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Autism Vox

July 14th, 2008

Teaching Strategy #18: Walking Side By Side

Sunday brought another report of an individual on the autism spectrum—13-year-old Anthony Kiraly, who has Asperger Syndrome, of Empire, Wisconsin—-who wandered away from his home and was found 20 miles away after the Sheriff’s Department had been contacted and conducted a full-scale search by ground and helicopter. Elopement—wandering—has been a not-uncommon story in the news […]

By Kristina Chew, PhD -- 9 comments

February 29th, 2008

Making a Little Big Difference

I was talking to two of my students yesterday about classes for next year, their majors, scholarships and fellowships. Both had looked at websites for scholarships, and read the biographies of the winners, of college students who, while maintaining the highest GPAs, playing varsity sports, and conducting research in molecular biology, create medical […]

By Kristina Chew, PhD -- 10 comments

January 28th, 2008

Stop and Look Both Ways

“My child does not understand about cars at all and once ran right into the street and almost got hit—-”: I’ve heard many parents of autistic children say this; in his book The Only Boy in the World: A Father Explores the Mysteries of Autism , Michael Blastland describes, in harrowing detail, his son Joe […]

By Kristina Chew, PhD -- 13 comments