Posts by Hilary Stace
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Hard News: The Dr G giveaway, in reply to Geoff Lealand,
Perhaps they think the audience in NZ are well paid clinicians or corporate types?
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There is nothing wrong, and probably a lot right with early intervention so long as it is sensible, done by professionals and not punitive or crazy (and a lot are). But it is hard to do RCTs with control groups as each child is different and will develop differently regardless. The point of interventions are that they will function better in the NT world. But that is also dependent on the world being inclusive and accepting. I know lots of families who spent a lot of time and money on ABA and their grown up children are just as diverse in their language skills, behaviour and sensitivities and other stuff as they were as children. We have no idea yet what interventions Hekia is thinking of and who will implement them and how much resource there will be for them. But I can guarantee that most autistic children will still require extra support throughout their educational lives.
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Another step in the process. A Life for Ashley petition handed over at Parliament this morning. Photo shows Kimberley who kick started this action, Kevin Hague with petition, Dave and Marlena with pictures of Ashley and Grant Robertson MP. The petition will now (hopefully) go to the Health Select Committee. As Kevin is sadly leaving Parliament, he has handed over stewardship for freeing Ashley to Labour MP for Wellington Central. Good hands.
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There are 'recommendations for education for learners with ASD' in the new NZ ASD Guideline summary p. 12. There are a lot of good ones, graded according to the evidence base. However, none refer to cure or indicating that if you do them the child will be fixed.
http://www.health.govt.nz/publication/new-zealand-autism-spectrum-disorder-guideline -
For anyone on the spectrum/of the neurodiverse community (or a significant ally) wanting to go to hear Ben Goldacre on Sat 24th, kind Russell has organised some discounted tickets. http://publicaddress.net/hardnews/the-dr-g-giveaway/
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Thank you Russell
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A Life for Ashley petition handover to Kevin Hague Thursday 11 Parliament steps https://www.change.org/p/the-house-of-representatives-a-life-for-ashley-peacock/u/17849159?recruiter=27045134&utm_source=share_update&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=share_twitter_responsive
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Access: Autism: where have we come from…, in reply to Tanya Breen,
Yes, the justice system is a huge issue. Important research.
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Access: Autism: where have we come from…, in reply to dave c,
Here is the link. You can also get it through the Victoria university library website.
http://www.communityresearch.org.nz/research/moving-beyond-love-and-luck-building-right-relationships-and-respecting-lived-experience-in-new-zealand-autism-policy/ -
Teachers are only one aspect of schools. What about libraries, librarians, teacher aides and all the other support staff? Under bulk funding they all shrank. They have little power around the board table or even in the staff room. Where do they fit in under global funding and behavioural economics?
