Oct

3

Friday Share

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October 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment


Organizations

MAAP Services for Autism, Asperger Syndrome, and PDD
P.O. Box 524
Crown Point, IN   46308
info@maapservices.org
http://www.maapservices.org/
Tel: 219-662-1311
Fax: 219-662-0638
Autism Network International (ANI)
P.O. Box 35448
Syracuse, NY   13235-5448
jisincla@mailbox.syr.edu
http://ani.autistics.org/

Related NINDS Publications and Information

NINDS Autism Information Page
Autism information sheet compiled by the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS).
Autism Fact Sheet
Autism fact sheet compiled [...]

Sep

26

Friday Share - Donny Osmond

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Donny’s Thoughts About SAD (Social Anxiety Disorder):
…”Once the fear of embarrassing myself grabbed me, I couldn’t get loose. It was as if a bizarre and terrifying unreality had replaced everything that was familiar and safe. I felt powerless to think or reason my way out of the panic.
…”I kept trying to remember the words, but [...]

Sep

12

Friday Share - with Robin Williams, Ozzie, Jim Carey

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Sep

5

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This week we’ve been talking about ADD and Michael Phelps has recently become a poster “child” for ADD awareness. His mother, a lifelong educator and currently employed as a middle-school principal, shared some of the accomodations she made in addressing Michael’s “issues” as a youngster in an interviw for ADDitude magazine.
“At age seven, he hated [...]

Aug

29

Friday Share

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Farrell’s Son Has Special Needs
Irish actor Colin Farrell has spoken for the first time about the difficulties he faces raising a son with special needs. The heartthrob says his 4-year-old son James suffers from a rare form of cerebral palsy known as Angelman Syndrome, which affects his speech and motor skills. But the star is [...]

Aug

22

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 Faces of Tourette’s … Carter Stone and Ed Buckner, weatherman for KTHV-TV in Little Rock, tour the station. Buckner ”came out” with his personal struggles ever since he developed eye tics as a child which would later be diagnosed as TS.  He gives away free copies of his video explaining what he went through and tells parents, “Love your children for [...]

Oct

29

Celebrities and Their Children

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October 29, 2007 | 3 Comments

Here’s an article from The Irish Independent about Colin Farrell’s feelings on having a child with disabilities.

Hollywood superstar Colin Farrell yesterday opened his heart and revealed that his four-year-old son James is a special-needs child. The renowned Irish actor revealed that his treasured son was born with a rare [...]