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	<title>Along the Spectrum</title>
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	<description>A view of autism from along the spectrum</description>
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		<title>Overheard at the PPT</title>
		<description><![CDATA[School&#8217;s out and the rush of annual PPT meetings that many schools cram into May and June is over.  As always, there were a few outlandish things said by school district personnel both during the meetings and in other discussions.  I&#8217;m repeating some of these below.  I&#8217;ve heard most of these second [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.alongthespectrum.com/2009/06/overheard-at-the-ppt/</link>
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		<title>Recovery</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This is not a post about recovery from autism.  If that&#8217;s what you&#8217;re looking for, move along; there&#8217;s nothing to see here.
Recovery is a powerful concept for me.  The word itself evokes ideas of struggling against powerful forces such as addiction or cancer.  It makes me think of extremes from the relatively [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.alongthespectrum.com/2009/05/recovery/</link>
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		<title>Same as It Ever Was</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Back when MJ was a toddler, he showed an intense interest in lights and switches particularly those on cars.  Lights on cars were great, and switches to turn them on  and off were even better.  The pervasive interest was an early sign of Asperger&#8217;s that we didn&#8217;t fully recognize at the time. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.alongthespectrum.com/2008/07/same-as-it-ever-was/</link>
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		<title>Mob Advocacy</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I paid more attention to the story about Alex Barton than I have to any news story related to autism in a long time.&#160; I even blogged about it myself three times.&#160; Oops, this makes four.&#160; Even my quiet little blog received links and visitors from all over the internet as a large number of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.alongthespectrum.com/2008/05/mob-advocacy/</link>
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		<title>District Sends Teacher to the Office</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Palm Beach Post is reporting that kindergarten teacher Wendy Portillo has been reassigned to the school district offices while the district investigates a complaint against her.  Ms. Portillo recently led her kindergarten class in a vote to remove one of her students, who is likely on the autism spectrum, from the classroom.  [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.alongthespectrum.com/2008/05/district-sends-teacher-to-the-office/</link>
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		<title>And a New Goat</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As I posted yesterday, I think we have two new heroes in the kindergarten class at Morningside Elementary School in Port St. Lucie Florida.  We probably, to some degree, also have a (scape)goat.  
Don&#8217;t get me wrong, the teacher, Ms. Wendy Portillo, should likely be fired for bullying one of her students.  [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.alongthespectrum.com/2008/05/and-a-new-goat/</link>
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		<title>My Two New Heroes</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I don&#8217;t typically blog about the latest news stories as I&#8217;m always a few steps behind other bloggers in keeping up with the news.  Today is different.  Today I found two new heroes in this news story.  It&#8217;s not a pleasant story.  It describes how an irresponsible teacher chose to lead [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.alongthespectrum.com/2008/05/my-two-new-heroes/</link>
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		<title>blink</title>
		<description><![CDATA[While I&#8217;m currently burnt out reading books on autism, I enjoy finding something insightful about autism in a mainstream book.&#160; I just finished reading blink by Malcolm Gladwell and found some unexpected references to autism. 
The theme of blink is that our minds are very effective at coming up with conclusions about the world around [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.alongthespectrum.com/2008/05/blink/</link>
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		<title>Feeling Normal</title>
		<description><![CDATA[MJ made an amazing comment this past week, but I need to explain the events of the past few months to put it in perspective. 
My wife and I have considered the family, in general, and MJ, in particular, to be &#34;in crisis&#34; during the past few months.&#160; There have been many meltdowns, numerous self [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.alongthespectrum.com/2008/05/feeling-normal/</link>
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		<title>Things I Learned at Disney World</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We finally made the trip to Disney World that we&#8217;d been planning for about a year.&#160; Things have been rather challenging the past few months and we considered canceling up to a week before we left, but we decided to go ahead.&#160; It was a good call.&#160; 
I&#8217;ll write a post soon with some tips [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.alongthespectrum.com/2008/05/things-i-learned-at-disney/</link>
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