Autistic Youth Runs PEI Tip-to-Tip for Autism Acceptance and Education

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

Contact: janet norman-bain

515 Crooked Creek Rd.

Oyster Bed Bridge, PEI, C1E 1Z4

E_Mail: jypsy@...

Website: www.PlanetAutism.com/runman.html

iRunman Autistic Celebration Run

Autistic Youth Runs PEI Tip-to-Tip for Autism Acceptance and Education

(Oyster Bed Bridge, PEI, May 28, 2006) On July 2nd, 2006, 18 year old

Bain will leave North Cape in a bid to be the first autistic to run Prince

Island tip to tip. Along the way, he hopes to raise $20/km for his

almost 300 kilometre trek that will end in East Point on July 15th. The

funds will be used to bring internationally recognized expert Dennis

Debbaudt to PEI on September 27, 2006, for a series of 3 seminars about

what happens and what should happen in encounters between autistics,

emergency first-responders and law-enforcement officers.

Almost every weekend, for most of the year, puts on this trademark

yellow t-shirt, heads to a charitable road race on the Island. He runs not

only for the charity benefiting from each race, but also for autism. Not to

raise money to find a " cure " or to " prevent " people like himself from ever

being born, the focus of most autism runs, but to raise awareness and

acceptance. His recognition as the PEI RoadRunners 2004 Palmer

Rookie of the Year and 2005 Ewen Inspirational Runner of the Year

reflects both his running and advocacy abilities.

Accompanying on her bike, and organizing Mr Debbaudt's PEI seminar, is

's mother, janet norman-bain, known as " jypsy " to many in the autistic

community both locally and internationally through a website she ran from

1995-2005, " Ooops...Wrong Planet! Syndrome " at PlanetAutism.com. jypsy and

another of her four children are diagnosed with Aspergers Syndrome, an

autistic spectrum diagnosis. jypsy watched start grade 1 unable to

speak and graduate from Bluefield High School twelve years later with

honours and prizes for top marks in two of his classes. This July she'll be

there to see him fulfill his dream to be the first autistic to run PEI tip

to tip and help fundraise to make PEI a safer, more inclusive community for

all autistic people.

Studies show that autistic people are no more likely to break the law than

non-autistic people, but are 7 times more likely to come into contact with

law enforcement officers. Dennis Debbaudt, a professional investigator,

journalist and a member of the American Society for Law Enforcement

Training (ASLET), is the father of a 21-year-old autistic son. He has

educated law enforcement, criminal justice, and education professionals, as

well as first-responders, autistics, and parents throughout Canada, the US,

and the UK but has yet to present in the Maritimes.

The response of autistic people to encounters with emergency first

responders may not always be socially expected or behaviourally typical.

Mr. Debbaudt will explain how autistic reactions in some situations, such

as running away, unsteadiness, apparently unpredictable or impulsive

behaviour, or failure to respond in the expected way, may be misunderstood

by first response professionals, resulting in serious consequences. Mr.

Debbaudt's law enforcement and first responder seminars offer tips and

options for communications and responses designed to successfully resolve a

call involving a person on the autistic spectrum, while his seminar for

autistics, parents, caregivers, school personnel and other people, will

address the many ways that parents can keep their child secure and safe

both in the home and in the community and how autistics can increase their

own safety and security. Everyone will come away with a good, practical

understanding of the best approaches to make interactions with autistics

more informed, safer and less stressful for all involved.

Autism is a neurological difference classified as a developmental

disability. Autistic people have atypical behaviours in three areas: social

interaction, communication, and restricted interests or repetitive

behaviours. Autistics are different at the most basic level available: how

they experience the world, and how they learn from it. Autism presents with

measurable differences in perception, attention, memory, intelligence, etc.

The autistic order and progress of development is different from the

typical version as is autistic brain structure, allocation, and function.

Autism presents strengths not available to the typical population, but the

different pattern of strengths and weaknesses characterizing autism results

in many difficulties as atypical needs and adaptive but atypical autistic

behaviours are at odds with what is considered or expected as " normal " .

The PEI Council of the Disabled is assisting PlanetAutism.com in this

fundraiser and will be handling the donations. Charitable donations can be

made to the " PEI Council of the Disabled " (Runman Fund) by mail or at any

Credit Union across PEI. Online donations can be made on the Run's website,

www.PlanetAutism.com/runman where much more information about the Run can

be found including the daily schedule and a blog where you can follow the

Run day by day.

