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Autism Vox

April 18th, 2008

A Future With Autism

There’s a video out on the web now called Autism Yesterday, echoing the title of another video that appeared in 2006, Autism Every Day. The latter video by director Lauren Thierry strove to present “what it’s like” for families to live with a child for autism. The other video, “Autism Yesterday,” presents the message that […]

By Kristina Chew, PhD -- 6 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

April 1st, 2008

My Sentiments Exactly

Writes Kerry Cohen, whose son Ezra has been diagnosed with PDD-NOS, in What’s Wrong With This Picture?: My autistic son doesn’t need to be fixed in Babble:
But if I am only able to do one thing for him as I usher him through childhood, it will be this: I will protect him from anyone who […]

By Kristina Chew, PhD -- 6 comments