What can we learn from the health outcomes of the 1918 pandemic?
Cheryl Widman is a newly minted PhD in Special Education from the University of Illinois at Chicago. A former Chicago Public Schools math and Special Education teacher at Title 1 […]
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Foster Care and Autism
Foster care is a temporary placement within the United States for children who cannot live with their families. In a policy article on Spectrum (https://www.spectrumnews.org/opinion/viewpoint/many-children-autism-end-foster-care/) it was reported that children […]
When an Early Diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Disorder Resolves, What Remains?
Lisa Shulman, MD, Erin D’Agostino, BA, Samantha Lee, BA, … First Published March 12, 2019 Research Article Journal of Child Neurology https://doi.org/10.1177/0883073819834428 Abstract A chart review was performed of 38 children […]
Special Education for Autism: An International Perspective
Every time that I travel internationally I get the opportunity to visit special education schools for autistic individuals. Usually, at the end of such visits, I am asked to provide […]
Stephen Mark Shore
“I do tell people that in some ways the doctors were right about sending me to an institution. It just turned out to be an institution of higher education.” Stephen […]
Jonathan Mitchell: Autism’s Gadfly
The following is an autobiographical account of Jonathan Mitchell, better know as Autism’s Gadfly. Jonathan is a controversial figure among autistics for espousing autism as a disability, his […]
Igor Shpitsberg
Occasionally I will write a blog about people that have made a difference in regards to autism at the international level. Today I will talk a little about Igor Shpitsberg. […]
China’s Innovations in Autism Related Services
I have been invited several times to China for the purpose of discussing health care delivery options for autistic individuals. In my most recent trip I had the pleasure of […]
Autism related efforts in China
I am coming back from China after a whirlwind tour of several cities. My first stop was in Shanghai where I spent three days in a workshop discussing Transcranial Magnetic […]
Autism Efforts in Russia
A few months ago I had an invitation to be the opening speaker in a 2 hour lecture at the first International Autism Congress in Russia. As fate would have […]
Cortical Chauvinism 