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Joy

thank you for sharing this, my 26 yr old son is aspergers. I will check out the virtual conference.

Cornflower

Thankyou, Joy. You may also find Mindroom's (free) Direct Help and Support service useful: http://www.mindroom.org/mindroom-direct-help-and-support/

Rachel

My eldest son who was 37 when he died several years ago had Asperger's. When he was a child it really wasn't anything that professionals in North America knew much about when he was a child and it was a struggle to get help. Yesterday while I was at my local library a young woman with a teenage boy in tow came and sat down. The boy was making quiet chirping noises to himself and fidgeting a bit and a very cross man pointed out that libraries were for 'quiet reading'. I was stunned and saddened by this attitude. People with developmental disabilities and their families and caregivers still have a long way to go.

Cornflower

You're right, Rachel. Things have improved, but not yet enough.

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