AUTISM RADIO AutismOne.org is pleased to announce Autism Radio on the internet. Topics presented include the following: Biomedical Treatments and Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Behavior and Education, Family and Home Health, and News/Legal/Advocacy. To listen click here.	Is Autism On the Rise? Cure Autism Now provides the percentage increases for autism incidence. Click here to view the statistics for each state.
AUTISM TV Launched in 2004, the Dan Marino Foundation offers a first-of-its-kind Internet TV channel dedicated to autism and other neuro-developmental disabilities. This is a free resource for parents and professionals, which broadcasts interactive programs 24/7. We invite you to tune in to see the latest therapies,research, treatments, and personal stories.
IDEA '04 Do you have a child in the public school system with an IEP? To compare the IDEA '97 to the '04 version, click here	If a man loves a woman for her beauty, does he love her? No; for the smallpox which destroys her beauty without killing her, causes his love to cease. And if any man loves me for my judgement or memory, does he really love me? No; for i can lose these qualities without ceasing to be. ~ Pascal
"We persist because we love our children, they need us desperately and few others are willing to take up the fight. We persist because we fear what the future holds and time is short and barriers are great. We join together because we are few... our energy will someday wane, our supporters are limited, and we must make headway now, while we can. We strive...because we know the very lives of our children depend on it, and we must make change, for their sake, or they will die unseen, their beauty unappreciated..." Frank Warren, 1978 Obtained from the Autism Society of Illinois "Promise" newsletter	THE MISUNDERSTOOD CHILD I am the child that looks healthy and fine. I was born with ten fingers and toes. But something is different, somewhere in my mind. And what it is, nobody knows. I am the child that struggles in school, Though they say that I'm perfectly smart. They tell me I'm lazy - can learn if I try - But I don't seem to know where to start. I am the child that won't wear the clothes Which hurt me or bother my feet. I dread sudden noises, can't handle most smells, And tastes - there are few foods I'll eat. I am the child that can't catch the ball And runs with an awkward gait. I am the one chosen last on the team And I cringe as I stand there and wait. I am the child with whom no one will play with The one that gets bullied and teased. I try to fit in and I want to be liked, But nothing I do seems to please. I am the child that tantrums and freaks Over things that seem petty and trite. You'll never know how I panic inside, When I'm lost in my anger and fright. I am the child that fidgets and squirms Though I'm told to sit still and be good Do you think that I choose to be out of control? Don't you know that I would if I could? I am the child with the broken heart Though I act like I don't really care. Perhaps there's a reason God made me this way - Some message he sent me to share. For I am the child that needs to be loved And accepted and valued too. I am the child that is misunderstood, I am different - but look just like you. Kathy Winters/2003