ADHD
December 30, 2008 by Kristina Chew, PhD
Filed under Health
Saw those 4 letters on the license plate of an older SUV while driving around Berkeley on Tuesday—–no kidding!
A Safe Space
August 17, 2008 by Kristina Chew, PhD
Filed under Health
We tried a new Mexican restaurant Saturday night. Charlie was initially game to try the rice and beans and licked up some guacamole, then put his hands over his ears (classic rock soundtrack playing) and moaned. I finished up my burrito and took him back to the black car, which is so much a comforting space. He was hunched over, but calmed.
Charlie loves to be in motion (hence, his love of the ocean’s waves) and so we’re often at home in the road, in the car. Maybe we’re not exactly living out of a motor home, but sometimes the …read more
Out of the Window
July 1, 2008 by Kristina Chew, PhD
Filed under Health
A 3-year-old girl who has a “form of autism” was treated at a hospital and released after jumping out of her mother’s moving car. KY3 reports that:
The mother called 911 to report the girl jumped out of the moving car near the intersection of Farm Road 171 at Farm Road 66, south of Highway KK near Fellow Lake Recreational Area.
The child showed up six-tenths of a mile away from where the mother parked her car. Cleo Link heard a scratching at his door at 6986 N. Farm Road 171 and opened it to find the girl about 7:30 a.m.
An ambulance …read more




