[Diane T]

The next Mid-Island ASBC Community Group meeting will be held at:

6:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m., Thursday, May 19
Room 219 Building 356
Malaspina University College
Nanaimo

Presentation: "Almost Dried Up: Is Full Recovery From Autism Really Possible?"

Jenny Obando will tell her story of her son’s hard-won recovery, using visual examples, on how their family tackled the tough reality that is Autism. She will share with us what went into her successful mix including her son’s starting points, challenges and her family’s personal sacrifices in overcoming her first child’s diagnosis and what life looks like at the other end. She also has a second child recently diagnosed who is in the beginning stages of an ABA program.

This is the presentation that was postponed due to weather in January.

This will be an open meeting. All are welcome: parents, grandparents, friends, teachers, therapists, judges, politicians and service providers.

Refreshments will be available.

Hope to see you there.
Diane

[Diane T]

Just a reminder of Thursday's Mid-Island ASBC Community Group meeting:

6:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m., Thursday, April 21
Room 215 Building 356
Malaspina University College
Nanaimo

Tamara Leger from the North Shore Community Group will be presenting
"Video Modeling Across the Spectrum: What is it, how can it help my child master skills and concepts, and how do you do it?!?"

Refreshments will be available.

Hope to see you there.

Thanks.
Diane

[Diane T]

The next Mid-Island ASBC Community Group meeting will be held at:

6:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m., Thursday, April 21
Room 215 Building 356
Malaspina University College
Nanaimo

Tamara Leger from the North Shore Community Group will be presenting
"Video Modeling Across the Spectrum: What is it, how can it help my child master skills and concepts, and how do you do it?!?"

Refreshments will be available.

Hope to see you there.

Thanks.
Diane

[Diane T]

Hi all,

February's Mid-Island ASBC Community Group meeting will be held at:

7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m., Monday, February 28
Nanoose Bay Elementary School
2875 Northwest Bay Road
Nanoose Bay

Our topic is "Care and Feeding of an ABA Program".

We plan to discuss aspects of starting and maintaining a successful program, including:
* finding a consultant and team members
* paying for your program
* understanding who plays what role
* maintaining confidentiality and privacy
* motivating
* scheduling

Refreshments will be available.

To finding Nanoose Bay Elementary School:
From the Island Highway turn on to Northwest Bay Road at the light at the Petro-Canada station. Wind your way up the hill. Just past the Red Gap shopping centre on your left and Nanoose Place Community Centre on your right will be Nanoose Bay Elementary School on your right.

Hope to see you there.

Thanks.
Diane

[Diane T]

The Mid-Island ASBC Community Group meeting planned for Wednesday, January 12 has been postponed.

We all travel a fair way to get together (and our speaker is coming from the Lower Mainland), and the forecast calls for more snow on Wednesday.

We will reschedule for February.

Thanks.
Diane

[Diane T]

The January Mid-Island ASBC Community Group meeting will be held Wednesday evening of next week.

Due to a hiccup in the room-booking process, we are unable to advertise commitment of location yet.

Date: Wednesday, January 12
Time: 6-8 p.m.
Location: Nanoose Bay (room to be announced ASAP)
Topic: Almost Dried Up: Is Full Recovery From Autism Really Possible?
Presenter: Jenny Obando, mother

Jenny was the first of three speakers at the December presentation given at the North Shore ASBC meeting.

Tamara Leger, North Shore ASBC Group facilitator, described Jenny's presentation this way:
A powerful, positive and enlightening evening about beating the odds and coming out "looking indistinguishable" on the other end.

Jenny Obando will tell her story of her son’s hard-won recovery, using visual examples, on how their family tackled the tough reality that is Autism. She will share with us what went into her successful mix including her son’s starting points, challenges and her family’s personal sacrifices in overcoming her first child’s diagnosis and what life looks like at the other end. She also has a second child recently diagnosed who is in the beginning stages of an ABA program.

This will be an open meeting. All are welcome: parents, grandparents, friends, teachers, therapists, judges, politicians and service providers.

