Monday Finds ( Week 9 )

I can’t believe that already we are on week 9 of the weekly feature Monday finds.  So we are near the end, Just one more week left ( Week 10 ) then a new feature will replace this one. Updates on new feature will be posted throughout the coming week.

THIS WEEKS FINDS ARE ALL RELATED TO APRILS AUTISM AWARENESS MONTH.

If you live in London like myself, you may of noticed we don’t seem to do the whole awareness month in a great way. Yes there will be events happening but it’s  a lot different from places like the States. So many of these finds are related to autism awareness month in the UK with some being Global events.

AGE OF AUTISM

Looking through the net I came across a fantastic site that offer support, advice on everything autism. There are links to many sites with events list for autism awareness month all over the world.

UK AUTISM NEWS

Yes this site has it all. Loads of autism news from all over the world. List and links for the best UK autism awareness events most taking place on the 2nd of April.

Stock Pins

A company in the States that sell great pins for Autism awareness. There autism puzzle ribbon label pins are sure to help you raise awareness this April. Starting Prices $0.99.

COUNT ME IN.

UK event’s calendar that have listed events for Aprils autism awareness month. Check it out to see what’s happening near you.

UP AND COMING.

Oh yes, It’s drawing closer to my favorite time of the month. 

THE BIG INTERVIEW 🙂 

As many of you know last month was my first big Interview! It was a great, really enjoyed the interview with Cale Irwin a 20 year old with Asperger’s. 

This months Interview is going to be just as great. I was extremely pleased when Kyra Anderson contacted me. Mother to Fluffy and writer of  the fantastic blog  This Mom agreed to a joint interview with her amazing 8 year old son fluffy. Fluffy has Aspergers and is the same age as my little man so it was wonderful to be able to hear what life was like for fluffy and his mum. I received the interview back from Kyra today and I must say it is a fantastic and wonderful read that you really must read. 

THE BIG INTERVIEW IS NOW TAKING PLACE ON THE  20th OF MARCH, NOT ON THE 30th AS PLANED.

GREAT NEWS FOR APRIL !

John kirton will be joining the fun in the month of April ( Autism awareness month ) to take part in the Big Interview.  WOW I’m so looking forward to it.

For anybody that  don’t know John, he and his wife are the parents of six children on the Autism spectrum. This amazing and remarkable family have been featured in People magazine, appeared on Good morning America, inside edition Larry King. There newest project a documentary Autism x6 is currently being shown on the Discovery health channel. Check out the families website Autism Bites 

DATE FOR THE JOHN KIRTON BIG INTERVIEW TO BE ANNOUNCED

IN THE  FIRST FEW WEEKS OF APRIL.

Monday finds drawing to an end.

Today and next week will be the last of the blog feature Monday finds. Don’t worry a great new Monday feature will be started in it’s place. So watch this space, updates will be added through this coming week. Thanks to everyone that supported the Monday finds. I hope you all enjoyed it 🙂

THE SIBLING SUPPORT PAGE.

Yes it’s almost ready!  The sibling support page is still in the process of being created. Some great features are in the pipe line It’s a page that I hope will help many. There will be information and related links for siblings of autism, A problem page, listed events and more.

ARE YOU A SIBLING OF SOMEONE WITH AUTISM? IF THAT’S A YES WE WOULD LOVE TO HEAR YOUR IDEAS FOR THE SIBLING SUPPORT PAGE. TELL US WHAT YOU WANT AND WE CAN TRY AND MAKE IT HAPPEN.

MONDAY FINDS ( WEEK 7 )

Oh my what a week’ and it’s only Tuesday. Yes you heard me right! Tuesday! I am indeed posting my Monday finds post a day to late. Please forgive me people for this time I did not forget ( which im pleased to say ) it was more to do with the fact that not only did there not seem to be anoth hours in the day yesterday, it was also that when I returned home yesterday I sat on my bed and that was in deed the very last thing I remember. Sadly it was not the case for big G! little G was sick and kept him up alnight.

Ok so as I have always said better late then never. So here are this weeks Monday find.

Autism London

Providing support for those affected by autism and Aspergers syndrome. They offer a great service with a forum and lots of advice. Check out there site where you will be able to check out some of there activities and events that they hold. You can also check out there fundraising and volunteer page. All this and much more at

http://www.autismlondon.org.uk  Helpline 0845 603 7954

Aspergers support

Aspie community which you can join for free and if you wish you can remain anonymous. Benefits to join are groups, stories, confessions, answers and much, much more.

http://www.experienceproject.com/aspergers

Iautistic

A great find that offers free books, test, games for children on the spectrum, videos and much more.

http://iautistic.com

The national autistic society

Have a look at some of the society’s special events in aid of Nas fundraising events. Your chance to really do your bit and get involved.

http://www,autism.org.uk

The sound of learning

Open house 18th March 2009. Practical solutions to learning difficulties

Sense ability 5th March 2009.

Sensory difficuities associated with autistic spectrum disorder. Dates to be announced.

