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• Of a Beachball, Barbells, and the Trojan Horse

  Published: July 30, 2007, 2:25 am

  Tags: Toys, Myth, Charlisms, Sensory, Parenting, Classics, Asd, Aspergers, Athena, Autism, Beachball, Cable, Children, Education, Family, Greek, Mythology, Odysseus, Parenting, Pdd Nos, Prize, Teaching, Toys, Trojan Horse, Troy, Ulysses, Video

  cut-and-pasted a picture of Odysseus and another of his great invention—the Trojan Horse—in a thought bubble. I hear the sound of Charlie running and he stands in front of me, holding onto an as yet uninflated beachball. “Mom, ball, give.” “Mom, blow up the ball,” I prompt. “Mom, blow up ball, says

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• Travels with Charlie

  Published: August 16, 2007, 1:14 am

  Tags: Literature, New Jersey, Metaphor, Water, Parenting, Classics, Weblogs, Books, America, Asd, Aspergers, Autism, Autism Spectrum Disorder, Children, Health, John Steinbeck, Literature, Mythology, Odysseus, Parenting, Pdd Nos, Travel

  an odyssey on a par with the Odysseus of Greek mythology, as Homer wrote about him in the Odyssey; as I wrote two summers ago: Autism is an epic poem full of adventures to places you’ve never been, hair-breadth escapes from the sorceress Calpyso’s island and man-eating monsters like the Cyclops and from tight situations (Scylla and

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• Bodega Profile - Vi edos de Ithaca - DOC Priorato

  Published: September 13, 2007, 3:40 am

  Tags: Denominacion De Origin Spain, Priorato, Spain, Bodega Profile, Odysseus, Ros Odysseus, Red Odysseus, Pedro, Ximenez Odysseus, Garnacha Penelope, Garnacha, White, Penelope, Peluda, Importers, Mail Vinedosdeithaca Com Webpage, Www Vinedosdeithaca Com Bodega, Founded, Carin

  Yes Wines Elaborated: Odysseus Ros Odysseus Red Odysseus Pedro Ximenez (Highly unusual to use this grape outside of Andalusia) Odysseus Garnacha Penelope Garnacha White Penelope Garnacha Peluda Ryan’s Tasting Notes 2006 Vi edos de Ithaca Priorat Odysseus G - Spain, Catalunya, Priorat (9/10/2007)Light pale golden color. The nose

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• Myth, Science, and Autism: A Message from the AAP

  Published: February 18, 2008, 1:19 am

  Tags: Blogfeeds, Blogroll, Crime, India, Insurance, Media, Parenting, Philippines, Safety, Science, Vaccines, Weather, Clothes, Abc, Asd, Asperger, Autism, Children, Eli Stone, Freud, Genetics, Health, Homer, Jenny Mccarthy, Mercury, Myth, Odysseus, Oedipus, Pdd Nos, Religion, Saints, Truth

  epic of the hero Odysseus on a quest to get back home to Ithaca, without feeling that frisson of some sort of familiarity? This is not to say that myths are true, necessarily. But they sure can feel like they are. See Orac at Respectful Insolence for more coverage. Below is an email from Susan Martin of the AAP; you can email Ms.

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