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		<title>By: Lauran</title>
		<link>http://www.skiptomylou.org/2009/06/02/autism-speaks/comment-page-4/#comment-21657</link>
		<dc:creator>Lauran</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 05:36:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>My heart goes out to your family. My daughter is 12 with Aspergers and we have good days and bad we have started back to therapy last week I really hope this Dr. can help her.
She is having melt downs at school and some of the teachers are wonderful with her and I appreciate them so much. Unfortunately there are a few that just don&#039;t understand the simplest things can throw her whole day off and just don&#039;t want to deal with her problem.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>My heart goes out to your family. My daughter is 12 with Aspergers and we have good days and bad we have started back to therapy last week I really hope this Dr. can help her.<br />
She is having melt downs at school and some of the teachers are wonderful with her and I appreciate them so much. Unfortunately there are a few that just don&#8217;t understand the simplest things can throw her whole day off and just don&#8217;t want to deal with her problem.</p>
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		<title>By: Rob</title>
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		<dc:creator>Rob</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Oct 2009 19:07:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Nothing is more valuable to a teacher than appreciation for the work he/she does. My wife is a special ED, teacher. Thanks, Cindy, for sharing your joys and pains. 

regards,

Rob
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Nothing is more valuable to a teacher than appreciation for the work he/she does. My wife is a special ED, teacher. Thanks, Cindy, for sharing your joys and pains. </p>
<p>regards,</p>
<p>Rob<br />
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2009 13:26:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>By: Ann</title>
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		<dc:creator>Ann</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2009 14:22:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>My 8 year old daughter is high functioning autism and it is indeed a bumpy road.  Some days more so than others.  We&#039;ve done OT and that helped.  We have an IEP at our wonderful public school and that has been extremely wonderful in her adapting to that experience.  She&#039;s even in the gifted/talented program.  However, the outbursts, the angry words, etc. have eroded my sympathy and that is the very difficult part of parenting a special child.  I applaud you for seeking additional help.  I learned from some time talking to a therapist that the things that I feel are necessary and normal for a healthy parent/child relationship are just no so for her.  She&#039;s wired differently and that is our reality.    I would say it all works out and to some degree it does.  But it has taught me that today is now and let&#039;s work on making today as good as possible.  Tomorrow is the unknown and not to be worried over just yet.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>My 8 year old daughter is high functioning autism and it is indeed a bumpy road.  Some days more so than others.  We&#8217;ve done OT and that helped.  We have an IEP at our wonderful public school and that has been extremely wonderful in her adapting to that experience.  She&#8217;s even in the gifted/talented program.  However, the outbursts, the angry words, etc. have eroded my sympathy and that is the very difficult part of parenting a special child.  I applaud you for seeking additional help.  I learned from some time talking to a therapist that the things that I feel are necessary and normal for a healthy parent/child relationship are just no so for her.  She&#8217;s wired differently and that is our reality.    I would say it all works out and to some degree it does.  But it has taught me that today is now and let&#8217;s work on making today as good as possible.  Tomorrow is the unknown and not to be worried over just yet.</p>
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		<title>By: Ginny</title>
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		<dc:creator>Ginny</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2009 15:01:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>My dear sweet friend...I have a grandson with the same syndrome. We hear in California that it 1 out of every 30 kids have a form of autism. It have such a wide spectrum as you know. My heart and prayers are with you right now. I am sending you a huge HUG!!! to you and your family.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>My dear sweet friend&#8230;I have a grandson with the same syndrome. We hear in California that it 1 out of every 30 kids have a form of autism. It have such a wide spectrum as you know. My heart and prayers are with you right now. I am sending you a huge HUG!!! to you and your family.</p>
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		<title>By: Brazilian Caipirinha &#171; Skip To My Lou</title>
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		<dc:creator>Brazilian Caipirinha &#171; Skip To My Lou</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2009 12:49:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>By: MamaMoon</title>
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		<dc:creator>MamaMoon</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2009 18:24:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Thank you for sharing such a personal story.  My beautiful, perfect, 5 year old son has Asperger&#039;s and has made great strides since starting a Developmental Preschool in January.  He starts kindergarten in a self-contained classroom this year but they have high hopes he will be mainstreamed by Christmas.  

While difficult, I think sharing your story, your experience, as well as your sons, is very helpful to many families experiencing similar things.  

Thank you again and I hope you are comfortable enough to continue sharing your journey for those of us still trekking along.  :-)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thank you for sharing such a personal story.  My beautiful, perfect, 5 year old son has Asperger&#8217;s and has made great strides since starting a Developmental Preschool in January.  He starts kindergarten in a self-contained classroom this year but they have high hopes he will be mainstreamed by Christmas.  </p>
<p>While difficult, I think sharing your story, your experience, as well as your sons, is very helpful to many families experiencing similar things.  </p>
<p>Thank you again and I hope you are comfortable enough to continue sharing your journey for those of us still trekking along.  <img src='http://www.skiptomylou.org/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':-)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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		<title>By: Darla Elliott</title>
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		<dc:creator>Darla Elliott</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2009 15:31:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Wow, Cindy.  Thanks for being honest and real with your readers.  I have a friend who has an 18 year old son with Aspbergers, and it&#039;&#039;s been a hellish ride for her.  She is such a sweet lady. She loves her son dearly, and often things seem to be fine. But the struggles are so intense when they come.  And her husband is enlisted in the military and is serving in Kuwait at the moment.  My friend lives on the other side ot the country now, and I cannot go over to put my arms around her anymore. I want to give her your link so she&#039;ll feel less alone.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Wow, Cindy.  Thanks for being honest and real with your readers.  I have a friend who has an 18 year old son with Aspbergers, and it&#8217;&#8217;s been a hellish ride for her.  She is such a sweet lady. She loves her son dearly, and often things seem to be fine. But the struggles are so intense when they come.  And her husband is enlisted in the military and is serving in Kuwait at the moment.  My friend lives on the other side ot the country now, and I cannot go over to put my arms around her anymore. I want to give her your link so she&#8217;ll feel less alone.</p>
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		<title>By: Thank YOU! &#171; Skip To My Lou</title>
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		<dc:creator>Thank YOU! &#171; Skip To My Lou</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2009 04:44:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] while I have been getting back into the swing of things! Thank you most of all for all of your encouraging comments! You will never know how much support and comfort your sweet words brought me. We are all now home [...]</description>
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		<title>By: Dorrie</title>
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		<dc:creator>Dorrie</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2009 14:43:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Good for you! It is sometimes very difficult to be a mom and know something isn&#039;t quite &quot;mainstream&quot; when you look at that child and see nothing but love and perfection. My son also falls on the autistic spectrum, and it is a daily journey all in itself. We are very lucky, his symptoms are very mild comparatively. I wish you the best and give your son a hug for me. One for you too~mom to mom.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Good for you! It is sometimes very difficult to be a mom and know something isn&#8217;t quite &#8220;mainstream&#8221; when you look at that child and see nothing but love and perfection. My son also falls on the autistic spectrum, and it is a daily journey all in itself. We are very lucky, his symptoms are very mild comparatively. I wish you the best and give your son a hug for me. One for you too~mom to mom.</p>
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