A Question For Jersey

Well, as a person who has decided to dedicate my life to making the lives of those affected by Autism better, I have to believe there is a cure. By coming to work and making the lives of the guys and gals I work as close to 'typical' as possible, I believe I am defeating Autsim a little bit at a time (at least I'd like to think so).
 
Well, as a person who has decided to dedicate my life to making the lives of those affected by Autism better, I have to believe there is a cure. By coming to work and making the lives of the guys and gals I work as close to 'typical' as possible, I believe I am defeating Autsim a little bit at a time (at least I'd like to think so).

:) Excellent...

Do you think that genetic research is where the cure will come from. And if yes, do you then support genetic engineering?
 
I do believe the cause of Autism is genetic and not environmental. They are so close to finding the actual cause, and each time they think they might have it, Autism tricks them (much like the indivduals affected- the genetic links are hard to understand).

What do you mean by do I support genetic engineering? You mean, do I support the use of it?
 
Well, yes, there is rather a contentious issue, over the price we may have to pay morally for the gaining of new medical advancement, i.e stem cell research. How far do we go to make the world 'better'.

Just so you know, I'm not trapping you :) I agree with genetic engineering for the advancement of medicine myself, I just want to know your view, as you are so close to people with ASD's, who may in turn benefit.
 
Well, as a person who has decided to dedicate my life to making the lives of those affected by Autism better, I have to believe there is a cure. By coming to work and making the lives of the guys and gals I work as close to 'typical' as possible, I believe I am defeating Autsim a little bit at a time (at least I'd like to think so).
Much respect. :clap

repping the post (done) hardly does it justice. Repping your life's work would be more apropros. You're a differencemaker, Heather, and the world needs more and more of those. :D

I = having respect for YOU :nod:
 
Well, as a person who has decided to dedicate my life to making the lives of those affected by Autism better, I have to believe there is a cure. By coming to work and making the lives of the guys and gals I work as close to 'typical' as possible, I believe I am defeating Autsim a little bit at a time (at least I'd like to think so).



And a lot of us LOVE you for that:)

Truly
 
Much respect. :clap

repping the post (done) hardly does it justice. Repping your life's work would be more apropros. You're a differencemaker, Heather, and the world needs more and more of those. :D

I = having respect for YOU :nod:

And a lot of us LOVE you for that:)

Truly

:homo: x2!!! You're an amazing person, Heather...I'm glad I got the chance to get to know you. :)
 
I wish more people were exposed to Autism.. It really is quite a fascinating career.. There are never 2 days of work exactly the same. It keeps me on my toes. Just when I think I have figured someone or something out, they throw me a curve ball and I start from square one again. It's things like that make me love coming to work, despite the insanity of all the extra things that make me wanna scream (the staff).
 
Having any of my students master somethin.. no matter how small it is, is all the kudos I need :)


How many of you can say that by someone learning how to feed the fish without help could bring you to tears????

Well I try and teach people play the guitar... that brings tears to my eyes... but not in a good way ;)

It must be amazing :) It's glad to see someone happy in their job, so many are not.
 
I had a really inspiring psychology professor in college. The class before finals, she did a short presentation on Autism (it was a developmental psychology class) and told us that her daughter has Autism. She asked the class if anyone was interested in finding out some more information or possibly interning or doing part time work with some of the families she knows in the Autism community. I put my name on the list, and a few weeks later she called me to tell me about a family. I set up a meeting with them and when I rang the door bell, a little boy came and said "You my new pretty teacher?" I fell in love, and focused the rest of my studies on child psychology! I had no idea what to expect when I showed up there, but that was definitely the best first impression I've ever had!
 
I had a really inspiring psychology professor in college. The class before finals, she did a short presentation on Autism (it was a developmental psychology class) and told us that her daughter has Autism. She asked the class if anyone was interested in finding out some more information or possibly interning or doing part time work with some of the families she knows in the Autism community. I put my name on the list, and a few weeks later she called me to tell me about a family. I set up a meeting with them and when I rang the door bell, a little boy came and said "You my new pretty teacher?" I fell in love, and focused the rest of my studies on child psychology! I had no idea what to expect when I showed up there, but that was definitely the best first impression I've ever had!

What a great story!!! That's so sweet!!!
 
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