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Running sheet for Key Concepts and Development: prelim and first draft, with pics and sounds!

duponthumanite May 20, 2007 20:57

1. Opening slide
Key concepts and developments - hello - introduction - personal statement
2. The developmental hegemony ( Read more... )

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Autism Awareness Week (post two): Autism Awareness in Africa

duponthumanite May 17, 2006 13:55

Please note this is very preliminary and there will be further research to enhance the piece.

I am up at the time New Yorkers are in their school clothes going home and Californians are thinking about surf and sand. I do not know what my many Midwestern friends are doing, but I am sure it is interesting. I love y'all, or youse all, as Australian ( Read more... )

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Autism Week 14th May - 20th May 2006: at least for Britain, Europe and Australia

duponthumanite May 16, 2006 08:26

The dates may actually vary in different juristictions, but the second week in May, directly after Mother's Day, is Autism Awareness WeekThis is a day for the public to learn more about the guises of autistic functioning and being ( Read more... )

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Mother's Day thoughts: about relationships, love, change, separations and special days

duponthumanite May 14, 2006 10:15

I am so glad my mum loves me enough to do the hard things ( Read more... )

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Being an abuser and having emotional difficulties oneself

duponthumanite May 13, 2006 19:23

For those of you who don't know Astrid, she is a young adult from the Netherlands who has retinopathy of prematurity, and social and behavioural complications. In this post, she explores her treatment of her father now that she is living independently as opposed to when she was still his child. It's been good to hear from her after 3 weeks!It ( Read more... )

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Raising Godly/Juicy Tomatoes

duponthumanite May 04, 2006 19:59

I am fascinated with the idea of Quiver Full families - which is to say, they have lots and lots of children.

First, Stephen Shore's article about Dating, Marriage and Autism.(I was just reading it, I didn't put it there on purpose - but you might like to read it if you or your spouse [or somebody you are in a committed relationship with] are on ( Read more... )

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The Teachings of Jon and beyond: (What can you/have you learnt from Jon?)

duponthumanite May 04, 2006 11:33

Wow.

When I was looking up on Families of Russian and Ukrainian Adoption, I found this awesome site for an awesome documentary.

Go through Jon's childhood and you'll see just what I mean.

The documentary as a whole is The Teachings of Jon and will be shown in several American states on many TV channels there ( Read more... )

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Reflecting on the International Year of Tolerance and its current and enduring impact

duponthumanite May 02, 2006 20:23

Questions based upon the United Nations Year of Tolerance article on Wikipedia and my own thoughts ( Read more... )

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Severine learning English - and lots of links about autistic being and autistic power

duponthumanite Apr 28, 2006 13:56

I think I've got it!

And here is another link.

What should you and could you do when your children/students love to do the power play on you?

Mi Casa es mi Castillo: Nancy Spoolstra on the Attachment Disorders blog.

And tho' I'm not so religious now:

I stand by what I thought then.

God doesn't make us dumb animalsThere is seldom a moment in ( Read more... )

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My riposte to the situation outlined in the Curious Incident (no, children, not Haddon's book)

duponthumanite Apr 18, 2006 18:30

I've never been afraid to think differently and act differently ( Read more... )

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