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Autism Vox

July 21st, 2008

Remembering BART, BlogHer, and Some Books

The first thing I have to say about being at BlogHer was that, because I didn’t have to keep looking for a boy at my back (not that I didn’t sometimes turn and scan the room for him; it’s a reflex)—-because I was on my own, I got a chance to look at some things […]

By Kristina Chew, PhD -- 21 comments

April 11th, 2008

The Cause of It All

“Happy is he who knows the causes of things,” writes the Roman poet Virgil in Book 2 of his Georgics. Virgil was writing about the stars and the sun and the moon, about why there are eclipses and earthquakes, about natural phenomena, about the cosmos—-and his words can be applied to a much more specific […]

By Kristina Chew, PhD -- 15 comments

April 7th, 2008

What the News Ticker Said

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 […]

By Kristina Chew, PhD -- 4 comments