Autism Vox

More Holiday Headlines, and Holiday Light

by Kristina Chew, PhD on December 25th, 2007

Houston Texas players Jason Simmons and Ahman Green helped make it possible for single mother Regina Foster, whose son Reggie is autistic, to make a $50,000 down payment on a house in a Houston suburb, today’s Sports Illustrated reports. A mother in the Chicago area, Kristin M. Scott, writes a letter reflecting on all those who have loved her teenage son Daniel, who recently moved to a residential school in Wisconsin for developmentally disabled children and teens. The Great Falls Tribune notes that 5-year-old Elijah is excelling “beautifully”; his father Eric Johnson called him “autastic.” Students at the ACES Village School in North Haven, CT, sing in a chorus, as the Hartford Courant describes. Also in Connecticut, getting a diagnosis of Asperger Syndrome has made all the difference in 17-year-old Taylor Rosado’s life. In Montclair, New Jersey, students with Asperger Syndrome participate in a 12-week theater program.

As the Daily Advertiser in Shreveport, LA, notes, 2007 was a year in which autism “[grabbed] headlines like never before with the revelation of the diagnosis in actress Jenny McCarthy’s son,” and for a few other reasons (like those just cited). The Daily Advertiser also notes the extent to which a parent can go to teach a child:

As a mother of an autistic child, Tina Jolley knows all too well that autistic children certainly can learn, but most need to be taught in a different way.

“The old fashion way is just not going to work,” said Jolley, who once stood on her head to get her son to listen to a story. “He aced that test.”

If I could stand on my head and tell Charlie a story, that would be headlines around here.

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