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Tuesday, July 22, 2008
Dannie's Dilemma
Carol Haldane a parent of a daughter with Asperger Syndrome recently sent a email to Autism Buddies regarding a new set of
books she has written.
"These books are unique in as much as they are interactive and it is the readers choice
as to how each story shall end, by writing books in this way, the idea is to encourage aspergers children to think through
social situations and maybe deal with daily problems differently by giving them examples of what could be done. Thus the reason
for the two separate endings to each story.
These books are based on actual events that my daughter has faced and different
ways in which we have found to help her cope with the aspergers. We hope that maybe our solutions may help others in similar
situations and show others how these children cope with life on a daily basis.
Although there is only one book in paperback
at present we are underway of publishing books 2 and 3. There are roughly in total 35 - 40 books in rough draft which we are
trying to get published roughly every six weeks or so. Thereby hopefully by Christmas there should be a varied amount of stories
available.
The subjects covered in these books vary between, choices, literal thinking, friendships, bullying, moving to
secondary school, puberty, dangers, obsessions, remembering, following the crowd and wandering to name but a few.
Our hope
is to get this information to as many parents, carers and professionals who deal with aspergers children and the children
themselves. We hope to have these books available to all children so as they may understand a little better about aspergers
syndrome. As I'm sure that many children have friends who have aspergers"
The books are available in both paperback
and Ebook formats.
**Authors - if you would like your book mentioned on autism buddies, please feel free to send an
email**
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Thursday, June 5, 2008
Updates
Just added some new pages!!
Events and Conference has a Google Calendar which I will try to update regularly with local
events and others held throughout the UK.
New support and advice section with contact details
Respite and Playschemes
page
Local activities section
If you have any suggestions or ideas, please let me know:)
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Wednesday, May 21, 2008
Spread the Word
When I decided to set up a support group online for the ASD community (which I am gladly a part of).I had no idea of what
I was actually doing!! I just wanted to share the information that I had come across.
Originally the site was on Freewebs
and then I changed the design and moved to Fashosts. That's when it became interesting, I'm a novice, HTML and website jargon
are all new to me, so if the site looks a bit quirky - now you know why!!
Within the site, there are lots of articles
related to autism that have been republished from ArticleDepot, ArticleCat to name a few, simply because the articles seemed
really good!!
Information regarding autism ranges from awareness to advocacy to cure. Whatever your stance is on autism,
this site aims to cover as many aspects of ASD as possible, if only to initiate debate.
I'll try and update the site
as often as possible:
Updates in the next few weeks will be information about:
Intervention
Respite and Playschemes
Therapies
Entitlements
Special
Schools
and much more.....
Thanks for visiting
Dee
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Tuesday, May 13, 2008
All about Autism Buddies
Autism Buddies has been set up by a foster carer who wanted to share information about autism with families, parents and carers.
Having
worked with children and families in the ASD community, I found that sharing experiences and supporting each other helps.
There
are no specific terms of use for this site, however I acknowledge everyone has different views regarding autism - the information
on Autism Buddies is purely for reference purposes. Medical advice should always be sought.
If you know anyone that
can benefit from this site, please spread the word.
Feel free to email suggestion, stories or information:
autismbuddies@yahoo.co.uk
Thank
you for visiting:)
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Resources
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Do2Learn
Picture communication cards, songs, games and learning activities for autism - excellent free section with printable cards.
Do2Learn
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Room 5 ideas
A wide range of resources for carers, parents and teachers.
Room 5 Ideas
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Widgit
A software website with symbol stories, language and communication, parents area, there are some free downloads too.
Widgit
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Symbol World created by Widgit, features symbol stories.
Symbol World
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Help Kidz Learn
A website for children with special needs features,
games, quizzes, songs and creative play.
Help Kidz Learn
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Benefits and Allowances
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Entitledto.co.uk is an excellent resource, a website with a benefits calculator for working out how much you could claim:
Council Tax and Housing Benefit
Pension Credit
Child Benefit
Child Trust Fund
Child Tax Credit
Working Tax Credit.
Entitled To
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Department of Work & Pensions (DWP)
Attendance Allowance
Bereavement Benefits
Carer's Allowance
Disability Living Allowance
Incapacity Allowance
Income Support
Jobseeker's Allowance
Widowed Parent's Allowance
Telephone 0800 88 22 00
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HM Revenue & Customs
Child Benefit
Child Tax Credit
Child TrustFund
Guardian's Allowance
Over 50 Bonus Working Tax Credit
Tel: 0845 300 3900
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Merton Benefits Service
Council Tax Benefit
Discretionary Housing Payment
Housing Benefit (Local Housing Allowance)
Tel: 020 8274 4903
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Working Families
Waving not Drowning is a project created by Working Families for parents of disabled children who work or want to work.
The project provides a network, newsletter and a helpline:
Tel:020 7253 7243, open on Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays from 9.30am - 1.00pm and 2.00pm - 4.30pm.
Working Families also offer free advice on Tax Credits, flexible working and rights at work. Their free helpline on is
open Monday to Friday Tel: 0800 013 0313
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