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[Duelist]

That was a great story, Rube.  It reminded me of a "Twilight Zone" episode.  By the way I'm reading another western (of course) "The Hider" by Loren Estleman.  A great book and another one I read every year or 2.

[rubedugans]

Yes, I believe you are thinking of the episode from 1960 entitled "A Stop at Willoughby " It is an episode in which a man, tired of the hustle and bustle of life falls asleep on a modern train, and wakes up on an 1880s railcoach in Willoughby. He returns to modern day, only to end up returning to Willoughby. The episode has its own Twighlight Zone twist to it for the conclusion, but it is still one of my top 2-3 TZ episodes. It was cited by Rod Serling as being his favorite story of the first season of the series. I think that maybe my Willoughby is SDC!

The full episode can be found in the link below, give it a watch, you will not regret it, and like the story"The Third Level" that I posted above, this is a great way for us to imagine "what if?"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QwZKaSR7byo

[rubedugans]

Oh yah, my favorite part of the episode is when his wife tells him "you were just born too late" seeing that my wife said those exact words to me in our car ride back from SDC Sunday and she has never seen this program. Yes this is one of my favorite episodes of any program even though it aired over 20 years before I was born!

[Duelist]

Thanks for the link to that TW episode, Rube!

[rubedugans]

Was that the one that you were thinking Duelist?

[Gilligan]

Powerpoint presentations on Autism and Aspbergers for a post grad class- only slightly better than textbooks.  *yawn*

[tomncyndi]

i found everything i read and seen on autism and aspbergers very interesting you must be looking in the wrong book ....lol

[Duelist]

Was that the one that you were thinking Duelist?

Yes, that was the episode.  Thanks Rube.

[Gilligan]

i found everything i read and seen on autism and aspbergers very interesting you must be looking in the wrong book ....lol

It was very interesting!  But it is my third in a row on-line grad class!  Since I am sitting home with a broken knee, I thought I may as well take advantage of time and get some coursework finished before summer.  Three classes, 3 exams, 12 term papers, and 9 journal articles to critique in three weeks!  Yikes!!  Now you know why I said *YAWN!*  One more class to go, and I can read something fun like...Photoshop for Dummies, How to Use Aperture... 

[tomncyndi]

well Gilligan my situation for research on the subject is a lot different than yours my 12yo son has autism . we had to change a few things in our life when he got diagnosed but after doing the research our lives became so much easyer some of the stuff you will read about will be VERY boring and alot of it is repeated over and over again . but dont give up ! im not sure what you are studying this subject for but i wish you the best of luck !!!! people with disabilities are the best people to work with . my son is the reason i do what i do .

[Gilligan]

Tom, I am a teacher and statistics tell us that 1 in 100 children are diagnosed within the Autism Spectrum Disorder.  The rate at which students are diagnosed is  growing faster than the research.  Autism isn't something they teach you much about in school, and faculty workshops are fewer and far between due to budget cuts, so...if you need to know, you're own your own for helping these kids achieve.  Within the last five years, I think I have had a student with autism each year - before that , none!  Also, I have two nephews with aspbergers.  Both of them are Eagle Scouts!!  This is National Autism Awareness month.  Do your part, friends, and enter a marathon or find some other way to help fund research!  My next book (aka- on-line class) is Child Abuse, Drug and Alcohol Abuse.  And THEN I will finally have enough credits to keep my certification renewed for the next five years. 

[MissinTheGreenTrams]

I think Autisim is at every 1 in 80 now.......scary thought. Makes you wonder what is being chemically put in food to alter a growing fetus so. But that is my thoughts on the subject and best left to myself...

[tomncyndi]

No its 1 in every 88 and for boys its 1 in 54 and 1 in 6 have a developmental disability . if i was a teacher and i found out a child with a disability was going to be coming to my class i would do the reserch to better understand what i was getting into .it is great of you to be doing that you wouldnt believe the amount of teachers i have come across that just dont care  .i am an MPACT parent advocate I became that because my child was being physically and mentally abused by the school staff . sorry for getting on the soap box for a few .     cyndi

[Gilligan]

You have every right to be on a soapbox, and I'm glad you are!  There are so many, many simple strategies that help with communication - visual cues, simple direct instructions, and a longer response time, for example, that can improve the learning environment not only for the autistic child, but also for the teacher and his/her classmates. I wish I knew more about it when my nephews were younger.  As a teacher, I recognized some of their red flags for a learning impairment, but their parents were not accepting of the fact that there could be a problem.  One is gifted, high functioning and his younger brother is low functioning.  It took so long to get them diagnosed that it makes me sad thinking of the time waisted that we (his family) could have been spent helping him learn to communicate with us. And, you are right about some teachers not caring, but there are so many others that simply don't know what to do and become overwhelmed with the multitude of disorders - cognitive, social, emotional, and behavioral - that are present in every classroom.  Keep on advocating!!!  Acceptance is the first step to understanding!

[okiebluegrass]

Honestly I haven't read any book other than a bible or a hymnal in awhile. Do music books count?