Via one of my autistic-spectrum-related email groups, I found out that one of the special-day classes back in my old district has a teacher who has a severe speech impediment. The subsequent discussion online has been fascinating. After all, for some parents, they want a good speech model for their non- or little-verbal kids; but for other parents, they appreciate that this teacher has "been there" and is thus a good role model in the sense that she …[more]

Every day I receive reports in my email box about various autism biomed treatments or the latest cases involving vaccine-injury. CBS Evening News has an exclusive story on the second round of cases that went to court today alleging a causal relationship between child vaccination and autism cases. Meanwhile, the recent outbreak of whooping cough (pertussis) at the East Bay Waldorf School has people chattering about vaccines from a different perspective... http://www.svmoms.c…[more]

Every day the same light blue van parks in one of the three handicapped spaces in the parking lot adjacent to the Cat's school.I learned that this van belongs to a family whose son has autism. I have mixed feelings about this, as I have posted on my blog, "The Karianna Spectrum." What are your thoughts about this?