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My son Charlie does not simply like music. It’s simply an essential, and natural, mode that he expresses himself with and just something that he enjoys. He did music therapy when he was 2 1/2 years old and enjoyed hearing someone sing and play the piano to him and try to get him to play […]
The price of rice has skyrocketed, due to fears that an international shortage will affect the US. Given what the Chicago Tribune calls a “gluten-free diet frenzy—-and families of autistic children are “among the strongest advocates of gluten-free”—I guess this could be a bit of a problem…..
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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 […]
The Star (Malaysia) notes that 1 in 625 Malaysian children is autistic, which would be a much lower prevalence rate than the 1 in 150 figure among children in the US. But some think otherwise:
If this were to be taken as a standard in Malaysia, there would be more than 3,000 new cases each year […]
Today’s Concord Monitor profiles Kathleen Seidel, who maintains the Neurodiversity.com website and who recently quashed a subpoena delivered to her by vaccine litigation lawyer Clifford Shoemaker. According to the article (and these are my sentiments exactly):
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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 […]
It’s April 15th, halfway through Autism Awareness Month 2008, and you’ve surely heard more than a few mentions about the supposed “autism epidemic” that we’re currently facing, and musings about what is causing the recent rise in the prevalence rate of autism: In the 1960s, autism was considered a rare disorder that occurred in only […]
There’s been more and more stories about therapy dogs for autistic children (indeed. here’s an organization called Autism Service Dogs of America. But what about a seal?—–a therapeutic robot seal named Paro, that is?
Paro is $5000: Personally, I think I’ll stick to providing Charlie with fleece blankets and jackets, and hats and gloves for their […]
The highpoint of the week for us was Thursday night’s reading in conjunction with the Artistic Spectrum exhibit—–and Charlie also had a lot of things to say himself.
Did Your Child Reach Her or His Gross Motor Milestones?
Some parents note that their children had gross motor delays (Charlie did), while others said their child did not. […]
It was cloudy when we drove up to the train station. Charlie had yet to take off his seatbelt when we heard the roaring of the train: “It’s here already, come on!” said Jim and we tugged Charlie out of the car.
Too fast. Charlie started to cry, or rather to wail, but held onto […]
Autism mother gets on her soapbox.
Written by Kristina Chew, PhD [email] for b5media.
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