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Dennis
Debbaudt's Autism Risk & Safety Newsletter
Winter 2006!!
I hope everybody is getting off
to a Great New Year!!!
Please visit
http://www.autismriskmanagement.com/
We now have some of the best
articles from this newsletter and video clips up there!!
The site has just been updated by
site designers and autism advocates Teresa Soler and Brant Dutton. Check out
their site and services at http://www.risingbird.net/
This edition of the newsletter is shorter. It will be back very soon in a
new format!
Dennis
Here's What's Up
ASA Safe & Sound
I want to thank and congratulate ASA for their fantastic NEW Safe and
Sound initiative! Visit the ASA web site
http://www.autism-society.org and type in Safe and Sound at the
search engine. I'm again and always honored to contribute an article to
ASA's Advocate! Look for a new one in the next issue!
Autism Spectrum Quarterly
The next issue of Autism Spectrum Quarterly will feature Criminal
Justice and the Autism Response Team that I co-wrote with Matt Brown,
an autism dad and U.S. Probation Officer from Maine. Please visit the
ASQ web site
New Book for Teachers and Parents
"First Responders:
Parent Teacher Education Resource"
by Jacquelyn Sullivan, Mo.M
The Parent Teacher Education Resource is
comprised of 76 reproducible pages. All of the cut and paste activities
and story-boards contain Mayer-Johnson standard icons and/or real life
original photographs.The
text is an easy to read approach for teaching emergency and safety
preparedness to individuals with developmental disabilities. The
activities are especially geared towards those with limited verbal
ability and on the Autism Spectrum.
This is a wonderful new book/resource for
teaching children risk and safety life skills! I had the chance to meet and
chat with nice, creative and down-to-earth Jacky last fall in Massachusetts.
She's developed an extremely valuable tool for parents and educators and,
especially, our children. Email her directly from her
web page.
New Book New Chapter!
Coming Out Asperger: Diagnosis, Disclosure and
Self-Confidence
Edited by Dinah Murray
2005Dinah Murray has a PhD in
linguistics, which has led to her keen interest in autism for over a decade.
She is currently a tutor for Birmingham University's distance learning
course in autism, has published widely about autism both in Britain and
abroad.
I was happy to work with Dinah
and contribute a chapter for this new Jessica Kingsley Publishers book. It's
a key issue for many on the spectrum. This book is loaded with good advice
for those who are taking a first or second look at disclosure.
Check it out!!
Autism Society of Oregon Partners with Portland Police Bureau
Autism Society of Oregon (ASO) volunteers have been presenting autism
information weekly to Portland's finest since last September. By the end of
this year ASO President Genevieve Athens, Dr. Steve Edelson and other ASO
volunteers will have presented autism training to every sworn officer on the
Portland Police Bureau (PPB). Give double high fives to ASO and PPB Chief
Foxworthy!! P.S. The program has expanded to the Salem PD!!
ALEC Approved for Massachsetts Fire Fighter Training
From Bill Cannata ALEC Coordinator:
"The Autism Law Enforcement Education Coalition has been approved by the
Massachusetts Firefighting Academy to train recruit firefighters for autism
awareness. In 2006, 288 new firefighters will be trained before they are
assigned to duty in stations throughout the state. The program will discuss
autism and the best approach methods during an emergency situation, rescue
situations, patient handling and the Dennis Debbaudt video. This is the
first academy that ALEC has been added to the curriculum. Our goal is to be
in all of the police and fire academies statewide."
UK NAS'
Autism: A Guide for Criminal Justice
Below is a link to the UK National Autistic Society' Autism: A Guide for
Criminal Justice Professionals PDF sent to me by my friend Norrie McPherson
of Tayside Police in Scotland.
A darn good piece of work!!
