Buck531 Posted February 5, 2008 Report Share Posted February 5, 2008 The following was in a newsletter from where my 6 year old goes to school at. Yes, he has Autism. I'm going to copy the newsletter below: The band, Five for Fighting, is generiously donating $.40 to the AutismSpeaks for each time the video below is viewed. Funding will help research studies to find a cure. Visit the link below to watch the video and feel free to pass it along to your friends and family. They are aiming for 10,000 hits, but hopefully we can help them to surpass this goal. http://www.whatkindofworlddoyouwant.com/videos/view/id/408214 Thanks. Every little bit helps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skinner Posted February 5, 2008 Report Share Posted February 5, 2008 watched. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KillJoy Posted February 5, 2008 Report Share Posted February 5, 2008 Good song! :thumbup: KillJoy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Brandon Posted February 5, 2008 Report Share Posted February 5, 2008 Having a brother with this same disorder, its hard to explain how destructive this disease is, and how difficult it is to deal with day to day. Legislation does need passed, insurence companies do not need to get any richer then they already are. It would be nice to see them give back...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KillJoy Posted February 5, 2008 Report Share Posted February 5, 2008 Bump Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramsey Posted February 5, 2008 Report Share Posted February 5, 2008 I cant see the video.. the website takes me to a "change her world" page Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
04r1 Posted February 5, 2008 Report Share Posted February 5, 2008 Viewed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
igotaprestent4u1647545491 Posted February 5, 2008 Report Share Posted February 5, 2008 viewed, but isnt autism genetic? Kinda tough to cure that, huh? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nurkvinny Posted February 5, 2008 Report Share Posted February 5, 2008 Weird how strongly these things affect me now that I have a child. TTT Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Buck531 Posted February 5, 2008 Author Report Share Posted February 5, 2008 Weird how strongly these things affect me now that I have a child. TTT No shit. I'll invite anyone (well.. most of anyone) to come over my house for a day and spend a day with my son. Then I bet everyone here would think twice about having children (I got snipped after I found out he was autistic. I just didn't want to take the chance again). It'll put you in a completely different perspective. My wife was telling me about an article she saw in People magazine today. This family has SIX (6) autistic children. Different forms of it, but still. It's hard enough to handle one let alone six of them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheHaze Posted February 5, 2008 Report Share Posted February 5, 2008 I watched it. Very touching and makes you feel thankful. Buck, if you don't mind me asking, what difficulties do you have specific to his autism? I'm not completely knowledgeable on the lifestyle of autistic people. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buck531 Posted February 5, 2008 Author Report Share Posted February 5, 2008 Well the two biggest things are his eating. He won't really eat anything. His diet is pretty much: nutrigrain bars, some cereal, grilled cheese, hot dogs, cheese on peanut butter crackers, chips, rarely will he eat pizza, and a few other things. The next biggest thing is his speech. He has a VERY VERY limited vocabulary. And if you haven''t been around him long, you won't understand what he's saying. He has issues with certain letters and words. Like.. Blues Clues.. is Boos cues. His attention span is like 10 seconds long.. if that. more like 5 seconds. He's constantly switching the channel on the TV and he'll get pissed off and start going nuts if you change the channel when you want. There is NO reasoning with him. He starts up and it's hard to bring him back down. He IS getting much better though. He's come a long way since he was 3-4 years old. School is doing wonders for him. Here's a website that a parent from Oakstone created with some good links. http://medicine.osu.edu/lend/resources/reslinks.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Posted February 5, 2008 Report Share Posted February 5, 2008 watched buck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old dirty bastard Posted February 5, 2008 Report Share Posted February 5, 2008 Watched Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex1647545498 Posted February 5, 2008 Report Share Posted February 5, 2008 +1. I'll repost this on myspace. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TurboRust Posted February 5, 2008 Report Share Posted February 5, 2008 watched Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigbird Posted February 5, 2008 Report Share Posted February 5, 2008 +1. I'll repost this on myspace. Great idea, watched and reposted :thumbup: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Pomade Posted February 5, 2008 Report Share Posted February 5, 2008 Watched. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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thorne Posted February 5, 2008 Report Share Posted February 5, 2008 Watched And being the geek I am Verfied it real on snopes http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/charity/whatkind.asp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
excell Posted February 5, 2008 Report Share Posted February 5, 2008 From work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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thorne Posted February 5, 2008 Report Share Posted February 5, 2008 watched it again from work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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