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Today’s Sun has an interview with Emma Noble about her 7-year-old autistic son, Harry. Noble is a model and television presenter and was formerly married to James Major, the son of former British Prime Minister John Major. She talks about her despair and feelings of isolation when 2 1/2 year old Harry started to show […]
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On leaving the YMCA swimming pool yesterday evening (Charlie jumped in fast and then asked to go on the water slides and I skipped up the steps after him; after his first ride, he was so excited that he turned three somersaults in the water and swam half the length of the pool with […]
Autism now occurs in every 1 in 150 children, according to figures released in February of 2007 by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention. To illustrate what some term an “autism epidemic” (including three presidential candidates), people regularly compare the prevalence rate of children diagnosed with autism to that of children diagnosed with […]
I really think of this piece as a love story between a husband and wife, between a mother and a son and between a father and a son.”
Says playwright Stacey Dinner-Levin of her play, Autistic License, which will be performed April 25 and 26 at the Illusion Theater in Minneapolis. More from Dinner-Levin (who has […]
“…….happy endings are possible, even if they’re not quite the endings originally envisaged.”
So an article in today’s Telegraph about love and Asperger’s syndrome describes the relationship between Sarah Hendrickx and Keith Newton. The couple met through internet dating:
……the first stage of their relationship was fiery and fraught. To Sarah, Keith was ‘a puzzle’. He’d […]
I heard a drawer open and noted Charlie in the kitchen, a roll of Scotch tape in his left hand. He hummed and mumbled while leaning over the counter. There were soft ripping sounds: Tape tearing. On glancing into the kitchen, I didn’t see any gigantic wads of tape accruing on the counter and went […]
In anticipation of Valentine’s Day, the February 13th New York Times had an article about romantic relationships that persevere in the face of great differences—-vegetarians/vegans falling for carni/omnivores:
Sharing meals has always been an important courtship ritual and a metaphor for love. But in an age when many people define themselves by what they will eat […]
Autism mother gets on her soapbox.
Written by Kristina Chew, PhD [email] for b5media.
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