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jypsy
05-16-2013
07:48 AM ET (US)
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Great little radio interview (almost 9 minutes)
http://www.cbc.ca/allinaday/2013/05/13/one...ing-autism-journey/
One family's amazing autism journey
We've brought you a lot of stories lately about the huge challenges facing parents of children with autism. John Jarecsni and Susan Torrie have experienced many of them with their 21-year-old son Robert. But they've also found an amazing way to turn one of his unusual interests into something positive. Turns out Robert loves streetlights. And when they're burned out, he's passionate about making sure the city knows about it. Alan spoke with Robert and his parents about their adventures in the world of Ottawa's streetlights.
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Philip
05-15-2013
11:00 AM ET (US)
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Hi Michelle
I am pleased that both of the posters you were involved in at IMFAR in were well received.
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dinah
05-13-2013
02:02 AM ET (US)
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re 13296
Thanks to Prof Mottron for pointing us to this free for everyone information. I am feeling a bit overwhelmed with admiration and wishing more people worked like this. Eg, small good feature, I love the credits to the PhD students who contributed; large good feature, I love the links to free or possibly free assessment tools; and I'm really pleased to see the ICF being spotlit (am fairly convinced this is the way to go, ie out of the DSM into the ICF); in fact I love just about everything about this presentation. It's very likely that you Michelle can spot some flaws I've missed, but Wow! totally understand why it got raved about...
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Michelle Dawson
05-12-2013
12:38 PM ET (US)
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Re /m13295 Maureen Durkin's slides from her IMFAR keynote (that I missed) are now up online--free for everyone http://www.disabilitymeasures.org/wp-conte...n_IMFAR05042013.pdf
Thanks to Laurent for the heads-up.
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Michelle Dawson
05-11-2013
03:19 PM ET (US)
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Speaking of IMFAR, all info from this year is now up (searchable program *with* abstracts, program book, abstract book...) linked to this page http://imfar.confex.com/imfar/2013/webprogram/start.htmlI did not actually meet Kelly the ABA therapist robot, as in http://autism-insar.org/sites/default/file...far_media_alert.pdf By the time I ran into Kelly, on day 3, he was packed up in suitcases. Abstracts I was involved in, both posters, are here http://imfar.confex.com/imfar/2013/webprogram/Paper12274.html and here http://imfar.confex.com/imfar/2013/webprogram/Paper13908.html Both posters seemed to be well-received. I managed to miss the 3rd keynote (Maureen Durkin), which everyone was and still is raving about. INSAR should be posting videos of all three keynotes plus the symposia, but I suspect you need to be an INSAR member to see these. Edited 05-11-2013 03:21 PM
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Michelle Dawson
05-10-2013
01:24 PM ET (US)
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Still staggering around in post-IMFAR fog but here's a brilliant NYT piece on blind pole vaulters http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/11/sports/b...y-other-hurdle.html
Highly recommended, it is excellent all the way through.
"This weekend, Ottmueller, 17, and Brown, 15, will compete in their state track and field meets in the pole vault, pioneers with severe visual impairment who are further redefining what is considered an able-bodied athlete and what is considered a disabled one. In the past, athletes with disabilities were not accommodated in mainstream high school sports. Now, athletes like Ottmueller and Brown are not only competing, but also succeeding against their able-bodied peers."
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Michelle Dawson
04-30-2013
05:57 AM ET (US)
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"The Autistic Spectrum"--title of chapter by Laurent and me, in the massive Handbook of Clinical Neurology (Pediatric Neurology Part I) http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/artic...9780444528919000294 that's the abstract, the rest is paywalled though.
In fact I didn't expect it to be online, but there it is. It's on PubMed too http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23622174 The actual tome (never ever written that word before) isn't out yet; it's here http://www.amazon.com/Pediatric-Neurology-...book/dp/0444528911/
Our chapter was written quite a while ago, 2009 I think, for the first draft. This kind of delay is a common challenge with writing textbook chapters and the like. When I read these particular page proofs I thought what a good test these delays are, of whether your work stands up over time.
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Michelle Dawson
04-23-2013
09:31 PM ET (US)
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From SBC and colleagues, an opinion piece on DSM-5 autism http://www.plosbiology.org/article/info%3A...ournal.pbio.1001544 (it's open access).
It summarizes findings to date on DSM-IV vs -5 autism and suggests a long comet-tail of additional DSM-5 autism specifiers, among which you can find Asperger's.
