Press for Bonnie Sayers/autismfamily

Author Chats for Autism Awareness Month

Sun, 05 Apr 2009 21:48:11 -0400

I submitted a listing to HARO (help a reporter out) on March 18th. It finally appeared in the evening edition on Friday, April 3, 2009 - my birthday and the day of the gluten free twitter party I organized.

Here is the POST:

Subject: Press Query for Distribution: Healthcare

Summary: Author Chats for Autism Awareness Month

Category: Healthcare

Name: Bonnie Sayers

Email: autismfamily@gmail.com

Title: Autism Advocate/Parent

Media Outlet/Publication: www.twitter.com

Deadline: 3:00 PM PACIFIC - April 22

Query: “I want to promote autism awareness month (April) by interviewing authors of newly releasd books on the topic of autism. This can be books that have been released thus far in 2009 or soon to be in the next month or so. You may be aware that Jenny McCarthy has a new book due out March 31st and I want to show there are other sides of autism out there in the media and give authors the opportunity to spotlight their books as the media will be buzzing on Jenny.

This will be no more than one hour of tweeting interview style with me on the book topic. I am promoting as “author chats” and will do blog post as well. My id is www.twitter.com/autismfamily

Gluten Free Twitter Party - Friday, April 3rd pacific standard...

Mon, 02 Mar 2009 17:22:00 -0500

Gluten Free Twitter Party - Friday, April 3rd pacific standard time - 9AM, 1:00 PM and 7:30 PM. Prizes will be given out and a panel will be available to share personal experiences and resources on gf, gfcf and other food allergy issues and lifestyle changes, plus answer questions.

A categorized listing of resources, sites, media stories:

Epi Pen

http://www.education.ky.gov/users/jneal/7I%20EpiPen%20Training.pdf

http://www.foodallergybuzz.com/2009/03/how-to-use-epi-pen.html

http://stanford.wellsphere.com/allergies-article/emt-s-epinephrine-and-food-allergies/269214

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27725975/

http://www.calgaryallergy.ca/Articles/English/epipen.html

http://www.epipuppy.com/

Nut Free

http://www.education.ky.gov/users/jneal/7I%20EpiPen%20Training.pdf

http://www.fabsnacks.com

http://www.homefreetreats.com

Recalls

http://www.bestallergysites.com/news/soy-allergy-alert-tri-union-seafoods-llc/

http://www.fda.gov/oc/po/firmrecalls/naturepath03_09.html

Bakeries

http://www.shabtai-gourmet.com/

http://www.3fellersbakery.com/

Recipes

http://www.bethennybakes.com/fudge_muffins.htm

http://spewdfree.com/

http://glutenfreenaturally.blogspot.com/2009/02/gluten-free-cheese-bread.html

Candy

http://www.surfsweets.com/

http://www.partybeans.com/

http://www.yummyearth.com/index.html

Shops

http://www.cafepress.com/bjortandcompany

Groups

http://www.gluten.net/

Food Allergies

http://www.enjoylifefoods.com/img/media/school_lunches_fact_sheet.pdf

Virtual Book Blog Tour

Fri, 23 Jan 2009 23:16:00 -0500

Here is my blog post, which was the first day of the tour:

http://autismfamiily.blogspot.com/2009/01/first-virtual-stop-for-in-my-mind-world.html

Autism Twitter Day - Tuesday, Dec 16th pacific standard time -...

Mon, 01 Dec 2008 23:21:00 -0500

Autism Twitter Day - Tuesday, Dec 16th pacific standard time - 9AM, 12:30 PM and 8 PM. Prizes will be given out and a panel will be available with information and to answer questions.

This is open to twitter members, specifically those who are members of the autism community, whether it be a parent, sibling or relative. If you are on the spectrum you are welcome to take part. Most of the prizes are geared to children and young adults with autism or asperger syndrome.

