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Autism Vox

May 29th, 2008

How About A Little Miracle Fruit on the Side?

The miracle fruit is, according to yesterday’s New York Times (or rather, last year’s Wall Street Journal), a red berry—-Synsepalum dulcificum—that makes sour foods taste sweet. The cause? Miraculin, ” a protein ….which binds with the taste buds and acts as a sweetness inducer when it comes in contact with acids.” Imagine the possibilities for […]

By Kristina Chew, PhD -- 3 comments

April 29th, 2008

The Open Wallet Policy

On Sunday I wrote about hope starting with acceptance and asked:
Does one strive to do everything one can to cure, heal, recover a child from autism with the goal of the child “losing“her or his diagnosis? Or, does one learn to accept that one’s child is different, disabled, autistic?
In Sunday’s Wall Street Journal, Jeff D. […]

By Kristina Chew, PhD -- 16 comments