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Autism Vox

May 27th, 2008

I’ll Be There With You

Charlie’s been off from school since Friday for the long Memorial Day weekend. Here in Jersey, Memorial Day signals the start of summer, as swimming pools open up and lifeguards return to their stations. We’d stayed mostly close to home (except for a kayak ride on the Hudson) and noted lines of cars […]

By Kristina Chew, PhD -- 6 comments

May 13th, 2008

You Can Never Be Too Safe When There’s Water

On January 23rd, 5-year-old Anyah Raven Glossinger—who was legally blind and autistic—drowned in a mineral pool while undergoing hydrotherapy, today’s CBS2 (Palm Springs) reports. Glossinger had been participating in the United Cerebral Palsy’s Little Bridges after-school program; two of the coaches supervising her, Elva Lerma and Sixto Mitre, are now on paid leave.
It’s hardly the […]

By Kristina Chew, PhD -- 5 comments