Comments on: Heather in China

By: Autism Vox

Autism Vox — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 22:28:58 +0000

[...] Contestant Makes It to Final Five, Despite Disability reads a headline in today’s ABC News. Heather Kuzmich, who was diagnosed with Asperger Syndrome and ADHD at the age of 13, was eliminated from ANTM last [...]

By: Kristina Chew, PhD

Kristina Chew, PhD — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 04:59:44 +0000

Hmmmmm………

The middle photo is very Charlie, trying to figure something out—and the bottom one, definitely Charlie, too.

By: Regan

Regan — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 00:03:11 +0000

There it is in the 3rd photo of the link–”the look”.
Yep. That’s familiar. I call it Eleanor’s “thinking” face.

I agree–Charlie would be an excellent model for cycling gear.

By: Liz D.

Liz D. — Sun, 25 Nov 2007 22:21:08 +0000

Charlie would win my vote for top male model of bike helmets and fuzzy garments.

He’s a handsome boy.

By: Bink

Bink — Sun, 25 Nov 2007 19:30:56 +0000

My daughter has spent the weekend watching our Tivo’ed cache of this show over and over. I was not sure this was a great parenting decision on my part at first, but she was so, so interested in it and in Heather. And it’s not as if there are dozens of other shows out there featuring positive depictions of autistic adults. This is pretty much it. It has given us many “teachable moments” over the past few days!

By: KimJ

KimJ — Sun, 25 Nov 2007 19:11:54 +0000

We have only run across one person, a student teacher studying special ed, who noticed the eye-rolling and looking out the corners of his eyes. In 5 years of appointments, assessments and special ed programs in 3 different states. One non-professional woman in her 20’s noticed. She happened to be his aide in kindergarten.