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<br /> something about her was different~ o a 4< = u isniSpectn mDisordez Al -'
<br /> She couldn tt puts finger on chat, n w never ko e it
<br /> but tithe ed he ,7on, 1 a"the time,
<br /> From a o cag�ep Coca! ahe vas•Ws 1 ` t { 'rst She , ,
<br /> drawn to make•art,but ejected spe � ear i i rove e � Y '�
<br /> these tendencies as a symptom of a s i er � d s h e r
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<br /> that=something if she quit art,a co dn"t; itt`just made too much
<br /> schoo a ed Ke_ton thought, sense,Today,and th the help of
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<br /> she'd be"nomraL"Itt o> , the.Carolina Institute of Develop- uour f Pisan__ermon.,
<br /> and-she found Herself taking art meat tsabities (CIDD),she's "Untit-led thought"by Susan Kermon,
<br /> classesatT.NC Greensboro' moved eyond the depre onand
<br /> Stilt, something she couldn't he- stration. andback into•ac featuring ac ors,musicians,and dtnator Barbara Tyrolex,and paint
<br /> quite idenf y kept bothering her tively aking 0 artists_on the utism.s ec.rum f ings'at the Carrboro-Branch f i-
<br /> So Ke anti sculptor got-rot as -Ke n t major,e bitio anon-isthe-feat a te,and brary are centerpieces of Diver-
<br /> a painter stead of applying to opened Tuesday at Chapel Hill's hier contributions-sc-ulptures c is= sabllities
<br /> graduate school Thhenext,two de- FRAI -GaheryaspartofDive sa played alongside photo portraits Aprii is Autism Awareness
<br /> cades rere a miserable time,she -bilities a monthlong:celebration byFRANKGallery outreach coot- ' SEE DIVERSE,'PAGE3A``
<br /> Autism A ta`reness:Mavian K-asloys r
<br /> Marian Kaslovsky is;the coordinator of the Adapted Recreation:
<br /> and I clusion Programin the Chapel HillParks andRecreation pe
<br /> partment She also is a board member of the Society of`
<br /> North Carolina,Orange--Chaafhar chapter ='
<br /> Wlat do you doa
<br /> ilaslovakyr Wedo somespeciat>z e programs as wellasinclu-'
<br /> sion support,and 90 to 95 percent of thepeoplel support are on
<br /> the autism spectrum Justby the-nature of autism there s a lotof'
<br /> people who oan Ideal with largelcrowds d aton of waiting time`•
<br /> within an event,so wetr_=ytot hten them ip,keep them small,and;
<br /> let people know in advance Wlhat to expect
<br /> How do you_keep them from feeling crowded orfrom having wait.;
<br /> times? '`
<br /> Kasiovsky When•you plan wellin advanoeyou-haveallyoursup
<br /> plies rightthere,so you're not scramblingfor ings Some of the'`
<br /> activities wet ave have eight to i0 people-in them n aximum ,.,
<br /> Tell me about the aquatic therapy that you doo ,4
<br /> {Kaslovsky:The t''.-'-'- '<'-:.,''.:-=':,--,,,--,:. -::-.:,.;
<br /> dapted Aquatics class-ifyouhave oneiustruc
<br /> tr talking a whole group,withall"the noise at the-pool,alot-of kids
<br /> with Autism can't focus,so we provide an instruetor,Sbut also a.;
<br /> volunteer who works one on one` .ittreach of the kids i vehad kids;.
<br /> who were afraid ofthe-water a'tthe beginning ending up on their,.
<br /> schools swim teams and beyond itmigt_t00.46hile,butitdoes-
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<br /> happen - - r ` '
<br /> What are some other adaptedr-ecreations that you havef
<br /> Kaslovsky Wehavea Friday fu nightoncea month at's usually
<br /> the rst-Fridayof�themonth forfam�es.A'lotoffamiltesthathave"
<br /> achil with disabildies can neverido anything th ll of-the r kids
<br /> Some ofthesiblings ofkids with'disabilities can meet thesiblings of`
<br /> other kids with disabilities-nd realize that theyare trot alone'
<br /> Speaking of siblings,-we T:also tun a Sibshaip It's a national pro
<br /> gramfor kids_with siblingswwtl disabilities where again,they getto
<br /> know each other andth'eylearn that they're notthe onlyones who
<br /> feel embarrassed or might:feel�angryxhe momentthefocus isfln
<br /> the'kidwith disabilities Wetea them*boutdsabili'tiesas tell In
<br /> May we have1Bikeabilities a=bike-ridingcllnidfor kids with-special
<br /> needs and tt eir'sibli ga They can learn,they can t#y-adaptive:
<br /> btkCes Wehave`a{drairathherapistwhoclik- a classcalled Actingis
<br /> Awetsome which is sort of ii provisiftional theaterwhere they
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