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Monika Lange
MemberMy son's ABA therapist, Jennifer, has moved to Vancouver and is looking for work there. She lives in the Granville Island area and would probably prefer work in the proximity. If you are interested in contacting her, email me and I'll pass your message on to her. She was trained by a UCLA's Lovaas Clinic workshop consultant. I highly recommend her. My email is mlangedok@hotmail.com
MemberMy son's ABA therapist, Jennifer, has moved to Vancouver and is looking for work there. She lives in the Granville Island area and would probably prefer work in the proximity. If you are interested in contacting her, email me and I'll pass your message on to her. She was trained by a UCLA's Lovaas Clinic workshop consultant. I highly recommend her. My email is mlangedok@hotmail.com
MemberRegarding the Christmas CD, I will buy copies as Christmas gifts for friends and family, and people who work with my son. Christmas shopping made easy!
MemberRegarding the Christmas CD, I will buy copies as Christmas gifts for friends and family, and people who work with my son. Christmas shopping made easy!
MemberRegarding the Ritchie's World article…
Wow, when my son's gettin' his freak on (you know, hitting himself in the head and whipping his shorts off at the public swimming pool) I hardly think he should just be "free to be me". Not to conjure up any far-out visuals, but this will only become less "cool" as he reaches adulthood. Maybe someone's been smokin' the herb a little too much, because that's the only way you could actually believe this fantastic tale that the best practice for dealing with a child's serious neurological disorder is to chill out about it. Gotta go guys, I'm feelin' a sudden urge to listen to Bob Marley. Caveat: don't sweat the small stuff… and medically necessary treatment for autism is so NOT small stuff.MemberRegarding my earlier post, I'd be very interested in finding out if anyone else out there has had the rubella vaccination as an adult and subsequently had an autistic child. If so, I'd very much appreciate hearing from you. Would you please email me at mlangedok@hotmail.com? Thank you.
MemberGood to see the vaccination issue raised. The Department of Immunology at UCLA has also done research on the vaccination of mothers and the correlation to their child's autism. I received the Rubella vaccination as an adult and was told to wait 3 months before getting pregnant. I was pregnant with my autistic son 6 months later, and have a hunch 6 months still wasn't a long enough of a waiting period. Sometimes a standard pregnancy blood panel will reveal that the mother's childhood rubella vaccination didn't "take" and the family doctor will recommend she gets another one before her next pregnancy to "protect" the fetus. This may be risky. It's certainly left me wondering whether the family doctor knew best. (He certainly didn't later on when he told me repeatedly not to worry about my son's delays.) Just want to make others aware of my suspicions, for whatever they're worth.
MemberSupported childcare money is separate from respite funding.
MemberGood point Tony. I have advice regarding paying for therapist hours. If you are a single working parent, you are eligible for supported childcare. I paid my therapists $10/hr and of that amount, the government paid the first $6. The government gave me this money to pay for glorified babysitting; I put it towards medically necessary treatment for my son. Since the money currently given to families ($20k or $6K) is for out of school hours, you may use supported childcare money for in-school hours to complement. Considering all the stress autism and its associated financial burden places on a family, the government shouldn't be that surprised if married couples "separate" en masse, if you know what I mean.
MemberRegarding the question about "is it too late?": ABA enables the child to learn, and learning should never stop. Not at age 6, not at 10, not ever. We would never dream of denying a child an education if he was making a "late" start; and we would never say a child's education should stop when he turns 6 (well, the BC Government would, but I won't get into that right now). ABA is a tool your child needs to learn. When he no longer needs it, he can drop the training wheels. Maybe he only needs them for two years, but maybe he'll need them for a long time. ABA is a bridging tool, just as training wheels are. The goal in education is to make continuous progress, and without ABA autistic kids are essentially denied their right to participate in an education (to say the least). Please, give your kid the training wheels.
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