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God bless our children...
posted by CEsar on 3/11/08 5:20: PM

My daughter works with children and parents impacted by autism. I will forward this to her immediately.
posted by Lilith Rose on 3/11/08 5:05: PM

It was a great video.
posted by Martin Escamilla on 3/11/08 4:45: PM

Claudia's video was deeply moving and beautiful. I will continue to pray for a cure for autism and for the children who are touched by this disease. Thank you for bringing this forward and God bless.
posted by Maria Conforto on 3/11/08 4:08: PM

I pray daily for someone to break the code...for a cure.
posted by Carolyn on 3/11/08 4:00: PM

Autistic Children are little angels, please be careful with their feelings
posted by Amada tro on 3/11/08 3:10: PM

My oldest grandson has moderate autism he is six years old. He was diagnosed at age two before then he was saying words like papa Nana mama Dada and no also a phrase ( there it is ). Then all at once no words. Now i beleave in therapy and devine healing. He has been therapy in school also i beleave God is healing him not at once but over time. In the last year he is saying words like please,eat,no,papa,baby,daddy,bubbles,hotdog.God is healing him,and i beleave there are other children with autism please give support it may come home to you .
posted by Allison wiggins on 3/11/08 1:40: PM

What a beautifully touching,moving video,it made me cry with the beauty of it and by the sadness of it.My Husband and I have an 11 year old God-Son who is severly effected by Autism,he cannot walk,talk and has very limited vision... Thankyou
posted by Gabby on 3/11/08 1:20: PM

I would like everyone to read literature from Disability Studies through a social model lens. Michael Oliver 1990, 1991 would be useful. I appreciate that you are trying to raise money to help families but comparing autism to diseases like AIDS and cancer is wrong. People with Autism often communicate differently than the majority of our society. Sign language and picture symbols often are used by people with autism. Instead of trying to 'cure' this difference, let's try and find ways to communicate with people with autism; changing the way society communicates with all people, rather than trying to have all people 'fit' into our ideologies.
posted by Keri on 3/11/08 11:31: AM

Powerful & moving.
posted by Donna on 3/11/08 11:01: AM

I am 15, and have a 13 year old brother with autism. This is a wonderful video.
posted by Kate on 3/11/08 9:21: AM

What an awesome video. Lets keep pushing for more mandates on autism. Keep up the great work you have my vote.
posted by debbie on 3/11/08 9:15: AM

I have a 21 year old son, David, my oldest, who suffered an accident when he was 8 months. Since then he has been mis-diagnosed several times, the last being High functioning Autism. I was young when I had him and my mother ended up raising him, and even though he can communicate with us, everyday there is new challenges. There is nothing easy about ANY form of Autism. He got into school early enough but it was like those in the school had never encountered a child such as him. Pretty soon, my mother and I realized that he really wasn't being educated just passed along. In our distrct he is able to stay in the school system till he is 21, but because no one was watching what he was "Passing" and not "passing" he will not graduate, he could have, if he had not just been passed along. They were only biding time and we did not realize it because we thought they were right. My mother now sees no reason for keeping him in school if he is not being taught (intimidated, yes, misslead, yes, educated no) And everytime she lets them know she wants to withdrawl him, they convince him to stay. We were confused by this till someone pointed out that they get $75,000 for "educating" him, a disabled child, if he is enrolled. I wish we had been more knowledgeable of his rights. My advice to any new autistic parent...Make your child's life, education and rights your passion in life. Question EVERYTHING! Research everything!Knowledge is power! his/her rights for education in your district, if they do not meet the goals you want look at other districts. Your child is just as important, if not more, then the ones who will never face the challenges that lie ahead. Do everything in your power to lessen these challenges. If you find one door shut go to the next. And never give up hope!
posted by Charmaine on 3/11/08 8:09: AM

good luck
posted by sandy on 3/11/08 8:00: AM

My best friend's youngest daughter was finally diagnosed with with autism after four long years! She is fortunately doing well...but in another country and under their healthcare and schooling system - she is in a special school just for autism and gets the special medical treatment that she needs - after less than 6 months in Ireland she is speaking quite clearly and is interacting with people and can maintain eye contact when you are talking to her! She's gotten most of her numbers up to 20 and all of her letters! It's awesome to watch her beam shine through!!! :) Good luck to all.
posted by Melissa Baker on 3/11/08 4:47: AM

Watching the autism video... Our country's Congress, the administration, the for profit corporations, we citizens, our leaders in most walks of life... we have our priorities all messed up.
posted by Gene on 3/11/08 4:01: AM

This was a moving Video. I hope we can prevent autism. "About.com" gives a balanced view of the controversy on vaccines and autism: http://autism.about.com/od/causesofautism/a/dovaccines.htm The CDC and other big organizaitons say there is no link between and vaccines and autism. When presented with individual cases of normal children that regressed immediately after their vaccine, they dismiss it as anecdotal. There problem is that there are tens of thousands of such anecdotes. I saw it happen myself to a friend of mine. He was progressing normally until one day, about a year old, he had lots of vaccines all at once. Sickness and developmental regression set it immediately. There is at least one court case now where a man has won damages for autism caused by vaccines--the the ruling is limited in nature: http://www.webmd.com/brain/autism/news/20080306/dad-in-autism-vaccine-case-speaks-out I have a child who has never had any vaccines. I remember getting upset with him because he acted like he did not know how to blow his nose when he was nine years old--until I realized that he had never had a cold between age 2 and 9.
posted by Norman Edwards on 3/10/08 8:53: PM

absolutely beautiful
posted by melody watson on 3/10/08 8:15: PM

Very nice video but unfortunate at the same time, not only for the little girl but the fact that we live in a country where health coverage has become not only more costly but harder to receive. We live in a country where it is now more important to take care of others before our own. My only wish is that someday the people who made this wonderful video and all the people who posted comments will one day stand as one and say "we've had enough"!! Let's give Claudia and all the children a fair chance and a bright future. God Bless.
posted by scott on 3/10/08 7:43: PM

This is fantastic! Keep up the good work!
posted by Maria on 3/10/08 4:02: PM