Hi Everyone,
Our names are Paula DeAnda and Anusha De. We are both fifth graders in Houston, Texas at Roberts Elementary. In our school, we do a project called Exhibition, which is about becoming an expert on any one topic and then taking an action on it. Our topic is autism, and as part of our action, we created this blog for people to ask questions about autism.
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Thank you! I love that you guys are learning about autism… it is very honorable of you to bring awareness to others.
ReplyDeleteQuick question- How do you describe your life with a sister that has autism?
My little sister is diagnost with autism. This blog is for teachers, parents, and friends of autistic children. We will give out lesson plans and post a guide book on how to teach autistic students for teachers who haven't had much excperience teaching them. And we will give out information and what it is like living with autistic children for parents who don't know much about there child's diagnost. So please, if you have a question post it on the blog and we will answer it as soon as we can. Anusha and I are both 5th grade students but we know what we're talking about. We have research and have interviewed teachers, parents, and students. Thank-you and please stay with us.
ReplyDelete-Paula : )
Describe my life with a sister that has autism... Well she doesn't talk much, autistic children can have trouble communicating depending on how mild or severe there diagnost is. She is very artistic. And when I say that I mean that she colors EVERYTHING. My drawings, my journal, even my report card one time. It can get very annoying. Sometimes when she doesn't get what she wants, she throws a temper tantrum. She yells and kicks. It can be, kind of scary at first but then you notice what there getting mad ABOUT. It can be the little things like if you turn off the T.V. or if you don't give her the last popsicle. It is very interesting and sometimes it's nice and sometimes you wish you didn't know that person. It's one big roller-coaster, but worth it in the end.
ReplyDeleteIf you have any questions and can't reach us at the blog please e-mail us at autism.exhibition@gmail.com. Thank-you!
ReplyDeleteHey Paula, Anusha It's Emery. I think you website is Awesome! So now you have to go to Susan and my website. Go to www.animal-abuse-no-more.webs.com .
ReplyDeleteI also wanted to know is it hard living with an autistic sister.Just so you know even though the name says Luara it's Emery using my moms name.
Emery, this is Anusha... i went to your website.
ReplyDeleteHey Paula and Anusha,
ReplyDeletehow do you tell if someone has Autisum?
Webturtles, There are some basic ways to tell if someone has autism. The symptoms start from infancy. They are things that the child will do such as avoiding human contact, a need for a continous routine, an obsession for any one thing, and trouble communicating depending on how mild or severe the case is. Hope that helps.
ReplyDeleteYou guys, I hope we will finish the guide book and post it by November 20, 2009. I still have to check with Anusha but i think it's enough time.
ReplyDelete-Paula : )
Paula, I think that we need WAY more time than that. Have you relized that we are thinking about writing a full fledged guidebook??
ReplyDeleteAnusha, we're not writing like a 500 page book! Just a nice cute may-be 50 paged book. And I'm not sure if you got it but I sent you an e-mail saying that I think it would be a good idea to make another website connecting to the guidebook. But don't start without me because I want to do it together.
ReplyDelete-Paula DeAnda : )
Oh! And did you see all the cool stuff i did to the blog? With the timer and the short description. I just think it's cool.
ReplyDelete-Paula DeAnda : )
Wow Paula!! great website!!! Very cool!!!!!
ReplyDeleteThanks Keaton! What's your Exhibition topic?
ReplyDeletehow robots will affect the futre
ReplyDeleteWow. Who's your partner? And what's your action?
ReplyDeleteWhy don't you guys tell us why you chose to study Autism?
ReplyDeleteWe chose to study autism when we decided to narrow our topic down(our topic was developmentally challenged children). We narrowed it down to dyslexia, or autism. Then, we went to our mentor, Ms. Lane, and altogether we decided that since Paula`s sister was diagnosed with autism, we should do autism.
ReplyDeleteHello girls... Your subject is very interesting. I enjoyed reading your posts and comments.
ReplyDeleteAn idea for you... On your blog, could you give a clinical definition of Autism? And perhaps, if time permits, visit with a doctor and give comments from her/him in regard to your analysis and study?
Making people aware is the first step. Good job!
I wish you both much success on your journey of learning...
Jana Starr (Graham's mom)
Thank-you Ms. Grahm's mom. We were actually thinking about volunteering there as a part of our action. And I am going to add another post on the front page about the scientific definition of autism. Thanks for your help!
