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Medical Forum / Diseases and Disorders / Arthritis / February 2005OTP: Final Paper submitted- now I wait
During the Winter school break I wrote my Master's paper, and submitted it in early January. I was given permission to proceed to public presentation, and my paper was published on-line and submitted for peer review. That process was completed earlier in the week, and using the suggestions i was given, i did some revisions. I just did my final submission now requesting that my paper now proceed to the next step- the formal evaluation by the reviewing committee. Remember how difficult I found it to even get started... For your Information: My paper was on autism and includes some of the recent research findings. It is a literature review, but also a handbook for teachers. One avenue of autism that has been explored is its link to autoimmunity. There was a suggestion that children with autism are born more frequently to mothers with autoimmune disorders than those without. Research has not yet established that that is the case however. Another avenue that has been explored is that autism is itself an autoimmune condition. High dose prednisone does seem to have positive benefit for children with autism, however the high dose that is required means that few children stay with this treatment protocol. The predominant research being done now is looking at genetic factors, and there is a large scale study being done in Canada, the US and Europe. What is known is that children with ASD typically have larger heads and brain cells are more densely packed. Nothing environmental has ever been substantiated through research as causing autism. So that is that. Wish me luck. Rose @}>->-- Being educated means that rather than fearing the unknown, one seeks to understand it. RB Please remove "Ima" to reply. I don't want to rain on your parade but I must say my Public Defence of my Masters Thesis was among the most traumatic events of my life. A very competitive class all showed up with countless questions and challenges to my conclusions and one professor whom I despised from day one of my program thought he was going to have his own entertainment that day. I received high marks from my advisor, the program director and the two independent adjudicators. Inspire of an A+ and a glowing letter of recommendation the experience itself was harrowing. I hope you do not have to go through it. Bruce  SignatureI believe in the separation of Church and Hate > During the Winter school break I wrote my Master's paper, and > submitted it in early January. I was given permission to proceed to [quoted text clipped - 33 lines] > > Please remove "Ima" to reply. rose, i have every confidence you're going to do great. and your topic and the new research is absolutely fascinating! thanks for sharing. diane >rose, i have every confidence you're going to do great. and your topic >and the new research is absolutely fascinating! thanks for sharing. > >diane You are welcome. and thanks as well. If you ever write about anyone on the spectrum, I may be able to offer advice. LOL PS I just finished reading _the curious incident of the dog in the night-time_ by Mark Haddon. An interesting read... Rose @}>->-- Being educated means that rather than fearing the unknown, one seeks to understand it. RB Please remove "Ima" to reply. >I received high marks from my advisor, the program director and the two >independent adjudicators. >Inspire of an A+ and a glowing letter of recommendation the experience >itself was harrowing. I hope you do not have to go through it. >Bruce I will not miss having to do that. U of Calgary offers the choice of the on-line venue, and nothing was too scary yet. No one's comments were anything less than supportive, and I was able to defend my thinking sufficiently. My research was fairly extensive, and the drawback was that we were given such narrow parameters to write under, that I could not include as much information as I should have liked. This part ahead is the most scary for me. Rose @}>->-- Being educated means that rather than fearing the unknown, one seeks to understand it. RB Please remove "Ima" to reply. let us know when you get that A+, okay? Gwen > During the Winter school break I wrote my Master's paper, and > submitted it in early January. I was given permission to proceed to [quoted text clipped - 32 lines] > > Please remove "Ima" to reply. >let us know when you get that A+, okay? >Gwen They have a month now to read and evaluate my paper. I will let you know what happens. Thanks Gwen. Rose @}>->-- Being educated means that rather than fearing the unknown, one seeks to understand it. RB Please remove "Ima" to reply. Best of luck Rose! I have the utmost in confidence in you and know that you will do just fine! If nothing else, it's gotta be a relief to have turned in the final paper!!! Congratulations & Hugs! Donna G Rose, I find your subject matter fascinating as I have known a couple of autistic children, one through a work associate and another through a family friend. Please let us know how it all turns out. Kelly C. >Rose, I find your subject matter fascinating as I have known a couple of >autistic children, one through a work associate and another through a family >friend. Please let us know how it all turns out. > >Kelly C. I find it fascinating as well because it is so complex. I have a student with autism (I have mentioned him before) and he is predominantly non verbal, but has made hiuge strides and so is now in the classroom for a larger part of the day. On Monday I was reading a story, and stopped to ask the children a question (What kind of birthday party could Arthur have chosen?) and this student said clearly "A picnic!". So I did not bat an eye, but said, "Yes, he could have had a picnic. A picnic would be a great party!" and then carried on with the story. Inside though I was ginnning all the way fromVancouver to St. John's because of the enormity of that moment. He is a child that does not speak, he does not follow verbal communication, can not make eye-contact, and