Autism America - 2019 Site Maintenance Notes

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Autism America

We developed this site for parents of children who are autistic. We, as parents who live with autism, experience many things over the years. We wish we had had a "blueprint" to follow along the way, so as parents, sisters, brothers, grandparents, great-grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins, and those on down the line who are living with autism 24/7/365 can tell you, we know you need help - “honest help”. We can provide you answers from credible sources that have a practical use, from people who understand autism related challenges in more than just an academic context.

- Parents of Aaron, our autistic son, providing a community of support for parents.

What we Offer

Our goal is to encourage healthy lifestyles, promote independence and inclusion, and expand personal growth to improve the quality of life for all individuals impacted by autism.

We empower parents by providing them with access to autism related resources and relevant information from credible sources that have a practical use, from people who understand autism related challenges in more than just an academic context. We believe that every person affected by autism has the right to have access to quality resources and a “blueprint” of guidance needed to develop and build life skills in order to achieve an abundance of independence.

Advocacy and Independence

• Education and Information regarding Autism, its symptom(s), and treatments.
• Unique lessons learned advice to help you respond appropriately to a specific or exclusive situation.
• Advocacy to support you with learned procedures that ensure your insurance claims get covered and paid
• Volunteer help or professional information regarding the person with Autism.
• Products we’ve used that help mitigate and better manage the numerous symptoms of the disorder.

Service Dogs

Service Dogs are trained to work for a variety of special disabilities and provide physical assistance or control for some autism behaviors.

The Human-animal interaction alleviates stress in children, reduces disruptive characteristics and abnormal behaviors.

Service Dogs are an essential part of managing extreme cases of Autism.

Read more: Service Dogs

Therapy Dogs

Therapy dogs can assist autistic children by making them feel socially and emotionally secure.

We are now personally working with Angel and Benji, Havanese breed dogs, to reduce the severity or totally circumvent the onset of a meltdown.

Read more: Therapy Dogs

Early Intervention

We know that early diagnosis is invaluable, and early intervention is very effective.

The earlier a child receives treatment and parents receive training the easier it is on everyone, especially the child.

Read more: Early Intervention

Autism Management

Useful and practical products that parents and families can use to help manage Life with Autism.

Read more: Autism Management

Facebook Feed

Here is a quick overview of articles on our Facebook page. Click the 'f' top right in each tile to see the whole article, or visit our Facebook page.

Autism News

'Circular logic' of RNAs in Parkinson's disease
Researchers are gaining new insights into neurological diseases by studying circular RNAs (circRNAs) in brain cells. A new study has identified over 11,000 distinct RNA circles that characterized brain cells implicated in Parkinson's disease and Alzheimer's disease.
Largest genetic study of brain structure identifies how the brain is organized
The largest ever study of the genetics of the brain -- encompassing some 36,000 brain scans -- has identified more than 4,000 genetic variants linked to brain structure.
Schizophrenia genetic risk factor impairs mitochondrial function
Researcher discovers possible link of mitochondrial function to the development of schizophrenia.

Contemporaneous notes from post-release maintenance activities

19 December, 2019

Take backup
php File scan
- check baseline;OK
Review Changelog; Update Extensions
- Akeeba Admin Tools Pro - to - na
- Akeeba Backup - to - na
- Coala Web Gears - to - na
- JoomDonation - to - 5.6.13
- JSiteMap Pro - to - 4.7
- JSocialIcons - to - na
- Reg Labs Adv Mod Mgr - to - na
- Reg Labs Articles Anywhere - to - na
- Reg Labs Cache Cleaner - to - na
- Reg Labs Ext Mgr - to - na
- Reg Labs Sourcerer - to - na
- JoomlaShack - Shack Slides - to - 3.1.17
Update Joomla core
- 3.9.13 to 3.9.14
php File scan
- purge cache & reports
- Create new baseline
WAF Check & prune logs to Sep 31
- Auto IP blocking history
- security exceptions log
Take backup; copy offsite

15 November, 2019

Take backup
php File scan
- check baseline;OK
Review Changelog; Update Extensions
- Akeeba Admin Tools Pro - to - 5.4.0
- Akeeba Backup - to - 6.6.1
- Coala Web Gears - to - na
- JoomDonation - to - 5.6.12
- JSiteMap Pro - to - 4.6.8
- JSocialIcons - to - 3.1.11
- Reg Labs Adv Mod Mgr - to - 7.12.3FREE
- Reg Labs Articles Anywhere - to - 9.5.1FREE
- Reg Labs Cache Cleaner - to - 7.1.0FREE
- Reg Labs Ext Mgr - to - na
- Reg Labs Sourcerer - to - na
- JoomlaShack - Shack Slides - to - 3.1.16
Update Joomla core
- 3.9.12 to 3.9.13
php File scan
- Create new baseline
WAF Check & prune logs to Aug 31
- Auto IP blocking history
- security exceptions log
Take backup; copy offsite

