This Week’s Top Posts

by Kristina Chew, PhD on September 23rd, 2007

Last week saw a constant stream of news items about autism. Here are some highlights:

Aide Files Charges Against 6-year-old
Nathan Darnell is to appear in juvenile court on September 25.
Would you want him Tased or hit by a car?
Orange County sheriff’s deputies use a Taser stun gun to subdue 15-year-old Taylor Karras who had fled from his parents.
He’s a Really Good Swimmer, Really
I try to get Charlie some time swimming in the big pool at our YMCA.
Is IQ Testing Still Necessary?
What do IQ tests really measure? What is intelligence?
Jenny McCarthy, Autism Mother
A celebrity appears on Oprah, People magazine, 20/20, to discuss her new book about her autistic son.
The Trouble With Rain Man
What do you say when you say “My child is autistic” and someone says “I’ve seen Rainman!”
Wanted: Jobs for Adults with Autism
If an employer does not hire someone with an ASD, is this discrimination?
The Pleasures of Reading, Rediscovered
I read the Histories of Herodotus to Charlie, and he listens (I think).
The Symptoms of Pseudoscience
Is the notion of “getting the autism” out of a person perhaps the most pseudoscientific notion of all?

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