Last Week’s Top Posts
June 22, 2008 by Kristina Chew, PhD
Filed under Baby, Crime, Disability Rights, Environment, Family, Health, Legal Issues, Media, Music, Parenting, Safety, Science, Sensory, Treatment, Vaccines
Charlie and I started the week on the West Coast, visiting my family (and Charlie missing his dad so much he tried to walk back to New Jersey)—came back on a red eye Tuesday morning and he was back in school on Wednesday. Meanwhile:
- The Regression Question
Do some children seem to be autistic from the time they are babies, while others develop normally and then lose skills? Is autism “innate” in some children and “regressive” in others? - What Music Gives
13-year-old Thomas Gonzales plays trumpet, trombone, baritone and flugelhorn and has accepted an offer to be a professional member of Mariachi Nuevo Ensueño in Azusa, California. - Believe
Charlie and I take a red eye flight home from San Francisco; I watch the Spiderwick Chronicles and a cat gets out of its bag. - Zap, You Have Autism
Electrical pollution linked to autism in children?: Here we go again about the latest cause of autism. - Happy Autistic Pride Day and Happy Birthday
June 18th was Autistic Pride Day—not everyone is sure about the notion of celebrating. - Excluded and Included: The School Yearbook
A class of special ed students is left out of the yearbook of a school in Placer County, California. - The Phantom Menace?
Is Sensory Processing Disorder (SPD)—which is currently being diagnosed in 1 in 20 children—-the “phantom menace,” as an article in Babble puts it? - Boy Dies Wrapped in Weighted Blanket
9-year-old Gabriel Poirier died on April 18th after being wrapped by teachers in a 40-pound weighted blanket. - Vaccines and Parental Worries: Books You Can’t Miss
A new book, Do Vaccines Cause That?! A Guide for Evaluating Vaccine Safety Concerns, provides sensible and straightforward answers for parents’ questions about vaccines and vaccine safety.
Jeff Stimpson
Jill Cornfield
Comments
One Response to “Last Week’s Top Posts”Trackbacks
Check out what others are saying about this post...[...] more information on Autism, visit the Asperger’s Syndrome Research blog or AutismVox. Bookmark This [...]