Topic: Today I Name SFBE! and he has Autism! Oh, The Irony.
+4ct — 12.3 years ago #34,642
Today I name SFBE (SuperFratBoyExtreme), as Sean M. Kinnier aged 29 (1984) of Johnstown, NY a wannabe fashion designer.An education for autistic children Special program developed to help those with the disorder
July 31, 1991|By Sandra Crockett
When Vickey Kinnier's son taught himself to read by the age of 2, it caused anxiety in the family instead of joy. "I knew it was not normal," Mrs. Kinnier said.
Sean Kinnier, now 7, had also begun to "act out," his mother said. He had problems socializing with people and communicating with family members.
So Sean was tested, and what the family learned threw them into an emotional tailspin. Sean was diagnosed as being autistic. His mother, a speech pathologist, was familiar with autism.
"It's absolutely devastating," Mrs. Kinnier said. Atuism, she said, is pervasive enough so that it can "affect your whole life to the point of totally shutting it down."
Autism is a neurological disorder that can range from mild to severe, and usually shows up in children around the age of 30 months. The autistic savant
Children and adults with autistic tendencies exhibit impaired communications, have restricted interests and are unable to relate in a normal, socially accepted way.
"Impaired communication, behavior and social problems; Sean really had all of those," Mrs. Kinnier said.
Years ago, children who had autism were considered wild and mysterious, according to researchers from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
These researchers have pioneered a method of educating children with autistic behavior known as TEACCH, which stands for Treatment and Education of Autistic and related Communication-Handicapped Children.
The treatment was developed by educators at the Department of Psychiatry of the School of Medicine at North Carolina in 1972.
The goal of the TEACCH program is to stop unnecessary institutionalization by showing autistic people how to cope in society to the best of their ability.
Trainers from the program were at White Oak Elementary School in Baltimore County recently, running a five-day seminar and workshop for special education teachers on the TEACCH method.
The teachers spent most of their time working with five children with autism or autistic tendencies, including Sean.
A large, carefully arranged classroom was set up in the school where each child had his or her own screened-in work area. "Autistic children are easily distracted. They don't filter anything out," said Mrs. Kinnier, who has studied the subject extensively since her son's diagnosis.
There was also a large screened-in play area and a table set up with snacks.
Ordinary activities, such as opening a juice carton and sticking a straw inside, pasting, sweeping or just pushing toy trucks, became diagnostic tools for the teachers.
Such information is used to determine the child's skills, abilities and interests, said Dr. Marie Bristol, chief trainer with the TEACCH program.
"Part of it is to give the trainees a chance to observe the children, to assess their developmental levels, to assess their interest in other children and in different kinds of food," Dr. Bristol said.
The teachers then can better set educational goals for the child on what they see in addition to what they read in the child's record, she said.
Dr. Bristol thinks it is most important for teachers to find out what the children's emerging skills are. "What the children can almost do," she explained, "those are the things they can build on."
Sean, who was diagnosed as mildly autistic with learning disabilities, was in the play area when his mother came into the room. He said "Hi" before going back to play.
Some people have trouble believing that Sean is autistic because he speaks in a clear voice, Mrs. Kinnier said. Some autistic children, like Sean, have adequate speech capabilities, but are unable to converse with others. Other autistic children don't speak at all.
But autistic characteristics were evident in Sean while he was at play. The five children in the play area all went about playing as if they were in their own private world.
They played with push and pull toys or plastic trucks with not a moment of interaction between them.
"The saddest thing to me is this," said Sandy Hoffman gesturing to the small group of children. "You can put them together in a room with toys and they are each into their own world. It robs them of their childhood," said Ms. Hoffman, a special education teacher at White Oak who was also paid by the TEACCH program to work as a trainer during the seminar.
Jeanne Urlock, a teacher who participated in the TEACCH workshop, said she has learned how to better structure the day for children with autistic tendencies.
"Structuring the day should help delete some of the behavior problems," she said.
Parents take pleasure in seeing the accomplishments of an autistic child as they would in any child, said Ellen Feifarek, the mother of an autistic five-year-old son.
"Seeing Scott do something I believe he would never do, such as speak in a sentence, point to a flower and say 'flower,' enjoy a meal at Friendly's without screaming," brings happiness, she said.
Dr. Feifarek, who is a psychiatrist, had some suggestions for educators who teach autistic children.
"Please get a framework to understand the nature of autism," she said. "Suspend momentarily everything you have learned about all children and normal development, then look at each child individually and ask parents for the things that work and don't work."
Her final request of the teachers was to stay positive. "If the first thing you try doesn't work, don't give up on the child. Keep trying," she said.
http://articles.baltimoresun.com/1991-07-31/news/1991212112_1_autistic-tendencies-autistic-savant-education-for-autistic
+Anonymous B — 12.3 years ago, 8 minutes later[T] [B] #394,957
tineye says that's someone else.
