Comments for Asperger and Autism Information - Autism Notes.com http://www.autismnotes.com An Asperger's Syndrome and Autism Online Support Community Sat, 06 Sep 2008 05:56:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 Comment on Day 2 - part one! by Eric Blackwell http://www.autismnotes.com/day-2-part-one/#comment-322 Eric Blackwell Sat, 12 Jul 2008 12:41:42 +0000 http://www.autismnotes.com/day-2-part-one/#comment-322 Catherine- Thank you. It was a blast for us as well meeting you. It seems like everyone has a really 'exceptional story at conference like this and we draw strength from them. Thanks for dropping by our site and I hope you enjoy the rest of the conference! Feel free to visit the forum. I will be adding other pictures of our ASA experience to the site as well later today! Best regards; Eric Catherine-
Thank you. It was a blast for us as well meeting you. It seems like everyone has a really ‘exceptional story at conference like this and we draw strength from them. Thanks for dropping by our site and I hope you enjoy the rest of the conference! Feel free to visit the forum. I will be adding other pictures of our ASA experience to the site as well later today!

Best regards;

Eric

]]> Comment on Day 2 - part one! by catherine puetz http://www.autismnotes.com/day-2-part-one/#comment-321 catherine puetz Sat, 12 Jul 2008 02:36:12 +0000 http://www.autismnotes.com/day-2-part-one/#comment-321 You guys rocked today!!! You guys rocked today!!!

]]> Comment on Day 2 - part one! by catherine puetz http://www.autismnotes.com/day-2-part-one/#comment-320 catherine puetz Sat, 12 Jul 2008 02:31:05 +0000 http://www.autismnotes.com/day-2-part-one/#comment-320 Hello Blackwell family! I just wanted to thank all of you for sharing your experiences today! I can't tell you how valuable it is as a mother of a 4yr. old son with asperg. to learn from your journey! Wow! What an inspiring family! Thankyou again! I plan to take what I have learned from you, esp. what Cam. said about not giving up on these kids, back to my friends of children on the spectr. and to the many teachers and therapists I know and work with! What a blessing from God it was to be here and get to learn from you all! God Bless you all! Catherine Puetz Hello Blackwell family!
I just wanted to thank all of you for sharing your experiences today! I can’t tell you how valuable it is as a mother of a 4yr. old son with asperg. to learn from your journey! Wow! What an inspiring family! Thankyou again! I plan to take what I have learned from you, esp. what Cam. said about not giving up on these kids, back to my friends of children on the spectr. and to the many teachers and therapists I know and work with! What a blessing from God it was to be here and get to learn from you all! God Bless you all!
Catherine Puetz

]]> Comment on Kentucky Autism Training Center Autism Institute 2008 by Eric Blackwell http://www.autismnotes.com/kentucky-autism-training-center-autism-institute-2008/#comment-251 Eric Blackwell Sun, 08 Jun 2008 12:18:43 +0000 http://www.autismnotes.com/kentucky-autism-training-center-autism-institute-2008/#comment-251 Thanks Kim! If was REALLY fun for the family to do a presentation so close to home. Thank YOU for what you do. You really do make a difference. Eric Thanks Kim!
If was REALLY fun for the family to do a presentation so close to home. Thank YOU for what you do. You really do make a difference.

Eric

]]> Comment on Kentucky Autism Training Center Autism Institute 2008 by Kim Mills http://www.autismnotes.com/kentucky-autism-training-center-autism-institute-2008/#comment-249 Kim Mills Sun, 08 Jun 2008 02:32:50 +0000 http://www.autismnotes.com/kentucky-autism-training-center-autism-institute-2008/#comment-249 I am an occupational therapist that was honored to be able to attend your session at the KATC conference. I was touched by your families presentation and truly thought it was the best session I attended. You have to be proud of your kids. I am currently seeing one particular autistic boy that is very difficult. I felt so discourage about him until I came to your session. I now have hope for me, him and his family. I am going to pass along your website as a resource for this little boy's family as they are starving for information and help. I will definately visit your site regularly and have joined your email list to get updated news. I want to attend more classes/conferences as I want to learn more about ASD and how I can be more effective with my patients. I have been a occupational therapist for 5 1/2 years, but I have only been strictly a pediatric therapist for almost 1 year and it is my passion. I want to make a difference just like the therapists that have made a differnce in your families' lives. Thanks for what you are doing and inspiring me and other therapist to keep on keeping on! Thanks again and God bless your family!!! Kim Mills, OTR/L Harlan, Ky I am an occupational therapist that was honored to be able to attend your session at the KATC conference. I was touched by your families presentation and truly thought it was the best session I attended. You have to be proud of your kids. I am currently seeing one particular autistic boy that is very difficult. I felt so discourage about him until I came to your session. I now have hope for me, him and his family. I am going to pass along your website as a resource for this little boy’s family as they are starving for information and help. I will definately visit your site regularly and have joined your email list to get updated news. I want to attend more classes/conferences as I want to learn more about ASD and how I can be more effective with my patients. I have been a occupational therapist for 5 1/2 years, but I have only been strictly a pediatric therapist for almost 1 year and it is my passion. I want to make a difference just like the therapists that have made a differnce in your families’ lives. Thanks for what you are doing and inspiring me and other therapist to keep on keeping on! Thanks again and God bless your family!!!

