[Luke’s mama]

FOR SALE IMMEDIATELY:

Our beloved 1998 Chrysler Grand Caravan Sport Edition, Red, (longer model), 169,000 kms, automatic, power steering, power brakes, power windows, power door locks, keyless entry with engine immobilizer, rear 2nd and 3rd air conditioning vents with own temperature dial, 10 speaker audio system (CD player, cassette player, AM/FM radio (some mp3 CDs playable – depending on the quality of the download), alumimnum mag wheels, front factory fog lights, front wind deflector, darker tint rear windows (privacy), 7 seats (front captain and rear bench seats).

We are selling this vehicle at a very good price and would like to be able to benefit a family that needs a vehicle. We are asking $2600 or best offer. Please call to inquire at 604-765-7328.

Insurance running out on October 6th so if your interested, give us a call, check out the car and try your offers.

We love this car so we hope the new owner will take care of it. Our ASD son is in tears but we need the cash desperately.

Thanks guys.

[Luke’s mama]

FOR SALE IMMEDIATELY:

Our beloved 1998 Chrysler Grand Caravan Sport Edition, Red, (longer model), 169,000 kms, automatic, power steering, power brakes, power windows, power door locks, keyless entry with engine immobilizer, rear 2nd and 3rd air conditioning vents with own temperature dial, 10 speaker audio system (CD player, cassette player, AM/FM radio (some mp3 CDs playable – depending on the quality of the download), alumimnum mag wheels, front factory fog lights, front wind deflector, darker tint rear windows (privacy), 7 seats (front captain and rear bench seats).

We are selling this vehicle at a very good price and would like to be able to benefit a family that needs a vehicle. We are asking $2600 or best offer. Please call to inquire at 604-765-7328.

Insurance running out on October 6th so if your interested, give us a call, check out the car and try your offers.

We love this car so we hope the new owner will take care of it. Our ASD son is in tears but we need the cash desperately.

Thanks guys.

[Luke’s mama]

Thank you all tremendously for those that have been supportive with your flood of emails to comfort and support me.

I am surprised by the amount of support from people I don't know yet walk the same walk I do every day. It should be like this.

No matter how busy we are we should not stop writing to each other and we should not stop connecting. It is always going to be busy….it will always be stressful so knowledge is power.

We will share together and we will stay united.

Once again thanks for so much support and virtual hugs and I feel rejuvenated and ready to march on.

It is a huge stress relief and being in Canada and being in a great free land we should be able to express our feelings. Some comments I read and take it to heart with joy and some I just ignore.

As I said, the FEAT board is something that we need so that is why it remains here still. I think we need to continue the emails and postings because we need to pay it forward.

Hope you all have a good spring break and it gets a little interesting with the little ones home but we love them anyways.

Regards,
LM

[Luke’s mama]

We are looking for motivated and fun loving therapists to join our team. We have opening for both male and female therapists.

We are in Burnaby and we have a great opportunity for you !

Our child is 7 years old and loves to interact with people. He has many talents in drawing and loves to do science stuff like the cyclone experiment. He is calm and gentle boy that loves to learn so we would like to hear from you.

Our team is under the guidance of the wonderful consultant Kathryn Theroux of The Able Clinic in Surrey.

We would love to hear from you. Please send your resume and salary expectations in confidence to :

abatherapy@live.com

[Luke’s mama]

Dear all

does anyone have clips saved or could post on Youtube re: rally speeches

would love to see clips and hear the msg that was put out to the media and our government.

thx
LM

[Luke’s mama]

Danielle

Did I read that you have adopted a child and you are fighting for his rights to be in public school and get an education? Well good on ya mate.
I think you are great and a wonderful example to us all because you have put your life on hold for him and you know you are his ONLY advocate.

Good for you for reading and bookmarking all the stuff on Min. Ed's website policy. If you need help email me and I will give you a direct contact for the person responsible for initiating the special ed stuff working for The Ministry of Education.

She got my son in to school !

Let me know at :

abatherapy@live.com

keep fighting!! Never give up !!

[Luke’s mama]

While I do agree that special needs funding for early intervention is needed, the sadness is for my particular case, we were misdiagnosed…so even the chance for early intervention was robbed.

He was thought to have ADHD even when he was silent, non-verbal and non-responsive. I am having a rough time finding a lawyer to sue the professionals that still have a right to diagnose!

What's the problem you say? After ABA I don't have any money left for such luxuries.

I am frustrated because a lot of people are dreading to hear the news but in some cases it can be a blessing. For us we needed to get the school off my back from suggesting medication.

Until the diagnoses came through finally with the new team of medical professionals the school wanted us to put our child on ritalin, a stimulant at elementary???????
I thought coffee was bad.

