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Yes, I do think that the hypothetical “vaccine-autism” link distracts us from the key issues of education, services, and understanding about autism. Nonetheless, vaccines were the topic of some of last week’s top posts:
Musings on Camp and Independence
Should I be sending Charlie to camp?
The Dangers of DIY Doctoring
Doctors and patients at odds, and […]
Autistic Teen To Violent to Handle: This is how the August 3rd Ottawa Sun describes 15-year-old Ian Reisch, who, his family fears, has recently become too violent in his behavior to remain at home. Ian’s caretaker, 26-year-old Jacob Weare, was left with a broken nose and was bruised and bloodied after Ian “lunged onto Weaver’s […]
On Day 3 of summer vacation, Charlie woke at 6am chattering and was soon up and about. He’d gone to bed late the night before and, not surprisingly, he fell asleep around 10am, his long form smooshed against the back of the couch. I saw beside him and worked on my book and Charlie […]
We bought our house (the house which we no longer live in, due to Charlie’s school placement situation) because it had a modest but decent-sized front yard set in from the street, and also a big back yard with a deck, visible from the kitchen. Charlie loves to be outside and to be able to […]
In a Sunday post on camp and indepenence, Shay asked about what kind of Extended School Year (ESY) program Charlie has. Charlie’s had a very good summer so far in his program, and even because of it. Thursday will be his last day and I think we’ll all be missing seeing the yellow school bus […]
It’s far away but this news from today’s Irish Times hits close, very close, to home:
Up to 100 children with speech and language difficulties who were attending pre-schools may be without a place in September after the organisation which runs the classes today announced it had gone into liquidation.
Early Language Intervention (ELI), which runs four […]
So what do you pack besides extra patience—-as noted in an article in today’s Ledger (Florida)—-when you hit the road/maybe not so friendly skies/boat/etc. with an autistic relative?
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Much happened over the past two weeks but I want most of all to think about Evan Kamida, who passed away on July 24, just a few days shy of his eighth birthday. Please keep his mother Vicki Forman and Evan’s family in your thoughts and prayers—-and to honor his memory, here’s a small and […]
Evan Kamida passed away suddenly and unexpectedly this week. I met his mother, Vicki Forman, last weekend and how I wish I, and Jim and Charlie, could have met Evan, too.
Many thoughts and many hugs to his family, and much more.
Contributions can be made to remember Evan to:
The Pediatric Epilepsy Fund at UCLA
Division of Pediatric […]
July 22nd is a date that stands out to me. It’s the birthday of someone very special, and it’s the day, nine years ago, that we received Charlie’s formal diagnosis of autism.
Slate has a recent Explainer column on how do you diagnose autism (prompted in part by Michael Savage’s claim that autism is widely overdiagnosed). […]
Autism mother gets on her soapbox.
Written by Kristina Chew, PhD [email] for b5media.
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