Autism Awareness Day Blog
Thanks to RJ Scott for
organising this autism awareness blog. I’m glad to be able to do my little bit
to support this important cause. Over my thirty years in teaching, I taught many
children with autism. No two people with the condition present in the same way. It is
important to understand this, especially in the field of education.
FACT: One of the best known forms of autism is Asperger syndrome. People with the condition are often of average or above-average intelligence. They have fewer speech problems than people with other types of autism, but may find it difficult to understand and process language. Other people with autism have an accompanying learning disability, learning difficulty or mental health problem.
FACT: One of the best known forms of autism is Asperger syndrome. People with the condition are often of average or above-average intelligence. They have fewer speech problems than people with other types of autism, but may find it difficult to understand and process language. Other people with autism have an accompanying learning disability, learning difficulty or mental health problem.
Link to RJ Scott's post
From unlikely places
On this blog, I thought I’d write a little about the source of my idea for my short story, Stay, which is due out in August with Totally Bound Publishers.
Some of you may know I’m a big fan of the programme Supernatural and especially one of the stars. Misha Collins. Misha is involved in two particular charities, GISHWHES and Random Acts of Kindness. Reading about last year’s examples of kindness, I remembered something from many years ago when a friend and I were visiting her grandmother in hospital every day for a couple of weeks while her mother got some rest. There were quite a few senior citizens in there for various reasons, one of whom was a game old girl, with a huge sense of fun called Ivy. One day, she said she’d love an orange, so we took some to her the next day. Her face was a picture and her happiness at the simple pleasure of being able to eat that orange has stayed with me over the years.
In my story, Stay, Ben brings an old lady oranges while visiting his grandmother and that simple act of kindness changes his life. Below is the cover for the story being shown for the first time.
Thanks for reading and if you leave a comment below, I have either a PDF or EPub version of my story Sporting Chance to give away.
It's being recognized more and more but it can still be hard for families to get the assistance their child needs, especially like you said, every case is different. The more information that is out there the better off everyone is.
ReplyDeleteAs a mother of a son who is multipled disabled and has also autism i'm very grateful to authors like yourself who help raise awareness so thank you. And also thank you for the chance to win a copy of Sporting chance :)
ReplyDeleteI think that is one of the reasons it's so hard, each child is affected in different ways and requires different things. I am so glad that R.J. and all of you have been doing this blog hop and raising awareness. Thank you for sharing.
ReplyDeleteI am enjoying the blog hop. There is so much great info being shared. Thanks for helping get the word out.
ReplyDeleteflutterfli01 (at) yahoo (dot) com
So great to learn more about the cause and the story!
ReplyDeleteTrix, vitajex(at)aol(Dot)com
Thanks for sharing and participating in the hop.
ReplyDeleteWaxapplelover (at) gmail (dot) com
Thanks for all the comments. I'm happy to have taken part. I'll keep the comments open for a week and then putt the names into a hat and let you know,
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Alexa
I'm enjoying the blog hop and Autism Awareness is a great cause and so often misunderstood.
ReplyDeleteShirleyAnn(at)speakman40(dot)freeserve(dot)co(uk)
Thank you for sharing and for helping to spread awareness!
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ReplyDeleteThanks for the comments and I'll pull a name out of the hat or the TARDIS tomorrow.
ReplyDeleteSorry the result has been a bit delayed - I forgot to do this before I went away. Anyway, the person who came out of the hat was flutterfli. I will e-mail you.
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