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Conor seemed a bit worn out driving home from school yesterday, at the end of the week, until he got home and found some water balloons!autism

"Conor Counting and Stimming", Conor's Youtube video showing him stimming while counting from 1 to 100, has now received more than 2000 views (2,050 at present, without CNN promotion).Conor has Autistic Disorder with profound developmental delays. He will not be attending Simon's Rock College for gifted youths. And he will not be writing elaborate screenplays explaining how his stimming is a way of communicating with the physical wo…[more]

1. Non-environmental factors explain some of the exponential increases in rates of autism diagnoses.2a. Therefore non-environmental factors are responsible for the entire increase in autism diagnoses.and2b. Environmental factors do not and have never caused autism alone or in combination with other factors.autism

Yesterday I sat with Conor in the family car while his mother and brother briefly popped into a local grocery store. Conor wanted to stay in the car but after a while, and despite being asked again if he wanted to go in the store with Dad, he began screaming ......... very loudly. I was able to get the screaming to stop in fairly short order but not before a lady walking nearby turned and looked back in o…[more]

Health Minister Michael MurphySocial Development Minister Mary SchryerDear Honourable MinistersWill New Brunswick Care for Autistic Adults?I am the proud father of two terrific sons. The younger is a wonderful 12 year old boy with Autistic Disorder who is also assessed with profound developmental delays. When he was diagnosed with an autism disorder at age 2 there was very little in the way of autism specific services available in New Brunsw…[more]

Medicare for Autism Now! campaign returns to Ontario Jean Lewis, chief spokesperson for FEAT-BC’s Medicare for Autism Now! campaign today announced that she and others, including Stefan Marinoiu, of Toronto, will be traveling through Ontario, organizing parents and supporters as part of a national initiative to obtain Medicare coverage for autism treatment. They will be holding a news conference on Parliament Hill, in the Charles…[more]

This article is an updated repost of a previous comment made on this site in 2006 which also previously appeared in an Autism Society New Brunswick newsletter.Since these tips were originally drafted ASNB has been successful in encouraging the provincial government to train teacher aides and resource teachers at the UNB-CEL Autism Intervention Training program. Premier Shawn Graham and Education Minister Kelly Lam…[more]

"Medicare for Autism Now!" Rally Saturday, April 19th, 20082:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.Iroquois Ridge Community Center,1051 Glenashton Drive,Oakville, Ontario, L6H 6Z4Why should you attend?* Despite a decade of lobbying, collaborating and litigating – autism treatment is still excluded from our universal health care system. Canadian families from BC to Newfoundland and everywhere in between are still bankrupting themselves in order to provide …[more]

This is one of the hardest winters we have experienced in this part of the world for a long time. But Conor is not complaining about the snow. Heck no, the snow is no problem and autism is not an issue. Conor enjoys the snow, he loves the snow, just like so many other Canadian kids.autism