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-Bridges Across Impasse: Strategies to prevent impasse during IEP meetings
-Treatment Harmony: A new generation of treatment options for higher functioning students with ASD
-Collaborative Team Teaching: Part 1. The Collaborative Mindset
-Positive Reinforcement: Motivating your students with ASD
-Guardianship: Making the Right Decision for Your Child with Autism
-Creative Inspiration! Art Museums and Autism
-Thinking in Numbers: Highlights from the 2010 International Math Competition

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Opening New Frontiers - Congrats to Temple Grandin and HBO!

What could be more exciting than watching the 62nd Annual Emmy Awards and the icon of the autism community, Temple Grandin, being part of it? From her brief but compelling red carpet interview to seeing her on stage with cast and crew in accepting the Emmy for Outstanding Made for Television Movie, it was a night to long remember! The HBO biopic on her life captured 7 Emmy Awards. Read more here.
 

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Temple has more to celebrate! This October she will be inducted into the National Cowgirl Hall of Fame.


The Hall of Fame honors women whose lives exemplify courage, resilience and independence. They chose to acknowledge Temple’s hard work and dedication as a champion of animal welfare and livestock handling, all while overcoming two obstacles: autism and a woman breaking barriers in a male-dominated occupation.  

The Cowgirl Hall of Fame describes the inductees this way: “Each believed in who she could be and in doing so, helped shape the future of our country.” We couldn’t say it any better than that. Way to go Temple. 

Read a press release here about the upcoming celebration.

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As Emily Gerson Saines so touchingly stated in Sunday’s Emmy acceptance speech, “Temple, you are our hero.” As so it goes for countless other parents across the U.S. and around the world in their respect and adoration for a woman who has single-handedly changed the way we view autism.

For those who want to bring Temple a little closer into their lives, Future Horizons (publisher of some of Temple’s award-winning books) offers a t-shirt to do just that. On the front: a charming photo of Temple and on the back, the pressed-leather design includes the powerful, deeply moving line spoken by Temple’s mother in the HBO movie: “Different…But Not Less.” 

Show your support and appreciation for Temple; purchase your t-shirt here.

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Temple Grandin Makes Time Magazine's List!

OK, so the list is somewhat a popularity contest, those leaders, artists, innovators, and icons of the music industry who shape our world. And, Temple may have been beaten out by the likes of Lady Gaga, Susan Boyle, Apolo Ohno and Barack Obama. But we love that she captured more votes and a higher ranking than such notable personalities as Ellen DeGeneres, James Cameron and Oprah Winfrey. Congrats Temple, from us to you!

Read more at the Time magazine website: www.time.com

Temple writes an exclusive column in every issue of the AADigest! Autism & Asperger's: The Way I See It

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AADigest columnist and super sensory smart OT Lindsey Biel offers great information on sensory processing along with some back to school tips in her interview with Autism Hangout. 
Connect to the YouTube interview here.

Check out Autism Hangout for great information on ASD, including 300 free video presentations on all sorts of ASD topics!

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We were excited when we won our NAPPA Gold Award for the 3rd consecutive year in 2009. After all, it was a “first” in NAPPA history - the only product to win three years in a row. Imagine the fireworks in our office when we were notified that we won Gold AGAIN in the 2010 competition! Four consecutive years!

On the heels of that award comes even more recognition! The magazine nabbed a 2010 APEX Award for Publication Excellence!

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A national survey of parents showed the prevalence of autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) among U.S. children aged 3 to 17 years is approximately 1 in 91 children. The study, “The Prevalence of Parent-Reported Diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Disorder Among Children in the United States, 2007,” was published in the Oct. 5, 2009, issue of Pediatrics. The study drew on data from the 2007 National Survey of Children’s Health, a telephone survey of 78,037 parents conducted jointly by the Health Resources and Services Administration and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

The odds for having a child with an ASD are four times higher for boys than for girls, resulting in the alarming statistic that 1 in every 58 boys will be diagnosed on the autism spectrum.

Find a Q&A prepared by the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) about the study here.

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