Reactive Attachment Disorder (RAD) used to be associated with orphans in Romanian orphanages, the battered, neglected and abused children of some disturbed or addict mothers or children given up for adoption. But what if, like autism, RAD is actually a spectrum? Today, the causes of RAD are far more diverse
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Imagine a world where television programs showed real diversity. A world where ‘normality’ on every level had a multitude of faces, not one, where a range of cultures, perceptions, experiences, looks and interests were represented and you went away feeling informed, inspired but also included and an equal and respected part of […]
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I am speaking in August in New Hampshire and found one of my co-presenters is Jamie Burke so looked him up. I so enjoyed reading of Jamie’s progression from facilitated, typed communication into functional, interactive speech, that I really felt compelled to share it
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Well, it’s 2007 and my website http://www.donnawilliams.net just got a little facelift. The mystery of the cost of my original paintings is finally revealed to all and sundry (ooo feels like I caught a bus in my underwear really)
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