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30-year-old Maria (not her real name) has a 6-year-old son who has autism—-and Maria faces deportation to Mexico. At 13, she came from there to the US on a visitor’s visa and attended public schools, got married, got divorced, has two children, and works full-time at a child-care center. The May 4th Austin America-Statesman reports:
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Monday. The The Archives of General Psychiatry publishes Continuing Increases in Autism Reported to California’s Developmental Services System: Mercury in Retrograde. The trial of Karen McCarron begins.
Tuesday. A new documentary, Today’s Man is shown and discussion ensues.
Wednesday. Three articles about CNTNAP2 as an autism-susceptibility gene are published in the American Journal of Human Genetics.
Thursday, Friday, […]
Two articles in the news today both point out discrepancies in services and support for autistic children who are from poorer and minority families.
Are poorer school districts less likely to accept an autism diagnosis, in view of the greatest cost to the district of educating an autistic child? An editorial in today’s Newsday makes […]
Autism mother gets on her soapbox.
Written by Kristina Chew, PhD [email] for b5media.
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