Greetings Everyone ~

Well tomorrow is not only April Fools Day, but the start of Autism Awareness month. My son Nicholas has his spring break next week and my birthday is on Tuesday. We will be going out for breakfast, visiting the Zoo, picking out his graduation outfit (from elementary school), getting a haircut and seeing the pets at Petco.

Web Pediatrics has an autism survey at:
http://www.webpediatrics.com/autism%20survey.html

Nick News with Linda Ellerbee PRIVATE WORLDS: KIDS AND AUTISM Airs Sunday, April 22 at 8:30 p.m. ET/PT on Nickelodeon:

http://www.broadcastnewsroom.com/articles/viewarticle.jsp?id=120410

The University of California presents special TV programming in April for National Autism Awareness Month:

http://www.ocregister.com/ocregister/life/family/abox/article_1595790.php

The programming is available to subscribers of Dish Network, on channel 9412; on the Internet at www.uctv.tvvia live streaming, video-on-demand archives, or video and audio podcasts; on Google Video at http://video.google.com/uctv.

The lineup:

April 3at noon, “Designing Clinical Trials in Autism: Keep It Simple, Keep It Real.”

April 16at 9:30 p.m., “Structured Teaching Environments Promoting Success: Beyond Basic Structure.”

April 23at 8 p.m., “Vaccines and Autism, Is There a Connection? A Thoughtful Debate with Authors David Kirby and Arthur Allen

April 23at 9:30 p.m., “Health Matters: Autism Update”

April 23at 10 p.m., “Medication Treatment in Autism: What Really Works”

April 24at 9 p.m., “The Science and Fiction of Autism: How To Tell The Difference and Why It Is Important”

Discover magazine autism article:

http://discovermagazine.com/2007/apr/autism-it2019s-not-just-in-the-head

If you have any homeschooling resources worth sharing please let me know as I am compiling a list for an article.


Here's the latest article from the Autism Spectrum Disorders site at BellaOnline.com.

Inclusion of Students with Autism During Lunch and Recess
A look at the issues relating to inclusion at lunch time, as well as recess for autistic students with general ed students.

http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art50196.asp

Please visit http://AutismSpectrumDisorders.bellaonline.com for even more great content about Autism Spectrum Disorders.

To participate in free, fun online discussions, this site has a community forum all about Autism Spectrum Disorders located here -

http://forums.bellaonline.com/ubbthreads.php?ubb=postlist&Board=365

I hope to hear from you sometime soon, either in the forum or in response to this email message. I thrive on your feedback!

Have fun passing this message along to family and friends, because we all love free knowledge!

Bonnie Sayers, Autism Spectrum Disorders Editor
http://AutismSpectrumDisorders.bellaonline.com

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