Nonetheless it has been a difficult journey. I am just sad because if the early intervention was available to us (we never got it because the team that first came across him kept putting his file away INACTIVE. I wrote letters for 3.5 years and I saved every transcript of every phone call and all pertaining written documents. (Just like Sabrina Freeman shared in her Autism video).

I am as outraged of MSP not covering our ABA treatment as I am with the physcial process of actually getting diagnosis. It should NOT be so hard!!!

Like dangling a carrot in front of us only to find out it's plastic!

Even now, my home team is diminishing and I am forced put up with people that come to training and take off to go work for another school district….at my cost!!!

None of the aides my son is working with in the class have a clue what ABA is. The casual part time staff that worked there also had interest in psychology but never stayed past 10 months with each of their previous job (with NO ABA) in their work history. Yet they are hired by the school board to be an interventionist. Heck I could do a better job. The key ingredient is that I care.

** I am NOT putting down the aides that actually do have ABA training and actually do care about our kids. My applause and hats off to you fine people.

It's the one that go in to the school so that they have money to make rent each month but don't give a hoot about our kids I am upset at. What kind of standards do we have with the the hiring of these indivduals? ***********

If the government funded ABA we would surely have no shortage since everyone would be guaranteed a good paying job. I know we don't pay union wages but we also stand to lose good therapist and that kind of toll on our families and the inconsistency to our children is simply disgusting!

Everyone please keep your eyes and ears open for the information coming up for elections in our very near future. We need to keep the numbers showing at the poll.

Anyone knocking my door will get a simple question…are you in this for my son's autism or not? No autism funding no vote from me.

Thank you for letting me air out tonight. It has been extremely frustrating after the 3rd person has left our team and we just started.

LM

please share any suggestions or good stories please. virtual hugs accepted. pls leave a msg
here or email me privately at :

abatherapy@live.com

[Luke’s mama]

Thx Tony

I needed that. I was so tired of this excuse one after another. It is very common for the school team to tell me the government is to blame but I know the childrens' money is spent as the school pleases. We received a fancy new state of the art playground and you know with no parents allowed to ask about funding, only God knows how much was spent on the "state of the art" playground.

I am so sick of the same old excuse. I am fortunate as both his teachers are pretty good to us and have fought passionately and furiously against the system and worked effortlessly to make sure he is included in his classroom.

Last couple of years he looks pretty much like the others in his class but since he is graduating from Gr. 2, he it is more evident he is coming across as "different" to his peers.

I dread the next fall term when the school puts the kids in their old classrooms while they sort out where they will be placed permanently. This offers no benefit to my ASD-PDD son. He needs to know where he is going off the bat. He had such a "nervous breakdown" when he thought he was going to the class they first set him up in the beginning of Sept.

Is this just Bby school district or all districts do this? please advise opening week for me, parents of the various public school districts.

Thanks again and any stories to encourage are appreciated.

You may email me privately at :

abatherapy@live.com if you choose to do so.

Regards,
LM

[Luke’s mama]

Dear all,

Is there something I can say to my school regarding the handling of his IEP? I do have a consultant but the thing is we always have this "your child is doing better than someone else" so his help, time, and funding will not be
as strong as the ones that are less able.

I recall a lot of moms telling me that this is not appropriate because ABA helps children from parts of the spectrum.

I am frustrated and I want to know how to talk to them. When we have IEP meetings it is pretty obvious they only pay attention to the consultant because she is educated and experienced but as a mom I feel that I represent a very important side to the story. I am the expert on my child despite what the medical professionals and teaching staff say.

The time spent at school is long 6 hours but our time with our kids have been lifelong. I am sick of our kids care being put on the side and the parents treated as crazy basketcase.

I feel equally as victimized as a parent of a higher functioning child as compared to one that is lower functioning. Should not make a difference. They are ALL vulnerable in our society if ABA is not implemented at school as well.

Thx.
Luke's mom
p.s. I appreciate all comments to be posted on this board.

[Luke’s mama]

Everyone,

I love the story of Helen Keller and Anne Sullivan. It does span the test of time and shows the dedication of one person.

With perseverance, one person can change another person's life one day at the time.

She is a great example of what we can expect if we have the right team for our ABA program.

I am new to the scene too but I am so glad for what I have in funding.

Bev Sharpe thanks for your speech at the rally. It validates that we all are in this because it works and that is why we CANNOT stop !!
I cannot stop crying when I think of how much emotion came out and how hard you fought to give your child the best treatment.
Sabrina, Jean, Dr. deLevie, Dubravka, and countless others that gave and gave from their time and own pocketbook…God Bless You for stepping out of your comfort zone.
Like a tide we must keep the wave going so one good wave after another will keep crashing with the truth.

Dione, I am hoping to connect with you. Please tell me if you recieved my email. I am waiting to connect to you per your request. Thx.

the proud parent of Luke

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