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Ingrid @ November 3, 2011 # 4 Comments
Surviving Halloween Without Candy- A dramatic story of upheaval and food. Starring… Act 1: The Upheaval & The Food On November 22, 2010 our family embarked on a massive lifestyle change. In short, we began the Specific Carbohydrate Diet (SCD). Following the SCD basically means that you forgo virtually all processed foods, all grains, all [...]
Ingrid @ January 14, 2011 # No Comment Yet
Susan Senator, author of Making Peace with Autism, has written an excellent post on her blog sharing some basic information about what to consider if your child still needs support upon reaching adulthood. © copyright 2011 www.renegade-scholar.com Your Autistic Child Reaches Adulthood
Ingrid @ January 9, 2011 # No Comment Yet
Here’s a very informative interview with Ari Ne’eman, an autistic 22 year old who was recently appointed by President Obama to the National Council on Disability. Some salient points: Autism Speaks raises lots of money through their walks for a cure, but only four cents on every dollar goes to services for autistic individuals and [...]
Ingrid @ September 11, 2010 # No Comment Yet
First broadcast in 2005, The Boy With the Incredible Brain is a documentary about Daniel Tammet who has a fantastic ability with numbers and languages. He can learn to speak a new language in one week. He wrote a memoir called Born On A Blue Day: Inside the Extraordinary Mind of an Autistic Savant. I [...]
Ingrid @ September 7, 2010 # No Comment Yet
I wrote a guest post for The Well-Trained Mind blog that details how I worked with my children to take them from having no interest in books to enjoying looking through books and being read to called, Learning from Books When Your Kids Could Care Less: Classical Education and Autism. © copyright 2010 www.renegade-scholar.com Classical [...]
Ingrid @ July 31, 2010 # One Comment
This is a great article explaining Neurodiversity with an awesome analogy which conveys that the human brain functions as an organism versus its typical comparison that it functions like a machine. The article is an excerpt of the book Neurodiversity: Discovering the Extraordinary Gifts of Autism, ADHD, Dyslexia, and Other Brain Differences, by Thomas Armstrong, [...]
Ingrid @ July 8, 2010 # One Comment
Holly Robinson Peete wrote an article called Shifting Focus: 8 Facts About Autism the Media Is Not Covering that is rather informative for those who don’t have direct experience with autism. I learned a few things too. Here’s the list: 1. Autism is unaffordable 2. Parental guilt 3. Puberty plus autism can be a volatile [...]
Ingrid @ April 28, 2010 # No Comment Yet
20 year old Clay Marzo has Autism and a career in Professional Surfing. Watch the video for a nice bio. http://abcnews.go.com/WN/autistic-surfer-clay-marzo-masters-waves-struggles-land/story?id=10477337 © copyright 2010 www.renegade-scholar.com Clay Marzo: Autistic Surfer
Ingrid @ February 20, 2010 # 2 Comments
The Online Basic Course on DIR/Floortime model will run from March 12th – May 9th, 2010. Even if you’ve already read
Ingrid @ August 27, 2009 # No Comment Yet
Dr. Temple Grandin is possibly the most famous autistic person to date. The Woman Who Thinks Like a Cow is a Horizon (BBC) episode about her life, which mainly deals with how she’s been able to cope with the difficulties inherent in Autism as well as use her unique abilities to craft an exciting and [...]
