Top Posts From the Past 2 Weeks
July 27, 2008 by Kristina Chew, PhD
Filed under Africa, Baby, California, Diagnosis, Disability Rights, Family, Health, Media, Neuroscience, New Jersey, Parenting, Stereotypes, Vaccines, Work
Much happened over the past two weeks but I want most of all to think about Evan Kamida, who passed away on July 24, just a few days shy of his eighth birthday. Please keep his mother Vicki Forman and Evan’s family in your thoughts and prayers—-and to honor his memory, here’s a small and lovely thing to do: Please take a photo of flowers at a swingset and post it to this Flickr pool. Shannon Des Roches Rosa and Jennifer Graf Gronenberg have posted more information.
Thinking of Evan.
- Not a Team Player in the Office?—-Not Necessarily
The difficulties that autistic individuals face in the workplace. - Use of Restraints Increasing in Public Schools?
Kids coming home with bruises on their wrists, arms, legs: That’s not supposed to happen in public school, and not at the hands of teachers—well, it does. - Mouth or Eyes: How do you look at someone’s face?
Researchers studied 42 parents of autistic children and found that some of the parents evaluated facial expressions in ways similar to autistic individuals. - The Latest Players in the Vaccine Drama
Hollywood meets science…… - The Perils of French Fries
On a ubiquitous staple of American kids’ cuisine. - 4-year-old shown the door at Georgia restaurant
A Georgia mother and her daughters are kicked out of a Jackson restaurant because one daughter, 4-year-old Alyssa, who is autistic, was crying. - Savage Language, To What End I Do Not Know
Talk show host Michael Savage mouths off on autism and starts a media maelstrom. - “He’s Just a Late Talker—He’ll Grow Out of It”
Late talking child or child on the autism spectrum? - About a “grossly misinformed actress” and a certain doctor
Jenny McCarthy, a certain doctor, and…… - Back in Jersey Where There’s “Looming Dread of Autism”
Has autism become this generation’s polio? - Remembering BART, BlogHer, and Some Books
Reflections on BlogHer and being in the Bay Area. - A Little Autism Education for Michael Savage
What Michael Savage needs to know. - The R Word and Not So Nice Language
Is it time to retire the word “retarded”? - Here’s the Autistic Adults
The Vancouver Sun doesn’t quite know what to say about autistic adults. - 9 Years Ago Charlie Was Diagnosed
9 years ago, we received Charlie’s formal diagnosis of autism. - Rates of Autism in Somali Children in Minneapolis
Why are first generation U.S.-born Somali-speaking children in Minneapolis schools disproportionately identified as having autism? - Network Defends Dr. Savage
Talk Radio Network has announced that it will not be firing Michael Savage in the wake of his incendiary comments about autism. - False Controversy: Autism and Vaccines
On science, medicine, doctors, scientists, and the mommy gambit.
Jeff Stimpson
Jill Cornfield
Kristina, thanks for linking to my post - I am only sorry that I didn’t think of it when I wrote the first post admonishing Savage but then again, it gives your work its due a bit more than if I’d folded it into that other post.
Also - I want to say again (because I mentioned it on my blog) that I’m so sorry we didn’t meet at BlogHer - I still can’t believe how many people I know of virtually who I didn’t meet in real life when given the chance!
Anyway - I hope it was a good conference for you.
I just submitted my photo to the group for Evan. Such a tragedy!!!