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As a special “thank you” to all of our friends and in honor of Autism Awareness Month (and oddly enough Stress Awareness Month – coincidence that these two are both in the same month?) we are offering the following My Great Kid – Help My Kid Giveaway What are we giving away …….
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Currently in the “Autism world” there is a huge debate raging about the nomination of Ari Ne’eman by President Obama to the National Council on Disability. His nomination has since been blocked by virtue of a Senate procedure called a “parliamentary hold”. Of the eight nominees to the council only Mr. Ne’eman’s has been blocked. [...]
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Our interview with Dr. Peter Green from the Celiac Disease Center at Columbia University was a huge success (and a bit of a disappointment for my sister). Lots of great information and some common myths addressed (i.e.- Can you grow out of Celiac?, If it doesn’t hurt do you have Celiac?, etc.). I especially liked [...]
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We talk a lot about educational reform on this blog …. this isn’t what we mean. Illinois State House Backs Four Day School Weeks This idea is so catastrophically stupid that the fact that a politician would come up with the idea …. much less approve it with a vote of 81-21 stuns me. I’m [...]
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The Supreme Court has decided to take a case of two parents who are suing Wyeth (now Pfizer) for damage they claim their child suffered as a result of a DTP vaccine. I don’t know the specifics of the case and am not going to take a side on this case because that’s not the [...]
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I’m subscribed to so many different news sources and RSS feeds that in the morning it’s like an avalanche of news and stories cascading down my screen. Normally, I read through the ones that catch my eye and then throw a couple of good ones in the – blog about it pile. Invariably though I’m [...]
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I came across this biting criticism of charter schools and children with disabilities recently on the Education Week website. The part that caught my attention was that the editorial was written by the former Director of The US Department of Education’s Office of Special Education Programs under former President Bill Clinton. It’s not uncommon to see [...]
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News Stuff Acid syringe ‘could spell an end to dentist’s drill’ | Mail Online This sounds cool and I’m all in favor of anything that’s faster and involves less pain. However, the idea of squirting an “acid” filled syringe into my mouth (or anywhere near me really) sounds like the scheme of a Batman villain [...]
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We had the great honor on October 25th of last year to interview Peter Wright from Wrightslaw. Pete is a pioneer in the area of Special Education Law and truly one of the ultimate child advocates in this country. We had the joy of being able to host a Wrightslaw conference in 2008 and were [...]
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I’ve got to admit these stories always make me cringe a little bit. I like stories about kids that achieve, but am always concerned when it involves kids with challenges because the skeptic in me wonders are they using the kid as a mascot and not a player …. this isn’t one of those [...]
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We spoke with Barabara Coloroso about her book “The Bully, The Bullied and the Bystander”. We first came across her in the Costco Connection magazine, believe it or not, and thought she had some good information and good approaches. Coincidentally enough in the last couple of months we’d had a couple of parents talk to us [...]
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“Parents will always be catalysts for education reform.” def: Catalyst: An agent that precipitates -or- accelerates fundamental change In what is sure to be a phenomenally informative show, this Sunday on the “My Great Kid” Radio Program (Sunday 8:00am-9:00am, WAAM 1600am or online at www.waamannarbor.com; A podcast will be posted after the show) we will be [...]
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Journalist David Kirby, from the Huffington Post and author of “Evidence of Harm”, discusses the newest numbers showing a sharp increase in Autism, concerns over the Hepatitis B vaccine and boys and his newest book “Animal Factory”.
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