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jypsy norman-bain
PEI, Canada, AL
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jypsy commented on the article |Alex is 2/3 ready and although he can swim, he's not a strong swimmer and likely not ready for a triathlon. I think I'm happy about that, at least for now.
Our local triathlon this past weekend was turned into a duathlon (they replaced the swim with a 1Km run) due to dangerous surf conditions (the swim was, rather naturally, in the ocean). Alex was busy running a 10K in Charlottetown at the time.
In my mind the story isn't (or shouldn't be) that autistics can do these things, it's that they are given the opportunity to, are accepted into the running/swimming/tri/whatever communities, their abilities are focused on and their disabilities are accommodated. If only the wider community worked that way.
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jypsy commented on the article |There's this thing called "insurance"..... Ever since I first sent Alex off to school with a laptop (his communication device) in his backpack at 7 years old (14 years ago) he's had insurance "against all perils" on his laptops. It's cheap - under $25/year added on to our homeowners insurance, and we've been glad of it on more than one occassion.
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jypsy commented on the article |sorry..... link HERE to Michelle's letter to Ms Svoboda
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jypsy commented on the article |
Michelle Dawson's letter to Ms Svoboda:
........"I've read your article about the so-called "autism culture movement," something I am not involved in. In this article my actions are falsely characterized then commented on. At no point was I contacted or interviewed"....... -
jypsy commented on the article |Alex had a great audiologist when he was little (and bigger). Now he races against her (as he does his Dr.). Last May he raced *with* her as they were both on Team PEI at the Cabot Trail Relay. So interesting to watch these professionals become his peers!
Although he "appeared deaf", he'd come running from behind a closed door 3 rooms away when he heard the tiny noise the spring in the dishwasher door made when I opened it (so he could play with the dishes!). That's how *I* knew he wasn't deaf even though his Dr. and others weren't convinced from their observations.
He's been described as "very uncooperative" in other assessments around that time so I can't imagine the audiologist had an easy job of it but I have no lingering negative memories of those long ago hearing tests.... -
jypsy commented on the article |I commented on that now non-existant post. When I later refreshed the page I was taken to the blog's main page. At least you know you weren't seeing things (as do I)....
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jypsy commented on the article |The Web Archive doesn't archive pdf files. To get to the links on that page:
--Click on the link on the page.
--Go up to the address bar and remove " from the beginning, leaving only the original URL (for example http://emet8.com/emet8-pg-29-eng.pdf)
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jypsy commented on the article |
"http://www.emet8.com/ (click on "Important English Messages" found on right side - but link was broken last time I tried)"
Here:
http://web.archive.org/web/20080119232809/emet8.com/english__material
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