needs students have been pulled from their schools due to the treatment they received at their school http://www.cbc.ca/canada/new-brunswick/story/2010/06/21/nb-moncton-inclusion-school-isolation-room-1113.html#socialcomments Autistic child pulled from school over use of Isolation room http://www.cbc.ca/canada/new-brunswick/story/2010/06/23/nb-inclusion-terry-lynn-551.html#socialcomments 8 yr old with foetal alcohol syndrome, cerebral palsy and […]
Last Week of the First Year of School
So we are soon to be starting the summer. A period in which my wife has full intentions of doing everything in her power to increase our son’s ability in speech and writing and we will monitor and hopefully curb some of his violent tendencies when upset. My wife is having some incredibly luck in […]
The Changing Faces of Autism
Over the years there has been several additions to the autism spectrum that have led to a varying of the belief and understanding of what autism is.Among recent additions we find amongst others Aspergers and various others classed as PPD-NOS.An issue was raised in another blog I read that causes me some concerns and it […]