Finally got a chance to read this article. Alisa, thanks for sharing it. I love these parents' attitude. They are able to see past the surface to the true nature of their son. We can all learn from this to see past the exterior and strive to get to know the person beyond any disability.

Thanks again.

Antoinette Verdone, MSBME, ATP

Assistive Technology Consultant

ImproveAbility, LLC

Phone: 512-522-1705

Email: xxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

www.improveability.com

"One cannot consent to creep when one has the impulse to soar" -- Helen Keller

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Subject: assistive tech article from today's Philly paper
From: "Alisa Brownlee" <xxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, January 14, 2011 10:08 am
To: "National ALS Association AT Listserv" <xxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
"PS Chapter Listserv" <xxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

This does not have to do with ALS, but it does again remind us of the power of assistive technology.

http://www.philly.com/inquirer/opinion/20110114_Reasons_to_laugh_at_my_autistic_son.html

Alisa Brownlee, ATP

Clinical Manager, Assistive Technology Services

ALS (Lou Gehrig's Disease) Association National Office

and Greater Philadelphia Chapter

Direct Phone: 215-631-1877