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| Thu, 03-23-2006 - 8:55am |
Tonight the paper is interviewing members of our autism support group. I'm at a loss for what to say. The paper lady said write down what we want people to know and she'll ask us questions based on that. Anyone want to tell me what you want people to know ;) I don't want to be in the paper. I'm too shy!!!
Samantha

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Hi Samantha,
I guess if I had the opportunity, I would want people to know the early signs that we all know and not to listen to pediatricians who say "wait and see," "boys talk later" etc. Just about every single person I know with a kid on the spectrum was told something like this. My ped even told us "wait until he is 3" well, if we had done that we would have missed out on early intervention! People should also know that early intervention exists and that it can really help.
I agree people need to also know that the stereotype of the classic Kanner's ASD child is just one manifestation of ASD. I also think people should try to be a bit more tolerant in public "meltdown" situations and realize things are not always as they appear.
Good luck with the interview, let us know how it goes!
Katherine
Teresa
thanks everyone. She interviewed us as a group and took a picture of all the kids. OMG, you should have seen that. Trying to line 5 ASD kids on a couch togeather and get them all to smile for a picture. What a hoot! I think we overwhelmed the poor woman. One thing she said that we all thought was great was, "But you are all so calm". One Mom said oh yea, we're all sedated! She was just kidding of course. We gave her a lot of infomation and we touched on all of your suggestions and more. I'm really glad we did it. The paper lady said she's let us all read it before it goes to print and any of us could make changes. I can't wait to read it.
Samantha