Autism Mom Jenny McCarthy On Chicago Sun-Times Ten Women Who Inspired in 07 List

In a move that will undoubtedly provoke angry outbursts from Autism Hub bloggers the Chicago Sun-Times has named Autism Mom and Celebrity Autism Activist Jenny McCarthy as one of the The ten women who inspired us in '07. Paige Wiser and Lisa Donovan of the Sun-Times noted that:Jenny McCarthy The zany blond struck a serious note this year, going public with her son's autism diagnosis. Her book Louder Than Words: A Mother's Journey in Healing Autism was honest, informative, down-to-earth and sometimes painful. McCarthy took a gamble, going public with her problems and shattering her fantasy image. Mothers everywhere thank her.I do not subscribe to Ms

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Ελλάδα- Βραζιλία 0-4 α' ημίχρονο!

Γλυκόπιοτη, μεθυστική, ευφραντική και αμπελοφιλοσοφημένη η Νέα Χρονιά 2008. View Upload your own

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What's Cooking Nesties Blogroll!

After giving my blog a facelift for the 2008 New Year, I'm happy to have all my fave links to other blogs, recipes and resources nicely organized. One thing I did create was the What's Cooking (WC) Nesties Blogroll.The Nest is a site with a What's Cooking forum that I frequent daily. It is one that serves as a great place of commraderie & a friendly cooking/baking resource with married/engaged women. The WC Nesties Blogroll was especially made to highlight all the wonderful blogs the What's Cooking "Nesties" on the Nest have linked in their signature lines. It also encourages others on the board to create a blog to highlight their love of cooking/

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Autism Wishes 2008

My autism wish list for 2008:1. That all persons with autism, their friends and family members will have the best possible year in 2008 with access to effective evidence based intervention, autism trained teacher aides and teachers and appropriate residential care and housing.2. That a cure will be found for autism, a cure which is capable of reversing, even amongst older autistic children and adults, some of the most severe aspects of autism disorder, a serious neurological disorder.3. That the stigmatization of intellectually impaired autistic persons by society at large, by prominent media organizations, by some very intelligent and higher funct

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Εστιατόριο του Λαϊνου 1945, Πατησίων 10

Εχετε παραγγείλει;;, καθήστε τι θα πάρετε;;4-3-1945

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World of Waffles

After a holiday hiatus from my kitchen, I started the day strong with some prepwork for an upcoming cooking event. Once I got into my "zone," I decided to play with a new kitchen toy my husband got me - a waffle iron!I had a lot of fun making a few different varieties, which will all be frozen for quick breakfasts in the coming weeks. They were extremely easy to make and the batter is very verasatile to use as waffles or pancakes.Here's the basic recipe for a baking mix I used. To make waffles using this baking mix, I used the following:2 cups baking mix1 egg2 tablespoons canola oil1 1/2 cup french vanilla creamer (which I found made the batter richer

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Autism and Conor's Eyes Shut Visit With Grammy and Grampy

The last few days were spent on the road visiting my mother and father in Nova Scotia's Annapolis Valley.In the past when we arrived at my parents' home Conor would run into the living room and check out the video cassettes that have been kept there for him over the years inspecting each one on the shelf on which they were stored. This year Conor would not open his eyes at all while inside the house itself. He did open them in the front entrance area before entering the kitchen and while outside the house. (It wasn't shyness around Grammy and Grampy; Grammy got a big smile and a flash of Conor's blue eyes - outside the house, and while in the entran

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Autism Predictions 2008

These are my autism predictions for 2008. Some are wildly speculative; some are ho hum continuations of existing trends. Like all attempts to "predict" the future they are inherently futile but I will make them anyway.1. The Autism Knowledge Revolution will continue to expand and add to our real knowledge of autism disorders. 2007 saw a breathtaking explosion of research into the neurolgoical bases and structures of autism disorders. That trend will continue and the public will be informed less and less by prejudice and ideology and more and more by actual knowledge of what autism disorders are and how they can be treated. Research will also

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Ever started making a meal and knew you were doomed at the start?

I have many times and tonight was one of those times. I spent the afternoon at a park with the girl's and a friend of ours and her children. It was hot (85 but I really hate to complain) and it is December! I left my Mom at home so she could putz around and be alone in the house for a change. Sadly my sister, her husband and the 2 dogs left today...I hate when she leaves! But on a plus side my Mom got my tree taken down and all of the ornaments and lights all put away...thanks a million Mom!!! But now I had to get started on dinner.Anyway on with my tale of woe. I had planned on trying Paula Deen's recipe called Paula's Baked Ham and Cheese Chic

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Offensive Language On Autism Street

The uproar over the NYU Ransom Notes campaign has given way to smug victory happy dances by many in the neurodiversity community. But few of that crowd are taking the time to examine their own offensive language particularly when exercising their obsessions with celebrities who do not share their views such as Jenny McCarthy and now ..... Donald Trump. In Where Is Trump’s Science Team? at the Autism Street blog site where he mocks Ms McCarthy and Mr Trump as "celebrity idiots":I was really beginning to think that Jenny McCarthy would be an extremely popular candidate for being considered the “celebrity idiot of the year” by many scientific thinkers

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Ο Γιώργος Χουλιάρας στο ALTA.

