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Autism Vox

July 22nd, 2008

Luke Had C-3PO and R2-D2……

When Charlie was starting to randomly imitate sounds on his own, the soundtrack of our lives started to get taken over by assorted rhythmic patterns of grinding grunts, beeps, and hums of all sorts and tones. After some careful listening to everything in the house, we realized that the sources for two of his main […]

By Kristina Chew, PhD -- 2 comments

April 14th, 2008

Good Dogs and Good Vibes

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 […]

By Kristina Chew, PhD -- 7 comments