[Katy Harandi]

Hi Doris,
Please feel free to contact me to discuss VB in Vancouver.
604-999-8282
katyh@shaw.ca

[Katy Harandi]

http://www.wpga.ca/service-view-gallery.asp?cat=7&myurl=&gal=100&photonum=22&tp=3&tph=2

or visit http://www.wpga.ca and go to photo gallery, community service and select WPGA Targets Autism.

A new tradition is in the making for Sports Day …

Born out of their love of sports and wanting to raise awareness for autism, two grade ten students at West Point Grey Academy decided to harness the captive audience available on the Junior School’s Sports’ Day. Their idea of “WPGA Targets Autism” was initiated.

Alireza Harandi and Briana Hungerford set out to raise awareness of autism and how it can affect families. They advertised; collected donations; spoke at the jr. school assemblies and worked through the specific details for their event—not least of which must have been filling-up over 2,500 water balloons! Thankfully, on Monday June 19th as the students of WPGA were each given five water balloons to throw at their teachers, the event and hard work paid off. The enthusiasm and laughter was infectious for participants and spectators alike!

In total, over $11,685.00 was raised through donations for families in BC living with autism (A huge thank you should also go out to Mrs. Anne Rowland, from “The Kids Helping Kids Foundation”—whose aim is to foster leadership and encourage kids to make a difference by helping other kids in need– who matched donations which bolstered the final total).

As the event came to a close, Ali and Briana reminded the students that if they meet someone with autism, they should say hello and tell them they threw a water balloon for them. They hope that the raised awareness of autism will help to spark the change in funding that is needed for early intervention and therapy; but in the meantime, many families in BC will benefit from the funds raised.

[Katy Harandi]

MUSIC THERAPIST NEEDED

We are looking for an ABA trained music therapist to work with our extremely musical 12 year old daughter. Weekends only. Walking distance to UBC.

thanks,
Katy
katyh@shaw.ca

[Katy Harandi]

What time is the F.E.A.T. of B.C. discussion group meeting tonight at St. Francis-in-the-wood Anglican Church in West Vancouver?

Thanks,
Katy

[Katy Harandi]

Measles
from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

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MEASLES OVERVIEW

The Disease

We don't usually think of measles as being a serious disease, but it can be very serious. Most children who get measles will have a rash, high fever, cough, runny nose, and watery eyes. These symptoms last for 1 or 2 weeks. But measles also causes ear infections in nearly 1 out of every 10 children who get it. As many as 1 out of 20 children with measles gets pneumonia. About 1 child in every 1,000 who get measles will get encephalitis. (This is an inflammation of the brain that can lead to convulsions, and can leave your child deaf or mentally retarded.) For every 1,000 children who get measles, 1 or 2 will die from it. Measles can also make a pregnant woman have a miscarriage or give birth prematurely.
Measles spreads very easily from person to person. You can get measles from an infected person who coughs or sneezes around you or even talks to you. Before measles vaccine was available, nearly all children had measles by the time they were 15 years old. An average of 530,000 cases a year were reported in the United States during the 10 years before vaccine was available. And during each of these years over 450 people died because of measles.

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Just thought some people might want to know why the vaccine was made in the first place.

My brother works for UNICEF in Ethiopia. He suggested going to this site to find out how deadly and serious this disease is in Africa.

http://www.measlesinitiative.org/

Katy (Laila's Mom)

[Katy Harandi]

Measles
from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

——————————————————————————–
MEASLES OVERVIEW

The Disease

We don't usually think of measles as being a serious disease, but it can be very serious. Most children who get measles will have a rash, high fever, cough, runny nose, and watery eyes. These symptoms last for 1 or 2 weeks. But measles also causes ear infections in nearly 1 out of every 10 children who get it. As many as 1 out of 20 children with measles gets pneumonia. About 1 child in every 1,000 who get measles will get encephalitis. (This is an inflammation of the brain that can lead to convulsions, and can leave your child deaf or mentally retarded.) For every 1,000 children who get measles, 1 or 2 will die from it. Measles can also make a pregnant woman have a miscarriage or give birth prematurely.
Measles spreads very easily from person to person. You can get measles from an infected person who coughs or sneezes around you or even talks to you. Before measles vaccine was available, nearly all children had measles by the time they were 15 years old. An average of 530,000 cases a year were reported in the United States during the 10 years before vaccine was available. And during each of these years over 450 people died because of measles.

****

Just thought some people might want to know why the vaccine was made in the first place.

My brother works for UNICEF in Ethiopia. He suggested going to this site to find out how deadly and serious this disease is in Africa.

http://www.measlesinitiative.org/

Katy (Laila's Mom)

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