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Autism Vox

September 4th, 2008

Ha Ha Very Funny

Laughter is the best and possibly the oldest medicine, as recently noted on BrainBlogger:
Laughter is a naturally occurring response to humorous stimuli and is a rather easily implemented and cost-effective clinical tool. Some lay publications even report that laughter is equivalent to aerobic exercise. It is true that laughter can increase blood flow, stimulate circulation, […]

By Kristina Chew, PhD -- 4 comments

May 2nd, 2008

IEP Prep and More on Disclosure

What gets “disclosed” and what does not was the issue at the center of the recently released document concerning Hannah Poling. I have “disclosure” and “transparency” of a slightly different sort on my mind right now. Charlie’s IEP meeting is today and, amid reading over documents and evaluations and forms, reading up on IDEA at […]

By Kristina Chew, PhD -- 10 comments

March 27th, 2008

It’s Time for the IEP (if we could just find a time)

We’re still going back and forth with Charlie’s case manager about a time for his IEP and annual review—-the district seems to want to have students’ meeting by the end of April (although it is possible for any member of the Child Study Team (CST) to call an IEP when that member wishes to; […]

By Kristina Chew, PhD -- 8 comments