The sound Learning centre Asperger’s syndrome event. For information on these and upcoming events please visit

http://thesoundlearningcentre.co.uk  Phone +44 (0)208-882-1060

MONDAY FINDS ( WEEK 5 )

BAD, BAD GIRL!

OK now this is Bad! I am really losing the plot this week.  As you can see it’s not Monday! Nope it’s that day called Tuesday the one after Monday. I was laying in bed thinking about stuff as i was yet again unable to get some sleep ( As you can see its close to 5.30am and that’s not because I’m just a early riser) I was working out in my head which finds i was going to add to my Monday finds blog feature today. Then i heard it on the early morning radio show. It’s Tuesday morning OMG!

Not being funny but that means that i spent the whole of MONDAY thinking it was SUNDAY. When i think about it it’s kinda crazy as no one said nothing and i remember telling my close friend on the telephone how much more I’m beginning to enjoy Sundays. I even wished her good bye saying i had to check the roast in the oven lol. My my I’m only 26 reaching 27 years old’ anyone would think i was older then 60!  Anyway now that i have finished explaining my early on set into a mad person I will get back to my Monday finds AKA Tuesday. Whats a day late? I’m just glad it wasn’t a week touch wood.

British mummy bloggers

Yet again i have found what seems to be a great ning social network. I must add it’s UK only just in case you missed the word British. The site is not a site based around ASD but it sure has a good deal of parents that discuses the subject due to there children being on the Autistic spectrum.

You can join British Mommy bloggers by visiting http://britishmummybloggers.ning.com   

Contact a family

UK based charity that are spread over most of the UK. There offering free help, advice and support for those that have children that are disabled. Contact a family are also known to to have many events and sibling groups. Find out more by visiting http://www.cafeamily.org.uk    

Autism myths. 

Worth a visit this one. Some people could find a lot of comfort within this blog as half of what people say is some what untrue. This site exposes the many myths of Autism. Visit http://autism-myths.org

Autism Hub

Am i the last to hear about this one as its a very busy list come social network. Get your URL listed in the great big long list of autism sites. You can also subscribe to the RSS as it is listed beside the site name. Handy  really not having to click o sites opening a load of windows. Take a look http://www.autism-hub.co.uk

 

MOTHER TO SHERK AND THE FACES OF AUTISM….

Best to last! but kind of a cheat ( it is two sites i chose but its by the same publisher)  http://motherofshrek.blogspot.com  and http://casdok-facesofautism.blogspot.com  Written by a single mother to a son in which has Autism and is none verbal. His names C and his 20 years old. His mother has written some fab post on Mother of shrek and her idea to create a site that displays some top art work and lovely images of lots of children each suffering from some kind of ASD. These two blogs are wonderful. Im coming back.
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MONDAY FINDS (WEEK 4)

This weeks Monday Finds (week4)
enjoy.

Want some fab autism awareness signs, buttons and banners.
www.commenthaven.com

Great Autism developmental and educational toys and learning tools.
www.autismsuperstore.com

Holly is making a list about the great things our autistic children do. visit her blog and let her know what you love about autism.
http://singlemotherofautism.today.com

Need a tutor for your child with ASD
visit this directory
www.autismtutors.com

Animal Agentz
A tool to help children deal with stress. DR Mark Jones computer based learning tool. Test for animal agentz were conducted At Londons Great Omond hospital for children.
http://www.animalagentz.com

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MONDAY FINDS (WEEK 3)

Hello everyone.
Its week 3 of my new weekly blog feature Monday finds. Really enjoying sharing my finds with everybody. Really hope that you find something within this feature that comes of good use to you. Already had some pretty good feedback and some of you have informed me that you have joined some of the sites that have been listed in my finds. Thats great let’s find some more:)

Aspergers support WA
Fantastic wordpress blog offers top information and advice on everything Aspergers. Fab site and forum that is so worth a visit.
http://aspergerssupport.wordpress.com

Life with Aspergers
This blog has been written by somebody living with Aspergers. They help you to look at the positives of the condition. There is a fab new post that’s been added. Do Aspie children know that they are different?    http://life-with-aspergers.blogspot.com

Autism stuff
Site created by Linda Hodgdons.
Site sells a range of autism and aspergers related products. Books, teaching tools and even a bargain bin.
http://autismstuff.com

ASD friendly
Found this site when looking for a asd book club. Found Asd friendly That offered a wonderful book club and lots more. Chat, boards, blog, and shop are just a few.
http://asdfriendly.org

Aspergers friends
This site overs everything. It covers so much and offers top ASD advice. It has news, links, support groups and more.
http://www.aspergerfriends.com

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Monday finds week 2

Wow what a week!
Found some interesting and exciting stuff that I was bursting to share with

Model me kids social skills videos…
DVD sets designed to help your child with there social skills. This has been done by modeling peer behaviour in different areas of there life. Great teaching tools for your kids.
Click the link (yellow box) in the sidebar to get yours or read some of the latest reviews on these dvds.

