take an hour and educate yourself. one in every one hundred and fifty children has autism. chances are, someone you know is touched by this disorder. children diagnosed before the age of three have a much better chance of making meaningful progress - awareness and education is the key to kicking autism in the junk.
no mindfucking today - I have a headache.
1) if I were a dog, what kind of dog do you see me as?
2) do you sing in the car? if so...what do you do at a stoplight? keep singing, or stop?
3) spread the love. pick someone on my friends list at least 3 spaces away from you in any direction (that you don't already know) and pop over and say hi.
xoxoxox
wil
"PRIMETIME THURSDAY" airs APRIL 22 (10:00-11:00PM E.T.) on the ABC Television
Network.
From ABC Press Release:
A COUPLE LEARNS THEIR THREE BABIES ARE ALL AUTISTIC, INSPIRING A DESPERATE
JOURNEY TO HELP SAVE THE BOYS FROM LIVES
OF COMPLETE ISOLATION
Marc and Sophia Augier were overjoyed when their dream of a big family quickly
became a reality with the birth of son Marcel and, little more than a year
later, twin boys Christophe and Henri. Yet that dream turned into a nightmare
when they found out that, incredibly, all three babies suffered from autism.
This mysterious and complex developmental brain disorder -- which affects, by
some estimates, as many as one in 166 children -- has no known cause or cure.
Elizabeth Vargas reports that the Augiers decided to devote their lives and
their savings to pursue a cutting-edge -- and sometimes controversial -- therapy
for their sons in an effort to prevent them from slipping away forever into a
world of utter isolation.
The Augiers discovered that a nearby hospital, the Cleveland Clinic, was
starting a center for autistic children. With the clinic's help, they turned
their basement into an intensive therapy facility for their children and hired a
team of dedicated therapists. Using Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA), a form of
behavioral modification which involves constant repetition, reinforcement and
praise for success, the therapists were able to help the boys re-learn much of
what they had lost, and dramatically improve their ability to communicate.
But this level of intensive care is expensive, and with Marc jobless and
insurance and the government unwilling to pay for it, the Augiers were forced to
exhaust their life savings. They tell Vargas about their dramatic journey, and
the desperate fight to now get the local school district to pay for their
children's therapy. Anything less, they fear, will mean losing their boys all
over again.
no mindfucking today - I have a headache.
1) if I were a dog, what kind of dog do you see me as?
2) do you sing in the car? if so...what do you do at a stoplight? keep singing, or stop?
3) spread the love. pick someone on my friends list at least 3 spaces away from you in any direction (that you don't already know) and pop over and say hi.
xoxoxox
wil
"PRIMETIME THURSDAY" airs APRIL 22 (10:00-11:00PM E.T.) on the ABC Television
Network.
From ABC Press Release:
A COUPLE LEARNS THEIR THREE BABIES ARE ALL AUTISTIC, INSPIRING A DESPERATE
JOURNEY TO HELP SAVE THE BOYS FROM LIVES
OF COMPLETE ISOLATION
Marc and Sophia Augier were overjoyed when their dream of a big family quickly
became a reality with the birth of son Marcel and, little more than a year
later, twin boys Christophe and Henri. Yet that dream turned into a nightmare
when they found out that, incredibly, all three babies suffered from autism.
This mysterious and complex developmental brain disorder -- which affects, by
some estimates, as many as one in 166 children -- has no known cause or cure.
Elizabeth Vargas reports that the Augiers decided to devote their lives and
their savings to pursue a cutting-edge -- and sometimes controversial -- therapy
for their sons in an effort to prevent them from slipping away forever into a
world of utter isolation.
The Augiers discovered that a nearby hospital, the Cleveland Clinic, was
starting a center for autistic children. With the clinic's help, they turned
their basement into an intensive therapy facility for their children and hired a
team of dedicated therapists. Using Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA), a form of
behavioral modification which involves constant repetition, reinforcement and
praise for success, the therapists were able to help the boys re-learn much of
what they had lost, and dramatically improve their ability to communicate.
But this level of intensive care is expensive, and with Marc jobless and
insurance and the government unwilling to pay for it, the Augiers were forced to
exhaust their life savings. They tell Vargas about their dramatic journey, and
the desperate fight to now get the local school district to pay for their
children's therapy. Anything less, they fear, will mean losing their boys all
over again.
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twistedblack:
la la la where did ya go la la la
friedbanana:
Glad you like. 