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This is absolutely amazing! I have one child with AS and a 5yo just dx'd with autism, then two adhd kids. I want to know how you do this!!!! "jypsy [ janet norman-bain ]" <jypsy@...> wrote: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:Contact: janet norman-bain 515 Crooked Creek Rd. Oyster Bed Bridge, PEI, C1E 1Z4 E_Mail: jypsy@... Website: www.PlanetAutism.com/runman.html iRunman Autistic Celebration Run Autistic Youth Runs PEI Tip-to-Tip for Autism Acceptance and Education(Oyster Bed Bridge, PEI, May 28, 2006) On July 2nd, 2006, 18 year old Bain

will leave North Cape in a bid to be the first autistic to run Prince Island tip to tip. Along the way, he hopes to raise $20/km for his almost 300 kilometre trek that will end in East Point on July 15th. The funds will be used to bring internationally recognized expert Dennis Debbaudt to PEI on September 27, 2006, for a series of 3 seminars about what happens and what should happen in encounters between autistics, emergency first-responders and law-enforcement officers. Almost every weekend, for most of the year, puts on this trademark yellow t-shirt, heads to a charitable road race on the Island. He runs not only for the charity benefiting from each race, but also for autism. Not to raise money to find a “cure” or to “prevent” people like himself from ever being born, the focus of most autism runs, but to raise awareness and acceptance. His recognition as the PEI RoadRunners 2004 Palmer Rookie of the Year and 2005 Ewen

Inspirational Runner of the Year reflects both his running and advocacy abilities.Accompanying on her bike, and organizing Mr Debbaudt's PEI seminar, is 's mother, janet norman-bain, known as "jypsy" to many in the autistic community both locally and internationally through a website she ran from 1995-2005, "Ooops...Wrong Planet! Syndrome" at PlanetAutism.com. jypsy and another of her four children are diagnosed with Aspergers Syndrome, an autistic spectrum diagnosis. jypsy watched start grade 1 unable to speak and graduate from Bluefield High School twelve years later with honours and prizes for top marks in two of his classes. This July she'll be there to see him fulfill his dream to be the first autistic to run PEI tip to tip and help fundraise to make PEI a safer, more inclusive community for all autistic people.Studies show that autistic people are no more likely to break the law than non-autistic people, but are 7 times more

likely to come into contact with law enforcement officers. Dennis Debbaudt, a professional investigator, journalist and a member of the American Society for Law Enforcement Training (ASLET), is the father of a 21-year-old autistic son. He has educated law enforcement, criminal justice, and education professionals, as well as first-responders, autistics, and parents throughout Canada, the US, and the UK but has yet to present in the Maritimes. The response of autistic people to encounters with emergency first responders may not always be socially expected or behaviourally typical. Mr. Debbaudt will explain how autistic reactions in some situations, such as running away, unsteadiness, apparently unpredictable or impulsive behaviour, or failure to respond in the expected way, may be misunderstood by first response professionals, resulting in serious consequences. Mr. Debbaudt's law enforcement and first responder seminars offer tips and options for communications and

responses designed to successfully resolve a call involving a person on the autistic spectrum, while his seminar for autistics, parents, caregivers, school personnel and other people, will address the many ways that parents can keep their child secure and safe both in the home and in the community and how autistics can increase their own safety and security. Everyone will come away with a good, practical understanding of the best approaches to make interactions with autistics more informed, safer and less stressful for all involved.Autism is a neurological difference classified as a developmental disability. Autistic people have atypical behaviours in three areas: social interaction, communication, and restricted interests or repetitive behaviours. Autistics are different at the most basic level available: how they experience the world, and how they learn from it. Autism presents with measurable differences in perception, attention, memory, intelligence, etc. The

autistic order and progress of development is different from the typical version as is autistic brain structure, allocation, and function. Autism presents strengths not available to the typical population, but the different pattern of strengths and weaknesses characterizing autism results in many difficulties as atypical needs and adaptive but atypical autistic behaviours are at odds with what is considered or expected as "normal".The PEI Council of the Disabled is assisting PlanetAutism.com in this fundraiser and will be handling the donations. Charitable donations can be made to the "PEI Council of the Disabled" (Runman Fund) by mail or at any Credit Union across PEI. Online donations can be made on the Run's website, www.PlanetAutism.com/runman where much more information about the Run can be found including the daily schedule and a blog where

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Wow Jen, sending prayers your way!  Sounds

like you’ve got your hands full for sure!

Charlotte

From: Autism and Aspergers Treatment [mailto:Autism and Aspergers Treatment ] On Behalf Of Jen

Sent: Monday, May 29, 2006 1:48 PM

Autism and Aspergers Treatment

Subject: Re:

Autistic Youth Runs PEI Tip-to-Tip for Autism Acceptance and Education

This is absolutely amazing! I have one child with AS and a 5yo

just dx'd with autism, then two adhd kids. I want to know how you do

this!!!!

