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That’s the question I keep seeming to run into among parents: Where to live to get the best possible services for an autistic child? Over at About.com, Lisa Jo Rudy asks where should families move for better autism resources and notes that “in the United States, autism resources vary radically from state to state, […]
I was interviewed in the May issue of Working Mother magazine in an article by Jennifer Owens entitled The Quiet Struggle: From heartbreak to hope: moms of kids with special needs. The mothers in the article have special needs kids of varying diagnoses (some with autism) and ages (3 years old; adults). One mother […]
The root of dyslexia is different in speakers of Chinese than it is in speakers of English, according to a new study in the April 7th Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Dyslexia is a learning disability; children with dyslexia have trouble learning to read. Scientists at the University of Hong Kong have found […]
There was a time (mercifully brief) when Charlie would only eat chocolate chip cookies. This was back in the spring of 1999: We had just taken him (permanently, though we did not yet know it) out of daycare, where he was known to “carbo load” on biscuits, pancakes, and the like. We were living in […]
The Florida parents of 7-year-old Matthew Faiella, who has autism, are taking him to Costa Rica at the end of this month for adult stem cell treatments. According to WESH.com, Daniel and Ruth Faiella say that they have seen “improved mental skills” in Matthew after trying many different therapies, “including a $20,000 hyperbolic chamber that […]
Four-year-old Scarlet Chen drowned in the bathtub of her Scarborough, Ontario, home on July 12, 2004. Her death was initially ruled an “‘unfortunate accident,’” but, on February 28, 2005, Scarlet’s mother, Xuan Peng, was arrested and charged with murder. The case went to trial on November 5, 2007; Peng has been free on $110,000 bail […]
In my son Charlie’s classroom, three out of the five students (including him) are Asian and, from noting attendance at community activities for special needs children, there are a lot of Asian families with special needs children in our school district. The district has gained recognition for excellent schools for all students and the Asian […]
Once upon a time Rome was just a “small spot on the Tiber” and the Italian peninsula was populated by the Oscans, the Sabellans, the Umbrians, the Etruscans, and many many more peoples whom the Romans gradually conquered and brought under the rule of SPQR, Senatus Populusque Romanus, the Senate and the Roman People. Besides […]
Jim had to attend a work-related function Saturday night, so I took Charlie swimming at the YMCA, where there’s a special Saturday program that reserves one of the pools for autistic children only. I asked Charlie if he’d like to see a movie and he said “yes”—-and when I brought up the subject back at […]
自閉症, zi bi zheng (formed of the three words “self,” shut/close,” “obstruction”) is the Mandarin for “autism,” with the suggestion that it is a condition in which the self is withdrawn, shut and closed up in itself. A January 9th Wall Street Journal article profiles the efforts of Ma Chen to create and fund […]
Autism mother gets on her soapbox.
Written by Kristina Chew, PhD [email] for b5media.
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