Autism Vox

February 2nd, 2008

This Week’s Top Posts

A certain TV show about a certain lawyer and a certain hypothesis about what causes autism dominated autism discussions this week, for better or for worse—-when I talk about autism, I’m thinking of a very real boy, my son Charlie, and not so much about a fictional TV character. My real boy’s week was more […]

By Kristina Chew, PhD -- 5 comments

February 1st, 2008

Handcuffs in Middle School?

11-year-old Gunnar Moody was handcuffed by school police because he would not leave a P.E. class at Bret Harte Middle School. As reported yesterday by NBC11.com, Gunnar said that he was singing while doing sit-ups and handcuffed and dragged out when he did not respond to requests to leave.   

Gunnar’s parents said what happened at […]

By Kristina Chew, PhD -- 38 comments