+4ct — 12.3 years ago, 14 minutes later, 22 minutes after the original post[T] [B] #394,959
+Anonymous D — 12.3 years ago, 1 hour later, 2 hours after the original post[T] [B] #394,974
@OP
tl;dr
tl;dr
+Anonymous E — 12.3 years ago, 15 minutes later, 2 hours after the original post[T] [B] #394,984
yeah everyone seems to have the conception that "autism = genius" except nearly every autistic person ive met has been sort of below-average intelligence
edit: or their subject matter is oft worthless subjects in general (early nintendo cartridge shapes, etc)
edit: or their subject matter is oft worthless subjects in general (early nintendo cartridge shapes, etc)
(Edited 29 seconds later.)
·Anonymous D — 12.3 years ago, 1 minute later, 2 hours after the original post[T] [B] #394,986
@previous (E)
Before you can be a genius, you have to learn to stop flinging your shit around the room.
Before you can be a genius, you have to learn to stop flinging your shit around the room.
·Anonymous E — 12.3 years ago, 11 minutes later, 2 hours after the original post[T] [B] #394,996
@previous (D)
> Before you can be a genius, you have to learn to stop flinging your shit around the room
except 90% Of autists never do
> Before you can be a genius, you have to learn to stop flinging your shit around the room
except 90% Of autists never do
·Anonymous D — 12.3 years ago, 12 minutes later, 3 hours after the original post[T] [B] #395,006
+The Doctor !7MHPahvoGY — 12.3 years ago, 2 hours later, 5 hours after the original post[T] [B] #395,063
+Anonymous G — 12.3 years ago, 7 minutes later, 5 hours after the original post[T] [B] #395,064
·The Doctor !7MHPahvoGY — 12.3 years ago, 2 minutes later, 5 hours after the original post[T] [B] #395,065
+Anonymous H — 12.3 years ago, 1 hour later, 6 hours after the original post[T] [B] #395,087
@OP
Nobody's reading that tl;dr autistic waffling about your silly little internet feud enemy, RedCream2SFBE.
Nobody's reading that tl;dr autistic waffling about your silly little internet feud enemy, RedCream2SFBE.
+Morbid !vbsvhaneDY — 12.3 years ago, 1 hour later, 8 hours after the original post[T] [B] #395,096
@OP
kurt cobain, is that you?
kurt cobain, is that you?
·midas !DkTzCKj4Gw — 12.3 years ago, 52 minutes later, 8 hours after the original post[T] [B] #395,116
rip kurt cobain
+Anonymous J — 12.3 years ago, 20 hours later, 1 day after the original post[T] [B] #395,216
+Anonymous — 12.3 years ago, 22 minutes later, 1 day after the original post[T] [B] #395,217
Doesn't matter. If you're going to keep at this there's going to be trouble. Prior to these magnificent photo reveals (sarcasm) I did have the right to post anonymously even as a dude named Denver. And all the shitty things I've said as him were an act. A comically retarded one but still an act. Now one, any, or even all of you had the nerve to hack into my Facebook account and steal my photos for payback, and as far as I'm concerned you've done just that, therefore I admit my mistake and we're even. But if you tell me to kill myself or threaten my family then you're doing a terrible job at it. Because as far as I'm concerned, you don't have the gall to perform any action outside of the internet. You're just going to keep stealing more and more photos and personal information of those who are far more vulnerable than me, and in the end you'll be held responsible on account of stealing property. It's not as extreme as murder or assault but it's still a criminal act and you'll be the ones winding up in prison, even if I have to give up Denver/SFBE and at that rate I'll be happy for it. So unless you take down these photos or ridiculous photoshops, your reputation will be hammered a whole lot more than mine.
+Anonymous L — 12.3 years ago, 6 minutes later, 1 day after the original post[T] [B] #395,219
·B mod — 12.3 years ago, 1 hour later, 1 day after the original post[T] [B] #395,279
@395,217 (Anonymous )
Frankly, you're all faggots and nobody on tinychan gives two shits who any of you are, or what your backstories are.
Now, assuming the warnings are specifically targeted at the individual posting the images, I'm drinking Sprite. However, if your words are intended for the audience as a whole, you should know that holding tinychan accountable for anything related to this drama would amount to nothing.
Frankly, you're all faggots and nobody on tinychan gives two shits who any of you are, or what your backstories are.
Now, assuming the warnings are specifically targeted at the individual posting the images, I'm drinking Sprite. However, if your words are intended for the audience as a whole, you should know that holding tinychan accountable for anything related to this drama would amount to nothing.
+Anonymous M — 12.3 years ago, 20 hours later, 2 days after the original post[T] [B] #395,414
+Negi Springfield !aeNZeP7XP2 — 12.3 years ago, 42 minutes later, 2 days after the original post[T] [B] #395,434
·Anonymous D — 12.3 years ago, 1 hour later, 2 days after the original post[T] [B] #395,454
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