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Autism Northern Ireland
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Sideways glance at everything "autism" in Northern Ireland
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Money for Nothing
You no doubt remember fundraising appeals from third world charities asking you to sponsor and give money to the ‘poor’ children of Africa with images of sorrowful little faces on begging boxes and cans, underscored by patronizing and trite appea...
UTV wins autism Stupid award!
UTV (Ulster Television) are not exactly known for their research capabilities and I don't think any of their presenters or producers even know what the word 'erudite' means, but a cursory google search would have imparted to them more information tha...
Just Leave Us Alone
Parents I know who have children on the spectrum often lament, 'if only "they" would leave us alone', our kids would be fine.How true. How many times has your child been having a perfectly wonderful day and then someone says something, does something...
Middletown Centre for Autism - 7 Million pounds for......?
this:? http://www.middletownautism.com/Where is the parent training? Our children spend 3-6 hours at school per day and the other 21-18 hours are spent at home. Why is it that parents have been left out of the loop? Well Middletown as you all know by...
Restraint of children with 'special needs' in our schools
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ninImoQbX60The above link takes you to a video of an Illinois police officer brutally beating a youth in an Illinois special needs high school.15-year-old Marshawn Pitts was beaten by the police officer, because his shi...
Build a school, build your own dreams
In Northern Ireland, the hope of attaining a ‘good’ education in a ‘good’ school (whatever that is) can depend on a number of things. For any child, some of the obstacles to attaining a good education include whether or not your child sat the...

