Did You Know...??

QUESTION: Did You Know?

• · Males are four times more likely to have autism than females.(Schoenstadt)
  
  · Autism is now the sixth most commonly classified disability in the United States (Schoenstadt)
  
  
  · Autism statistics show that 1 in 166 children will be diagnosed with autism.(Johnson)
  
  · if 4 million children are born in the United States every year, approximately 24,000 of these children will eventually be diagnosed with autism (Johnson)
  
  
  · 67 children are diagnosed a day. (Johnson)
  
  · up to 500,000 individuals younger than 21 have autism(Johnson)
  
  
  · Autism was added as a special education exceptionality in 1991(Johnson)
• From 1187-1998 there was a 633% increase in Autism (Johnson)

emails

I sent emails to to a few places about volunteering for my senior project. I didnt really expect to get anything back, but yesterday i checked my email and i noticed two emails from names i didnt recognize. I almost deleted them without reading them but i thought i should look at them just in case i needed those emails. When i read them they were from people that i had sent emails to about any volunteering opportunites that were available. The emails said that they would we more than happy to place me with their organization but that i would have to fill out an application and that i would have to get my clearances(but i already have them). Im trying to figure out what i want the outcome of my project to be and if i want to either volunteer, participate in a walk, conduct some type of fundraiser, or if i want to combine all of those into one.

proposal

Right now im in the process of trying answer the question on the proposal. Its tough to answer the questions because im not completely sure of what action i am going to do with my topic. Im looking at trying to get involved with Easter Seals in Pittsburgh somehow by volunteering, donating money, or somehow getting involved. I am also looking at trying to find someone at Easter Seals or a special education teacher to interview for my project. Im going to keep looking, getting my work done and more importantly staying on track and focused!

work in progress

Im trying to finish my webliography. I would have finished it this weekend as planned but my internet decided it didnt want to work. After i finish my webliography im going to start working on my proprosal and think about what exactly im going to do with my topic and how im going to do it.

Byonetics a cure for autism?

At the end of class on Wednesday and today i have found that there is a so called "cure" for Autism called Byonetics. It has been said that it works but others are still skeptical about Byonetics. Byonetics is basically a DVD that you put in for your child to watch and it is supposed to help lessen the symptoms of Autism. One downside to this is that Byoneticsf is costly but it is said to be worth the money in the long run. I wonder if this TRULY is the cure for Autism and that there are no side affects or downsides to this??

new thought

I am working on completing my collage and my articles....while i was reading one of the articles i read that one of the kids had did their project on aroma therapy. I thought that was a different idea. Im starting to think that i might want to change my topic because i believe that there could possibly be more things for me to do with the aroma therapy topic....I guess that it sometihing new that i need to think about before its too late to change my topic...if it isnt already too late.