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After a priest filed a restraining order against the parents of 13-year-old Adam Race back in May, there was a lot of (often very heated) discussion about the exclusion and inclusion of autistic individuals in public spaces. The August 22nd Morning News reports on The Point at Bella Vista, a church meant for families with […]
This Associated Press story about autistic children and disruptive behavior has been making the rounds of news outlets and websites—-Jen Miller of Tacoma, whose daughter is autistic, writes this in the News Tribune:
….it’s funny how easy it is for some to complain when they haven’t walked a day in an autistic parent’s shoes.
Miller refers to […]
In the ocean this morning with Charlie, I noted a boy about his age looking more than a few times in our direction. Charlie’s a super swimmer, and clearly comfortable in the water, and still has to have someone out there with him. This morning it was me. The waves were perfect—big but soft and […]
Enough about exclusion—–tonight at 5.30 pm and at 8.00pm at the JCC in Manhattan, a film called Including Samuel will be shown. The film “examines the social and educational inclusion of youth with disabilities”; filmmaker (and Samuel’s father) Dan Habib, a nationally renowned photojournalist, will be present for a Q & A session. (Go here […]
Exclusion of autistic individuals from public places has been under heavy discussion in the wake of a Minnesota priest filing a restraining order against the parents of an autistic 13-year-old, Adam Race. In a short essay at the start of the guide Autism and Faith: A Journey Into Community entitled “Open the Door,” Linda Walder […]
A few weeks ago I posted about Trapper Leeth, whose parents have gotten approval to get him a therapy dog and now need to raise the funds. In Minnesota, 9-year-old Reece Trahan’s therapy dog, Pudge, just started to go to school with him, the Minneapolis Star-Tribune reports: He’s a school “aide” of a different, and […]
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 […]
Autism mother gets on her soapbox.
Written by Kristina Chew, PhD [email] for b5media.
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