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• Autism Linked To Pesticide Exposure

  Published: July 31, 2007, 3:34 pm

  Tags: Health, Autism And Pesticides, Autism Pesticides, Autism Society Of America, Autistic Children, Developmental Disability, Down Syndrome, Epilepsy, Horrible Disease, Organophosphate Insecticides, Pesticide Exposure, Seizures, Toxic Exposure

  america, autistic children, developmental disability, down syndrome, epilepsy, horrible disease, organophosphate insecticides, pesticide exposure, seizures, toxic exposureIf you enjoyed this post invite me to drink a

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• JP

  Published: August 1, 2007, 8:37 pm

  Tags: Adulthood, Living Arrangements, Siblings, Family, Arthur Miller, Asd, Aspergers, Autism, Children, Developmental Disability, Down Syndrome, Education, Family, Father, Health, Institution, Mental Retardation, Parenting, Pdd Nos

  with intellectual and developmental disabilities were housed in 162 state facilities—some say as many as 200—-across the US in 1967. This was the “height of institutionalization,” notes today’ s CNN.com. The CNN.com story, Families get help finding loved ones lost in institutions, focuses on the efforts of

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• It's Better With Charlie

  Published: August 28, 2007, 1:30 pm

  Tags: Travel, Adulthood, Living Arrangements, History, Arthur Miller, Asd, Aspergers, Autism, Children, Developmental Disability, Down Syndrome, Education, Family, Health, Parenting, Pdd Nos, Vanity Fair

  for many types of mental disability continues to increase as well. 10 years and some months ago, my son Charlie was born, a boy with a big head, huge brown eyes, and grasshopper legs. He has been with us ever since, through several moves and job changes for both Jim and me; through trials, tribulations, and triumphs. As Jim said after he and

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• What Is Best When There's Autism in the Family?

  Published: September 2, 2007, 2:45 pm

  Tags: Drama, Living Arrangements, Disability Rights, Family, Arthur Miller, Asd, Aspergers, Autism, Beach, Children, Developmental Disability, Down Syndrome, Drama, Education, Family, Health, Intelligence, Ocean, Parenting, Pdd Nos, Science, Surfing, Theater, Vanity Fair

  a family when a child with developmental delays—Daniel Miller had Down syndrome, my son Charlie has autism—is born? Suzanna Andrews’ September 2007 Vanity Fair article suggests that one reason Daniel Miller was institutionalized was due to concerns that Miller had about how his daughter, Rebecca Miller, might be affected by

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• Top 10 August Posts

  Published: September 2, 2007, 7:52 am

  Tags: Charlisms, Sensory, Water, Literature, Myth, Friendship, Drama, New Jersey, Holidays, Vaccines, Family, Science, Schoolbus, Disability Rights, Weblogs, Safety, Health, Parenting, Education, Arthur Miller, Asd, Aspergers, Autism, Beach, Children, Developmental Disability, Down Synd

  It may have been the dog days of summer, but autism never takes a vacation. Here are the highlights of August: Thanks to everyone for reading Autism Vox—-your comments spur me to think and re-examine my own views, and reaccess. 4 autism limericks from the Omnificent English Dictionary In Limerick Form (OEDILF) spark discussion about how we

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• An Apartment of His Own

  Published: October 21, 2007, 5:32 pm

  Tags: Adulthood, Living Arrangements, Work, Apartment, Asd, Aspergers, Autism, Autistic, Children, Developmental Disability, Education, Family, Health, Job, Pdd Nos, Work

  70. Carmans is one of 14 developmentally disabled adultswho live in the 10-unit El Sobrante complex, which held an open house in September. The place is “very good, very friendly,” he says, but compared with the school, which is “fine, very good, very friendly and very educated,” the apartment complex is “just

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• The Key of G: new PBS documentary

  Published: November 5, 2007, 6:35 am

  Tags: Adulthood, Living Arrangements, Movies, Music, Asd, Aspergers, Autism, Autistic, Children, Developmental Disability, Education, Family, Health, Movie, Musicians, Pbs, Pdd Nos

  old and has physical and developmental disabilities; in the film The Key of G he moves out of his mother’s apartment and into a new living arrangement: ……he leaves his mother’s home to share an apartment with a close-knit group of artists and musicians who support him, not only as paid caregivers, but also as

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• Where Where Where?

  Published: May 2, 2008, 5:58 pm

  Tags: Asia, China, Education, Family, Living Arrangements, New Jersey, Parenting, Asd, Asperger, Autism, Autism Blog, Bike, California, Developmental Disability, Father, Mothering Blog, Parent, Parenting Blog, Pdd Nos

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• Excluded?: On Keeping the Faith

  Published: May 21, 2008, 3:03 am

  Tags: Animals, Disability Rights, Education, Religion, Adam Race, Asd, Asperger, Autism, Autism Blog, California, Catholic, Developmental Disability, Dog, Family, Father, Mothering Blog, New Jersey, Parent, Parenting Blog, Pdd Nos

  was diagnosed with Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD) (that I later learned meant he was autistic), my first thought was not to run to my local synagogue for support……….. When I reflect back now I realize that the reason I did not look to my faith community for support was that I just couldn’t deal with the

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• Including Samuel: Tonight

  Published: May 21, 2008, 2:00 pm

  Tags: Disability Rights, Family, Movies, New York, Asd, Asperger, Autism, Autism Blog, Autismadam Race, California, Catholic, Developmental Disability, Dog, Father, Mothering Blog, Movie, New Jersey, Parent, Parenting Blog, Pdd Nos, Religion

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• 4-year-old shown the door at Georgia restaurant

  Published: July 17, 2008, 1:08 pm

  Tags: Disability Rights, Family, Asd, Asperger, Autism, Autism Blog, Buckhead, Developmental Disability, Father, Georgia, Mothering Blog, Parent, Parenting Blog, Pdd Nos, Restaurant

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• Savage Language, To What End I Do Not Know

  Published: July 18, 2008, 4:22 am

  Tags: Disability Rights, Language, Media, Stereotypes, Adam Race, Airplane, Alex Barton, Asd, Asperger, Autism, Autism Blog, Buckhead, Catholic, Church, Developmental Disability, Exclusion, Family, Father, Florida, Georgia, Kindergarten, Matt Savage, Minnesota, Mothering Blog, Parent

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• Savage Language, Cont'd

  Published: July 21, 2008, 5:00 pm

  Tags: Media, Stereotypes, Asd, Asperger, Autism, Autism Blog, Buckhead, Catholic, Church, Developmental Disability, Disability Rights, Exclusion, Family, Father, Matt Savage, Mothering Blog, Parent, Parenting Blog, Pdd Nos

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