RE: To I Chant re note from teacher

[Guest guest]

Darned if I know. It's a mystery to me. But this is a sister talking. Meow.

Not at my college. No way. I got away with other bad habits but never bad

spelling. The only thing I can come up with is that she had a computer by

then (I didn't; they weren't out yet) and probably used Spellcheck with

some degree of accuracy.

One of my favorite stories about my stepsister is about when she was taking

calculus in high school. She went to the same one I attended only 8 years

behind me. She would stare at an equation and without consciously working

it would know the answer. The teacher would call on her, and she would just

blurt it out, and it would be right every time. The teacher would ask her

to work the problem, and my stepsister would respond, " I don't know how I

know the answer. I just do. "

Scary.

T.

At 06:43 PM 4/14/2005 -0700, you wrote:

> Tombrello <suso903tomb@...> wrote:

>Maralee,

>

>I have a horrible speller for a stepsister. She has an IQ of 165 and went

>to Harvard, graduating Phi Beta Kappa. When she writes letters to me, I

>wince and say to myself, " Goodness, if I didn't know how brilliant she is

>... " Her handwriting looks like a ten-year-old's, and she often misspells

>words. It's maddening. How did she get through Harvard writing like that?

>

>

>

>How did she get through Harvard writing like that?

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>

>Roxanna

>

>Look alive. Here comes a buzzard.

>-- Pogo

[Guest guest]

On Apr 14, 2005, at 6:18 AM, tina woodby wrote:

> Hi! I am new to this group my name is Tina. My son has been diagnosis

> with Asperger,ADHD, and Anxitiey. we have been told he need P.T.,

> O.T.,Behavior Social Skills. We live in Coshocton Ohio and there is

> know programs there. I am having a hard time with finding help if you

> have any ideas I would love to hear them.

> Thanks, Tina

>

***Hi Tina. I'm...Tina. LOL How old is your son? If he is under

school-age, you can try your Regional Center, or whatever they call it

there.

Two Tinas...this is why I have a signature line. ;o) Just in case...

Tina

livin' in Alphabet Soup with:

, 6, AS/HFA , anxiety

Jordan 10, GAD, BP, OCD

Jasmine as NT as it gets, for now

dw to Jon- AS but fixated on computers= $$

" The three most important voices: the voice of your heart, the voice of

your gut and the voice of your child. " -Heidi Lissauer -adult with

autism who has autistic children, as well

[Guest guest]

Tina in California,

Did you have any luck getting services with the Regional Center? For an

Asperger's diagnosis? We tried, back when was in just terrible

shape, and we couldn't leave him alone for more than 3 minutes at a

time, and they turned us down. I couldn't believe it. I may try again,

but I hear that they're not taking AS kids now.

Liz

On Apr 18, 2005, at 10:06 AM, Tina Cruz wrote:

>

>

> On Apr 14, 2005, at 6:18 AM, tina woodby wrote:

>

>> Hi! I am new to this group my name is Tina. My son has been diagnosis

>> with Asperger,ADHD, and Anxitiey. we have been told he need P.T.,

>> O.T.,Behavior Social Skills. We live in Coshocton Ohio and there is

>> know programs there. I am having a hard time with finding help if you

>> have any ideas I would love to hear them.

>> Thanks, Tina

>>

>

> ***Hi Tina. I'm...Tina. LOL How old is your son? If he is under

> school-age, you can try your Regional Center, or whatever they call it

> there.

>

> Two Tinas...this is why I have a signature line. ;o) Just in case...

[Guest guest]

My son is 8 yrs.old. His school has been wonderful in helping him. We are all

learning together about AS.

Tina Cruz <casadecruz@...> wrote:

On Apr 14, 2005, at 6:18 AM, tina woodby wrote:

> Hi! I am new to this group my name is Tina. My son has been diagnosis

> with Asperger,ADHD, and Anxitiey. we have been told he need P.T.,

> O.T.,Behavior Social Skills. We live in Coshocton Ohio and there is

> know programs there. I am having a hard time with finding help if you

> have any ideas I would love to hear them.

> Thanks, Tina

>

***Hi Tina. I'm...Tina. LOL How old is your son? If he is under

school-age, you can try your Regional Center, or whatever they call it

there.

Two Tinas...this is why I have a signature line. ;o) Just in case...

Tina

livin' in Alphabet Soup with:

, 6, AS/HFA , anxiety

Jordan 10, GAD, BP, OCD

Jasmine as NT as it gets, for now

dw to Jon- AS but fixated on computers= $$

" The three most important voices: the voice of your heart, the voice of

your gut and the voice of your child. " -Heidi Lissauer -adult with

autism who has autistic children, as well

[Guest guest]

On Apr 18, 2005, at 10:19 AM, Liz Bohn wrote:

> Tina in California,

>

> Did you have any luck getting services with the Regional Center? For an

> Asperger's diagnosis? We tried, back when was in just terrible

> shape, and we couldn't leave him alone for more than 3 minutes at a

> time, and they turned us down. I couldn't believe it. I may try again,

> but I hear that they're not taking AS kids now.

>

> Liz

>

**Sadly, we tried to get help too late to get with the regional center.

The cutoff here was 6, and I pursued it just after he turned. They

wouldn't budge, so I had to go through other avenues. We have what is

called ForOCKids here, and they are great, but again, my son was just

too old, they said. I agree, they are not that helpful. They weren't

that helpful with my daughter's preemieness, either. They said she had

mild hypotonia, but not enough to actually need services. They gave me

a hand out so I could do the exercises with her. She hated them.

