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MJ's Dance Party

jesserin

New Member
Does MJ have therapists who work with her? Is she in any special programs where they work with her? If not, they have some great ones out there. Both of those are very important in helping special needs children.

MJ has more people working with her than most people encounter in a year. :) She's a blessed child with good parents. Her mommy does what she has to in order to best help her on a daily basis.
 

DDuckFan130

Well-Known Member
I can't speak for Bonny, but I can speak for myself, as I have an autistic son. I am sure there are many wonderful therapists out there, and I have no doubt they can do amazing things. However, the big obstacle is the financial cost of such treatment. Insurance won't pay for treatment as autism is vewed as a psychological disorder, and being in the middle income range, we make too much money to qualify for state assistance, and not enough to pay for it out-of-pocket. So for us, we rely on our public school system and additional speech and OT as the school can provide. For many parents, we just can't afford a team of therapists.
In MJ's case I would invite you to go to Bonny's website about her little girl, to learn more about their situation.
I'm actually doing an article about autism with my 8th graders for a few reasons, the main ones being 1)they need to read non-fiction for the standardized exams coming up and 2) it's amazing how many do NOT know what autism is and how prevalent it's becoming. The article goes into depth not so much with the children, but the teens and adults who find it harder to "fit in" and the parents who try to find the means for treatment and a way for their children to live once they pass on. Quite an eye-opener and I wish you the best with your son :)
 

Disnut

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I'm actually doing an article about autism with my 8th graders for a few reasons, the main ones being 1)they need to read non-fiction for the standardized exams coming up and 2) it's amazing how many do NOT know what autism is and how prevalent it's becoming. The article goes into depth not so much with the children, but the teens and adults who find it harder to "fit in" and the parents who try to find the means for treatment and a way for their children to live once they pass on. Quite an eye-opener and I wish you the best with your son :)


That would be a good article to read.


BTW I like your sig.:sohappy: It is sooo true.
 

jesserin

New Member
Hi Jess! How did work at the house go today?


Meh. We got into some older paint, so I had to take kiddo and leave... we didn't want to risk her being exposed to any lead based paint. Jay's been able to get an amazing amount of work done without me. But I hate him having to do all the work. He got up today at 6 and went and did a job - got home at 7 and went straight over to the house to work more. I'm feeling like he's going to burn himself out here pretty soon - but he get's an energy boost every time he thinks about working on the house. LOL Last night he worked on it until 2 am! (And still got up for work at 6!) Craziness. He won't listen to reason... I told him we still have 2 1/2 weeks before we have to move in. But he wants to start painting tomorrow... after that it'll just be resealing the floors and putting up trim, and then we're done with the bedroom's and living areas... everything except for the kitchen (which we're laying down new tile) that'll be last on the list. :)
 

PotteryGal

Active Member
I'm actually doing an article about autism with my 8th graders for a few reasons, the main ones being 1)they need to read non-fiction for the standardized exams coming up and 2) it's amazing how many do NOT know what autism is and how prevalent it's becoming. The article goes into depth not so much with the children, but the teens and adults who find it harder to "fit in" and the parents who try to find the means for treatment and a way for their children to live once they pass on. Quite an eye-opener and I wish you the best with your son :)


Thank you - have you ever heard of Autism Speaks?(they have done a series of PSAs recently) They have a 12 minute mini-documentary called 'Autism Every Day', which will give you a very honest look at daily life. It was expanded into a 44 minute documentary that debuted at Sundance film festival to very positive reviews. Another really great documentary is 'Normal People Scare Me', which was done by an autistic teenager. It is a series of interviews with autistic kids and their caregivers.
 

DDuckFan130

Well-Known Member
Thank you - have you ever heard of Autism Speaks?(they have done a series of PSAs recently) They have a 12 minute mini-documentary called 'Autism Every Day', which will give you a very honest look at daily life. It was expanded into a 44 minute documentary that debuted at Sundance film festival to very positive reviews. Another really great documentary is 'Normal People Scare Me', which was done by an autistic teenager. It is a series of interviews with autistic kids and their caregivers.
It's actually mentioned in the article I'm doing and that I just linked. I honestly never heard about it. To be honest, even though I took a few classes on special education, I am not a special education major so I never went in depth on the different disorders, disabilities and such. So I'm still learning and it's all interesting. It's good that I become more educated though because of inclusion and the potential for having to deal with all kinds of students in the future :shrug:
 

pinkrose

Well-Known Member
I'm actually doing an article about autism with my 8th graders for a few reasons, the main ones being 1)they need to read non-fiction for the standardized exams coming up and 2) it's amazing how many do NOT know what autism is and how prevalent it's becoming. The article goes into depth not so much with the children, but the teens and adults who find it harder to "fit in" and the parents who try to find the means for treatment and a way for their children to live once they pass on. Quite an eye-opener and I wish you the best with your son :)

I do too :)

I teach preshool and have had some autistic children. They've ranged from mild to severe.
 

PotteryGal

Active Member
Meh. We got into some older paint, so I had to take kiddo and leave... we didn't want to risk her being exposed to any lead based paint. Jay's been able to get an amazing amount of work done without me. But I hate him having to do all the work. He got up today at 6 and went and did a job - got home at 7 and went straight over to the house to work more. I'm feeling like he's going to burn himself out here pretty soon - but he get's an energy boost every time he thinks about working on the house. LOL Last night he worked on it until 2 am! (And still got up for work at 6!) Craziness. He won't listen to reason... I told him we still have 2 1/2 weeks before we have to move in. But he wants to start painting tomorrow... after that it'll just be resealing the floors and putting up trim, and then we're done with the bedroom's and living areas... everything except for the kitchen (which we're laying down new tile) that'll be last on the list. :)

I'm always impressed by people that do all that work on their own. DH and I are 'we have to hire people for that' kind of people! :lol: Now you just have to think about packing :rolleyes:
 
Meh. We got into some older paint, so I had to take kiddo and leave... we didn't want to risk her being exposed to any lead based paint. Jay's been able to get an amazing amount of work done without me. But I hate him having to do all the work. He got up today at 6 and went and did a job - got home at 7 and went straight over to the house to work more. I'm feeling like he's going to burn himself out here pretty soon - but he get's an energy boost every time he thinks about working on the house. LOL Last night he worked on it until 2 am! (And still got up for work at 6!) Craziness. He won't listen to reason... I told him we still have 2 1/2 weeks before we have to move in. But he wants to start painting tomorrow... after that it'll just be resealing the floors and putting up trim, and then we're done with the bedroom's and living areas... everything except for the kitchen (which we're laying down new tile) that'll be last on the list. :)

Sounds like things are really coming along!

A couple of months ago I decided to take down the multiple layers of wall paper in our bathroom and paint it. When I start a project I want it done now. It looks decent....but definetly not perfect! :lookaroun I wonder what it will be like when Jay and I finally buy a house and start to do work.
 

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