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		<title>For the family who’s child has just been diagnosed</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2009 16:27:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[For the family who’s child has just been diagnosed: the things I would have loved to have known: Sean's behaviour and the lack of language was his bodies way of telling me there was something else going on under the surface for him. When I helped him with what was going on underneath the surface, the tantrums disappeared , he began to speak and the boy we knew was there, was able to come out for everyone to see in all different situations.]]></description>
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		<title>Our story before diagnosis</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2009 17:03:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[My story begins like so many others, with a perfect, beautiful baby boy. I used to call him my angel baby because we were both so happy, I loved my maternity leave with him, we enjoyed every minute and every bath time, every hug was just so joyous an experience for both of us. Sean [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Communicating with Sean</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[I wrote this document in November 2005 so that there could be some consistency between the people that were in charge of Sean at any one time. We noticed the more we were consistent with the rules, the better Sean functioned.

KEEP IT SIMPLE: Remain calm, never raise your voice, look angry etc. Use very little words so you don’t confuse Sean. The less words the better, your behaviour is what will influence Sean. It is very important that you do not reinforce negative behaviour. For Example: If Sean cries because you turn off TV – NEVER turn it back on, if Sean tantrums for something in a shop, NEVER give it to him. If you have made a decision like its time to go – NEVER go back on it. This is Seans autism talking and if you relent you are allowing it to win. It is detrimental to Sean and to our management of his disorder. It is completely different than with a normal child.]]></description>
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		<title>Speech to parents</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2009 16:15:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sean was starting in mainstream school. I decided to speak directly to the parents of the other children in his class. At the first parent-teacher meeting I stood up and this is what I said: Hi, my name is Judy and my husbands name is Fergal, our son Sean is in Ms O’Sullivan’s class, we want to introduce ourselves and spend a couple of minutes telling you a little about our special family.

Sean is 5 years old and was diagnosed with Autism at age 3 after we noticed some developmental delays. Autism is a difficult thing to explain because our understanding of it is changing daily with new research and also because the children are on a wide spectrum so the way it presents in each child is quite different.]]></description>
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