February through May 2006
Calendar for Dennis Debbaudt
 | February 2nd: Duluth, Georgia
Evening Presentation For Parents & Educators, hosted by SPECTRUM of
Gwinnett County email:
claidee@aol.com |
| February 3rd: Duluth, Georgia
Autism Recognition & Response for Law Enforcement, 1-4 PM at Gwinnett
County Police Department Training Academy , email Officer Richard Boone
at Richard.Boone@gwinnettcounty.com
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| February 4th: Duluth , Georgia
Spectrum Safety & Risk session. Annual ASA-GGC Autism-Asperger
Conference, Gwinnett Convention Center
http://www.asaga.com/Conference2006.html |
| February 10th: Durham , North Carolina
, Building Bridges ...and Changing Lives! Conference (keynote)
http://www.arcnc.org/pij/pij_conf.html |
| February 15th: (Just Added) Long
Island New York. Email ddpi@flash.net for details |
| February 17th: Sunnyvale, California
Training for Sunnyvale Department of Public Safety |
| February 18th: Fremont, California Autism
Risk and Safety for Parents and Care Providers |
| Friends of Children with Special Needs
510-573-3232 info@fcsn1996.org
February 22nd: Sunnyvale, California Training for Sunnyvale
Department of Public Safety |
| February 22nd: Santa Clara, California
Autism Risk and Safety for Parents and Care Providers (evening)
Adele Forbes The Morgan Center 408-241-8161 "Creating Opportunities for
Success" www.morgancenter.org |
| March 1 & 2: Jackson Mississippi,
TEAAM: TOGETHER ENHANCING AUTISM AWARENESS IN MISSISSIPPI Spring
conference (keynote and breakouts) For brochure and information,
contact: Joe Maury Autism Services Coordinator jmaury@cmrc.state.ms.us
(601) 683-4500 |
| March 7th: (Just
Added) Dixon, Illinois Lee County
Special Education Cooperative. Email ddpi@flash.net for details |
| March 10th: Ft. Myers, Florida ,
Training sessions for law enforcement at the Southwest Florida Criminal
Justice Academy on behalf of the Autism Society of Florida. All law
enforcement welcome!--contact Dennis Debbaudt
ddpi@flash.net |
| April 4th: Brick, New Jersey, Day
sessions for law enforcement and first response; evening session for
parents and educators. Details at
http://poac.net/ |
| April 5th: Fairfield, New Jersey
On behalf of New Beginnings, sessions for law enforcement, parents and
care providers. Contact Dennis Debbaudt at ddpi@flash.net for
details |
| April 20th: Houston, Texas,
Training session hosted by Houston Police Department, sponsored by the
Greater Houston Chapter of the Autism Society America. Contact: Dennis
Debbaudt at ddpi@flash.net for details |
| April 24: Urbana, Illinois ,
Autism Recognition & Response for Law Enforcement, 8:AM to 4: PM. April
17th registration deadline. To register, please visit The East Central
Illinois Police Training Project at http://www.ccrpc.org/police/
Sponsored by: C-U Autism Network through a grant from the Champaign
County Developmental Disabilities Board. Evening session for parents,
care providers and educators Contact:
autismnetwork@insightbb.com |
| April 25th: Bloomington, Illinois
Autism Recognition & Response for Law Enforcement; evening session for
parents, care providers and educators Contact: Jacquie Mace at
Imscrtagnt@aol.com
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| May 25th: Chicago, Illinois ,
Autism One Pre-Conference First Responders Autism, Law Enforcement,
Public Safety Training Day Presented by Autism One, Autism Society of
Illinois and North East Multi-Regional Training (NEMRT) for details,
please visit: http://autismone.com |
A personal note and THANKS!!
Again and always, I want to thank
my wife Gay and son Brad for allowing me to get out here and do this work.
They continue to and will be my anchors.
This newsletter will be coming again soon featuring a Brand New
Format ---- and lots of new information! Look for an announcement
very, very soon!
I'm always seeking feedback, advice and information. Please send it
my way!
This newsletter is sent out occasionally. To subscribe or be removed, send
an email to ddpi@flash.net
Let's all have a safe and
HAPPY
NEW YEAR!!!
Dennis
Please circulate far and wide!
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"I know of nobody who is purely Autistic or purely neurotypical.
Even God had some Autistic moments, which is why the planets all spin."
~ Jerry Newport