The Carless Challenge
When Odum first suggested we give up the car and bike everywhere I thought he had finally lost it. All those late nights had finally caught up with him. When he assured me he was serious I thought long and hard about it. And the more I thought about it the more excited I was for the challenge.
Tristan’s Screening for Intensive Behavioural Intervention
Here in Ontario the only service for autism is intensive behavioural intervention (IBI). I’ve talked a bit about it before: it’s a really intensive type of therapy that is usually one on one. Some might also know it as ABA, applied behavioural analysis. It breaks down tasks into very simple and small steps and rewards the child with positive reinforcement when a task is completed. It’s usually at least 20 hours per week. This is the only treatment the Ontario government pays for.
Christmas and The Story of Stuff
Christmas is the time for giving. And I’m sure like me you’ve given and received some useless gifts. Of course it’s always the thought that counts. I don’t mean to sound ungrateful, but some of the stuff I’ve received over the years has gone into the garbage along with the wrapping.
We’re Baaaaack!
Just wanted to make a quickie post to apologize for our absence, and let you know that yes we’re still here and everything is going well! It’s been a busy fall for the green family and what I’d like to do here is just offer up some quick highlights as to what has been going down the past month or so.
Vaccines and Autism Part III: Vaccine Safety Studies
In Part One and Part Two of this series I looked at common issues with vaccine ingredients and the timing of vaccines, respectively. in this final post I will take a quick look about what I feel is a lack of good quality vaccine studies.
Here is a brief refresher on this series:
- Vaccine Ingredients (Part I)
- Timing of Vaccines (Part II)
- Vaccine Safety Studies (Part III)
H1N1: The New Spanish Flu?
I haven’t been able to post on here for a while since I’ve been busy with school and also with a new project that is just about ready, but I wanted to post and let everyone know that I’ve really been enjoying reading the different points of view from everyone around the world on this blog and on twitter.
Vaccines and Autism Part II: Timing of Vaccines
In Part One I looked at the ingredients in vaccines and what the connection was to autism. In this part I’ll look at the timing of vaccines and vaccine safety studies and how it relates to the autism debate.
Here is a brief refresher on this series:
- Vaccine Ingredients (Part I)
- Timing of Vaccines (Part II)
- Vaccine Safety Studies (Part III)
A Moment in the Life of an Autism Mom
Today was a gorgeous fall day so we took the kids for a walk in the wagon. On our walk we came across a mom and her son on their way to the playground. As soon as the boy caught sight of the wagon he came running over. He crouched real low walking behind the wagon and watched the wheels as they turned. And when Odum stopped to say hi the boy started to push the wagon to keep it going and didn’t make any effort to say hi.
Vaccines And Autism Part I: Vaccine Ingredients
Since Tristan’s diagnosis of autism I’ve had a few people ask what my feelings where about the whole vaccine – autism controversy. They wondered if I thought vaccines caused Tristan’s autism and if we choose to vaccinate Maya differently as a result. Since I have a degree in biology and loved immunology I thought I’d do a little series on vaccines. What they are and how they work, what the controversy is about and what we’ve chosen to do with our kids.
Happy Thanksgiving Everyone!
I feel incredibly lucky that this thanksgiving I have so much to be thankful for.
So I’ve decided to share my list with you.
Here are the things that I am thankful for this year:
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