This Week’s Top Posts
Autism does change everything I wrote last Friday—-looking over the topics of last week’s posts, it seems that a little bit of everything from lipstick to sushi to communication notebooks to psychoanalysis to services for autistic adults to fictional mercury-based substances to how many girls have autism was discussed.
- Yes, No, Brown Noodles!
On the uses of “yes” and “no” and why there’s nothing like a big bowl of shrimp chow fun. - Toxic Mom
Once “refrigerator mothers” were blamed for causing a child to become autistic—-now are “toxic mothers” (who’ve been using too much bismuth-containing lipstick and face make-up) the culprits? - Looking Ahead: CT Pilot Program for Autistic Adults
A $1 million pilot program for autistic adults was launched in New Haven, CT, in July of 2006 and currently serves 28 people, among whom is 47-year-old Jonathan Ross, who was only recently diagnosed with Asperger syndrome, and also 24-year-old Shannon McEvoy, who received services throughout her education and is now “trying to figure out what she might do.” - Stealth Autism
You don’t “catch” autism though understanding autism—-seeing that a child is autistic—-can happen slowly, stealthily, and then (for me at least) one day you realize, it’s not a catastrophe, not at all. - It Shouldn’t Happen But…
A teacher’s assistant, Christopher Blansett of Baldwinsville, NY, is accused of slappig a 13-year-old autistic student and has been placed on administrative leave. - Thimerasol Is Not a Primary Cause of Autism and Neither Is Mercuritol (Except, Maybe, on ABC)
ABC is airing a new legal drama, Eli Stone, on January 31st: In the first episode of Eli Stone the former Pharma now “fights for the underdog” lawyer sues his old client on behalf of a mother who believes that, yes, her son became autistic from a vaccine containing the mercury-based preservative thimerasol, which is instead referred to as “mercuritol.” - Is Autism Underdiagnosed in Girls and Women?
ABC’s Nightline airs a special report on girls with autism: “In a surprising twist, correspondent John Donvan and producer Caren Zucker talk to several researchers and psychologists who believe there are actually more girls with autism in the U.S. than diagnosed.” - So Much To Talk About
Good parent-teacher communication is essential in a school program for kids like Charlie, who struggle to talk and to otherwise communication. - Iowa Mother Tried to Kill Autistic Son Before Taking Her Own Life
Investigators have determined that Sheila Tegtmeier, who was found dead in her Ankeny, Iowa, home on January 4th, tried to strangle her 20-year-old autistic son, Rory Jr., before taking her own life. - Sushi Scare?
My son Charlie, as I’ve noted more than a few times, loves sushi. So has my worry quotient gone up in light of the recent reports about high mercury levels in tuna sushi? - Autism Does Change Everything
’m not sure if Autism Speaks co-founder Suzanne Wright chose the title of “Autism Changes Everything” for her article in today’s Parade magazine; I suppose the title can be seen as referring to the changes (loss of speech, behavior issues) that Wright saw happen in her grandson. There’s another way to understand the notion of “autism changing everything”: Unlike Wright, I don’t think that autism took my son in its “grip” and turned him into some wholly other child like the changeling stolen by trolls in a folk tale. - Therapy Moms and Psychoanalysis (for autistic children)
Martha R. Herbert, M.D., Ph.D., of the Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital, uses the phrase to describe mothers of autistic children in an article on WebMD (CBS News) about why psychoanalysis should be part of the treatment for autistic children. And New York city psychoanalyst Susan P. Sherkow, MD, says that psychoanalysis can help parents understand the “‘meaning of what these children are trying to convey.”
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