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The optometrist that Charlie saw this week—and many of the doctors and the dentist that we have taken Charlie to over the years—was not covered by our insurance. We’ve filed claims, we’ve refiled, we’ve written cheques. An article in yesterday’s Washington Post describes how families of autistic children in Virginia—as families throughout the US—are seeking […]
On Sunday I saw a college friend who I haven’t seen since her wedding (which I was grateful I was even able to go to—–she got married just after we returned from the Midwest to New Jersey and Charlie, who was having a lot to adjust to, was still queasy from it all; Jim dropped […]
TonerforAutism was created by Joel Pearlman and Rob Dube and hopes to donate at least $1,000,000 by contributing 5% of every sale to organizations that support autism related research and issues. There’s certainly no shortage of ink to be spilled when autism’s under discussion.
Tags: asd, asperger, autism, autism blog, computer, disabilities blog, disability, Family, family […]
If you’re interested in listening in on a meeting of the Strategic Plan Workgroup of the Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee (IACC) under the Combating Autism Act of 2006 (P.L. 109-416), go to the end of this post.
For the past several months, insurance—as in having insurance companies pay for treatments for autistic children—-has been a regular […]
With gas prices up, drivers push closer to the end of the tank and more towing services are getting called—–don’t think I can do this and strand Charlie and me on the left lane of the Pulaski Skyway!
Tags: asd, asperger, autism, autos, car, gas, gasoline, mother, Parenting, pdd-nos, pulaski skyway
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The average mother of a child under 15 spends more on fast food per year than on books, music, movies, and video games combined, the June 2nd New York Times reports. Ok, ok, we’re in this demographic (keeping in mind that Charlie plays and wants zero video games).
Tags: asd, asperger, autism, autism blog, disabilities […]
After legislators in Oklahoma did not pass Nick’s Law (which called for insurance coverage for autism treatments) at least one family is leaving the state to get services for their autistic child in another part of the country. Doug and Caroline Hall are moving to Cincinnati for the sake of their 4 1/2 year […]
The great autism rip-off is a story in the May 31st Daily Mail about the numerous alternative medicine/biomedical treatments that parents of autistic children turn to—-and how this has become a “huge industry” that “feeds on parents desperate to cure their children.” The Daily Mail cites an article in the Journal Of Developmental And Behavioural […]
Those are the very words that Rep. Ron Peterson (R-Broken Arrow) used to refer to autistic children in a “puff piece” profile distributed by the Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs (OCPA), according to the May 28th OKC Business.com (the profile can also be read on Nick’s Law and Autism Legislation in Oklahoma). There’s a fight […]
It used to be a running joke between Jim and me that, since I was expecting Charlie, we’ve seen a total of two movies in a theater together (this and this, so you can get an idea of when we last went). With the price of a movie date running upwards of $30, am thinking […]
Autism mother gets on her soapbox.
Written by Kristina Chew, PhD [email] for b5media.
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