Chris Hartzog » Autism

Music and the Brain

chartzog — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 03:27:43 +0000

The AP published an interesting article recently describing the links found in the brain between music and words including the possiblity that intense therapy with music might improve speech in not only stroke patients, but in individuals with autism as well. It’s nice to know that what my wife and I have known instinctively [...]

Michelle, When I Hear Your Name

admin — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 02:07:51 +0000

This is the second release in the podcast series for my new album, “Lost In Your Arms of Love” and this song is called, “Michelle, When I Hear Your Name.” I wrote this song for my daughter and yes her name is Michelle.

I’m sure [...]

Favorite Links for November 17th through December 1st

chartzog — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 03:00:00 +0000

These are my Favorite Links for November 17th through December 1st:

The Emily Post Institute offers etiquette advice and manners advice – One thing I have noticed in recent years is the apparent coarsening of our culture. Whatever happened to manners and etiquette? Barney really was right when he sang:

We're talking 'bout please [...]

Favorite Links for November 12th

chartzog — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 20:26:48 +0000

These are my Favorite Links for November 12th:

Home Project Studio: Part 1 & 2 Echoes – Insight for Independent Artists – DiscMakers is a great company with a ton of helpful resources for musicians. I wish I had had this article handy when I was attempting to initially construct my studio. The Official [...]

Resources For Caregivers

chartzog — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 20:34:13 +0000

With the aging of our population there has been a increased need for caregivers, either professional, or those who fill the role out of love due to an aging spouse, parent or loved one. There is also a large population of caregivers of disabled children, afflicted with various things such as autism, mental retardation, [...]

Free Daysails for Special Needs Children

chartzog — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 13:47:52 +0000

Here is a great opportunity for you and your special needs child (or adult) that was brought to my attention by the wonderful Washington State Fathers Network.

Free Daysails with Heart of Sailing

When: various, over the next two weeks, or by appointment

Where: varies, see below

My name is George Saidah, Founder of [...]

Congressional Inquiry: Washington State Schools Use of Restraint and Seclusion

chartzog — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 19:06:12 +0000

Thanks to the Washington State Fathers Network for providing this notification.

Congressional Inquiry: Restraint and Seclusion

Deadline: Friday, August 14, 2009

National Protection and Advocacy has a Congressional inquiry regarding the use of restraint and seclusion in Washington schools and wants to hear of any examples of abusive situations.

Washington state’s protection and advocacy [...]

Moving Furniture Around

chartzog — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 22:41:59 +0000

I suppose we all inherit various traits from our parents. Me? Every now and then I get the urge to rearrange things. Mom loved to rearrange the furniture in the house, which could make it interesting if you came home after dark and didn’t turn on the lights. Today though, I am just moving [...]

Do Schools Abuse Disabled Students?

chartzog — Wed, 20 May 2009 14:44:36 +0000

It’s no surprise to me, but the GAO released a report detailing how public schools use abuse to deal with disabled children, including those with autism.

There is an article on this in the Washington Times and there is a video news story by MSNBC.

Just watching this video gives me post traumatic stress [...]

This Is It – World Autism Awareness Day

chartzog — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 14:30:22 +0000

Well, it is finally April 2nd. The second annual World Autism Awareness Day. Here are some resources to help you become more aware:

Autism Speaks press release

My site’s entry portal into background information and resources for autism, developmental disabilities, dementia, Alzheimer’s and related topics.

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Autism Awareness Day April 2nd

chartzog — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 18:30:24 +0000

Oh my gosh, it almost caught me off guard. I realized that tomorrow, Thursday April 2nd is coincidentally enough the 2nd annual World Autism Awareness Day. Below is what Autism Speaks has posted on the event:

Autism Speaks to Celebrate Second Annual World Autism Awareness Day with an Array of International Events on April [...]

Rockin' & Ridin' For Autism

chartzog — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 01:10:23 +0000

Hi everyone — This is a shameless plug for a great autism charity: Rockin’ & Ridin’ for Autism. I added the link to RRFA’s web site along with a picture of their cool banner to my page, Autism Support. Won’t you please stop by their site and support autism awareness?

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New for Disabilities – Reference Points

chartzog — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 14:19:49 +0000

I just learned about this and I thought I would pass it on:

REFERENCE POINTS:

New National Center For Parents with Disabilities and Their Families

REFERENCE POINTS is an activity of TATRA, a project of PACER Center:

Through the Looking Glass recently announced its new National Center for Parents with Disabilities [...]

New Autism Research

chartzog — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 17:11:24 +0000

The AP published a fascinating article today on language processing by autistic children that described a new study of brain wave patterns during language processing done using noninvasive technology called magnetoencephalography, or MEG. They found autistic children had a 20 millisecond delay per word in processing the sounds, which while only a small amount [...]

Autism From the Rain?

chartzog — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 23:29:04 +0000

Well, well, given that I live in the “rainy northwest” corner of the USA, this headline running on Yahoo’s new page today caught my attention. This past spring I posted on this issue, wondering if autism rates were higher in the Pacific northwest. My curiosity was due to Wired Magazine’s article on high autism [...]

The Number 1 Reason Senator Barack Obama Should Not Be Elected

chartzog — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 16:34:06 +0000

People who know me know that I very rarely talk about politics. I don’t like politics (in government or at the office) and I am not political.

However, I am making an exception right now, a week and a half before our presidential election, because it is of vital importance to our future. I [...]

New Ways to Diagnose Autism Earlier

admin — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 23:39:54 +0000

From the July 9th issue of “FDA News” (http://www.fdanews.com/):

With the number of autistic children growing, researchers are targeting new technologies to help detect the disorder at ever-younger ages in hopes of reversing some of autism’s worst symptoms. See the article in the Wall Street Journal. www.WSJ.com

Refining My Niche

chartzog — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 02:37:50 +0000

As time has gone along, I have seen more clearly that I cannot be all things to all people. I guess we each have our unique calling and journey we undertake as the body needs many different individual members in order to survive. So it is with me. I am finding that the thing [...]

The Developmentally Disabled Behind Bars

chartzog — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 12:57:14 +0000

Seattle KING5 news…

…ran this story earlier this year and I was horrified. I talked it up with some of my family and friends at the time, but now I realize that I need to get the word out to a larger audience. Part of this is because of what I have come to [...]

Musing Mana 6 – Michelle, When I Hear Your Name

chartzog — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 19:38:02 +0000

Well here is another spur of the moment song. My left brain plan had me scheduled to do a different song in June, but I have been working on letting go of logic and trying to listen to my feelings and the muse whispering in my ear. But to get this done I had [...]