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		<title>Oops&#8211;Dude lost Alien again</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 01:31:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julianne</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dear readers, I have a favor to ask of you.. especially if you are a resourceful user of the Internetz. You see.. Dude&#8217;s Alien has gone missing. Alien is Dude&#8217;s voice recording/modifying comfort object. I may have mentioned it just &#8230; <a href="http://accordingtodude.wordpress.com/2013/05/15/oops-dude-lost-alien-again/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=accordingtodude.wordpress.com&#038;blog=18817125&#038;post=737&#038;subd=accordingtodude&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">LOST: Voice recorder/modifier shaped as an alien&#039;s head NAME: Answer&#039;s to the name of &#34;Alien.&#34; COLOR: Originally steel gray, but color faded because of use SIZE: Fits in the palm of an adult-sized hand FUNCTION: Press an eye to record your voice. A switch on the side will either modify your voice to slo-mo or fast-mo</media:title>
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		<title>Do the Harlem Shake</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 13:15:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julianne</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In honor of Mother&#8217;s Day, we headed up to Dude&#8217;s house with plans to go out for a late lunch. Soon after we walked in, Dude spotted my new iPhone (I took the plunge and recently made the switch from &#8230; <a href="http://accordingtodude.wordpress.com/2013/05/14/do-the-harlem-shake/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=accordingtodude.wordpress.com&#038;blog=18817125&#038;post=733&#038;subd=accordingtodude&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>BBC &#8211; My Autism and Me</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2013 18:55:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julianne</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I saw this video over a year ago, but I just rediscovered it. It&#8217;s really quite brilliant. I&#8217;m fascinated by people diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) who can thoughtfully communicate what it looks like, feels like, and means in &#8230; <a href="http://accordingtodude.wordpress.com/2013/05/09/bbc-my-autism-and-me/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=accordingtodude.wordpress.com&#038;blog=18817125&#038;post=729&#038;subd=accordingtodude&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>So, I get it&#8217;s my sister&#8217;s birthday and all, but where is my donut?</title>
		<link>http://accordingtodude.wordpress.com/2013/04/30/so-i-get-its-my-sisters-birthday-and-all-but-where-is-my-donut/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Apr 2013 13:54:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julianne</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It was my birthday a few weeks ago. To celebrate, I requested that we take Mom Mom and Pop Pop up to Dude&#8217;s house, since they hadn&#8217;t seen it before. Then, we would go out for an early dinner at &#8230; <a href="http://accordingtodude.wordpress.com/2013/04/30/so-i-get-its-my-sisters-birthday-and-all-but-where-is-my-donut/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=accordingtodude.wordpress.com&#038;blog=18817125&#038;post=727&#038;subd=accordingtodude&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The time Mom shaved off Dude&#8217;s eyebrows</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Apr 2013 14:25:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julianne</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hey Mom, remember that time you said I was never going to let you live this down? Well, I&#8217;m sorry, but you were absolutely right. Dude is losing the hair on top of his head. This is a problem that &#8230; <a href="http://accordingtodude.wordpress.com/2013/04/26/the-time-mom-shaved-off-dudes-eyebrows/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=accordingtodude.wordpress.com&#038;blog=18817125&#038;post=717&#038;subd=accordingtodude&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>You know Dude?? Part 2</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Apr 2013 18:13:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julianne</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last year, I found myself chatting with a guy I went to high school with who had no idea who I was, but he knew Dude. I found that to be utterly hilarious. Fast forward to St. Patty&#8217;s Day weekend &#8230; <a href="http://accordingtodude.wordpress.com/2013/04/25/you-know-dude-part-2/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=accordingtodude.wordpress.com&#038;blog=18817125&#038;post=712&#038;subd=accordingtodude&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Big Move</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Apr 2013 21:49:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julianne</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For those of you who have been waiting to hear how the move went, I&#8217;m sorry it has taken me so long to post. My life has been, to put it mildly, hectic. Dude was supposed to move the first &#8230; <a href="http://accordingtodude.wordpress.com/2013/04/17/the-big-move/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=accordingtodude.wordpress.com&#038;blog=18817125&#038;post=680&#038;subd=accordingtodude&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">A shot of the photo collages I mentioned earlier. </media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">Dude&#039;s beloved t-shirts hung in his new closet.</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">Placing some of his favorite sports teams&#039; magnets on his new fridge!</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">Remember that time I mentioned Dude likes to shred pieces of paper and shove them down behind his bed? This is what we discovered when we moved his mattress. </media:title>
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		<title>You think you have eclectic taste in music? You got nothing on Dude</title>
		<link>http://accordingtodude.wordpress.com/2013/03/27/you-think-you-have-eclectic-taste-in-music-you-got-nothing-on-dude/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Mar 2013 12:51:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julianne</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In preparation for Dude&#8217;s move next week, we have frantically been typing up everything a person needs to know about him to make Dude as comfortable as possible (read: I have been doing most of the typing/writing). In the &#8220;About &#8230; <a href="http://accordingtodude.wordpress.com/2013/03/27/you-think-you-have-eclectic-taste-in-music-you-got-nothing-on-dude/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=accordingtodude.wordpress.com&#038;blog=18817125&#038;post=677&#038;subd=accordingtodude&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Mar 2013 12:00:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julianne</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Folks. We have news. Exciting, nerve-wracking, massive news. Replace &#8220;I&#8217;m&#8221; with &#8220;Dude is.&#8221; Yep. Dude&#8217;s moving out. The first week of April. As in, less than two weeks from now. Yup. Let&#8217;s rewind quickly. Dude has been on the waitlist for a &#8230; <a href="http://accordingtodude.wordpress.com/2013/03/22/ch-ch-ch-changes/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=accordingtodude.wordpress.com&#038;blog=18817125&#038;post=665&#038;subd=accordingtodude&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Dude&#8217;s Theory of Mind</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Mar 2013 17:15:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julianne</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Back story #1 One of the areas that kids on the spectrum may** struggle with is theory of mind. This principle is described as the ability to attribute mental states (beliefs, intents, knowledge) to yourself and to recognize and understand &#8230; <a href="http://accordingtodude.wordpress.com/2013/03/19/dudes-theory-of-mind/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=accordingtodude.wordpress.com&#038;blog=18817125&#038;post=667&#038;subd=accordingtodude&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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