Comments on: 14 Miles

By: Mens Sana in Corpore Sano—Yes!

Mens Sana in Corpore Sano—Yes! — Sat, 10 Nov 2007 10:18:33 +0000

[...] being a big-time bike rider and at home swimming in the ocean—-and continuing to benefit from daily adapted P.E. at [...]

By: Steve

Steve — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 05:58:26 +0000

14 miles – that is incredible! I’m sure those early days of the tricycle were hard and demanding, but what a fantastic payoff to see him ride the way he does now. Please let Charlie know how inspiring this is to me and my son.

Steve

By: Kristina Chew, PhD

Kristina Chew, PhD — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 03:15:43 +0000

Regan—-a former therapist really liked Portland and wanted to move there, but told us that it was not the right climate for the kind of autism work she wanted to do (speech therapy with ABA).

Liz—-Davis….. now that’s the combination to seek out, jobs and biking…….

By: Liz D.

Liz D. — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 23:59:46 +0000

Check out Davis, California — a university town and a bike haven! Jobs and biking, what could be better?

By: Regan

Regan — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 20:51:03 +0000

Kristina,
Oregon’s bike trails are second to none (in our ‘umble opinion). Eleanor and Dad are big cyclists.
Bike Trails and paths in Oregon
http://www.efn.org/~rick/pedalpals/docbook/book1.html

However, if I were planning to move to Oregon to take advantage of the trails…I might look into the whole picture:
From THRESHHOLD, Salem Oregon
“…WE recommend that families NOT even consider moving to Oregon to seek what they may erroneously hear, or believe, are optimum services, or a more Autism friendly place for their young or adult children with Autism. By far, Oregon has more children with Autism per capita than any other state in the U.S. Yet, it now has one of the nation’s lowest levels of direct Autism services, and a documented problem with offering least family-centered approaches to Autism and less user-friendly public services. We also suffer from a long term lack of legislative action around our state’s Autism crisis, a broad tax payer resistance to adequately fund life span disability services, and what is now a tougher “zero tolerance” philosophy using mainly typical and even harsh behavioral methodologies. These problems are why you may see more nonprofit Autism organizations located in this state–not because it is a great place to live or work–but because it is not…”