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Videos
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Many individuals experience some sort of sensory related disorder. Sensory World is a social network support group for sharing resources and connect with parents of children or individuals with Sensory Disorders--including SPD, Autism, Aspergers, ADHD and more. Moderated by a Special Education teacher and a parent, it is a supportive and informative community--free to all members! www.softsensoryworld.com
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Real Heroes Still fighting now. REFRIGERATOR MOTHERS and Autism
It is America of the 1950s and 1960s, when a woman's most important contribution to society is generally considered to be her ability to raise happy, well-adjusted children. But for the mother whose child is diagnosed with autism, her life's purpose will soon become a twisted nightmare. Looking for help and support, she encounters instead a medical establishment that pins the blame for her child's bizarre behaviors on her supposedly frigid and detached mothering. Along with a heartbreaking label for her child, she receives a devastating label of her own. She is a "refrigerator mother".
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DENVER: Boundless Promise of Love
Judy DeHaas, a photojournalist at the Rocky Mountain News, documented the lives of a young couple for Do1Thing.org. Michael Cunningham, 20, and his girlfriend Lea Hallaway, 18, have been together for about a year. They stay from time to time at Urban Peak, a shelter for homeless youth in Denver. Being homeless is difficult for the pair, but they strive to stay together and support each other. Michael was taken from his alcoholic father when he was three-years-old and placed in at least 42 foster homes by the time he was emancipated in February 2008. His mother disappeared when he was around 3. After leaving foster care, he was unable to hold down a job and wound up on the streets. His last foster home was with Lea's aunt, where the couple met. Lea's mother, a crack addict died when she was 6, and she was taken into the system at 2. After living in a series of foster homes, she was adopted, but Lea started to run away when she turned 13 and was asked to move out by the time she was 16. The couple has slept on friend's couches, in shelters and in cheap motels while trying to get a grip on their lives and stabilize, something neither of them learned from their parents or their brief stays in foster homes. Produced by Judy DeHaas for the Do1Thing Project http://do1thing.org
Articles
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Save the Children Appeals for Public Support for Hurricane Ike Relief Efforts in Texas
Save the Children has dispatched an emergency response team to Texas to assist hundreds of thousands of children and families who are evacuating their homes ... -
Parents Press For Autism Insurance Coverage
Parents of children with autism often say it's like being on a roller coaster 24 hours a day. And the ticket for the ride is jaw-droppingly expensive.
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Teacher's work is hindered every day by budget cuts, lack of community involvement and other obstacles. Find out how you can support teachers in your area.
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Setting up Safe Areas for Sheltered Children in Haiti
With tens of thousands of homes destroyed or damaged and a delay in the start of school, Haitian children may face a more lengthy stay in temporary shelters ... -
Memo to Our Parents: We Do Care
Naomi Hirabayashi is a social media marketer at Attention and organizer of the NYC ChangeBloggers/ChangeMakers network.
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Investment Will be Used to Improve the Lives of Young People Nationwide.
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Law on Flu Vaccinations May Be Tested
New Jersey's new law requiring young children attending licensed pre-school and child care centers to get flu vaccinations will be tested this week.
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What People Really Think About Gay Parents
I forget sometimes. I need to be reminded. Many, many people don't think that gay people should be allowed to parent.
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Sesame Street Tour is Huge Success, Supports More Than 76,000 Military Families
The Sesame Street Experience for Military Families was a great bonding experience for military families.
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Learn about all of Causecast's Health orgnizations for World Health Day!
Get to know all of our amazing health organizations for World Health Day!
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Scientists call for 20-year fishing ban in a third of oceans
A third of the world's oceans must be closed to fishing if depleted stocks are to recover, scientists and conservation groups have warned.
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May is Pregnancy Awareness Month (You weren't aware?)
Pregnancy Awareness Month is not for everyone. If you are pregnant or may become pregnant, consult with your doctor before practicing Pregnancy Awareness Month.
Events
- Beyond Shelter Volunteer Opportunity Location: Beyond Shelter Administrative Office 1200 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 600 Los Angeles, CA 90017
- The Lemon Ball Location: Philadelphia Marriott Downtown 1201 Market St., Philadelphia, PA
People
- Tanners Dad Catlin, IL
- tanob11
- jfreidberg Portland, ME
- daddyeo
- raul92780 Tustin, CA
- partiesfromyourheart
- charlottesweb66 bakersfield, CA
- rescodghana Tamale/Ghana
- The Heyday Denver, CO
Blog posts
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Featured Member on the Causecast homepage... I am very very Thankful for this portal to the world.
Thank you to the Causecast team. You have done an awesome job in a very short amount of time. You have opened a window to the world. I have been looking to breakout for about six years. I am very g...
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All the candidates mentioned Autism. Some promised to open their eyes. Some promised to give it attention. One said she would be an "Advocate in the White House." One said he would be "That Guy" w...
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Why Oprah Why? Support for Parents Dealing with Autism Not allowed. Not proud to be Banned by Oprah
To: tannersdad From: harpoboard1 Sent: May 4, 2009 Subject: Oprah.com House Rules Hello, Your message has been removed for violating the house rules. For more information on Oprah.com's hou...
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If you need urgent assistance please write me a note here or call: 1 800 273 8255 National suicide hotline http://www.suicidepreventionlifeline.org/ Who Should Call? Anyone, but especially ...
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I find it terribly ironic that Autism Speaks raised over 1 million dollars, with a walk in Massachusetts the same week Gov Patrick cut the budget for the Department of Mental Retardation by 1.8 ...
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Just had a relative tell me I am not working hard enough to get help for my son with Autism. Any ideas on getting resources to help? I was told that I did not do enough for my son. I was told that ...
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I see a world of hope for Families dealing with Autism
This was one of the toughest weeks I have ever had in my adventure of Autism advocacy. A people calling me to tell me the new autism insurance law in Illinois does not have teeth to make insurance ...
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If your child stopped speaking, wouldn't look you in the eye and completely ignored the world around them, what would you do? In her new book, Louder Than Words: A Mother's Journey in Healing Autis...
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Community Organizing is the One Thing We ALL Can Support
While I couldnt care less about Palin, Guiliani, or McCain, their comments regarding Obama’s experience as a community organizer got my fellow nonprofit employees fuming. Aside from the fact th...
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High then low. It is inevitable. It is human nature. I just keep having an image in my mind of an alien coming and stealing our children. We watch. We talk about it. In the end we do nothing. I jus...
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High then low. It is inevitable. It is human nature. I just keep having an image in my mind of an alien coming and stealing our children. We watch. We talk about it. In the end we do nothing. I jus...
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Autism a political football... How do I respond to somebody I feel should go to jail?
Illinois and every other state in the union is just waking up to the fact that care of children with autism runs into the billions of dollars. If we give parents the support and direction now it wi...
