Comments on: If you had $10 million to spend on autism research, what would you use it for….. http://www.blisstree.com/articles/if-you-had-10-million-to-spend-on-autism-research-what-would-you-use-it-for/ Family, Health, Home and Lifestyles Sun, 06 Dec 2009 13:54:05 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: MBA School Finder » Blog Archive » Find help with black mba. (music business school) http://www.blisstree.com/articles/if-you-had-10-million-to-spend-on-autism-research-what-would-you-use-it-for/comment-page-1/#comment-528529 MBA School Finder » Blog Archive » Find help with black mba. (music business school) Sat, 30 Sep 2006 07:29:04 +0000 http://www.autismvox.com/if-you-had-10-million-to-spend-on-autism-research-what-would-you-use-it-for/#comment-528529 [...] If you had $10 million to spend on autism research, what would you use it for..If you had $10 million to spend on autism research, what would you use it for.. By Kristina Chew, PhD Related entries in Treatment, Science… [...] [...] If you had $10 million to spend on autism research, what would you use it for..If you had $10 million to spend on autism research, what would you use it for.. By Kristina Chew, PhD Related entries in Treatment, Science… [...]

]]> By: Kristina Chew, PhD http://www.blisstree.com/articles/if-you-had-10-million-to-spend-on-autism-research-what-would-you-use-it-for/comment-page-1/#comment-528528 Kristina Chew, PhD Sat, 30 Sep 2006 04:51:05 +0000 http://www.autismvox.com/if-you-had-10-million-to-spend-on-autism-research-what-would-you-use-it-for/#comment-528528 Penny, thanks for pointing that out----yes the "pay-off" (not the best word, I guess) for any child's education is that the child is educated, in and of itself. Penny, thanks for pointing that out—-yes the “pay-off” (not the best word, I guess) for any child’s education is that the child is educated, in and of itself.

]]> By: Penny http://www.blisstree.com/articles/if-you-had-10-million-to-spend-on-autism-research-what-would-you-use-it-for/comment-page-1/#comment-528527 Penny Sat, 30 Sep 2006 02:27:42 +0000 http://www.autismvox.com/if-you-had-10-million-to-spend-on-autism-research-what-would-you-use-it-for/#comment-528527 There's a danger in citing long foreseeable lives as reason for educational funding, of course: other kids whose diagnoses <i>may</i> indicate shorter lifespans (statistically) also have a right to an appropriate education, whether or not it "pays off" in a strictly cost-benefit analysis. Just because it's what a good society gives its children...all its children. There’s a danger in citing long foreseeable lives as reason for educational funding, of course: other kids whose diagnoses may indicate shorter lifespans (statistically) also have a right to an appropriate education, whether or not it “pays off” in a strictly cost-benefit analysis. Just because it’s what a good society gives its children…all its children.

]]> By: Kristina Chew, PhD http://www.blisstree.com/articles/if-you-had-10-million-to-spend-on-autism-research-what-would-you-use-it-for/comment-page-1/#comment-528521 Kristina Chew, PhD Fri, 29 Sep 2006 20:25:07 +0000 http://www.autismvox.com/if-you-had-10-million-to-spend-on-autism-research-what-would-you-use-it-for/#comment-528521 And I keep seeing more and more stories in the news regarding autistic individuals who are in legal trouble, or have had violence committed against them. And I keep seeing more and more stories in the news regarding autistic individuals who are in legal trouble, or have had violence committed against them.

]]> By: Astryngia http://www.blisstree.com/articles/if-you-had-10-million-to-spend-on-autism-research-what-would-you-use-it-for/comment-page-1/#comment-528519 Astryngia Fri, 29 Sep 2006 17:13:53 +0000 http://www.autismvox.com/if-you-had-10-million-to-spend-on-autism-research-what-would-you-use-it-for/#comment-528519 I am so with you on this one. The terrible toll in our schools because teachers and others - many parents, too - have no way to make the leap across the bridge between the autistic world and ours. Awareness-raising to prevent discrimination, ways to communicate across the divide. I'd vote for that. Plus we know so much already about autism - but it's not reaching the service providers who have the power to make a difference. Too many people with autism end up in mental institutions or prison because not enough people know enough. I am so with you on this one. The terrible toll in our schools because teachers and others – many parents, too – have no way to make the leap across the bridge between the autistic world and ours. Awareness-raising to prevent discrimination, ways to communicate across the divide. I’d vote for that.

Plus we know so much already about autism – but it’s not reaching the service providers who have the power to make a difference. Too many people with autism end up in mental institutions or prison because not enough people know enough.

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