Ο Γιώργος Χουλιάρας παρουσιάζει έργα του σε Αμερικανικό λογοτεχνικό συνέδριοBy Γιώργος Μπίστης Ουάσιγκτον, 11-11-2007Γιώργος ΧουλιάραςΈνα Ελληνικό όνομα λαμπίρισε στο τελευταίο τετραήμερο κατά την διάρκεια του 30ου συνεδρίου της Εταιρείας Αμερικανών Μεταφραστών Λογοτεχνίας (American Literary Translators Association), που διοργανώθηκε από τις 7 έως τις 10 Νοεμβρίου σε συνεργασία με το Πανεπιστήμιο του Τέξας, στην πόλη Ντάλλας. Είναι του ποιητή και δοκιμιογράφου Γιώργου Χουλιάρα ο οποίος παρουσίασε, κατόπιν προσκλήσεως που του έγινε, δείγματα της δουλειάς του στο περίφημο αυτό συνέδριο, που αποτελεί και την μεγαλύτερη συνάντηση συγγραφέων, μεταφραστών,

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Yummy....

We have been so busy and I think that this has been the longest time between posts for me since I started this blog back in August. The holidays have just been so wonderful that I wanted to stay in every moment and not stop and write about it! Does that make any sense? I am very much and in the moment person I guess. We don't even own a video camera because my theory on it is that I would miss too much of what was going on because I would be trying to tape it all for the future???!!! Never made a while lot of sense to me! Anyway we have been out having a ton of fun.The girls got Roller Blades from Santa this year and wow do they ever like them.

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Autism Reality On The Road

Autism is not a culture or a way of life.Those who believe that autism is a Joy to be celebrated are guilty of seriously muddled thinking. Stressing the positive in any situation is admirable. Denying reality is harmful and can even be dangerous. Autism is a serious neurological disorder which restricts the lives of many who engage in serious self injurious behavior. It can also result in injury to family members, care givers, teacher aides and strangers.I have written previously of the time that my son Conor, who has Autism Disorder with profound developmental delays, left the house while I was engaged in a business call, crossing a busy nearby s

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Πορτογαλική Ινδία, ιστορία γραμματοσήμων.

ΠΟΡΤΟΓΑΛΙΚΗ ΙΝΔΙΑ, ιστορία γραμματοσήμων.Πορτογαλικές αποικίες στην Ινδία και Κεϋλάνη από το 1510-1961. Η πρώτη επαφή της εκμεταλλευτικής σχέσης συνδέεται με την ανακάλυψη του Βάσκο ντε Γκάμα στις 20-5-1498 της Κάλικουτ της Ινδίας μετά τον κατάπλου στο Νατάλ και την Μοζαμβίκη , τις ακτές της σημερινής Κένυας. Είμαστε στις αρχές του 16ου αιώνα επί βασιλείας Μανουέλ Α του Τυχερού, και η Πορτογαλία έφτασε στο απόγειο της δύναμής της. Οι αποικιοκράτες μοιράζονταν άλλοτε άλλες περιοχές κατά την διάρκεια 16-17-18ου αιώνα και το 1947 όταν ανεξαρτοποιήθει η Ινδία από την τότε Μεγάλη Βρετανία συναποτελείτο από την περιοχή Γκόα, και τις παραθαλάσσιες τοποθεσίε

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Joy of Conor Christmas

Conor had a lot of fun this Christmas, not because of his autism, not despite his autism, he just had fun, just like any other kid at Christmas.Conor enjoyed the snow and was pleased to get some Christmas fun gifts.What's the point of stickers if you can't wear them on your hands?Woooops! That snow bank is a little deeper than I thought!Oh Canada! I Stand on Guard for Thee!Hey, I AM CANADIAN. A little bit of snow doesn't bother me!Back to work, well fun sort of work anyway!

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Offensive Autism Language - "Autie" and "Curebie"

In the new post Ransom Notes world of autism discussions it seems that freedom of speech, and truth telling, must give way to the sensitivities of various persons and organizations. That being the dynamic of this new autism world order then I would like to offer my list of terms that I find offensive. I ask that the sensitive souls who petitioned NYU into submission over the Ransom Notes campaign, and others, cease and desist their use of these offensive and demeaning terms. I will start my list with two that I find particularly offensive: "autie" and "curebie".1. Autie - is an expression used by some persons with Aspergers, and some parents and p

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Autism, the Rotenberg Center and Rational Criticism

Much of the criticism of the Judge Rotenberg Educational Center use of aversives to help prevent serious self injurious behavior by persons with autism and other disorders amounts to little more than pompous, holier than thou, name calling by individuals or groups who offer no real alternative to the use of mild aversive therapy in such dangerous situations. Instead they simply proclaim that the JREC is evil, their methods are evil, and that therefore the JREC must be stopped. They offer no real solution to help prevent the dangerous and deadly behavior by persons whose parents seek the help of the JREC.An editorial from the Boston Globe on Bosto

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Merry Christmas!!!

Well we made it this far...we are in the home stretch!!! The above picture is of my youngest daughter flying into the arms of my sister who drove all the way from Toronto (about 1600 miles with her husband and 2 dogs) to surprise the girls!!! I thought it was a really cool shot.We always do an adult celebration on Christmas Eve which usually turns into a wrapping party but this year we were smart and wrapped everything earlier in the day so we could just hang out and enjoy each other and share some really good food!The food was mainly bought at a gourmet market that opened just this year called The Sandy Butler. Really incredible cheeses and great p

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Autism and Rotenberg's Unanswered Questions

In Parents Defend School’s Use of Shock Therapy the New York Times has revisited the Judge Rotenberg Education Center's use of aversive therapies, particularly the "shock" therapy, a mild two second bee sting style of shock, used in treating children with severe aggressive, self injurious even self mutilating behavior arising from autism and other disorders. Many scientists, therapists, politicians, bureaucrats and internet bloggers have condemned the Rotenberg center's use of aversives. But The New York Times goes beyond the Mother Jones breathless expose approach to these issues and presents the perspective of Susan Handon and other parents w

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Μυστική Γέννηση

τέλη 1500 μΧ. Sandro Botticelli Σήμερα βρίσκεται στην Εθνική Πινακοθήκη του Λονδίνου.

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