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QUOTES
Nobody's good in everything. Advantages
and disadvantages come in many forms.
-- Charles Schwab
"He told me that his teachers reported
that . . . he was mentally slow, unsociable, and adrift forever in his
foolish dreams."
-- Hans Albert Einstein,
on his father, Albert Einstein
"...never was much good at
the 'easy' part of
mathematics. To shine, he
had to move on to the 'hard' part.' In adult life his mathematical
intuition
was recognized as
extraordinary and he could
handle deftly the most
difficult of tensor calculus,
but it appears that arithmetic calculation continued to be
an area of comparative weakness"
-- Einstein's sister
"I grew up in a school system , where nobody understood the meaning of
learning disorder.
In the West Indies, I was constantly being physically abused because the
whipping
of students was permitted."
-- Harry Belafonte "I was,
on the whole, considerably discouraged by my school days. It was not
pleasant to feel oneself so completely outclassed and left behind at the
beginning of the race."
--Winston Churchill
Life on the Spectrum...Our Story [excerpt - © Copyright
1995-2002 janet norman-bain.
All Rights Reserved ] --
www.isn.net/~jypsy/
ourstory.htm
"Our goal has always been to teach him the "navigation" skills he needs
to get around in this world, not to "cure" or "normalize" him. Therapies
were always aimed at easing 'symptoms' to make this easier."
-- Jypsy
Click and go to this site:
Systematic
Treatment of Autism & Related Disorders
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December 2007 Updates
from Jun & Lucy Adea
On March of this year,
Ron, our special son, shared his talent by performing in a fund raising
dinner concert, organized for the benefits of destitute in the Phil. and
the autistic kids. Our thanks to the
FCAPSG members who supported the
event. Click on
http://junluchie.multiply.com/.....ch_10_2007
Also click on the video:
http://junluchie.multiply.com/.....erformance
With all these celebrations it is Ron’s turn to celebrate his 15th
birthday on September 22nd. For a change, instead of having lunch or
dinner party, we had a breakfast party at Rendezvous Restaurant, where
we invited the Fil-Can Autism Parent Support Group. It was such a joy
for Ron being in the group where he is very comfortable, the Autism
group. The special needs kids love the tapsilog, longsilog or tosilog
breakfast. Every Saturday, we do line dancing and have breakfast at the
said restaurant. That’s made Ron’s day a special one, with his peer.
“Again, more thank you’s” from Ron. Photos and videos:
http://junluchie.multiply.com/tag/ron
October was another busy month for us, as FCAPSG member and active
officer. We had our 2nd annual dinner dance on October 20th. It was
attended by almost 250 guests. Everyone enjoyed the dance, the food, the
raffle gifts and of course the music of our very own, the A+ Band.,
another great performances, and was much applauded and liked by the
guests. Thanks to all who supported this event for the benefits of
Special Needs Kids of FCAPSG. To all members, who worked hard and
donated their time and effort for the success of this event, maraming
salamat. For photos and videos, click on:
http://junluchie.multiply.com/tag/fcapsg dance 07
Some of the photos from the above links are:
  
Left: Ron's 15th birthday: with his 2 Carolino cousins, says a prayer
before blowing the cake.
Middle: With the Autistic group at the Rendezvous Resto breakfast party.
Right: FCAPSG regular Sunday breakfast get-together.
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Left: Ron, second from left, at Dr. &
Mrs. Romy Adea's 50th Wedding Anniversary in Toronto
Right: Ron with his cousins. From left, Christian, Ron, Ryan, Cheenee,
front in wheelchair who
sprained his ankle at Darien Lake RV is Eugene
Jerome.
  
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image for larger view
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From Left:
Cheenee, Dada Lou,Jerome,
Ron, Christian, Ryan
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Tito Emil's 50th
birthday at Darien Lake
Niagara Falls, USA |
Adea-Carolino-Quesada
Family |
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Ron celebrated
his 14th birthday! My 14th birthday was on
September 22, 2006.
We did not have a party at
home this
year, instead
I con-celebrated my b'day the following day
with
7 other members of my Autism group at
Kerry's
Place.
Here are some
pictures.
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Below: Ron with
Dr. Raul Sunico
(Dean of the Conservatory of Music,
University of Sto. Tomas), a well known Filipino concert artist
when Dr. Sunico
had a concert here in Toronto last
April 23, 2006.   |
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Below: The
JENNIFER
CAMACHO
fund-raising concert for the FCAPSG-Toronto 1st Annual Dinner & Dance Fundraising
Event
Saturday, October 21, 2006 at
Mississauga Valley Community Centre  |
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Article on Autism:
What Happens When They Grow Up? |
Teenagers and young adults are the emerging face of autism as
the
disorder continues to challenge science and unite determined
families. |
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By Barbara Kantrowitz
and Julie Scelfo (Newsweek Cover Story) |
Nov. 27, 2006 issue - Chicken
and potatoes. Chicken and potatoes. Danny Boronat wants chicken and
potatoes. He asks
for it once, twice ... 10 times. In the kitchen of the family's
suburban New Jersey home, Danny's mother, Loretta,
chops garlic for spaghetti sauce. No chicken and potatoes, she tells
Danny. We're having spaghetti. But Danny
wants chicken and potatoes. Chicken and potatoes. His 12-year-old
sister, Rosalinda, wanders in to remind her mother
about upcoming basketball tryouts. His brother Alex, 22, grabs some
tortilla chips and then leaves to check scores
on ESPN. His other brother Matthew, 17, talks about an upcoming gig
with his band. Danny seems not to notice any
of this. "Mom," he asks in a monotone, "why can't we have chicken
and potatoes?" If Danny were a toddler, his
behavior would be nothing unusual. But Danny Boronat is 20 years
old. "That's really what life with autism is like,"
says Loretta. "I have to keep laughing. Otherwise, I would cry."
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Autism strikes in childhood, but as thousands of families
like the Boronats have learned—and thousands more
are destined to learn—autism is not simply a childhood
disorder. Two decades into the surge of diagnoses that has
made autism a major public health issue, a generation of
teenagers and young adults is facing a new crisis: what
happens next?
Click here for complete story
>>
Newsweek
Magazine November 27, 2006 issue.
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Difference in the Behaviors of Infants With and
Without Autism |
Infants with Autism
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Normal Infants
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Communication
- Avoid eye contact
- Seem deaf
- Start developing language,
then
abruptly stop talking altogether
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Communication
- Study mother's face
- Easily stimulated by sounds
- Keep adding to vocabulary and
expanding grammatical usage
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Social relationships
- Act as if unaware of the
coming and going
of others
- Physically attack and injure
others without
provocation
- Inaccessible, as if in a
shell
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Social relationships
- Cry when mother leaves the
room and are
anxious with strangers
- Get upset when hungry or
frustrated
- Recognize familiar faces and
smile
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Exploration of environment
- Remain fixated on a single
item or activity
- Practice strange actions like
rocking or
hand-flapping
- Sniff or lick toys
- Show no sensitivity to burns
or bruises,
and engage in self-mutilation, such
as
eye gouging
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Exploration of environment
- Move from one engrossing
object or
activity to another
- Use body purposefully to
reach or acquire
objects
- Explore and play with toys
- Seek pleasure and avoid pain
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NOTE:
This list is not
intended to be used to assess whether a particular
person has child autism. Diagnosis
should only be done by a specialist using highly detailed
background information and behavioral observations.
[SOURCE:
http://www.healthnewsflash.com/conditions/autism.php] |
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