Saturday, June 7, 2008

Coping Autism [group]

I received an invitation from the 'Autism Spectrum Disorder' group today along with this note...
The purpose of this group is to gather as many people as possible and spread the awareness of Autism.
Whether you're a mom/dad, therapist, sibling, a friend or you are someone who is blessed with Autism, please spread the word by joining the this group.

Together, we can make a difference!!!
Group description:
Helping family and friends cope up with the disorder.

An interesting group I thought but was a little surprised though. Reason being, how did they come to 'know' about me =) What keywords did he/she used that has landed me as part of their search result. Been having a few encounters on autism lately. One of which was an entry I wrote to myself (wow...just checked and realised it's exactly a month ago) on 18th of May :
It's funny that when I met Siew Lin at the toilet today and asked her if she was still in Agape Kids, she said she's in Faith Kidz. Later after fourth service, Stephanie msg me and said she wants to join Faith Kidz. During dinner, a kid who had autism from DARE msg me to ask if I could take him to the Zone concert....
I do not know what it means, but to be honest...and most often I tell my friends who works with them, I respect them lots but I really do not see myself working in it for a long term or as a profession now. But it does interest me to read about it...maybe because I love to read and it deals with children mostly. There's really lots to learn from them, in being a more sensitive and understanding person I guess =)
If you're working with them or you're interested in it, you can support this group by being part of it =) Read the articles in the blog. It's worth your time!

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