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Autism Vox

August 27th, 2008

Mumps Outbreak in Vancouver

131 cases of measles in the US so far this year—–and now, as Discovering Biology in a Digital World reports, there’s an outbreak of mumps—116 confirmed cases and 74 suspected since February—in Vancouver. On average, there are ten cases a year. From CBSnews.ca:
Two people from Alberta carried the mumps to a religious community near Agassiz […]

By Kristina Chew, PhD -- 1 comment

May 16th, 2008

Regressive Autism and a Test for Babies

Here it was Charlie’s birthday yesterday (thank you for so many good wishes!) so I’ve been in something of a super-reflective mood: How was this tall boy once curled up inside me? How have we managed to help him through the years and some very tough moments? He’s 11 years old now and memories […]

By Kristina Chew, PhD -- 23 comments

February 11th, 2008

No Quick Fix: What happened to Scarlet Chen?

Four-year-old Scarlet Chen drowned in the bathtub of her Scarborough, Ontario, home on July 12, 2004. Her death was initially ruled an “‘unfortunate accident,’” but, on February 28, 2005, Scarlet’s mother, Xuan Peng, was arrested and charged with murder. The case went to trial on November 5, 2007; Peng has been free on $110,000 bail […]

By Kristina Chew, PhD -- 7 comments