Autism Vox

May 17th, 2008

About the Vaccine Court Lawyers

Regular reports are coming in about the vaccine court (here’s Left Brain/Right Brain on some expert witnesses and, if you’re in the mood for some Swiftian “monkey business” about what some proponents of a vaccine-autism link consider newsworthy research, go here). And, courtesy of the National Law Journal, here’s some background about some of the […]

By Kristina Chew, PhD -- 9 comments

May 3rd, 2008

What is a Special Needs Trust?

Something that we are preparing to create for Charlie. A definition from Michael Davidov, Esq., in the April 30th Queens Courier:
A Special Needs Trust ensures that its beneficiary receives the benefit of assets transferred to the trust, while permitting the beneficiary to retain access to public government resources. Parents do not need to wait until […]

By Kristina Chew, PhD -- 9 comments

January 29th, 2008

Eli Stone: Curiouser and Curiouser, and Zany

This “Eli Stone” thing just keeps getting curiouser and curiouser, if not just a bit zany.

“Eli Stone”ABC’s new legal drama, set to premier on January 31st, this Thursday and the American Academy of Pediatricians (AAP) has sent ABC a letter asking the network to cancel such a “reckless” show. The January 28th New York Times […]

By Kristina Chew, PhD -- 12 comments

January 28th, 2008

Bad Publicity Is Still Publicity: The AAP and ABC’s Eli Stone

We don’t have a TV (thank heavens for the internet, so we could watch Barack Obama’s victory speech in South Carolina). So maybe I shouldn’t be shaking my head at ABC’s new legal drama, Eli Stone, which is set to premier January 31st. The first episode features lawyer Stone suing his former client, a Big […]

By Kristina Chew, PhD -- 20 comments