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Autism Vox

September 9th, 2008

Back to School, With (or Without) a Diagnosis

We’ve been through a lot of challenges with Charlie over the past several years but the one thing we’ve never had to argue about is his diagnosis. While the St. Paul Public School District initially wrote down “communication disorder” as Charlie’s diagnosis on his first Individual Family Services Plan (IFSP; we were living in Minnesota […]

By Kristina Chew, PhD -- 9 comments

April 4th, 2008

Does Your Child Know That It’s Autism Awareness Month?

A few days ago I asked does your child know that he or she is autistic?—-and now, after Wednesday’s World Autism Day and April being Autism Awareness Month, here’s another question in the same vein:
Does your autistic child know that Wednesday was World Autism Day and that this whole month is Autism Awareness Month?
I don’t […]

By Kristina Chew, PhD -- 13 comments