This week we are featuring another personal story from one of our our David's Gift families. Today's story is from Irene, whose son 13 year old son Lachlan has diagnosed with both Asperger's syndrome and ADHD. Her explanation of how a rewards chart works for Lachlan may give other parents some ideas about how to implement this in their families.
Irene's Story
My name is Irene. My husband Jim and I have two children. Emily is 17 years old ...
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May 10th, 2011
Irene’s Asperger’s Journey
May 3rd, 2011
Asperger’s Syndrome from a Father’s Perspective
We have had a couple of extremely busy weeks here at David's Gift!
Unfortunately, we have had issues with our web site, which are slowly being fixed. Hopefully our new re-vamped site will be up and running soon. We are not sure if the site was hacked, or there are just technical gremlins working behind the scenes, but with anything of this nature, when something untoward happens, it is also a great time to revisit your own direction and make some ...
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April 8th, 2011
Living with Autism …. Kris’ Story
This week I came across a page on Facebook entitled ' Autism Gratitude Project, it's a task to complete throughout the month of April, Autism Awareness Month. I thought this blog article, from my friend Kris Barrett, was a perfect fit!
Kris and I met through mutual friends and fellow ASD mothers. We correspond regularly via facebook and have enjoyed a couple of hysterical, emotion-charged lunch gatherings with other mums. When we all get together we have to allow at least ...
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February 21st, 2011
Time out for Dads in the Asperger’s journey
I have recently become a fan of the show Parenthood. I initially resisted watching the show because it is starts at 9:30pm here in Australia. But, a friend of mine suggested I watch it as one of the characters was diagnosed with Asperger's. It didn't take long for me to get hooked!
The story is about the 'Braverman' family. There are four children, and each of those children have children also. But the family who most intrigues me are Adam and Kristina ...
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February 12th, 2011
If you have a child with Asperger’s …. you have to watch this!
Introducing James Durbin, a 21 year old man from San Francisco who has been diagnosed with Asperger's and Tourette's Syndrome. He was the last contestant to appear on the recent American Idol auditions.
It takes a long time to get to the point that this young man has got to, and in his pre-audition interview James gave an insight into what life has been like for him.
Then half way through the interview he says "I was diagnosed with Tourette's ...
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February 2nd, 2011
Asperger’s Syndrome 10 years on…Things haven’t changed much have they?
I recently received an email from a reader of David's Gift.
Now I receive emails all the time, but this particular email was very sad.
The reader described to me the experiences of her 15 year old son at his school. It could have been a chapter straight out of David's Gift. She was describing things today that were the same as my story of the way things were - 10 years ago!
So why
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January 10th, 2011
Beginning the 13 year long Marathon..Helping your ASD child get ready for School
Around Australia over the next few weeks, thousands of children and their parents, begin the excitement of preparing for a new school year.
While most parents see the start of school as the beginning of 'freedom', for parents of a child with Autism, the long journey has just begun. In fact its a little like running a 13 year long marathon!! But as with all achievements in life, with some careful planning, the willingness to ask some tough questions and lots ...
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