ellisisamazing Report post Posted September 19, 2007 Saw this on You Tube and found this also http://www.stroudnewsandjournal.co.uk/news...t_for_rosie.php Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pearl Report post Posted September 19, 2007 Might have known you'd write a post with "naked" in the title I wonder why they didnt ask me? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bagpuss Report post Posted September 19, 2007 or me Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pearl Report post Posted September 19, 2007 I'd keep my boots on though. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ellisisamazing Report post Posted September 19, 2007 (edited) Just been reading more on this subject, They raised �17,000 to send their daughter to Florida to the Growing Minds Program for a second year which claims children can recover from ASD! Apparentely the little girl was non verbal and vacant a year ago and is able to count to ten and show love. Its a parent directed treatment to help interact wih your ASD child and fulfil their potential. This is a lovely idea, but also sad for those of us that simply cannot afford or even raise such a vast amount even by charity events. A lovely story nonetheless! I don't believe in a cure, just those lovely moments of breakthrough! Edited September 19, 2007 by ellisisamazing Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
zaman Report post Posted September 19, 2007 People would pay me money to keep my kit on. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ellisisamazing Report post Posted September 19, 2007 Hi Pearl! <'> *Covers Pearl up with a carefully placed bottle of sherry and a couple of glace cherries! Lisa xx Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pearl Report post Posted September 19, 2007 Hi Pearl! <'> *Covers Pearl up with a carefully placed bottle of sherry and a couple of glace cherries! Lisa xx Its ok I've already taped on the jaffa cakes Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ellisisamazing Report post Posted September 19, 2007 Its ok I've already taped on the jaffa cakes Dear Gawd, do you have middle aged spread on the nipples then?! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pearl Report post Posted September 19, 2007 Dear Gawd, do you have middle aged spread on the nipples then?! Nah, just need a bigger surface area to attach the tassels Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bard Report post Posted September 19, 2007 But everyone knows that it's the women of the household that buy the calendars. '100 men get naked...' would sell so much better I feel. And they might want recommendations...we could interview...shortlist...quality control... Ooohhh I need to go and lie down with a jaffa cake or six now. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ellisisamazing Report post Posted September 19, 2007 Nah, just need a bigger surface area to attach the tassels I have a couple of Beef Burgers you can borrow?! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pearl Report post Posted September 19, 2007 I have a couple of Beef Burgers you can borrow?! I'd prefer Swedish meatballs, suits a petite frame Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ellisisamazing Report post Posted September 19, 2007 But everyone knows that it's the women of the household that buy the calendars. '100 men get naked...' would sell so much better I feel. And they might want recommendations...we could interview...shortlist...quality control... Ooohhh I need to go and lie down with a jaffa cake or six now. Urgh No! Naked Men?????????!!!!!!!! Well ok, but only if the pics are done in a hot climate, otherwise you might as well just photograph the sausage counter at Asda......all pale, pallid and a bit limp looking!!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pearl Report post Posted September 19, 2007 But everyone knows that it's the women of the household that buy the calendars. '100 men get naked...' would sell so much better I feel. And they might want recommendations...we could interview...shortlist...quality control... Ooohhh I need to go and lie down with a jaffa cake or six now. I'd buy one with Tony on it Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ellisisamazing Report post Posted September 19, 2007 (edited) I'd prefer Swedish meatballs, suits a petite frame I shall call my friend Bjorn Sven Svensonn then and call in a favour then! He is very hands on! Edited September 19, 2007 by ellisisamazing Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pearl Report post Posted September 19, 2007 I shall call my friend Bjorn Sven Svensonn then and call in a favour then! This is rapidly turning into a BBGF stylee thread! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ellisisamazing Report post Posted September 19, 2007 This is rapidly turning into a BBGF stylee thread! I can feel Rabbit themed thread a comin!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pearl Report post Posted September 19, 2007 Go & take a cold shower missus or your reputation will be in tatters tomorrow Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ellisisamazing Report post Posted September 19, 2007 I was talking about Watership Down, Pearl!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pearl Report post Posted September 19, 2007 But of course, what else? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mossgrove Report post Posted September 24, 2007 Just been reading more on this subject, They raised �17,000 to send their daughter to Florida to the Growing Minds Program for a second year which claims children can recover from ASD! I don't want to hijack the thread but alarm bells start ringing in my head when any organisation makes claims like this! Autism isn't something that can or should be 'cured' and is a lifelong condition. There are behavioural programs that can make a child pretend to be 'normal', but that has moral issues all of it's own. It is a wonderful gesture to raise the money, but I am a little uncomfortable with how it is being spent! Simon Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cariad Report post Posted September 24, 2007 I don't want to hijack the thread but alarm bells start ringing in my head when any organisation makes claims like this! Autism isn't something that can or should be 'cured' and is a lifelong condition. There are behavioural programs that can make a child pretend to be 'normal', but that has moral issues all of it's own. It is a wonderful gesture to raise the money, but I am a little uncomfortable with how it is being spent! Simon I agree, I know someone who took their child to America to "get them cured", what a load of nonsense! I wouldn't change my son for the world now. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ellisisamazing Report post Posted September 24, 2007 For the record, Simon and Cariad...I don't believe in this organisation either having read more and more about them! The way I see it is, �17, 000 was spent to see this lovely little girl learn to count to ten.........I believe you can do this with education, books, stimulus......reading and learning about and with my son is good enough for us! This child is extremely lucky to have people raise so much money for her, it sounds harsh but I would prefer to give my money to a life saving treatment or operation for somebody with cancer or transplant. I wouldn't change El either, whatever happens and whatever progressions take place and the ones that don't. well some things are meant to be and some aren't! Lisa xx Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mossgrove Report post Posted September 24, 2007 Lisa I agree Between H's 3rd and 4th Birthday he progressed from being non-verbal to a boy that had some speech and became much more interactive with those around him. Apart from weekly portage and attending a private day nursery a couple of days a week he wasn't on any kind of a program. Had we sent him away to America during that time they would have taken the credit. It is a myth that our children do not make progress, they just make it an their own pace and in their own way. That's why I get very cynical when tales of an Autistic child making progress are cited as proof that an expensive program works, in many cases that progress would have happened anyway. Simon Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cariad Report post Posted September 24, 2007 I agree with you both (Lisa and mossgrove). I think the right schooling and handling and a whole lot of patience and love will bring an autistic child on, for instance the DS attended the wrong school from 7-11. Now he is placed in the right school in one week he is changing into a polite boy who will even dress himself and having a conversation. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites