Some people have a natural affinity towards special needs individuals. They seem to gravitate towards them, and spend many of their waking hours doing chesed (good deeds) for special needs families, interacting with the disabled naturally, and are well-known within the special needs circles. Over the past year or two I've gotten to know several such families and I am constantly overawed by the sacrifices they make and the unconditional devotion and acceptance they portray.
I was never that type. I was not a starer or a curious questioner of disabled individuals; I treated them with respect and interest. I never felt uncomfortable around people with special needs, but I wasn't particularly involved with them.
Growing up, I knew of two types of congenital disabilities: Cerebral Palsy and Down Syndrome. Of course, there was mental retardation too, but when I was a kid, 'retarded' was a term often used as a slang word for 'crazy', 'unbelievable', 'ridiculous', kind of similar to the slang word 'sick' that is used today. "Retardo" was a derogatory name that kids would called each other. Autism wasn't on my radar.
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Tuesday, November 6, 2012
Monday, November 5, 2012
BOOKS NOT TO READ ON AUTISM; (Alternate Title: IS ANYONE OUT THERE???)
There we go, with dual titles. I don't really like it. But this will be my very first post testing my Amazon Affiliate program, and hey, I do want someone googling "Books on autism" to maybe find me on page 20 of their search results. Ha.
So where were we? Oh yeah. After my initial interview with Naomi Whyne, I came home elated, excited, and raring to go. She had warned me that ABA was brutal at the beginning and there is a lot of crying and resistance from the child, but they have seen so many incredible success stories with children as locked-in-their-world as Dovi, and she felt he would do well in the program. All we had to do was wait for the meeting with Early Intervention.
Madame Service Coordinator, too, was impressed with what she had seen and thought it would be a good fit for Dovi. Before I made a decision, though, she had a book she wanted me to read. The title of the book was The Boy Who Loved Windows
. Eager to get some clarity to shed light on what was happening to Dovi, I bought a copy on Amazon.
So where were we? Oh yeah. After my initial interview with Naomi Whyne, I came home elated, excited, and raring to go. She had warned me that ABA was brutal at the beginning and there is a lot of crying and resistance from the child, but they have seen so many incredible success stories with children as locked-in-their-world as Dovi, and she felt he would do well in the program. All we had to do was wait for the meeting with Early Intervention.
Madame Service Coordinator, too, was impressed with what she had seen and thought it would be a good fit for Dovi. Before I made a decision, though, she had a book she wanted me to read. The title of the book was The Boy Who Loved Windows
. Eager to get some clarity to shed light on what was happening to Dovi, I bought a copy on Amazon.
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