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Autism Vox

October 7th, 2008

Good Bye To That Billboard

The PETA “Got Autism? billboard has been taken down by the advertising company that was hosting it. PETA’s blog nonetheless noted that the billboard garnered tons of feedback,” with “support from parents of autistic children who have seen noticeable improvements after removing dairy from their child’s diet” specifically noted but not more, ahem, “sour” responses.
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By Kristina Chew, PhD -- 5 comments

October 2nd, 2008

Autism in Montana Public Schools: Where’s the funding?

It’s a too familiar story to too many of us: Growing numbers of children diagnosed on the autism spectrum and school districts straining, and groaning, under the need (the onus) to provide appropriate services and educational placements, aides and speech therapists who know how to teach an autistic child and not only run articulation drills, […]

By Kristina Chew, PhD -- 3 comments

September 30th, 2008

What does the US financial crisis mean for education? (2) (with a distraction)

Given what’s going on in the world right now—this thing called an “economic crisis“—reporting about what one celebrity said about what another actress said about vaccines seems, well, something to remark upon and move on from, in order to read about how the financial crisis might affect credit for school districts. From Education Week today:
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By Kristina Chew, PhD -- 7 comments

September 29th, 2008

Got Autism? (asks PETA)

Apparently PETA is going to run a billboard with that very phrase around Newark, New Jersey. Reports that dairy consumption might be linked to autism have spurred this ad campaign, according to The Peta Files:
Testimonials suggest that some people with this devastating disease may be able to find relief by simply removing milk from […]

By Kristina Chew, PhD -- 36 comments

September 29th, 2008

What does the US financial crisis mean for education?

What effect will the financial crisis have on the US education budget? Today’s Ed Week notes:
Congress late last week approved a bill extending funding for most education programs and other parts of the federal budget at fiscal 2008 levels through March 6, when the new administration will have been in office for more than […]

By Kristina Chew, PhD -- 6 comments

July 14th, 2008

Use of Restraints Increasing in Public Schools?

“What Tim eventually said….was that he didn’t want to go to school because he thought the school was trying to kill him.”
John Miller, a podiatrist in Allegany, N.Y, says this about his 12-year-old son, who has Asperger Syndrome, and who was, according to a July 15th New York Times article, held down prone on the […]

By Kristina Chew, PhD -- 28 comments

May 22nd, 2008

US Dept of Ed Investigates Louisiana School Board

We’ve had our problems with school districts and at (low) one point took Charlie out of school and homeschooled him for a month back in the fall of 2005. But things were always pretty local. In Louisiana, the St. Landry School Board is being investigated by the US Department of Education. According to WDSU news:
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By Kristina Chew, PhD -- 8 comments

May 20th, 2008

Timeout Rooms and Physical Restraints

Put in a timeout room more than 90 times?
Coming home from school with cuts, bumps, and bruises?
Being held on the floor on his stomach by two adults?
All of these happened to 9-year-old Matthew Montgomery in Oldham County, Kentucky, WAVE 3 news reports. Some of them have happened to my son Charlie and maybe not everyone […]

By Kristina Chew, PhD -- 20 comments