" jypsy [ janet

norman-bain ] " <jypsy@...> wrote:

FOR

IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

Contact: janet norman-bain

515 Crooked Creek Rd.

Oyster Bed Bridge, PEI, C1E 1Z4

E_Mail: jypsy@...

Website: www.PlanetAutism.com/runman.html

iRunman

Autistic Celebration Run

Autistic Youth Runs PEI

Tip-to-Tip for Autism Acceptance and Education

(Oyster Bed Bridge, PEI,

May 28, 2006) On July 2nd, 2006, 18 year old Bain will leave North Cape in

a bid to be the first autistic to run Prince

Island tip to tip. Along the way, he hopes to

raise $20/km for his almost 300 kilometre trek that will end in East Point on July 15th.

The funds will be used to bring internationally recognized expert Dennis

Debbaudt to PEI

on September 27, 2006, for a series of 3 seminars about what happens and

what should happen in encounters between autistics, emergency first-responders

and law-enforcement officers.

Almost every weekend, for most of the year, puts on this trademark

yellow t-shirt, heads to a charitable road race on the Island.

He runs not only for the charity benefiting from each race, but also for

autism. Not to raise money to find a “cure” or to

“prevent” people like himself from ever being born, the focus of

most autism runs, but to raise awareness and acceptance. His recognition

as the PEI RoadRunners 2004 Palmer Rookie of the Year and 2005 Ewen

Inspirational Runner of the Year reflects both his running and advocacy

abilities.

Accompanying on her bike, and organizing Mr Debbaudt's PEI seminar, is

's mother, janet norman-bain, known as " jypsy " to many in the

autistic community both locally and internationally through a website she ran

from 1995-2005, " Ooops...Wrong Planet! Syndrome " at PlanetAutism.com.

jypsy and another of her four children are diagnosed with Aspergers Syndrome,

an autistic spectrum diagnosis. jypsy watched start grade 1 unable to

speak and graduate from Bluefield

High School twelve years

later with honours and prizes for top marks in two of his classes. This July

she'll be there to see him fulfill his dream to be the first autistic to run PEI tip to tip and help fundraise to make PEI a safer, more

inclusive community for all autistic people.

Studies show that autistic people are no more likely to break the law than

non-autistic people, but are 7 times more likely to come into contact with law

enforcement officers. Dennis Debbaudt, a professional investigator, journalist

and a member of the American Society for Law Enforcement Training (ASLET), is

the father of a 21-year-old autistic son. He has educated law enforcement,

criminal justice, and education professionals, as well as first-responders,

autistics, and parents throughout Canada,

the US, and the UK but has yet

to present in the Maritimes.

The response of autistic people to encounters with emergency first responders

may not always be socially expected or behaviourally typical. Mr. Debbaudt will

explain how autistic reactions in some situations, such as running away,

unsteadiness, apparently unpredictable or impulsive behaviour, or failure to

respond in the expected way, may be misunderstood by first response

professionals, resulting in serious consequences. Mr. Debbaudt's law

enforcement and first responder seminars offer tips and options for

communications and responses designed to successfully resolve a call involving

a person on the autistic spectrum, while his seminar for autistics, parents,

caregivers, school personnel and other people, will address the many ways that

parents can keep their child secure and safe both in the home and in the

community and how autistics can increase their own safety and security.

Everyone will come away with a good, practical understanding of the best

approaches to make interactions with autistics more informed, safer and less

stressful for all involved.

Autism is a neurological difference classified as a developmental disability.

Autistic people have atypical behaviours in three areas: social interaction,

communication, and restricted interests or repetitive behaviours. Autistics are

different at the most basic level available: how they experience the world, and

how they learn from it. Autism presents with measurable differences in

perception, attention, memory, intelligence, etc. The autistic order and

progress of development is different from the typical version as is autistic

brain structure, allocation, and function. Autism presents strengths not

available to the typical population, but the different pattern of strengths and

weaknesses characterizing autism results in many difficulties as atypical needs

and adaptive but atypical autistic behaviours are at odds with what is

considered or expected as " normal " .

The PEI Council of the Disabled is assisting PlanetAutism.com in this

fundraiser and will be handling the donations. Charitable donations can be made

to the " PEI Council of the Disabled " (Runman Fund) by mail or at any

Credit Union across PEI.

Online donations can be made on the Run's website, www.PlanetAutism.com/runman

where much more information about the Run can be found including the daily

schedule and a blog where you can follow the Run day by day.

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