Greetings Everyone ~

It is a hot weekend here in Los Angeles. We have had a new respite worker over three times now to get the schedule of the boys down and also for my kids to become used to this girl. So it looks like I will be attending the Saturday conference in Pasadena on Saturday, August 19th with funding through the regional center for the conference and respite.

I kept a log on Saturday of the times I fed kids, changed diaper, etc so she has something to follow along to. If anyone located in Southern California is planning on attending the Back to School Autism/Asperger's Conference in Pasadena on Saturday, August 19th and would like to meet up at lunch time to check out exhibits and get a bite to eat, email me and maybe we can gather a few people together.

Here is a series of articles from Northern California on the California System for the Disabled - shows what happens as they get older and live independently and in group homes -

http://www.insidebayarea.com/brokenhomes

Luckily I have no intention of either of my children living in such a facility and will care for Matthew myself. Good luck in the coming hot week and enjoy your kids.

Zoobooks - The Encyclopedia of animals
http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art26143.asp

This is Nicholas's favorite magazine and he was hoping for his new issue yesterday, which did not come yet, but will any day now...

The Family Manual on Understanding Schizophrenia
http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art33264.asp

Autism Summer Institute
The eighth annual conference will take place August 14-16, 2006 at the University of New Hampshire with Stephen Shore as a keynote speaker.

http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art44473.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/postlist.php?Cat=0&Board=369

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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