This is a basic welcome letter that I have for people dealing
with ADD / ADHD
I am going to follow this up with a URL that talks about
CHADD. What I want to know (at the end of this is who funds CHADD?)
The CIA?
There are as many different ideas on ADD / ADHD as there are people
giving them AND the possibilitythat many, if not all are right, at least to
a degree. I know that helps.
Many people would like to simply point their
fingers at the parents or the school and say that is where the problem
is. They are usually the ones that read IDEA to only mean that the
child has mental difficulties because some one has not done their job.
IDEA is much more than that. I received permission to post
this: PUT ON THE SITE WITH PERMISSION *(New 18 Nov
98) How many schools have accommodations
for students or teachers that are sensitive to the air in schools.
like MCS or asthma? It is
required under the IDEA.=20 I would like to find
as many accommodation plans or Indoor Air Quality Policies or statements
that are actually out there and working or at least trying to work, or at
least written. This is a Pa. site, but the
regulations are US wide. Also, please be advised that there are recent
changes that are effective now that could affect parents filing for Due
Process These changes are in the new IDEA. There is now a
requirement on parents to notify the school district within a specified
number of days of certain things, and also a requirement that the parent
propose solution(s). you will need to check these new issues out ... I
will look for some clearer info. on this. I may need to try to send
you the specific section of the new IDEA that reflects these
changes.1. http://www.cas.psu.edu/docs/pde/specialed/serights.html2.
http://www.cisc.k12.pa.us/3.
http://www.cisc.k12.pa.us/CISC.pgs/Region/CISCStaff.HTM
Another question that I have is this: What mainstream illnesses are
caused by or aggravated by poor air quality?
Goodness only knows. I
would mention ADD and brain fog as well as the usual respiratory and cancer
stuff. PUT ON THE SITE WITH PERMISSION *
Now you will hear about discipline, just be consistent and believe in
yourself. You will be advised to start or continue behavioral
modification (and I agree) but even though there may be some that have
gotten off that lightly, that - that is all they have to do, it has
become rare. But to not do it or to stop doing it, during this
time expressly, can leave you at a very loose end if and when things
suddenly come together. CHADD
seems to be a good organization, NOW. They have had their
hassles in the past (this is from 1995) and may have some in the future.
http://www.pbs.org/merrow/scripts/text/add.txtThe
only thing that I personally have against them is that they (seem)
to base the issue of ADD / ADHD on mental (learning) ability and do not
take (enough account) of nutrition, food, chemical, and scent reactions.
That is what I have based my page on and what (most) of my children's
personal journeys into this Alice In Neverland world
of ADD / ADHD has been. I may end up
stepping on someone's toes with the next statement BUT anyone that has been
on this list for a while and all that have been on my web page know that I
take the other side on the belief that ADD / ADHD could be genetic.
So, hopefully they have used the delete button already since by saying ADD /
ADHD is genetic they have already flamed my web page and me. Still, I
believe that almost all ideas need a outlet, but until I see it recognized
by the Human Genome Project I will continue to be skeptical. That
disclaimer said. I am also dubious about terming ADD /
ADHD a genetic, since I (personally) have yet to see a study that can back
that up. What I have heard is that ADD / ADHD (can / seems to) run in
families. I (personally) am working on the premise that the same
family is eating the same food and around the same chemicals.
Example: (most) everyone in the family
might have a low grade reaction to the same
cleaner, perfume or scent and some notice it more than others. This is
can be expressly true of children. There is another
group that I am on, made up of principals, students and parents that is
looking at the air quality of their schools. So, where
does that leave you? Probably where I was four years ago,
frustrated! My (personal) web page is the result of the research that
I have done. I sell nothing on the page and it is a bare bones, cut
and paste research site.All The
Best,
Laura
* Cable has tried to cut out PBS
* copyright laws say that they help out the
authors but some things do not get a wide audience because of those copyright
laws
* this says that CIBA-GEIGY
(Before they were bought by Novartis) gave CHADD a large chunk of money.
(Ciba-Geigy now Novartis owns the Ritalin patent)
* I know that Ritalin helps cover up the effects
of Aspartame and other chemical reactions that our
