February 7, 2013 Dear Honourable Premier Alward, Honourable Ministers, Respected Leaders of the Liberal, NDP and Green Parties of New Brunswick You are all respectfully invited to attend the 2013 annual meeting of the Autism Society New Brunswick scheduled for March 23, 2012 commencing at 12:30 at MacLaggan Hall, UNB
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Facing Autism Symptoms in New Brunswick: Autism Society New Brunswick Meeting March 23 MacLaggan Hall UNB Fredericton
Autism Society New Brunswick Annual General Meeting March 23, 2013, 12:30 pm MacLaggan Hall, UNB Fredericton Room 53 Anyone with an interest in, or affected by, autism in New Brunswick is invited to attend the annual general meeting of the Autism Society New Brunswick. The meeting is being held at
Continue readingFacing Autism Symptoms in New Brunswick: Conor’s Quiet Joy
Autism is a spectrum in many ways including the ways in which it is presented through various media. Everybody, particularly the main stream media, loves the feel good stories of accomplishment. We all suffer when we see images of self injurious behavior: common occurrences in severe autism although rarely reflected
Continue readingFacing Autism Symptoms in New Brunswick: The Harsh Reality End of the Autism Spectrum
If you believe IACC Neurodiversity advocates present and past, Ari Ne’eman and Matthew Carey, autism is not something that should be cured. You won’t see much about the harsher aspects of life with autism disorders if you read their writings. In their view autism is nothing more than a
Continue readingFacing Autism Symptoms in New Brunswick: IACC Neurodiversity Member Matt Carey Single-Handedly Reduces Intellectually Disabled To A "Small Segment of the Autistic Population"
The Interagency Autism Co-ordinating Committee (IACC) plays an important role in autism research and understanding. It is unfortunate that sitting as a public member of the IACC is lbrb blogger Matthew J. Carey, a member of the Neurodiversity movement which, at its core (1) portrays autism as a different way
Continue readingFacing Autism Symptoms in New Brunswick: TPGA Aghast and Angry: Slate Dares Print Autism Parent Critique of Neurodiversity Ideology
TPGA guru Shannon Des Roches Rosa (SDDR) is aghast and angry because Slate.com has dared publish “Is the Neurodiversity (ND) Movement Misrepresenting Autism?“, a gentle critique by autism parent Amy S.F. Lutz, of the harmful, irrational Neurodiversity ideology embraced by the leaders of the ironically named “Thinking” Person’s Guide to
Continue readingFacing Autism Symptoms in New Brunswick: Facing Autism Parenting Challenges? Try A Bit of Janis
As a father of a soon to be 17 year old son with severe autism disorder symptoms and profound developmental delays I understand fully when parents discuss those challenges on line. (He is also a very solid 6’1″ and still growing). I do not mock other parents and accuse them
Continue readingFacing Autism Symptoms in New Brunswick: Conor’s Fredericton 2012 – Part II
The Autism Society New Brunswick met on several occasions with senior civil servants during the administration of successive provincial governments to advocate for a modern residential care facility and system. The concept was to have a facility located in Fredericton because of its central location and proximity to the autism
Continue readingFacing Autism Symptoms in New Brunswick: Conor’s Fredericton 2012 – Part I
Moved back to New Brunswick from Burlington (I commuted each day to Toronto (Eaton Centre) and back) in 1997. Conor was 1 year old at the time and has since grown up in The Green City aka Fredericton. I can’t imagine what life would have been like with 4-5 hours
Continue readingFacing Autism Symptoms in New Brunswick: Thank You Again Shawn Graham For Helping NB Children With Autism
In the pictures above Shawn Graham makes a financial commitment to helping NB’s autistic children and signs the cast of then Autism Society New Brunswick President Lila Barry. In the bottom picture he and former Fredericton MP Andy Scott, also a strong advocate for autistic children, participated in the grand
Continue readingFacing Autism Symptoms in New Brunswick: Bennett Report Card 2012: New Brunswick Hides Denial of Evidence Based Learning for Children with Autism and Severe Learning Disabilities Under Cloak of Radical Inclusion Philosophy
