Telling about Picto Selector (www.PECSforAll.com) has been a challenge so far. I have only spend some money in a website. The rest is just time, a lot of time.

I like to inform people about it and my personal goal so far is a to increase the montly downloads with 150 downloads. So far this has been succesfull, in the first three months i had 900 downloads. This february was even more succesfull with 850 downloads (my goal that month was 600).

However i'm still wondering what the golden bullet would be? (To get much more visitors) A reference from a a-blogger? Being mentioned on a talk show? I know some popular shows here in Holland that have increased the visitor count a lot for other applications.

Or do I want to go too fast and is it just a matter of time?

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I know this has nothing to do with Autism, but I know many of you on here have your own sites and blogs, so I thought I would share this with you.

I am a bit of a social networking geek. I'm always looking for ways to increase traffic to this site and some others that I run. I found a pretty cool thing today, it's called Social Spark. It's a thing created by Izea and what it does is allows people with blogs and social networking sites to interact with advertisers and help drive traffic and earn money from your blog posts. And with the times being as tough as they are, who couldn't use a little extra money. Basically Social Spark is a social network for advertisers and bloggers. You don't join to make friends, like Facebook, Twitter and even Autism Blogger, you join to meet advertisers that fit into your niche. Basically a matchmaking site for advertisers and people that have websites.

There are getting to be quite a few great resources for bloggers these days. It's important to take advantage of the good ones, as there are quite a few out there that aren't that great. The people over at Izea seem to be creating a good buzz lately on the internet with some of the things they are creating.

It looks pretty awesome, I'm going to give it a try and urge you to check it out for your own blog. Izea also has a cool program called Sponsored Tweets which allows you to get paid using Twitter. So if you're an avid Tweeter you may want to give that a look. I need to check that out as well. So much to do, so little time...

Sponsored by: http://socialspark.com

My wive DVR'd Oprah yesterday and we watched it last night. It was very interesting because she was interviewing four child molesters. Sounds horrible, but it was very informative. The thing I thought was the most interesting was that over 90% of victims know their molesters. Whether it be friends, family, neighbors, etc. It isn't the creepy guy hiding in the bushes. The other thing I thought was interesting was they all said that if parents have an "instinct" that something is wrong or weird, look into it. All 4 molesters said that if the parents had paid more attention they would've been caught sooner. I also think that it is important that if a child tells you something, you need to believe them. Children will not usually make something like molestation up. Adults will always lie about it to cover up, but the children will usually have a good reason for saying it.

The thing I took away from it, pay attention to your children. Talk about these things with them. Find out who they are with and how these relationships are going. You don't need to accuse or mistrust everyone in your child's life, but if you get the weird intuition or if your child says something strange, look into it further.

Greetings! I am a graduate student, delving into the world of autism, among other things. A few months ago I stumbled on a lengthy blog-like article by an adult with autism who described how he taught himself to connect with the world. I remember most vividly his description of how his perception of the world around him began to 'pop out' into three dimensional visuals. Unfortunately I haven't been able to recover the web address and I don't know if it was an online article or the start of a book. Does this ring a bell with anybody out there? I would be very appreciative of any direction you can provide. 

 And thanks heaps!

Thehop 

Working in IT I constantly come across people who have computer trouble. Most cases require wiping the computer clean and reinstalling Windows, this fixes 99% of the computer problems I deal with. However, most people NEVER have their information backed up. Big mistake!

Everyone has something on their computer that they would hate to lose. Whether it is your resume, household budget, pictures of your kids, recipes, music, movies, phone numbers, or even your entire business, you simply must backup your information. You know that old saying "You don't know what you've got until it's gone" most people don't realize this until their computer crashes, then it becomes all too clear.

Why should I backup?

The question is not "if" your computer fails, but "when." Let's face it; Windows will fail at some point. Guaranteed! Things like spyware, viruses, registry problems as well countless other random Windows issues that could render your hard drive completely useless. Hard drives do physically fail, but usually it is something with Windows that gets hosed up. Disaster happens; it may be a natural disaster, fire or even something simple like a game your kid loaded. You need to be ready when disaster does happen, expect the worst.

Think about it for a second, say you logged on to your computer this morning and nothing was there? What would you lose? Would you even know what all was on there? How much would it cost to get everything back? How much time would it take? Would you trust the people at Geek Squad to get it back for you without missing anything?

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The rate of autism in US is one in 150 children. Hear experts explain the history of autism, the challenges that children with autism face as they grow up

The first part is in a "native language," and then the second part provides a translation, or at least an explanation.

Hello everyone,

I am hoping to learn from experience...because there doesnt seem to be many references out there on the topic of divorce and autism.

Can anyone refer me to any good books, manuals, studies that could guide me through this maze of divorce with a child with autism?

Does anyone know of documentation to support the fact that regular child suport isnt enough when you are raising a child with autism?

How can i be sure his father will be responsible for our son once he turns 18?

Of course I have a lawyer, however I just dont feel confident in these areas.

Also, does anyone have any successful strategies to share? Our son is successfully visiting at his father's house...well actually not happy about it but he goes.  He verbalizes his dislike for going but understands he must go because the judge told him so.

Any experiences would be welcomed....or directions for researching these answers would be great!

Think Autism Speaks is a nice charity? Well, it supports genocide, which amazingly isn't what autistic people want at all. AUTISM SPEAKS DOES NOT SPEAK FOR ANYONE - ONLY THE EXEC'S BANK ACCOUNTS.