Autism Vox

June 10th, 2008

Unexpectedly

En route to go swimming at my college in Jersey City, the wail of a police siren behind us made Charlie cringe and cry out. I explained that it was a police car in a hurry to help someone—maybe there was an accident. Charlie sat up straight in the middle of the back seat and […]

By Kristina Chew, PhD -- 3 comments

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

April 5th, 2008

$6200 Less a Year: Loss of Income in Families with Autistic Children

The April issue of Pediatrics contains a new study on the household finances of families with autistic children. Families’ annual income falls short of average predicted income by as much as $6200; families also spend thousands of dollars on health care and educational and other therapies and services. Economist Guillermo Montes, Ph.D., the lead author […]

By Kristina Chew, PhD -- 15 comments

March 2nd, 2008

This and Last’s Weeks Top Posts

Google and genius; the meaning of MR and the meaning of intelligence; a new name for autism from David Kirby; an online town meeting for the NYU Child Study Center; a little presidential candidate politicking…….

Parents Don’t Cause Autism
And neither do vaccines or something in vaccines.
Myth, Science, and Autism: A Message from the AAP
Well aware […]

By Kristina Chew, PhD -- 0 comments

February 25th, 2008

A Boy in the City

A brisk walk down Kennedy Boulevard in Jersey City took us to the Journal Square PATH train station. Four trains came and went and then there was ours, to the WTC stop. Charlie had been poking in the refrigerator and cabinets all morning, even after a big lunch of bean thread noodles and vegetables and […]

By Kristina Chew, PhD -- 3 comments

February 20th, 2008

On Lockdown

My school, Saint Peter’s College in Jersey City, has been on lockdown since 10.34am after a “suspicious note” was found. The campus website notes that “there has not been an actual incident”; my students and I, and everyone in our building, have been told to stay put until further notice (we haven’t been told much and […]

By Kristina Chew, PhD -- 26 comments