In Scares, Misadventures, and Reversals in Canadian K-12 Education Paul W. Bennett, Founding Director, Schoolhouse Consulting; Instructor, Mount Saint Vincent University; author, provides his 2012 report card on the state of education in Canada. There were some hopeful signs including the landmark decision of the Supreme Court of Canada in
Continue readingFacing Autism Symptoms in New Brunswick: Professional and Scholarly Concern About the Science Behind the DSM5
Although Frank Farley makes his comments about the DSM5 and the state of academic psychology in a CBS interview in an understated, diplomatic manner the comments should give reason to pause for anyone interested in autism and other psychology issues given his former status as American Psychological Association president: “Frank
Continue readingFacing Autism Symptoms in New Brunswick: Autism 2012: Disaster for the Autism Spectrum’s Intellectually Disabled
“Autism Spectrum Disorder Must meet criteria A, B, C, and D: A. Persistent deficits in social communication and social interaction across contexts, not accounted for by general developmental delays, and manifest by all 3 of the following:” Autism annual reviews have been published by a number of sources most of which ignored
Continue readingFacing Autism Symptoms in New Brunswick: Autism Self Injury and Aggression Can Occur Quickly With No External Provocation
The pictures set out below this commentary were taken in May 2012 and posted on Saturday, May 26, 2012 under the title Conor’s Autism Reality: From Joy To Self Injurious Behavior In A Flash. I was taking these pictures of Conor enjoying a swing on the playground of his old
Continue readingFacing Autism Disorders in New Brunswick: Conor’s Wheel of Fortune Gooey Brownie Tickle Game
Hey Dad, wanna play the Gooey Brownie Tickle Game? I had trouble, despite the very substantial weight difference, holding Conor back from giving me a Gooey Brownie Tickle And the Gooey Brownie Tickle winner is: Conor … of course! Conor has enjoyed watching Wheel of Fortune and Jeopardy! with Mom
Continue readingFacing Autism Disorders in New Brunswick: Do People With Autism Like Other People? Conor Says Absolutely!
In the aftermath of the mind numbing Newtown horror there are lots of wild theories circulating about autism disorders and people with autism. Our son Conor is severely autistic with profound developmental delays. He does not have sophisticated planning skills and definitely does not plan any aggression. He does engage
Continue readingFacing Autism Disorders in New Brunswick: Autism Society of America on Newtown Horror: No Linkage Between Autism and Planned Violence
The numbing horror that unfolded yesterday in Newtown, Connecticut has prompted many intense responses. The grief of those who lost children, family and community members is beyond words. Unfortunately for people with autism disorders and their families there are unconfirmed reports from various sources claiming that the alleged shooter had
Continue readingFacing Autism Disorders in New Brunswick: EEG Day Yesterday Went Very Well: Conor Was Outstanding!
Conor’s EEG exam had been scheduled for yesterday as a result of his scary Grand Mal seizure a few weeks ago. (Not that I am superstitious but I did wear my Tom Brady Patriots jersey to the EEG for good luck) The EEG techs indicated it would take time to get
Continue readingFacing Autism Disorders in New Brunswick: Autism Awareness Day April 1, 2020
Autism Specifics Press Release, April 1, 2020: Autism Specifics President “Aristotle” Newman and ASAN President Dr. Jerry Dobson will be jointly reflecting today on important events in the autism world during the past year. 1. First anniversary of DSM5.13 This year marked the first year since the DSM5 that a
Continue readingFacing Autism Disorders in New Brunswick: Are All Epidemiological Autism Studies Flawed?
Autism diagnoses have been increasing at incredible rates. Within the past two decades estimates of the numbers of persons diagnosed with autism has increased from 1 in 500 to 1 in 250 to 1 in 110 to 1 in 88. Those are startling numbers to this humble, unsophisticated mind. Yet
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