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Autism Vox

May 11th, 2008

Parenting Isn’t Easy, Period—and I’m Very Glad to Be a Mother

First, Happy Mother’s Day to every mother reading this and many more (my own included, of course)!
An essay by Robert Hughes in today’s Chicago Tribune is entitled What Autism Means to a Father and much of what he says strikes home with me as a parent. Hughes captures how a parent feels as he or […]

By Kristina Chew, PhD -- 46 comments

February 19th, 2008

Four-Footed Therapists

Dogs warm to children with autism reports the February 17th Chicago Tribune in an article about therapy dogs for autistic children—this is not the case for my own son, who on seeing a dog freezes, or backs up, or asks to be carry (something about the barks, especially when it is high-pitched, and their […]

By Kristina Chew, PhD -- 13 comments