Comments on: Autism: All in the Family (b5media Science & Health Channel Theme Day on mental health)

By: Kristina Chew, PhD

Kristina Chew, PhD — Fri, 11 May 2007 01:30:21 +0000

I don’t think I am on the spectrum but there are more than a few ways that I see myself in Charlie.

By: Daisy

Daisy — Fri, 11 May 2007 01:11:21 +0000

I’ve often wondered if I am on the spectrum. I may never know. I recognize some of Amigo’s traits in myself at times.

By: Alzheimer’s Notes » Alzheimer’s Notes Hosts Science & Health Theme Day

Thu, 10 May 2007 22:45:28 +0000

[...] Kristina at Autism Vox reflects on the mental health of mothers of autistic children and on new discoveries in the genetics of autism in her post, Autism All in th Family. [...]

By: Kristina Chew, PhD

Kristina Chew, PhD — Thu, 10 May 2007 20:13:45 +0000

It was one of those studies that I can pull out much anecdotal evidence for—-I’ve also been thinking of levels of stress and coping in our kids. There are so many ways in which Charlie encounters things in his daily life that generate anxiety and it has been so important for him to learn how to cope on his own. Are you having him screened by an OT? for sensory integration in particular?

By: Joeymom

Joeymom — Thu, 10 May 2007 18:07:41 +0000

If you want some anecdotal support, I can definitely say this is true in our family. We often talk about Joey’s autism being a “perfect storm” of sensory, social, and even communication and thought processes my husband and I experience. Andy is having trouble with articulation and some fine motor and sensory issues- enough that we’re having him screened in a couple of weeks. We tend to discuss our own issues and how we cope with them, in trying to develop ways to support and help Joey. It’s been pretty useful so far.

By: mcewen

mcewen — Thu, 10 May 2007 14:50:56 +0000

I read about that study earlier. It seemed very ‘touchy feely’ rather than ‘clinical,’ far more ‘qualitative’ rather than ‘quantitative’ but maybe that’s why I warmed to it.
Cheers