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See the CTV article and video at http://www.ctv.ca/CTVNews/TopStories/20120326/barrie-school-special-needs-foam-blockers-120326/
To help address this issue, see the email below from Margaret Spoelstra Executive Director of Autism Ontario:
"With all the media coverage regarding the use of red blocker shields in Ontario schools, and most recently through the Simcoe Board of Education, we are wondering if any of you have direct personal knowledge about the use of the blocker shields in your…
CTV notices the GF trend but as usual the mainstream media fails to 'get it'. No one would suggest you eat 4-6 bananas a day or apples. Eating too much of one thing is not healthy. The average sub bun has 5 servings of bread. The mainstream is seeking gluten alternatives, good thing. Now the GF choices are so much better than 7 years ago when we first went GF!
The Associated Press
Updated: Fri. Sep. 17 2010 7:45 AM ET
Gwyneth Paltrow gushes over gluten-free. Chelsea Clinton's wedding cake was baked without it. The new Old Spice guy avoids the ubiquitous protein to help stay buff. In fact, odds are good you too have tried -- or at least encountered -- a product with the gluten removed.
Because gluten-free is what low-carb was a decade ago: The "it" diet discussed on daytime talk shows,…
New research says people affected by aspergers do not ignore others but care too much.
From www.thestar.com
Maia Szalavitz
The Daily Beast
A groundbreaking study suggests people with autism-spectrum disorders such as Asperger's do not lack empathy - rather, they feel others' emotions too intensely to cope.
People with Asperger's syndrome, a high functioning form of autism, are often stereotyped as distant loners or robotic geeks. But what…
Read More »Government of Ontario press release
March 31, 2009 |
Ontario Closes Institutions for People with a Developmental Disability |
Globe and Mail April 7, 2009
Idar Hassan named her third child Ali, after a beloved cousin. Beautiful and alert, Ali could say "dada" and cruise around the living room, hanging onto furniture, by the time he was eight months old.
But a few months later, Ali's mood became increasingly irritable. He stopped babbling and making eye contact, and would …
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