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Michelle Dawson
04-22-2013
06:26 PM ET (US)
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Fantastic interview with Isabelle Soulieres, who is now an assistant professor at UQAM http://www.uqam.ca/entrevues/entrevue.php?id=1239
It's in French. I haven't checked to see how it translates via google (or similar). The headline isn't good and I can spot a few other problems. But almost everything is excellent, especially compared to the usual autism reporting standards. Here's a bit:
"«En apparence, ces enfants ont un niveau très faible, explique la neuropsychologue, mais il ne faut pas abandonner l'idée de leur faire faire des apprentissages académiques.» C'est la conclusion d'une étude qu'elle a menée auprès d'une trentaine d'élèves de 6 à 12 ans provenant de deux écoles spécialisées dans l'enseignement aux autistes ayant d’importantes difficultés d’adaptation. Les élèves sélectionnés étaient tous considérés par les tests traditionnels de QI comme étant déficients intellectuels et ne parlaient pas ou très peu. «Souvent on se fait reprocher de choisir des autistes parmi les plus doués pour montrer qu'on peut leur faire faire des tâches complexes, souligne-t-elle. Là on a fait le contraire.»"
I'm mentioned... "Isabelle Soulières lui soumet ses analyses afin qu'elle y pointe les failles et erreurs de raisonnement, un processus que la professeure qualifie en riant «d'épreuve d'humilité»."
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Michelle Dawson
04-21-2013
02:02 PM ET (US)
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Well that was a week. For those interested, the IMFAR 2013 program book (in pdf form) is up, linked now to this page http://imfar.confex.com/imfar/2013/webprogram/start.htmlThe program book includes award information. Pat Howlin receives this year's Lifetime Achievement Award. Also nice to see familiar names (from U de M, UQAM, and McGill) among those who received student travel awards. I may be overlooking something, but it looks like an especially poor turnout on the part of behavior analysts this year. Provided I manage to get from Montreal to San Sebastian, not a given, this will be my 10th consecutive IMFAR. Then I can retire! Or maybe not. Edited 04-21-2013 02:02 PM
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Michelle Dawson
04-15-2013
05:10 PM ET (US)
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Learned via Runman, explosions at the Boston Marathon http://therunman.blogspot.ca/2013/04/live-...ders-at-boston.html
NYT coverage, updating... (not paywalled, I think) http://www.nytimes.com/
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Michelle Dawson
04-12-2013
04:30 PM ET (US)
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First it was ice pellets with freezing rain (or was that hail?). This made a big racket. Then, ice mixed with snow, then a lot of snow on top. Now some more ice. All with high winds, and it's still snowing etc, it looks like January out there. Willing to bet it's at least our fair share.
Anyway, I'm almost impressed. What with one thing or another I was out walking in it for more than an hour. Things will take a while to dry...
We still have a weather warning. Tonight's forecast (it's going to end, soon...): "Snow. Snow mixed with ice pellets this evening. Snow and ice pellet amount 5 cm. Wind east 20 km/h gusting to 40 becoming light before morning. Temperature steady near plus 1."
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jypsy
04-12-2013
11:03 AM ET (US)
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re /m13283How's your storm going Michelle? PEI is in for it tomorrow... ----------- A snowfall warning has been issued for P.E.I. tonight and into much of Saturday. Today Sunny. Increasing cloudiness early this afternoon. Wind northwest 30 km/h gusting to 50 becoming north 20 near noon. High plus 2. UV index 6 or high. Tonight Cloudy. Snow beginning late this evening. Amount 2 to 4 cm. Wind becoming southeast 20 km/h before morning. Low zero. Saturday Snow. Amount 10 cm. Wind southeast 20 km/h becoming east 30 gusting to 50 in the morning then becoming northeast 30 gusting to 50 in the afternoon. High plus 1. ----------- Lovely out there now but so not looking forward to trying to get to town tomorrow morning for Alex's 5K SADD Run. I think there's a few nervous Islanders hoping they'll make their flight to Boston tomorrow for Monday's Boston Marathon. Knowing how you love a good storm, could you take our share of the snow while it's there in Montreal? This just in..... "Due to the impending weather, the Colonel Gray SADD run has been postponed until Wednesday at 6:30. Registration starts at 5:30. Forecast looks good, hope to see you there." works for me... let it snow... Edited 04-12-2013 01:53 PM
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