Kim Mills, OTR/L
Harlan, Ky

]]> Comment on Welcome to Autism Notes! by Laura Shumaker http://www.autismnotes.com/welcome-to-autism-notes/#comment-192 Laura Shumaker Sun, 25 May 2008 16:50:15 +0000 http://www.autismnotes.com/welcome-to-autism-notes/#comment-192 I’m an award winning writer and author of the forthcoming memoir, A Regular Guy: Growing Up With Autism. A regular contributor to NPR Perspectives, my essays have appeared n the San Francisco Chronicle, the Contra Costa Times, the East Bay Monthly, Hallmark Magazine and in several anthologies, including Voices of Autism: The Healing Companion: Stories for Courage, Comfort (LaChance, 2008). I live in Lafayette, California with her husband Peter and their three sons. I’m an award winning writer and author of the forthcoming memoir, A Regular Guy: Growing Up With Autism. A regular contributor to NPR Perspectives, my essays have appeared n the San Francisco Chronicle, the Contra Costa Times, the East Bay Monthly, Hallmark Magazine and in several anthologies, including Voices of Autism: The Healing Companion: Stories for Courage, Comfort (LaChance, 2008).

I live in Lafayette, California with her husband Peter and their three sons.

]]> Comment on Autism Videos / Podcasts by The REAL Team Eric - and what my boys teach me about marketing… | BloodhoundBlog: Real estate marketing and technology blog | Realtors and real estate, mortgages, lending, investments http://www.autismnotes.com/youtube-videos/#comment-179 The REAL Team Eric - and what my boys teach me about marketing… | BloodhoundBlog: Real estate marketing and technology blog | Realtors and real estate, mortgages, lending, investments Sun, 13 Apr 2008 18:39:03 +0000 http://www.autismnotes.com/youtube-videos/#comment-179 [...] Use ALL of the media at your disposal. If you click this link, you will see newspaper, here’s some TV, etc. Cameron writes for the newsletter of the leading Autism Publisher. They are never too busy to [...] […] Use ALL of the media at your disposal. If you click this link, you will see newspaper, here’s some TV, etc. Cameron writes for the newsletter of the leading Autism Publisher. They are never too busy to […]

]]> Comment on Blogs by Misty http://www.autismnotes.com/autism-blogs-of-note/#comment-41 Misty Thu, 14 Feb 2008 18:52:36 +0000 http://www.autismnotes.com/autism-blogs-of-note/#comment-41 Hi Everyone, I'm new here and was looking for some advice. My 9 year old has recently been dealing with anxiety mainly due to social situations. Anxiety has always run in my family, so I took him to the doctor and they put him on Zoloft and it has helped. What concerns me, is that as I was searching the internet for information about his anxiety, I happened across some info on Aspergers. The description fit him almost perfectly. He has always struggled with peers, he is definitely focused in on a few all consuming topics, he goes off into monologues daily, etc.etc.. I hav read many articles about Aspergers and most describe him to a tee. However a few do not. I guess my question is how do I find out. Are there scans that can be done? I don't want to take him to someone and have them not take me seriously about this. From what I read, many in the medical community do not know much about it. I do not want to "give" him something he does not have, but I don't want to ignore the signs either. I live in Northern Colorado. Can anyone suggest adoctor around here? Thanks for listening. Look forward to some responses. Hi Everyone,
I’m new here and was looking for some advice. My 9 year old has recently been dealing with anxiety mainly due to social situations. Anxiety has always run in my family, so I took him to the doctor and they put him on Zoloft and it has helped. What concerns me, is that as I was searching the internet for information about his anxiety, I happened across some info on Aspergers. The description fit him almost perfectly. He has always struggled with peers, he is definitely focused in on a few all consuming topics, he goes off into monologues daily, etc.etc.. I hav read many articles about Aspergers and most describe him to a tee. However a few do not. I guess my question is how do I find out. Are there scans that can be done? I don’t want to take him to someone and have them not take me seriously about this. From what I read, many in the medical community do not know much about it. I do not want to “give” him something he does not have, but I don’t want to ignore the signs either. I live in Northern Colorado. Can anyone suggest adoctor around here? Thanks for listening. Look forward to some responses.

]]> Comment on Socks Don’t Matter by Cindy http://www.autismnotes.com/socks-dont-matter/#comment-34 Cindy Sun, 16 Dec 2007 20:46:37 +0000 http://www.autismnotes.com/socks-dont-matter/#comment-34 This is so close to home. When Michael was little and before knew what autism was, let alone Asperger's, we too had the sock issue. We spent alot of time on the concepts of left and right- hands, feet and yes, shoes. He would repeatedly ask which one was the left sock when getting dressed and refused to accept that it didn't matter. It took months of telling and showing that socks were socks- all that mattered was that they were clean, right side out and matched. About six years later I reconnected with a couple of very close friends from High School that I had not seen in almost 20 yrs. In conversation one mentioned that she labeled all her socks left and right and assigned each pair a letter so she could get the right ones together. She insisted that it makes a difference. YIKES! I told the sock story and told her in no uncertain terms that she was never allowed to mention it in my house. No way was I going to go through that again! This is so close to home. When Michael was little and before knew what autism was, let alone Asperger’s, we too had the sock issue. We spent alot of time on the concepts of left and right- hands, feet and yes, shoes. He would repeatedly ask which one was the left sock when getting dressed and refused to accept that it didn’t matter. It took months of telling and showing that socks were socks- all that mattered was that they were clean, right side out and matched.

About six years later I reconnected with a couple of very close friends from High School that I had not seen in almost 20 yrs. In conversation one mentioned that she labeled all her socks left and right and assigned each pair a letter so she could get the right ones together. She insisted that it makes a difference. YIKES! I told the sock story and told her in no uncertain terms that she was never allowed to mention it in my house. No way was I going to go through that again!

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