The hashtag to be used for autism twitter day is #ASD. This means when you post a tweet that day which is on the topic of autism - positive autism awareness, please use the hashtag, either in front or at end of the tweet. Open up a window at www.summize.com and input #ASD to follow along with the conversation at the specified times. Most likely they will run longer than one hour. Stay tuned here and to my blog for prize and panel info. http://autismfamiily.blogspot.com

We will be testing your knowledge on autism spectrum disorders, this is how the prizes will be awarded. Here is an example of a quiz I have on my site

http://www.bellaonline.com/misc/quiz/quizdtl168

Feel free to post about your autism experiences using the #ASD hashtag throughout the day. I will be posting asking for those who have blogs to post them, and also asking for anyone to tweet on IEPs, homeschooling, gfcf diets, supplements, behavior issues, medication, various levels of functioning, bus issues, toilet training, social skills, etc.

This will open it up for members to respond with links or tweet on the subject. Gather your links that you want to share and post so they are ready for Dec 16th.

Please do remember that I am in CA so you will not see me at 6 AM est as it will be only 3AM in Calilfornia. My son leaves for the bus about 7:00 AM Pacific standard time, afterwards I will be tweeting on autism spectrum disorders.

Please remember to share about your experiences with PDD-NOS and Asperger Syndrome. If you have a tip to share, pictures to post, as long as it is promoting positive autism awareness and not getting off track like promoting an autism organization.

This is for the families, teachers, therapists and adults on the autism spectrum to help get out info to the general public and share their own stories and tips on the subject. The prizes are geared to the families and helpful during this tough economic time.

Please RSVP here for autism twitter day -

http://autismfamiily.blogspot.com/2008/12/rsvp-for-autism-twitter-day.html

To see a slideshow of some of the tweets from Autism Twitter Day:

http://autismfamiily.blogspot.com/2008/12/autism-twitter-day-digital-scrapbook.html

http://twitter.com/au_twis_dom

Autism and Aspergers Twitter Connections

Fri, 14 Nov 2008 02:43:00 -0500

Autism and Aspergers Twitter Connections:

The Hidden Curriculum Calendar 2009

Fri, 14 Nov 2008 02:21:42 -0500

The Hidden Curriculum Calendar 2009:

My blurb on this product is listed under Book Reviews.

Contests I have won

Mon, 10 Nov 2008 19:47:00 -0500

This is a work in progress page while I find links and more information.

The following are the prizes and sites I won contests from

October 2008 - $25 gift card for Kroger from @psychmamma (Twitter id) - need to find website

$25 Shell gas card from @Zabitatz (twitter id) - get ning group link, for being #325 in registering with ning group.

Baskin Robbins gift certificates from blog over summer for creative comment left - do google search or email search to get blog name/link

2000 Entrecard points from - need to search email for name of blog/link

Watch from @ComputerLady - http://twittertweetwin.blogspot.com/2008/11/twitter-tweet-win-giveaway.html

$50 Amazon cert from Walt @waltpsu

The nomination I made for the 5 minutes for Mom PSP contest was one of the ten winners. She received the gift one week before Christmas, great timing.

I won a goodie bag from Mom Blogs in Nov - http://www.themomblogs.com

My recommendation in the Blogs can change lives - PSPs for Hospitalized Kids was one of the ten winners (post #37 is my rec)

http://www.5minutesformom.com/4574/blogs-can-change-lives-psps

Here is the listing of the winners:

http://www.5minutesformom.com/4979/psp-recipients/

I won a Flip Video Camera on 1-1-09 from (@acowboyswife)

http://mywoodenspoon.ning.com/

I won a year subscription of Passpack premier service on 1-31-09 from @momoffaith http://www.momoffaith.com/?p=502

I won a basket of handmade items at the crafty nation party hosted by @ResourcefulMom 1-27-09 basket provided by @mommaDJane - http://www.momma-made.com/

Aug 28th I won on twitter from @digitalrev http://www.digitalrev.com/en/digitalrev-community-giveaway—-free-canon-eos-500d-and-ipod-shuffle-4438-article.html