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Hi, I'm your teacher's nephew! He asked me to take a look at your blog and offer some comments. Looks good! I thought I'd offer some video of my son, Cyrus, who has autism. Maybe your readers would be interested. The videos are part of his RDI (Relationship Development Intervention) program. You can do a YouTube search for "ashahriari" and most will appear. Here's one to get you started. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iNoBEo4OfSU
ReplyDeleteHope you find them useful! Andrew
Paula and Anusha:
ReplyDeleteIt would be great to read your guidebook.
Two questions: what is the education that a person with autism the age of your sister might receive?
And what are the services she might use when she is older?
Paula and Anusha,
ReplyDeleteI have an autistic son. He started Grade 1 only able to say 3 words. He was in a regular class full of regular kids with a Teacher's Aide to help him. By the end of Grade 1 his classmates had taught him to talk. Twelve years later he graduated from High School with those same kids who were in his Grade 1 class. He graduated with honours and with 3 awards - 2 of them for the highest mark in the course. We have over 70 videos on YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/user/thejypsy) of Alex from when he was 1 year old to just a few months ago (he's almost 22). There are many of them filmed in the classroom. There are also some on Vimeo (http://vimeo.com/user375996/videos/) In 10 days Alex will be an Olympic Torch torchbearer as the Olympic Torch crosses Canada on it's relay to the 2010 Olympic Games in British Columbia. He was chosen to represent active and diverse Canadians. Alex has a blog too, he's a distance runner and blogs about his running at the Runman Blog: http://therunman.blogspot.com/ . He has an older blog, http://irunman.blogspot.com/ that documents his run across Prince Edward Island in 2006 on his Autistic Celebration Run - a run that raised positive autism awareness and raised funds to train first responders (Police, Firefighters etc) on autism recognition & response.
Maybe some of these resources can help you with your project. Good luck, have fun, and I look forward to following your blog & project.
To Adelaide,
ReplyDeleteWell my sister is 9 years old now, and my sister does have special education. She goes to a regular school, and is in the Special Ed. Classroom with 12 other people with autism and other disabilities. She loves it there and sometimes doesn't ever want to leave! She also has therapists that come to our house once she's done with school, and continues to learn working on speech, math , reading, like she's still at school. She spends a lot of time on her education so that she can get that little extra push that she needs. And once she's older she'll start to grow out this routine. Depending on how mild or severe the diagnosis is the longer they will need special care.
Hope that answers your question!
-Paula
It does answer my question, very well!
ReplyDeleteAnd it's good that your sister - and other children and adults in Texas - has both mainstream and special education.
It must be pretty good if sometimes she doesn't ever want to leave.
How much time does she put in into the extra therapies, as compared to her school time.
I hope you enjoy some of Alex and Jypsy's videos. Wrong Planet Syndrome has been around for a very long time now (1995, in my memory: first visited it in 1997) and it is now called Planet Autism.
Also more generally, a man named Larry Arnold of Coventry is making educational programmes and videos for autistic people themselves to watch, and they have significant input into the learning process.
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ReplyDeleteTo jypsy,
ReplyDeleteYour son sounds amazing. You must be very proud. It makes me think what my sister will be like once she grows up. It really motivates us to help other autistic children achive what your son has achived. Thank-you and I know that your story will affect other people as it has affected us.
Paula
Hey what do autistic kids do?
ReplyDeleteHi anusha and paula cool website i love it!
ReplyDeleteTo Webturtles: Autistic kids are just like us. The only difference is that they have social problems depending on how severe the diagnosis is. Hopoe that answers your question.
ReplyDeletewhat things does an autistic person show that proves that they have autism?
ReplyDeleteWebriders:An autistic child shows several symptoms that they have autism from infancy:an obsession for anything, such as spinning, unable to focus, and avoiding human contact. Hope that helps.
ReplyDelete---Anusha--- :):):):)
To Everyone: We also created a website about Autism. Chack this link out to find out more.
ReplyDeletewww.autism-exhibition.webs.com
---Paula and Anusha--- : )
Thank you, that really does help.How can autism affect us ?
ReplyDeleteWhat exactly is autism, and how does it work?
ReplyDeleteMy sister is starting to grow out of therapy gradually. Now she usually has it once may-be twice a week for 5 hours. It seems like a lot, but she likes it. And sometimes she doesn't. But she usually loves it. My sister is learing more is starting to be able to communicate better. I very much encourage some social so that they have friends and can live a happy life. It is also nice to meet people like yourself. Whether your the autistic person yourself or tyhe parent or siblings. It's nice to tell your real feelings and be sure it's normal to feel them. Wow I typed a lot. Kind of got lost in the moment. Hope that helps!
ReplyDelete-Paula
hi everyone how are you
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