is profoundly affected but he knew what was going on in the story and was able to relate it to a picnic. He is the one that brought in an ice cream pail of pennies for the tsunami relief fund as well. I think I told the story... One morning he took all of his pennies and started hauling them around with purpose, only his parents did not know why. When they tried to take his pennies away, he became distraught. Later they looked in the communication booklet and found the note that we were collecting pennies at school. They were totally shocked that he had internalized that. Rose @}>->-- Being educated means that rather than fearing the unknown, one seeks to understand it. RB Please remove "Ima" to reply. Wow, I got tears in my eyes about the 'picnic' story. I assume you told his parents about his effort. I'm sure they were so thrilled. Kelly C.;o) > On Thu, 24 Feb 2005 21:02:54 -0800, "Kelly Cobb" > I find it fascinating as well because it is so complex. I have a [quoted text clipped - 25 lines] > > Please remove "Ima" to reply. >Wow, I got tears in my eyes about the 'picnic' story. I assume you told his >parents about his effort. I'm sure they were so thrilled. > >Kelly C.;o) Yes for sure. We celebrate milestones. Rose @}>->-- Being educated means that rather than fearing the unknown, one seeks to understand it. RB Please remove "Ima" to reply. OH my that is so great. I am praying that you did very well! My hubby will do that here in two years for accounting. I am excited for you! RhondaM > During the Winter school break I wrote my Master's paper, and > submitted it in early January. I was given permission to proceed to [quoted text clipped - 33 lines] > > Please remove "Ima" to reply. Good luck, Rose! I remember how I felt when I turned in my thesis. You'll do fine, I'm sure :)))) Hugs, Carole :) > During the Winter school break I wrote my Master's paper, and > submitted it in early January. I was given permission to proceed to [quoted text clipped - 32 lines] > > Please remove "Ima" to reply. >During the Winter school break I wrote my Master's paper, and >submitted it in early January. I was given permission to proceed to >public presentation, and my paper was published on-line and submitted >for peer review. waaaahoooo! Great achievement! Rose I hope you hear about the acceptance of your thesis soon. You must be proud of your achievement. -- MZ Visit my website: http://www.mzuschlag.com Crossing my fingers for this to go smoothly for you! The closest I came was my senior honors paper for college. I had to present it to a board of 9 professors from all different backgrounds. Boy did they rip me a new one! And they smiled the whole time! I think everyone gets the same treatment....But, someone could have warned me! In the end, I earned my honors and graduated...with very little trauma incurred. Janet R > During the Winter school break I wrote my Master's paper, and > submitted it in early January. I was given permission to proceed to [quoted text clipped - 33 lines] > > Please remove "Ima" to reply. Hmmm interesting. I sent Jen this post. She deals with at least one autistic child a year [in her case usually asperger's]. Good for you Rose and yes I do remember all the way back then. Duckie > During the Winter school break I wrote my Master's paper, and > submitted it in early January. I was given permission to proceed to [quoted text clipped - 32 lines] > > Please remove "Ima" to reply. Signature_('> (_<_) _ _('< -quack (_<_) _ __('< *QUACK!* <_{__) _('< "|,,|_" (_<_) _('< "AFLAC!" (_<_) >Hmmm interesting. I sent Jen this post. She deals with >at least one autistic child a year [in her case usually > asperger's]. >Good for you Rose and yes I do remember all the way >back then. >Duckie Thanks, Duckie. There is a lot of promising research in terms of isolating specific genes. I think it helps parents to know that at the present time nothing environmental has been implicated. Some feel guilt and think that it is something they have done. It goes back to what Kanner originally cited as being causative, the refrigerator mother. LOL Rose @}>->-- Being educated means that rather than fearing the unknown, one seeks to understand it. RB Please remove "Ima" to reply. Congratulations! You have worked so hard to get to this point and I'm certain your paper will pass muster and you'll soon have that Masters. How you did it with everything else going on in your life, I'll never know, but it is a testament to how tough you are! SignatureNann remove the Gator cheer to email me Simply the thing I am shall make me live --- William Shakespeare Rose, what a huge relief it must be for you to have it done and finalized... although the wait must be tough. I'm looking forward to hearing the good news very soon! Janet N. > During the Winter school break I wrote my Master's paper, and > submitted it in early January. I was given permission to proceed to [quoted text clipped - 33 lines] > > Please remove "Ima" to reply. Good for You! Hope the defense goes well!! Your topic is fascinating! One of Becca's good friends is a boy with PPD. Fairly high functioning on meds. He and Becca have been friends since kindergarten (in fact, we just went snow tubing with them yesterday). Adelle > During the Winter school break I wrote my Master's paper, and > submitted it in early January. I was given permission to proceed to [quoted text clipped - 33 lines] > > Please remove "Ima" to reply. >Good for You! Hope the defense goes well!! > [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > >Adelle Thank-you. Rose @}>->-- Being educated means that rather than fearing the unknown, one seeks to understand it. RB Please remove "Ima" to reply. Good luck with the defense. I'm sure you'll know their socks off. Sarah >Good luck with the defense. I'm sure you'll know their socks off. > >Sarah Thank-you. Rose @}>->-- Being educated means that rather than fearing the unknown, one seeks to understand it. RB Please remove "Ima" to reply. Good luck with the defense. I'm sure you'll know their socks off. Sarah |
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