Still does. I know we will probably need to reevaluate and have her

take some OT for a while...but she seems to be doing well now, so that

keeps getting bumped off the list.

Tina

livin' in Alphabet Soup with:

, 6, AS/HFA , anxiety

Jordan 10, GAD, BP, OCD

Jasmine as NT as it gets, for now

dw to Jon- AS but fixated on computers= $$

" The three most important voices: the voice of your heart, the voice of

your gut and the voice of your child. " -Heidi Lissauer -adult with

autism who has autistic children, as well

[Guest guest]

Liz,

We didn't have any luck, either. The social worker came out and saw Sasha

reading from a book, out loud, quite fluently, when he was not yet six, and

he said to me, " Not on your life. Ain't gonna happen. " Well, perhaps he was

a bit more articulate than that, but that's what I heard. Ninety days later

I received a letter that said that Sasha shows no sign of mental

retardation is therefore ineligible. I called back after the AS diagnosis

came in, and the new social worker politely warned me, " Well, it's your

time, but I can tell you it's unlikely. "

I'm sorry they were such boneheads with you and . Yes, Sasha's

psychotherapist asked his associates and was told that kids with AS and HFA

are summarily refused services at this time.

So sad. Have you heard of the Southern California autism online support

group? It's autisminterventionsocal at . A bunch of those parents are

attorneys and some members publish all over the place. I wonder if they

have found a way around this. These parents are also well connected, and

they are helping me make contact with people in my community. There are a

bunch of people in San Diego. They have links to lists of attorneys,

schools, advocates, doctors, etc.

T.

mom of Sasha, 7

At 10:59 PM 4/18/2005 -0700, you wrote:

> > Tina in California,

> >

> > Did you have any luck getting services with the Regional Center? For an

> > Asperger's diagnosis? We tried, back when was in just terrible

> > shape, and we couldn't leave him alone for more than 3 minutes at a

> > time, and they turned us down. I couldn't believe it. I may try again,

> > but I hear that they're not taking AS kids now.

> >

> > Liz

> >

>

>**Sadly, we tried to get help too late to get with the regional center.

> The cutoff here was 6, and I pursued it just after he turned. They

>wouldn't budge, so I had to go through other avenues. We have what is

>called ForOCKids here, and they are great, but again, my son was just

>too old, they said. I agree, they are not that helpful. They weren't

>that helpful with my daughter's preemieness, either. They said she had

>mild hypotonia, but not enough to actually need services. They gave me

>a hand out so I could do the exercises with her. She hated them.

>Still does. I know we will probably need to reevaluate and have her

>take some OT for a while...but she seems to be doing well now, so that

>keeps getting bumped off the list.

[Guest guest]

Thanks, , I'll check into it. We get fairly good cooperation from

's school and the school district right now. What I was hoping

for from the Regional Center was help with transitioning after high

school. If your kid has got the right diagnosis, the Regional Center'll

provide a student housemate to help structure his day, set out his

meds, go over his plans for the day, help him cook dinner, etc. I'll

check with these other people and see what they know. Thanks for the

resource!

Liz

On Apr 19, 2005, at 9:29 AM, Tombrello wrote:

>

> Liz,

>

> We didn't have any luck, either. The social worker came out and saw

> Sasha

> reading from a book, out loud, quite fluently, when he was not yet

> six, and

> he said to me, " Not on your life. Ain't gonna happen. " Well, perhaps

> he was

> a bit more articulate than that, but that's what I heard. Ninety days

> later

> I received a letter that said that Sasha shows no sign of mental

> retardation is therefore ineligible. I called back after the AS

> diagnosis

> came in, and the new social worker politely warned me, " Well, it's your

> time, but I can tell you it's unlikely. "

>

> I'm sorry they were such boneheads with you and . Yes, Sasha's

> psychotherapist asked his associates and was told that kids with AS

> and HFA

> are summarily refused services at this time.

>

> So sad. Have you heard of the Southern California autism online support

> group? It's autisminterventionsocal at . A bunch of those parents

> are

> attorneys and some members publish all over the place. I wonder if they

> have found a way around this. These parents are also well connected,

> and

> they are helping me make contact with people in my community. There

> are a

> bunch of people in San Diego. They have links to lists of attorneys,

> schools, advocates, doctors, etc.

>

> T.

> mom of Sasha, 7

>

>

> At 10:59 PM 4/18/2005 -0700, you wrote:

>>> Tina in California,

>>>

>>> Did you have any luck getting services with the Regional Center? For

>>> an

>>> Asperger's diagnosis? We tried, back when was in just terrible

>>> shape, and we couldn't leave him alone for more than 3 minutes at a

>>> time, and they turned us down. I couldn't believe it. I may try

>>> again,

>>> but I hear that they're not taking AS kids now.

>>>

>>> Liz

>>>

>>

>> **Sadly, we tried to get help too late to get with the regional

>> center.

>> The cutoff here was 6, and I pursued it just after he turned. They

>> wouldn't budge, so I had to go through other avenues. We have what is

>> called ForOCKids here, and they are great, but again, my son was just

>> too old, they said. I agree, they are not that helpful. They

>> weren't

>> that helpful with my daughter's preemieness, either. They said she

>> had

>> mild hypotonia, but not enough to actually need services. They gave

>> me

>> a hand out so I could do the exercises with her. She hated them.

>> Still does. I know we will probably need to reevaluate and have her

>> take some OT for a while...but she seems to be doing well now, so that

>> keeps getting bumped off the list.

>

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