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To what extent has the prevalence rate of autism increased because of the “better diagnosis” argument—-that we are able to better diagnose and identify autism today than in the past? Is what some call an “epidemic of autism” more accurately described as a sort of “epidemic of understanding and awareness” about autism?
A new study in […]
Today is the Ides of March, the 15th of March according to the Roman Calendar. On my own calendar, I had marked March 14th as the date of a meeting of the meeting of the Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee (IACC) in Washington, D.C.. I had attended the November meeting; here is the testimony of some […]
So there I was explaining to my students how Pyrrhus, king of Epirus, came to the aid of Tarentum in southern Italy in 279 BC, against the Romans: While Pyrrhus defeated the Romans, he suffered heavy casualties, was defeated by the Romans at Beneventum and retreated across the Adriatic Sea; Tarentum fell to the Romans […]
Yes—what with the poll over at Larry King Live asking if you believe that vaccines cause or contribute to autism; and the CNN report tonight; and the fact that all I had to do while standing in line at the store with two bottles of melatonin, sushi and watermelon for Charlie, and my eco-friendly “carry […]
So Jim drives me into work in a downpour and I go into classrooms with students saying “Dr. Chew, where were you?” (revealing that, despite frequent reminders, they did not check online for my message that class was canceled on Monday). Due to the lingering effects of laryngitis, instruction in the perfect passive system of […]
Science fiction blog io9 considers what it would be like to have a Google brain implant:
In John Varley’s upcoming scifi novel Rolling Thunder, everyone has a brain implant that lets them google information constantly. And many futurists are saying this technology will become a reality long before we colonize Mars. The question isn’t whether we’ll […]
Charlie takes the Alternate Proficiency Assessment (APA). He was first tested when he was in the fourth grade, in the subject areas of Language Arts Literacy, Mathematics, and Science; this year, he’ll only be tested in Language Arts Literacy and Mathematics. His teachers have to attend special training sessions to administer the test. Florida is […]
“…there might be a deeper meaning to the series as a whole. This is something I touched upon on my own post for today (autism and spirituality–maybe they’ll get that angle right).
wrote one commenter after watching ABC’s new legal TV drama, Eli Stone: In reading responses and commentary on the show, I’ve been struck […]
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 […]
I’m preparing to teach a class in Roman History, which meets for the first time tomorrow, Tuesday. We’ll start ab urbe condita—from the time of Rome’s legendary founding in 753 BC—-and end sometime in Late Antiquity, with the unraveling of Romanum Imperium. One of the first things I plan to ask the class is what […]
Autism mother gets on her soapbox.
Written by Kristina Chew, PhD [email] for b5media.
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