My wife found this story in Yahoo news (see link below).
I think this is a wonderful and loving story. Please, read on.
Its a story about a grandfather, John LeSieur, and his grandson, Zac, who has Autism.
PC browsers offer a lot of options and choices, which are not good for children with autism. The options overwhelm the kids and they become so frustrated that they cannot use the Internet. Mr. LeSieur looked for web-browser tools tat catered to Children with Autism but found none.
So he built one himself.
The Zac Browser simplifies the web for kids with autism. It screens out most of the web's content and limits the choices they need to make, thus allowing them to use and explore the Internet.
The site is easy to use, beautiful and specifically focused at children and their imterests. They can chose from some basic options, "Games", "TV", and "Reading" being the main ones.; although my personal favorite is the "Aquarium." I strongly recommend you go to the link below and try it out, especially if you have children.
The link to the entire article is at: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/business_of_life.
The link to download and explore Zac's Browser is at: http://www.zacbrowser.com/
Thursday, June 5, 2008
Krav Maga Part 2
Well
The good news is I Passed!
The bad news is I pushed myself so hard, I went into severe dehydration, heat stroke and smashed the back of my head into a wall and got a really good concussion. The entire technical term is Rhabdomolysis (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhabdomyolysis).
Needless to say, it was an ambulance ride to the hospital (INOVA Fairfax to be exact) and a three day stay and a weeks rest.
I told myself I was going to pass this test or die, and I kept my word. In fact, I almost did both.
The doctors kept telling me they were amazed I did not die and how quickly my body recovered as one usually winds up staying in the hospital for a week. I was there a little over 48 hours before my chemical levels were back to normal and they released me.
Thoughts of the whole situation:
First, the Krav Maga instructors were great. They gave me first aid and got the medics there fast. They and the EMT ambulance folks (never got their names and barely saw they ladies faces - I know it was two women) literally saved my life.
Second - waking up in an ambulance and not knowing how you got there is not fun. To this day, I still do not remember what happened.
Third - being strapped and immobilized on a stretcher and only being able to see ceiling tiles in a hospital is scary.
Finally, I am grateful to my wife who was very supportive and helpful throughout the whole thing.
Sorry for scaring you Pam. I love you.
The good news is I Passed!
The bad news is I pushed myself so hard, I went into severe dehydration, heat stroke and smashed the back of my head into a wall and got a really good concussion. The entire technical term is Rhabdomolysis (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhabdomyolysis).
Needless to say, it was an ambulance ride to the hospital (INOVA Fairfax to be exact) and a three day stay and a weeks rest.
I told myself I was going to pass this test or die, and I kept my word. In fact, I almost did both.
The doctors kept telling me they were amazed I did not die and how quickly my body recovered as one usually winds up staying in the hospital for a week. I was there a little over 48 hours before my chemical levels were back to normal and they released me.
Thoughts of the whole situation:
First, the Krav Maga instructors were great. They gave me first aid and got the medics there fast. They and the EMT ambulance folks (never got their names and barely saw they ladies faces - I know it was two women) literally saved my life.
Second - waking up in an ambulance and not knowing how you got there is not fun. To this day, I still do not remember what happened.
Third - being strapped and immobilized on a stretcher and only being able to see ceiling tiles in a hospital is scary.
Finally, I am grateful to my wife who was very supportive and helpful throughout the whole thing.
Sorry for scaring you Pam. I love you.
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