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Two recent posts here about playwright Arthur Miller and his son, Daniel Miller, who was placed in a “home for infants” in New York City soon after his birth, have provoked much discussion. What happens to a family when a child with developmental delays—Daniel Miller had Down syndrome, my son Charlie has autism—is born?
Suzanna […]
It may have been the dog days of summer, but autism never takes a vacation. Here are the highlights of August: Thanks to everyone for reading Autism Vox—-your comments spur me to think and re-examine my own views, and reaccess.
4 autism limericks from the Omnificent English Dictionary In Limerick Form (OEDILF) spark discussion about how […]
On Wednesday, my mom and dad took Charlie to see The Lion King. Charlie sat through all 2 1/2 ours of the show and liked it best when most of the cast came onstage and everyone sang and danced together. In the scene after Simba the lion king’s father is dying and Simba is calling […]
New York Times theater critic Jason Zinoman reflects on the September 2007 Vanity Fair article about Arthur Miller and his son Daniel in A New Stage for Arthur Miller’s Most Private Drama of Fathers and Sons. While Zinoman notes that Daniel had been “something of an open secret for years,” he also says in the […]
For a report on Day 2 of the Autism Omnibus hearing (”vaccine court“), see Autism Diva (and go here to read the transcript of Day 2). If you are already feeling like it might not be a bad idea to talk about something else besides vaccines and mercury in regard to autism, you can […]
23 year old Russel Lefurgy, who has autism, plays the space visitor in Lost in a Dream at the Super Hero Diner: Observations By A Fox, an original play created by adults with cognitive and physical disabilities in conjunction with theatre professionals from ArtStream Silver Spring Inclusive Theatre Company. As noted in today’s Washington Post, […]
When Charlie was initially diagnosed with autism, I said “no” to him having any “sensory issues” or responding unusually to any sensory stimuli. Noises and loud sounds did not bother him; Charlie was never one to put his hands over his ears. As Charlie has gotten older and more alert to things, as his understanding […]
Here on Autism Vox I seek to present commentary (hopefully thoughtful) on autism issues, education, books, research, news, and more. Being an “autism mother on her soapbox”—more specifically, being the mother of a 9-plus-several-month-year-old boy named Charlie, I tend to present all this from a highly personalized perspective. I know that when many in my […]
Autism mother gets on her soapbox.
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