Welcome to ALL New Members

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To all our new members:

Welcome. I hope this List will be as meaningful & helpful to you as it has

been for me.

Regards,

(from Waterloo, Canada - near Toronto)

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Hey Pam,

Thanks for the welcome and I have to tell you that you are the reason

I found this list. I have been lurking on the multiples with DS list

and always reminded me of my . When you found out she was

autistic I knew that I needed to get tested! So thanks a bunch!

It's weird that instead of being depressed over her dual dx I am

actually feeling empowered. In fact just last night the pool that

takes adaptive swim lessons from handed out a letter to the

parents stating that the program was too expensive and they were

going to cut it. Our options are to either pay $18 an hour for

private lessons or have a group lesson and provide a personal aide.

Well our local paper had done an article not two days prior about

this pool and how they were costing the schoold district $180,000 a

year just to stay open. I called the paper and told them that there

solution for their mismanagement of the pool was to cut the adaptive

program for kids with special needs. The reporter now wants to do a

story about it and she is coming to the pool on Thursday to take pics

of swimming. How cool! might be front page news. That

will show them not to mess with me and my kid. Now I just hope all of

this commotion will allow to keep swimming. It is the one

therapy that we have actually seen results. She is learning to swim

and absolutely loves it. Wish me luck. If there is an article I will

share.

Diane

Adam 11, and (ds, ASD)6, 1 1/2

In @y..., Pam Houser <p_houser37@y...> wrote:

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> Hi, I think I missed welcoming some new people.

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> I am Pam mother to identical twins Hannah (DS) and (DS-ASD).

They are seven years old. I also have two sons Josh and Dusty.

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> The twins are in first grade. Hannah will be in regular ed with

pull outs and is in special ed with 3 mainstream classes.

Hannah has her own personal aide which they just hired. She is a

certified teacher who couldn't find a teaching job. I have met her

and she seems to be enjoying the twins so far. She will also be

helping with when needed.

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> When I was pregnant I didn't know the twins would have DS and it

was a shock for me when the doctor told me. It took me a nearly 2

years to accept it and then I was in denial for about 2 more years.

But now it is totally part of my life and I have learned how to love

with a deeper part of me I never new existed.

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> You will love this group!! You will learn from here and teach from

here. You will never feel alone again!!! These woman are great and a

true life saver.

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> Oh yeah, we live in the great state of Tennessee.

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> Again WELCOME!

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> Pam mom to identical twins Hannah (DS) and (DS-ASD) age 7,

Josh 21 and Dusty 16

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Hi All New Members,

I am Robbin, Mom to age 22 with Poly JA and related issues. You

have found a GREAT Group here and we are all over the US and some in other

places.

Robbin

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