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Autism VS BSA
9-8-06 L.A. Daily Journal:
From Devastating Diagnosis to Legal
Progress
Having an Autistic Child Forced a Lawyer Mom to Tackle
the Scouts, Schools And Government Services
 By
Susan McRae
Daily Journal Staff Writer
LOS ANGELES - Casey Reilly
plops down on the living room sofa between his mother, attorney
N. Jane DuBovy, and Carrie Watts, a child advocate with DuBovy's
firm.
At nearly 12, Casey, sporting
a mop of unruly dark blond hair, looks and acts like many
other youngsters his age.
He roughhouses with his two
dogs, plays with the cat and is a whiz on the set of drums
he keeps in the corner of his bedroom.
"On the surface, he's
a typical kid doing typical things," DuBovy said. "But
if you look below the surface, you see something different,
something odd."
Casey has been diagnosed
as high-functioning autistic...read
the full story
September 07, 2006 Palisadian Post:
Family of Autistic Scout Sues Troop 223, Council
September 07, 2006
Max Taves , Staff Writer
At the end of August 2005, 12-year-old Casey
Reilly didn't go with Palisades Boy Scout Troop 223 to Emerald
Bay for a weeklong, much-anticipated funfest in Catalina.
In fact, he didn't go this August either. But it wasn't because
of his lack of interest.
Understanding why is the subject of a new
and potentially precedent-setting lawsuit against Troop 223
and the Boy Scouts of America. ..read
the full story
Casey
Reilly Drum audition for Tommy Lee (27 MB QuickTime required)
Lars
Larson interview Part 1 (12.2 MB)
Lars
Larson interview Part 2 (4.7 MB)
Lars
Larson National Show airs real-time 3 p.m.-6 p.m. Pacific,
6 p.m.-9 p.m. Eastern on the Westwood One Radio Network. It
also airs on flagship KXL from 9 p.m. to 12 a.m.
* The "best of" version of the Lars Larson show
airs on radio stations around America on Saturday and Sunday.
Scouting Magazine September 2006
Boys With Autism Can Thrive in Scouting—With
Help
By Elizabeth M. Johnson
Parents need to assist unit leaders in working
with a Scout whose behavior is affected by one of a variety
of neurobiological conditions known as autism spectrum disorders.
* Making Meetings Successful
* Resources for Adult LeadersWhen C. J. Hanson told his parents
that he wanted to join Cub Scouts, his mother was terrified.
"I didn't know how he could participate," Crystal
Hanson said. The Huntsville, Ala., youngster has Asperger
syndrome, an autism spectrum disorder characterized
by difficulties with social interactions and processing sensory
information; an obsessive interest in one subject to the point
that nothing else is of interest; a lack of physical coordination;
and a need for rigid routines...http://www.scoutingmagazine.org/issues/current/a-boys.html
Press Releases August 24, 2006
Autistic Child Denied Participation in
Boy Scouts
Download this
press release as an Adobe PDF document.
Autistic child in California has been denied
participation in Boy Scouts because of his disability,
which is discriminatory and violates state and federal law.
Suit maintains that the organization must comply with the
Americans With Disabilities Act and make programs available
to all boys.
Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) August 24, 2006 –-
Lawyers for a young boy with autism announced today that they
have filed a complaint against the Western Los Angeles County
Council of Boy Scouts of America and Pacific Palisades, CA-based
Troop 223 in U.S. District Court for the Central District
of California for violations of the Americans With Disabilities
Act (ADA). The suit seeks injunctive relief and damages for
negligence and intentional infliction of emotional distress...read
the full story
Government Legislative Digest
News for 2006-08-24
VOL MMMDXLII No. 255
http://prweb.com/ebooknews/govlegislative_2006-08-24_digest.pdf
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