10 October, 2019

Take backup
php File scan
- check baseline;OK
Review Changelog; Update Extensions
- Akeeba Admin Tools Pro - to - 5.3.4
- Akeeba Backup - to - na
- Coala Web Gears - to - na
- JoomDonation - to - 5.6.10
- JSiteMap Pro - to - 4.6.7
- JSocialIcons - to - 3.1.11
- Reg Labs Adv Mod Mgr - to - 7.12.2.FREE
- Reg Labs Articles Anywhere - to - 9.5.0FREE
- Reg Labs Cache Cleaner - to - 7.1.0FREE
- Reg Labs Ext Mgr - to - 7.4.3
- Reg Labs Sourcerer - to - 8.2.0FREE
- JoomlaShack - Shack Slides - to - n/a
Update Joomla core
- 3.9.11 to 3.9.12
php File scan
- Create new baseline
WAF
- Check & prune logs
Take backup; copy offsite

26 August, 2019

Take backup
php File scan
- check baseline;OK
Review Changelog; Update Extensions
- Akeeba Admin Tools Pro - to - na
- Akeeba Backup - to - na
- Coala Web Gears - to - na
- JoomDonation - to - 5.6.7
- JSiteMap Pro - to - na
- JSocialIcons - to - 3.1.10
- Reg Labs Adv Mod Mgr - to - na
- Reg Labs Articles Anywhere - to - 9.3.5FREE
- Reg Labs Cache Cleaner - to - 7.1.0FREE
- Reg Labs Ext Mgr - n/a
- Reg Labs Sourcerer - to - na
- JoomlaShack - Shack Slides - to - 3.1.15
Update Joomla core
- 3.9.5 to 3.9.11
php File scan
- Create new baseline
WAF
- Check & prune logs
Take backup; copy offsite

29 July, 2019

Update backup naming convention
Take backup
php File scan
- check baseline;OK
Review Changelog; Update Extensions
- Akeeba Admin Tools Pro - to 5.3.3
- Akeeba Backup to - 6.6.6
- Coala Web Gears - to 0.5.6
- JoomDonation - to 5.6.6
- JSiteMap Pro - to 4.6.5
- JSocialIcons - to 3.1.9
- Reg Labs Adv Mod Mgr - to 7.11.0FREE
- Reg Labs Articles Anywhere - to 9.3.4FREE
- Reg Labs Cache Cleaner - to 7.0.1FREE
- Reg Labs Ext Mgr - n/a
- Reg Labs Sourcerer - to 8.0.0FREE
- JoomlaShack - Shack Slides - to 3.1.13
Update Joomla core
- 3.9.5 to 3.9.10
php File scan
- Create new baseline
- Remove cron scan
WAF
- Check & prune logs
Take backup; copy offsite

17 April, 2019

Take backup
php File scan
- check baseline;OK
Review Changelog; Update Extensions
- Coala Web Gears - to 0.5.5
- Installer from Web - to 2.0.1
- JoomDonation - to 5.6.4
- JSiteMap Pro - to 4.6.2
- RegLabs Adv Mod Mgr - to 7.10.0FREE
- RegLabs Articles Anywhere - to 9.1.1FREE
- RegLabs Ext Mgr - to 7.4.2
- RegLabs Sourcerer - to 7.5.0FREE
Update Joomla core
- 3.9.4 to 3.9.5
php File scan
- Create new baseline
WAF
- Check & prune logs
Take backup; copy offsite

25 March, 2019

Take backup
php File scan
- check baseline;OK
Review Changelog; Update Extensions
- Akeeba Admin Tools Pro - to 5.3.0
- Akeeba Backup Pro - to 6.4.2.1
- JoomDonation - to 5.6.3
- JSiteMap Pro - to 4.6.1
- JSocialicons - to 3.1.8
- RegLabs Articles Anywhere - to 9.1.0FREE
- RegLabs Sourcerer - to 7.4.22FREE
- ShackSlides - to 3.1.12
Update Joomla core
- 3.9.2 to 3.9.4
php File scan
- Create new baseline
WAF
- Check & prune logs
Update backup naming scheme to new convention
Take backup; copy offsite

4 February, 2019

Take backup
php File scan
- check baseline;OK
Review Changelog; Update Extensions
- Akeeba backup Pro - to 6.3.3
- Akeeba Admin Tools Pro - to 5.2.1
- JoomDonation - to 5.6.1
- JSiteMap Pro - to 4.6
- RegLabs Sourcerer - to 7.4.1FREE
Update Joomla core
- 3.9.1 to 3.9.2
php File scan
- Create new baseline
WAF
- Check & prune logs
Update backup naming scheme to new convention
Take backup; copy offsite

3 January, 2019

Take backup
php File scan
- check baseline;OK
Review Changelog; Update Extensions
- Akeeba backup Pro 6.3.1 to 6.3.2
- CoalaWeb Contact core 1.1.4 to 1.1.5
- JoomDonation 5.4.10 to 5.5.0
- Reg Labs Articles anywhere 8.5.0 to 8.5.2FREE
- Reg labs adv mod mgr 7.9.2 to 7.9.4FREE
- Rg Labs Cache Cleaner 6.4.0 to 6.5.0FREE
- Reg Labs Extension Mgr 7.3.1 to 7.4.0
- RgeLabs Sourcerer 7.3.1 to 7.4.0FREE
- ShackSlides 3.1.10 to 3.1.11
php File scan
- Create new baseline
php File scan
- Create new baseline
- Update copyright year in footer
Take backup; copy offsite

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