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» Support group meeting and hbot volunteers
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» Favor....Locals..read..please...
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» Developmental Disabilities (AAIDD) is hosting the first of its best practices webinars
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» Asperger's (how it is diagnosed and treated)
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» What do you do when people look at you by the pills you take vs. the person you are?
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» Items under your nose that are gluten free, and cheap too!
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» free event: Therapeutic Recreation Adapted Sailing and Kayak Clinic
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» Help! I Seem to be Getting More Autistic!" ARTICLE
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» Was this teacher out of line?
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» Pinellas ESE advisory board meetings
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» Dentists who use sedation.. thanks Dr. Ron
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» Hey GAB!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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» Autism in the news: WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A hormone thought to encourage bonding between mothers and their babies may foster social behavior in some adults with autism, French researchers said on Monday.
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» Any ideas on how to make a gluten regression easier for both child and family?
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» Hi! Long time no see.
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» Hellooooo? Need some freakin' help here.
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» Mozark and the whale *aspergers movie* on showtime on demand.. SUCKED by the way
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» Adult Aspergers Syndrome
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» Asperger’s Syndrome: A Developmental Puzzle by Michael McCroskery
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» Really Cool Super Awesome Thing! Kim And Kelly You Have To Read This!
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» Accidently stubled across some info about meletonin oops!
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» A.A.A. RESEARCH STUDY. Do you see any differences between females with Aspergers vs. males with Aspergers
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» What happened?? because I don't know, do you?
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» Aspergers and empathy
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» Vaccinations, Red Book, What?
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» What is the first step?
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» I NEED your HELP!!
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Imagine that you were walking down the grocery aisle one day, just minding your business and all of the sudden, out of nowhere...you could smell things stronger, see things brighter, hear things louder, feel things more powerful than you ever thought imaginable. Now the bright colors of the products on the shelves came forward in bursts. You could smell the products from the bakery, and the food cooking in the deli. You can hear clearly, the people talking, the music, the beep of the scans, etc. And the person who just passed you, bumped into you by mistake and her touch felt like hot pain. What would you do?

I would probably cover my ears, scream and throw myself down on the floor in a fetal position.

This is the difference between a tantrum and a meltdown. Children with Autism have meltdowns. They are not spoiled, and their behavior is not to manipulate a situation. They simply can't handle the overstimualtion. Their senses are on over load. And I truly believe that if the sensory sensitivites can be controlled, then half of the battle is won.

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