One Dad's Opinion

Oh my gosh. Oh my, oh my. It appears that it has been about one year, 5 months, and 5 days since I last wrote here at One Dad's Opinion. Pardon me a moment while I stretch and yawn... Ahhh, much...

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Hello readers! I am very pleased today to offer you One Dad's Opinion's second-ever guest-blogger piece! This piece was written by my friend Diana Pastora Carson of Ability Awareness . Diana's ...

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Wow - we had a lively day around here today! Firstly, two of our boys - J and C - rode horses in the REINS "Fun Day" Horse Show. REINS is where people with disabilities are able to ride horses ...

http://onedadsopinion.blogspot.com/2009/08/quintessential-summer-day.html

After Tae Kwan Do class today - a sport in which both J (age 7) and T (age 6) have achieved their "Camo belt" status (which bugs me - I am a military history aficionado, and I'm making an educate...

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I am a very poor blogger these days. Blogging requires somewhat of a repetitive tempo, and my internal blogging metronome has seemingly ground to a halt. This despite a veritable wealth of fascin...

http://onedadsopinion.blogspot.com/2009/07/redefining-happy-camper.html

Though I haven't had adequate time to organize my thoughts prior to writing a summary of the really great day we had at USD's Summer Autism Conference, I have to refer back to my write-ups of pre...

http://onedadsopinion.blogspot.com/2009/06/way-beyond-awareness.html

"SOIL " That is the name of an online comic book I stumbled across written by one Dan Woodman. Dan Woodman, according to his "About the Artist " page, is "...mildly autistic. The process of crea...

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I am very pleased to inform friends and readers that a small group of Autism Hub bloggers will once again be presenting at the University of San Diego's Autism Institute on Friday, June 26 . Th...

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J has been so blessed with being placed with the most outstanding teachers in his few years of school. Last year, Ms. D'Nealian created an opportunity for The Best Story Ever and even sent postc...

http://onedadsopinion.blogspot.com/2009/06/another-grade-another-great-teacher.html

Strangely, for someone who has only sent a handful of text messsages and who is woefully unacquainted with the "shorthand" techniques widely used for that purpose, just such a phrase jumped to mi...

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I am really interested in a rather unexpected (to me) and quite possibly major shift in the course of autism research funding and guidance that was announced today. The Autism Science Foundation...

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Autism is a diagnosis made by observation. Specific behavioral criteria are set forth in the DSM-IV-r and the ICD-10 that are used to define the disorder. It has been my experience as someone who...

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Many of us in the autism community are constantly appalled at what passes for "awareness" these days. There is a near-constant barrage of negative publicity regarding autism. I have seen TV ads t...

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It occurs to me that today is World Autism Awareness Day . As a means of commemorating this day, I think after work I will go home and be acutely AWARE of how I am the luckiest guy in the WORLD ...

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I am a supporter of the concept of Neurodiversity as I understand it. After a few years of striving to improve my working knowledge and understanding of autism, I think I have a pretty good grip ...

http://onedadsopinion.blogspot.com/2009/03/challenging-beliefs.html

After a 6 week hiatus from blogging, I am moved to write today by the stark contrast in emotions I experienced from two separate sources on the internet today. The first set of emotions were cau...

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When I became aware that the Vaccine Court (VICP) was to soon announce their decisions on the three test-cases for the Autism Omnibus Proceedings, I thought about what I might write - indeed if I...

http://onedadsopinion.blogspot.com/2009/02/vicp-decisions-are-in.html

Some of you have been asking how Baby C is doing these days. I appreciate your questions and concerns. Many readers here know that Baby C was determined to be autistic back in August. At the tim...

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Here's a "press release ", issued on that highly respected stalwart of news wire services, "ChiroEco.com", that trumpets: > "...a world-class board of advisors that bring extraordinary >...

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If anyone doubts the need to expand positive awareness of autism in particular (are you listening, Harold Doherty ?), and of disability in general, please read this article from my local newspape...

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Over the past year, in particular, we have been trying to help J - now 7 years old - to find some physical activities he enjoys. J, like many autistic people, has a limited range of foods that he...

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I have been, as some of you have noticed, quite absent from the online/blogging/autism community as of late. I realize everyone is busy, but my particular version of "busy" has - to paraphrase a ...

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Well ... hello again everyone. Long time, no blog. On with it, then. In the hubbub of daily life in the D household (and believe me when I tell you that a term that adequately describes our leve...

http://onedadsopinion.blogspot.com/2009/01/analogy-works-both-ways.html

J had a homework assignment that asked him to write down how a Thanksgiving Turkey is cooked. Here is the outcome of his efforts: Since J's handwriting is a bit shaky, here is the translation:...

http://onedadsopinion.blogspot.com/2008/11/how-to-cook-turkey.html

I have spent a great deal of time, at great benefit to myself, engaging autistic adults since my oldest son was diagnosed with autism in 2004. Aside from simply enjoying the exchanges, and from l...

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