Last night there were no pictures taken but Mom and Dad were walking the trail around Killarney Lake on either side of Conor when he put his arms through each of ours and walked along looking back and forth at Mom and Dad with a huge smile, even a bit
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Facing Autism in New Brunswick: Autism Society NB Advocacy History: Saving The Stan Cassidy Centre Autism Team
It is difficult to say, as an outsider, what factors weigh most heavily in the minds of public decision makers when they make decisions which impact a community, especially a vulnerable community like children with tertiary level care requirements. In May 2005 it was announced that a very valuable
Continue readingFacing Autism in New Brunswick: Autism Society New Brunswick 2005 Submission to the MacKay Inclusive Education NB Review
May 24, 2005 AWM Legal Consulting Inc.7071 Bayers Road R.P.O. box 22076Halifax, Nova Scotia B3L 4T7 To Whom It May Concern: The following is Autism Society of New Brunswick’s submission to the Inclusive Education: A Review of Programming and Services in New Brunswick committee. Thank you, Luigi Rocca President,
Continue readingFacing Autism in New Brunswick: Autism Researcher Bias and the Targeted Exclusion of Intellectually Disabled in the DSM-5 Autism Do-Over
Autism researcher bias exists and its effect, when the DSM-5 takes effect in 2013, will further the redefinition of autism as social awkwardness and the exclusion from the autism spectrum of persons with severe intellectual disabilities. David Kupfer, M.D., chair of the DSM-5 Task Force, has stated that “the proposed
Continue readingFacing Autism in New Brunswick: Conor Enjoys Canada Day Weekend Despite Autism
We have had perfect Canada Day weekend weather here in Fredericton and Conor has been outside enjoying it …. for the most part. Some may not see autism as a disorder. Conor though is severely affected by his autistic disorder including his sensitivity to sounds. Walking across the bridge with
Continue readingFacing Autism in New Brunswick: Happy Canada Day! Now Let’s Start Addressing Canada’s Autism Crisis
Happy Canada Day EVERYONE! Including Canadians With Autism Disorders! I can not imagine living in any other country in the world. As much as I love our great neighbors to the South, I would not want to live in any country except Canada. I do not pretend, however, that Canada
Continue readingFacing Autism in New Brunswick: Adults with Autism Disorders Not on the Political Agenda In Nova Scotia or New Brunswick
Conor at Black Rock on the Minas Basin, the eastern extremity of the Bay of Fundy, shared by New Brunswick and Nova Scotia, and home of the highest tides in the world. NB and NS also share a lack of commitment to helping autistic, particularly severely autistic, youth and adults.
Continue readingFacing Autism in New Brunswick: Are Autism Disorders Morphing Into Einstein Turing Syndrome?
Autism disorders are misrepresented in the mainstream media, on the internet and, as has been confirmed many times, in autism research which excludes those with severe autism disorders simply because it is too difficult to work with severely autistic children and adults. One of the sorry ways in which autism
Continue readingFacing Autism in New Brunswick: Major Autism Research Breakthrough: EEG Study Involved Classic Low Functioning Autism Subjects
Two thumbs up for Frank H. Duffy, M.D., of the Department of Neurology, and Heidelise Als, Ph.D., of the Department of Psychiatry at Boston Children’s Hospital, for conducting an autism study involving “classic” lower functioning autism subjects who have been excluded too often from autism research resulting in skewed autism research
Continue readingFacing Autism in New Brunswick: Jean Lewis, Canada’s Foremost Autism Advocate, Provides Firsthand History of Canadian Autism Advocacy From an Experienced, Personal Perspective
I strongly encourage anyone with an autistic child or interest in autism services in Canada to watch this video by Jean Lewis, Canada’s foremost autism advocate, who has lived and led much of the autism advocacy in Canada over the last decade. Jean is extremely well informed, articulate and authentic.
Continue readingFacing Autism in New Brunswick: Autism Is Genetic Eh? Really?
