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by Kristina Chew, PhD on August 6th, 2007

Mendel’s Garden #17: Blog Carnival of Genetics « ScienceRoll

My post Mutatis Mutandis: Genetic Mutations and Being at High Risk gets a very kind mention—-hope you’ll visit Science Roll to read more.
My son’s complex suffering

From the Boston Globe: A mother writes about the uncertain diagnosis of her 9 yo son: pediatric bipolar illness, depression, nonverbal learning disability, language-based learning disability. ADHD, Asperger’s—-and about giving him psychiatric medication
What Explains Toddlers’ Linguistic Leap? Math

Scientific American on how toddlers go from slowly learning a few words to readily learning many—-this was not the pattern for my son Charlie, who continues to learn new words at a slow rate.
A Faith’s Embrace Leaves No One on the Outside

Jami Saril, 13 years old and autistic, is bat mitzvahed (a 6th autism-related article in the Aug 5th NY Times).

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