Archive for August, 2009
Autism Spectrum Disorder Part II: Why Go Green?
In part one I discussed the history of autism; how until recently it was such a rare disease and I touched on the approach to treatment. In this post I’m going to go more in depth into the treatment controversy and how it relates to us going green.
Autism Spectrum Disorder Part I: The History Of Autism
There is a huge controversy raging about autism: about why it occurs and how to treat it. I didn’t truly understand this debate until I read Changing the Course of Autism by Dr. Bryan Jepson (most of the information I’m going to be talking about in this post is from that book). Of course I’d heard the whole vaccines causing autism debate but there is so much more to that discussion than I thought. I feel to fully understand the state of the autism controversy and how it relates to our family going green it’s necessary to understand the history and origins of the diagnosis and treatment of autism. So I’m going to start off by doing an overview of the history of autism.
One Month Of Blogging, What’s Next?
It has been about one month since we have launched this site and with the excitement of creating a new blog we never really illustrate why we chose to blog about being green and autism and how they might relate to each other.
So this is just a quick post to let everyone know that Andrea is working on a real juicy two part post that will establish the following:
Green Giveaway: Three Free Books Of Your Choice
Hello Green Readers. Today we will be holding our first giveaway with many more to come! We will be giving away your choice of three brand new books from the selection below, shipped to you free of charge.
For this giveaway there are four ways to enter: leave a comment on this post, follow us on Twitter, subscribe to our blog via email and retweet this post. Each options you do gives you one entry. Therefore, if you do all four than your name will be entered four times in the draw! If you are already following us and/or already an email subscriber than you have been automatically entered under those options.
Does The 100 Mile Diet Reduce Your Carbon Footprint?
A couple of days ago I was attending a talk at the University given by a fellow graduate student discussing the issue of sustainable farming. It was an interesting talk that went over the history of human farming practices and how farming can develop sustainably in the future. But the most interesting part of the talk was the discussion where many people had some very interesting ideas and questions about farming. And what I found most interesting was a brief discussion of the 100 mile diet.
12 Autism Warning Signs
One of my biggest hopes for this blog is to raise awareness for autism. I feel like we where blindsided when Tristan was diagnosed.
A lot of the behaviors we now know to be typical of autism we thought were just part of who Tristan is, and to a certain degree they are, but they are also because of autism. There are definite warning signs but you won’t read about any of them in your “baby’s first year” books. And unfortunately for us our family doctor was less than helpful to say the least.
Top 5 Tips For Being A Biker Babe
Well ok, maybe riding a pedal bike isn’t as sexy as riding a ducati, but that doesn’t mean you can’t look just as good. I’ll be the first one to admit that I was really, really nervous about relying on a bike to get me everywhere. I mean two kids and no car? How are we going to get anything done? After just a week or so of riding the initial shock of hauling my butt everywhere on pedal power wore off and I felt much more comfortable on my new wheels. So I’d like to share these five tips that I had the unfortunate experience of learning the hard way.
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