We actually call it the Great Sandy Desert.....yep very original
We also have a wonderful reef (albeit slowly dying now) stretching almost two-thirds of the Queensland coastline. This reef, is what mother nature gave to the sea-life as a barrier from the Pacific Ocean.......and now have a guess how we aussies named it.....The Great Barrier Reef!
I think you can see a trend starting to build here right?
PS. I am proud to be an Australian and an immigrant but sadly I now work in Hong Kong battling the concrete jungle and pay exorbitant amount of rent for an apartment that is not much bigger than a typical Australian home lounge. 😱
Scott. May I please add my name to the above: no alternative version would add anything to your post.
Well, I am German and as such I can say two things:
I don't really care who you beat in Cricket, it's a stupid game.
And we beat you at Football any day of any week, just like we do the English. 🙂
I found that the English are world leaders at inventing sports which they then teach to everybody only to find out that everybody is better at those sports than they are themselves.
On a very much less light note one of my nephews is on autistic spectrum and it is no picnic.
Also the reason he is the only one who is baptised. Reason being that when my sister moved from Oz back to Germany the best school for autistic children was a rare catholic one and that was an entry requirement.
He finished school now but struggles to find a decent apprenticeship.
I think there is something in the australian air or water that makes everybody whinge.
Even australian crows don't crow like european ones but whinge instead. 🙂
Nah, it's the descendants of the ten pound Poms, other expats don't whinge.
You mean the Faaaark bird, they're just voicing their dislike of Poms. 😉
Dan.
The Australians that worry me are not the descendants of the convicts but the descendants of the wardens.
Thank you!
All the Best to your two as well.
For once the internet has been good for him (I think), he is quite good at socialising as long as the other parties are physically absent.
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More reason we need to develop a vaccine against the serious brain virus that makes people think vaccines cause autism -- is that Zika?
The silicon valley nerd child autism connection is stronger that this.
https://academic.oup.com/cid/articl...ines-and-Autism-A-Tale-of-Shifting-Hypotheses
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I was bitten a few dozen times today, at least one of those bugs must have been a Zika critter.
On the other hand, I'm not preggo and you all know my head isn't exactly what would be named healthy.
The Great Ozone Hole, sounds catchy imo
On the other hand, I'm not preggo and you all know my head isn't exactly what would be named healthy.
The Great Ozone Hole, sounds catchy imo
The genetic basis for autism has been estimated at 90% according to: http://www.nature.com/mp/journal/v12/n1/full/4001896a.html . The scientific literature supporting this is extensive but this remains an active area of interest. This concept has been well recognized for well over a decade: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2756414/ , http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/113/5/e472.full
By "genetic" though we shouldn't assume "inherited" in traditional sense because viruses/retroviruses use the genetic machinery etc. The point is that for all the people and families whose lives are so affected, we need to look at actual causes and possibilities for treatment hopefully cure some day.
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By "genetic" though we shouldn't assume "inherited" in traditional sense because viruses/retroviruses use the genetic machinery etc. The point is that for all the people and families whose lives are so affected, we need to look at actual causes and possibilities for treatment hopefully cure some day.
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Last year we enrolled our son in an intensive therapy program in the hope he could learn to speak a few words.
After 1 year and $70,000 in expenses he still can't speak a word.
I really don't know what else to do.
Not sure what the program is/was, but consider the goal being communication rather than words per se.
"PECS" (picture based communication) is something to consider, perhaps with a tablet that can be used to point to things he wants/needs.
In some forms of autism, music can be used to communicate.
Very very expensive, and a drain on the entire family...