Ringsurf.com
Join a ring or create your own. I joined the Pdd and Aspergers ring and autism support ring:) links located in sidebar.

Aspergerhelp.net
This site has been created by a mother of a child with ASD. It’s a centre for likeminded people seeking answers,sharing knowledge and understanding and more. It deals with several disorders on the sectrum. http://aspergerhelp.net

Aspergers world
Another social network hosted by ning.com. Aimed at people with Aspergers and there families. Chat, blog, forum, profile page and more.
http://aspergersworld.ning.com

Zazzle
My star find of the week:)
Looking forward to becoming a part of it all. At Zazzle you can shop or even better design with your own artwork autism related products. Open up your own gallery and then sell them. Best of all it won’t cost you a penny’ it’s free free free:) www.zazzle.co.uk

If links on post don’t work you can find them located in my sidebar listed under Monday finds

Great new features

Had some super ideas for this blog  floating around in my head. There is so much I’m going to add.some will be added with some help from my blogging friends. The Autism and art page (kids art) is one of the first on the list to be launched. This page is due completion on the 01-02-09. Kids art is a collection of drawings and painting from aspie, autistic children and adolescents.

Giovanni’s page… Giovanni is my 8yr old son that this whole blog is based around. So when he asked if he could have his own page i only fault it would be fair to say yes. Im guessing that Giovanni’s page will be based around his favorite topic Trains and Buses. This page is coming soon.

Sibling Support….. A page that is aimed at sibling of  children with autism and Aspergers. Aiming to provide lots of sources of information and advice. Will be weekly features for siblings to participate in. No date as yet for this page to be added but aimed for completion within the next 8-1o weeks.

New weekly and monthly features for A boy with Aspergers.

Monday finds.. Started last monday’ week two tomorrow. Every Monday i am to bring you my top ASD finds of the week. For more information read post Monday finds.

The big interview.. Will be interviewing someone new every month. Authors, Teachers, Parents, Aspies kids, Aspie adults and more. You be able to join the big build up to the interview day as the name of the person on interview list will be reveled one week before the event. The Big interview will be up and running by the end of next month. Dates will be displayed on blog nearer the time:)

If anybody wants more information on features please leave a comment which i aim to reply to within 24 hrs. However if you are interested in taking part in Kids art or The big interview please email me asap. parkinson.claire@yahoo.com

Looking forward to creating something great with a little help frm my friends:):):)

Monday finds (week 1)

This is week one of my project Monday finds. All my finds are based on or around Aspergers and ASD. They are all finds I have come across though the week. ENJOY:)

Aspergers web wing
Join the aspergers web ring or any other ring that interest you. You can join in forum chats, create your own profile, submit your blog to the ring directory or create your own ring. Do all this at http://webring.com

Meetup.com
There are many meetup groups you can join. Chat online and attend meet ups in your area once a month. Visit
http://aspergers.meetup.com

Get a free DVD
The website for the treatment centre in America are offering free DVD’S just fill out a short form. Visit
http://www.autismtreatmentcentre.org

One for the UK
Read about the Dore programme and how they can help with many developmental disorders. Visit
www.dore.co.uk/dvd.aspx or www.dore.co.uk

Great read.
If you love great reads then read this!
All cats have Aspergers
It’s a playful look at Aspergers
Get it at Amazon for $9.99 visit www.amazon.com

Any problems with these links then you will be able to find them all in my sidebar:)

Monday Finds

It’s Sunday afternoon and I’m having one of them lazy ones:)
Grab a magazine I have been wanting to read all week put my feet up and get real comfortable. Kids are out with daddy and I’m loving the ME ME ME time

MUST HAVES OF THE WEEK!
This is one of the best parts in this womans mag. The editor selects some ramdom hot and fabulous items to cover her double page spread. All mostly fashion clothing and electrifying shoes. I’m fine with this and at most it has my upmost attention.

However not today! My lazy mood had left home and my brain begain storming. “Dont you just love it when a not so awake brain become’s so awake it’s like a brain on 20+ redbulls?”
My point being is I was yet again getting a bloggers moment:) You had nothing new to post yesterday yet today you could cover the Sunday mornings newspaper from cover to back and back again. But who cares?? Not me as today I had a new idea for my blog and looking forward to putting it to the test.
….HERE WE GO
Every Monday I’m looking to bring my top finds to the blog. However it’s not in the form of lip gloss and mini skirts. Its my finds in the ASD world. I’m going to start with my top five Monday finds tomorrow. Ok it hasn’t been a week but ah I can manage:)
Top Monday finds’ are finds I have come across within the week. It maybe a site, book, local group or something eles. But they will all relate to ASD and Aspergers. It’s something constructive for me to do on my quest on changing the world and bringing some massive awareness to autism 🙂 SUPER.

So watch this space!!!!!!

I’m of to do some much needed research inorder to bring you the best top 5 Monday finds 🙂