Autism Vox

April 28th, 2008

Working Mother

I was interviewed in the May issue of Working Mother magazine in an article by Jennifer Owens entitled The Quiet Struggle: From heartbreak to hope: moms of kids with special needs. The mothers in the article have special needs kids of varying diagnoses (some with autism) and ages (3 years old; adults). One mother […]

By Kristina Chew, PhD -- 26 comments

February 28th, 2008

Who’s Trapped in Whose World?

Are people with autism trapped in their own world? Or are the rest of us just trapped in ours?
asks Tara Parker-Pope on the New York Times, regarding the the Wired magazine article on autism featuring Amanda Baggs and Michelle Dawson.
Parker-Pope asks a chicken and egg kind of question about autism: Is it a […]

By Kristina Chew, PhD -- 43 comments

February 27th, 2008

Smart and Smarter

Writes Cory Doctorow on Boing Boing about the Wired magazine article on autism featuring Amanda Baggs and Michelle Dawson:
The article looks into the long-held belief that autism and retardation are tied together and concludes that this just isn’t true — rather, that people with autism have been incorrectly classed as retarded for generations.
Yes.
It’s very […]

By Kristina Chew, PhD -- 10 comments

February 25th, 2008

“”We label them as retarded because they can’t express what they know”

Go here to read Wired’s article, The Truth About Autism: Scientists Reconsider What They Think They Know. The article closely profiles Amanda Baggs—-who notes that “‘I don’t fit the stereotype of autism. But who does?’”— and Michelle Dawson—-who says “‘There’s such a variety of human behavior. Why is my kind wrong?”‘.
And some words by Mike […]

By Kristina Chew, PhD -- 14 comments

January 23rd, 2008

Is Autism Underdiagnosed in Girls and Women?

ABC’s Nightline is airing a special on girls with autism tonight, on ABC News World News with Charles Gibson at 6:30pm (ET) and on Nightline, Wednesday, January 23, 2008 at 11:35pm (ET/PT). Aspie Dad posts a summary:  

…in a surprising twist, correspondent John Donvan and producer Caren Zucker talk to several researchers and psychologists who believe […]

By Kristina Chew, PhD -- 28 comments