Autism, it’s gotta be genetic, even if we can’t see the evidence No one disputes that autism has a genetic link or links somewhere, now if only we can find it ………… or them. “Researchers say they have identified gene mutations that contribute to autism in three separate studies. The
Continue readingFacing Autism in New Brunswick: Conor Misses His So-Called "Segregated" Autism Schooling BUT Summer Helps A Lot
Conor Doherty, enjoying a summer outing with Dad in Fredericton, the green city. In New Brunswick advocates of extreme, everyone in the classroom, inclusion like to describe my son’s accommodations as “segration” as though it could be equated with the racially segregated schools of the old American south. Conor in
Continue readingFacing Autism in New Brunswick: Building a Bigger Tent Is A Badly Needed Critical Analysis of New Brunswick Inclusive Education Policies and the Porter Aucoin Report
The New Brunswick government needs to do a critical analysis of the Porter Aucoin inclusive education report. Porter Aucoin is not an arms length objective review of NB inclusion practice and policy. Too many ties between Alward-Carr government and Porter-Auocoin-NBACL-CACL. Paul Bennett and Yude Henteleff are two excellent external critics
Continue readingFacing Autism in New Brunswick: Telegraph-Journal: New Brunswick Public Education Must Be Inclusive and Flexible
A New Brunswick Telegraph-Journal June 16, 2012 editorial, reprinted in its’ entirety below, has called for a flexible model of inclusion for New Brunswick public education. The editorial references education policy analyst Paul Bennett who gave a presentation Thursday at the Atlantic Human Rights Centre conference on inclusive education.
Continue readingFacing Autism in New Brunswick: Rational, Flexible Inclusion: The Fully Inclusive Classroom Is Only One Of The Right Ways To Meet The Best Interests Of The Special Needs Child (Henteleff, 2004)
Attached hereto is a copy of “The Fully Inclusive Classroom Is Only One Of The Right Ways To Meet The Best Interests Of The Special Needs Child“(2004) by Yude M. Henteleff, C.M. Q.C., L.L.D. (Hon). Mr. Henteleff outlines succinctly and compellingly the legal basis for a rational, flexible model of
Continue readingFacing Autism in New Brunswick: Hey Claire, I Bumped Into Yude Hentelleff Today at the Atlantic Human Rights Centre Inclusive Education Conference in Fredericton!
L: Yude M. Hentelleff, C.M., Q.C., L.L.D. (Hon.) R: Harold L. Doherty at the Atlantic Human Rights Centre Inclusion Conference Crowne Plaza Fredericton-Lord Beaverbrook, June 14, 2012 THE FULLY INCLUSIVE CLASSROOM IS ONLY ONE OF THE RIGHT WAYS TO MEET THE BEST INTERESTS OF THE SPECIAL NEEDS CHILD
Continue readingFacing Autism in New Brunswick: What Do NB Teachers Really Think About The Porter-NBACL Full Inclusion Model?
What do New Brunswick teachers really think about the full inclusion model which has been pushed relentlessly in NB schools by Gordon Porter and the New Brunswick Association for Community Living since the mid-1980’s? The truth is many teachers recognize that extreme, everyone in the regular classroom inclusion does not
Continue readingFacing Autism in New Brunswick: Thank You To All Who Were Involved With NB`s Incredible Autism Success Story: The UNB-CEL Autism Intervention Training Program
The foundation for the gains that have been made in New Brunswick over the past several years has been dismantled and shut down for good. The screen image above is what I found when I did a search of the University of New Brunswick web site looking to see what, if
Continue readingFacing Autism in New Brunswick: Dear Premier Alward: A Request for Adult Autism Care in New Brunswick
Photo by Harold L Doherty, May 20, 2012 Dear Honourable Premier, Honourable Ministers and all other respected recipients: The subject of this post New Brunswick STILL Needs a Modern Adult Autism Residential Care and Treatment Facility is the title and subject of a comment on a blog I have operated for the
Continue readingFacing Autism in New Brunswick: New Brunswick STILL Needs a Modern Adult Autism Residential Care and Treatment Facility
Restigouche Regional Hospital, Campbellton New Brunswick Centracare Long Term Mental Health Services Center, Saint John New Brunswick New Brunswick adults with severe autism disorders need an alternative to the Centracare and Restigouche hospital models as recommended by NB Autism Expert Paul McDonnell in a 2010 CBC Analysis : “We need
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