Re: Residential Schools/Pennsylvania/ Sara Cohen

[Guest guest]

Sara,

Would you please give more information on the " microboards - started by Ruth

Beckwith out of TN " ? I googled her name and " microboards " and couldn't find

anything that sounded like what you are talking about. I also have an only child

and worry about the future and the need to have a community there for my son

when he is an adult. Relatives are not looking very promising unfortunately.

Thank you.

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> Anne: Start building a community of support. You may want to begin looking

> at microboards - started by Ruth Beckwith out of TN, but spreading all over

> the country. IT is vital for our kids that they have a community of people

> who know themm. One of the reasons we retired to a small community was so

> that Elie would be well known and have at least a familiarity to and with

> people outside the family. Before we thought any of our children would be

> there for Elie, we started building that community starting with the older

> college students who worked with him and lived near us.

>

[Guest guest]

http://www.dimagine.com/page20.html Start here.

http://www.achieva.info/webinars.jsp?pageId=2161392240601307359672881

http//www.autism.com/gen_page.asp?PID=384

www.ga*microboards*.org/resources.html Radio show with Greg Kirk - a long

admired advocate in GA.

I know that TN, GA, and IL all have micro boards. Check with your state

developmental disabilities program and ask if there are microboards.

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> Sara,

> Would you please give more information on the " microboards - started by

> Ruth Beckwith out of TN " ? I googled her name and " microboards " and couldn't

> find anything that sounded like what you are talking about. I also have an

> only child and worry about the future and the need to have a community there

> for my son when he is an adult. Relatives are not looking very promising

> unfortunately. Thank you.

>

>

>

> >

> > Anne: Start building a community of support. You may want to begin

> looking

> > at microboards - started by Ruth Beckwith out of TN, but spreading all

> over

> > the country. IT is vital for our kids that they have a community of

> people

> > who know themm. One of the reasons we retired to a small community was so

> > that Elie would be well known and have at least a familiarity to and with

> > people outside the family. Before we thought any of our children would be

> > there for Elie, we started building that community starting with the

> older

> > college students who worked with him and lived near us.

> >

>

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