Posted by Susan Moffitt on Friday, June 10th, 2011
Previously, I wrote an article guiding parents towards the best iPad apps for expressive language that I discovered during the course of doing some research. Today, while browsing my same source for that article, I discovered that on Saturday, June 11, 2011, beginning at 9 a.m. EDT, there will be an "App Party" at http://www.facebook.com/a4cwsn. [...]
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Posted by Gary G. Porter on Thursday, May 12th, 2011
In yet another shocking American Idol elimination episode, James Durbin was prematurely voted off tonight, despite being one of the most consistent performers of the season. This is the second time this year that voting results have produced outrage from Idol fans. A few weeks ago, Pia Toscano, another strong contestant and frontrunner, was also [...]
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Posted by Susan Moffitt on Tuesday, April 19th, 2011
When a child has autism, most of the family’s energy and resources go towards that child. Siblings carry their own special burdens as they experience all the hardships and stress attendant with autism, yet may feel they get less of their parents’ attention. More is expected of them than their sibling and they can experience [...]
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Posted by Susan Moffitt on Monday, March 28th, 2011
Facebook has become the cyberspace version of another era’s malt shop – the place where teens hang out after school and socialize. But lately, there’s been a great deal of media attention about its dangers. In addition to those concerns, there are other pitfalls as well, including teens without many friends feeling depressed, suffering from [...]
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Posted by Gary G. Porter on Wednesday, February 23rd, 2011
Last week, we reported about an incident involving blogger Amanda Broadfoot while she was on vacation with her family at Disney World’s Hollywood Studios. While eating at a restaurant on New Year’s Eve, Broadfoot’s 4-year-old son with autism was harassed and bullied by a group of teens, causing the youngster to become visibly upset and [...]
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Posted by Gary G. Porter on Tuesday, February 15th, 2011
With the meteoric rise of social media Web sites such as Facebook and Twitter, many individuals and groups now have the opportunity to reach large numbers of people to promote awareness, advocacy and attention for their causes. Such is the case with autism, where a dramatic spike in prevalence over the last 10 years has [...]
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