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[framlingem]

Was going to head to the gym at eight, but apparently that is when it closes on Sunday. Ergo, am going to get up early-ish tomorrow and see if I can't fit in an hour or so before class.

This is what's known as 'initial enthusiasm'.

So it was situps and pushups and stretches in the living room while watching Extreme Makeover: Home Edition instead.

It was a good show, but it always irks me somewhat that all these sorts of things happen to help _kids_ with special needs.

Wait, that didn't come out right. Camps like that are a fantastic thing, but why does it always have to be _kids_? Downs' doesn't go away when a person turns eighteen. Cystic fibrosis neither, or spina bifida, Whittingham's, or any of a hundred thousand things that can stop someone from going camping on their own. It's been my dream for years now to start a camp for developmentally delayed adults (not as wide a range of special needs as the camp on the show, but the range I'm aiming for. Start small.), but I always wonder where the hell I'm going to get the money and resources. There's no WAY it's going to be cheap, and it's so much easier to get people to support kids than it is to get them to help adults.

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[cathi-eirye.livejournal.com]

In Ontario we have an organization called "Community Living..." (name your place) that helps developmentally challenged adults and children. Challenged can be emotionally or mentally or physically. I have a link to Community Living Mississauga on my website under the page for kids with asperger's/pdd . They, at the very least can help point the way to organizations in whatever province that may be of some help. You could also look into United Way and the Lottery Commission. All are good places to start.

Good luck, there are organizations out there - oh, another springs to mind, contact the Autism Society, they are also dealing with adults and can point to the more generic groups (i.e. not just autistic people).