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A secretary notes that one of her long-time friend’s daughters is an autism consultant.
There’s an autistic child just around the corner from our house (I only found this out this week).
I hear of a child just diagnosed…….
Autism is everywhere—-but that does not mean, as an article today (Ped Med: Debate mounts over autism counts […]
I blog here at Autism Vox to spread the word about autism.
My son Charlie was diagnosed with autism on July 22, 1999 and ever since then—-really, from the first moment my husband Jim Fisher and I knew “something was not right,” something was different, about our boy (Charlie did not talk, Charlie screamed when […]
“Justice for disabled children—-that’s the only kind of advocacy to do.”
So said one of my students today; one of her siblings is disabled.
I have to agree—-I’ll add, advocacy for disabled children like Charlie, now and as they grow up into adulthood.
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My husband Jim Fisher is putting the finishing touches on the program for the October 27th Autism and Advocacy Conference to be held on October 27th, Friday, at Fordham University’s Lincoln Center campus in New York City. The conference is free and open to the public; lunch will be provided. The lunchtime speaker will be […]
Recently, there has been some discussion about how parents write about and “represent” their autistic children. Are we violating their right to privacy in sharing stories of their trials and tribulations, and triumphs; of their lives?
The continued references to autism as a “devastating disorder,” a “tragedy,” and as “hopelessness”—as in a recent press release from […]
Parents of children with autism are often plagued by the question “what if?” What if I did something to cause this problem? What if I overlooked a critical therapy? Focusing on “what ifs” can create a world of stress — which can lead to even more anxiety.
So writes autism mother Lisa Jo Rudy in a […]
One session of the conference on Autism and Advocacy that will be held on October 27th, Friday, at Fordham University’s Lincoln Center campus in New York City is advocacy for persons with autism in religious settings. Speakers from different faith traditions will be speaking about “the dignity of the human person and a ’spirituality of […]
Of vaccines and autism is the second article in a series which is “keeping an eye on autism” written for UPI’s Consumer Health Daily by Lidia Wasowicz. (The first article was Accelerating autism debate, which I posted about in Vaccines, autism, and parent advocacy).
Of vaccines and autism provides an overview of the “budding view […]
Autism mother gets on her soapbox.
Written by Kristina Chew, PhD [email] for b5media.
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