We will also be having a mini swap meet. If you have new or used materials you wish to loan, trade or sell, please feel welcome to bring them along.

Refreshments will be available.

Hope to see you next Wednesday
Diane Therriault

p.s. If you plan to attend, please email Diane at diane_t@shaw.ca. Thanks.

[Diane T]

Just a reminder that Geoff Plant will be Vaughn Palmer’s guest at 8:00 p.m. tonight on Voice of B.C. Voice of B.C. is a weekly public affairs program produced in Victoria by Shaw TV, and is shown live on the Island and in the Lower Mainland. Repeats are shown on the Island, in the Lower Mainland, and in the Interior.

see:
http://vancouver.shawtv.com/voiceofbc_mainpage.htm

[Diane T]

Islanders: Just a reminder of tomorrow night’s presentation:

Mid-Island ASBC Community Group
6:30-8:15pm
Thursday, December 2
Room 215 (second floor)
Building 356 (Social Sciences and Education)
Malaspina University-College
Nanaimo

*** Parents ONLY Session ***

"Holy Cow, they Ruled Against Our Kids!"

Birgitta von Krosigk of North Shore Law will be talking about the Supreme Court of Canada's ruling in "The Attorney General of British Columbia et al v. Connor Auton et al" and what that means to past, present and future autism medical treatment funding at home in BC, and across the land.

A limited number of copies of the judgement will be available; we encourage you to bring your own copy of the ruling to follow along.

Judgements are available at:
http://www.lexum.umontreal.ca/csc-scc/cgi-bin/disp.pl/en/rec/html/2004scc078.wpd.html?query=%22auton%22&langue=en&selection=&database=en/jug&method=all&retour=/csc-scc/cgi-bin/srch.pl?language=en~~method=all~~database=en%2Fjug~~query=auton

Refreshments will be available.

Please note that the room number has changed. We will meet in Room 215, which is next door to room 209.

Hope you can join us.

[Diane T]

Mid-Island ASBC Community Group
6:30-8:15pm
Thursday, December 2
Room 209 (second floor)
Building 356 (Social Sciences and Education)
Malaspina University-College
Nanaimo

***Parents ONLY Session***

"Holy Cow, they Ruled Against Our Kids!"

On Thursday, December 2, lawyer and Counsel for the Respondents, Birgitta von Krosigk from North Shore Law will be talking about the Supreme Court of Canada's ruling in "The Attorney General of British Columbia et al v. Connor Auton et al" and what that means to past, present and future autism medical treatment funding at home in BC, and across the land.

A limited number of copies of the judgement will be available; we encourage you to bring your own copy of the ruling to follow along.

Judgements are available at:
http://www.lexum.umontreal.ca/csc-scc/cgi-bin/disp.pl/en/rec/html/2004scc078.wpd.html?query=%22auton%22&langue=en&selection=&database=en/jug&method=all&retour=/csc-scc/cgi-bin/srch.pl?language=en~~method=all~~database=en%2Fjug~~query=auton

Coffee and doughnuts will be available.

Please know that this is a ***Parents ONLY Session***.

Please email Diane if you plan to attend, so we can arrange appropriate seating and refreshments. (To find the email address, just touch the name in blue at the top of the post. If you receive this post via email, go to http://www.featbc.org/chat/ to find the post, and then touch the name in blue.)

Hope you can join us.

[Diane T]

We were asked by another family to post what follows:
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On this black day for Canada (not just our children) I would like to thank the Auton families for what their efforts have done for me.

My toddler was diagnosed just over two years ago. Thanks to the funding I received I have been able to afford to run a full Lovaas ABA program and my child is well on the way to a full recovery.

I know that many of your children will suffer their whole lives for the lack of support, services and funding for autism treatment in Canada, but I thought, today, you might all like to hear that you have saved at least one child. Thank you Sabrina, Jean, Michelle and all Auton families from the bottom of my heart. We will fight on.

I am asking someone else to post this for me to protect the anonymity of my child.

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