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BBC NEWS | Education | ‘Double blow’ for autistic pupils

Marian — Mon, 16 Apr 2007 17:43:08 +0000

Children with autism who are from ethnic minorities face a double discrimination in education, campaigners say. A National Autistic Society report on “the reality for families” suggests 62% of parents had no choice over the school their children would attend. Parents were much less satisfied with their child’s academic and social progress than White British [...]

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The Fright of Our Lives

Marian — Thu, 05 Apr 2007 16:00:47 +0000

Our son, Roy, has been sick since last Friday. You know, the stomach thing, diarrhea & vomiting. This combined with what we came to find was Strep on Saturday at the Emergency Room. Last night, about midnight, I was getting Roy’s bed ready to move him off of the couch and into his bed when [...]

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Children and being sick…

Marian — Tue, 03 Apr 2007 17:22:08 +0000

Friday began like any other Friday…. Get up get the kids off to school, all of the usual things. Little did I know that Roy would come home from school sick. It started with diarrhea at about 3pm. Then by 9pm it had graduated to vomiting. All through the night, he could never really get [...]

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