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Entries Tagged ‘autism’
A LESSON IN LETTING GO…
THIS IS A LETTER I RECEIVED FROM MY FRIEND, CHRISTINA GUZMAN. HER SON, NICK GUZMAN IS A TALENTED SINGER WHO HAPPENS TO HAVE ASD. NICK APPEARS IN MY FILM “ARTS” PERFORMING “SINCE WE’RE FRIENDS” A SONG WRITTEN FOR HIM BY JOEY TRAVOLTA AND COMPOSER JEFF LASS.
Keri, after our conversation yesterday about independence, I felt [...]
Thankful for Autism
Truth be told, though autism turned my life upside down, it also right-sided me.
Before autism came knocking at my door, I was a 28 year old woman with little connection to my fellow beings. I was out for myself. Young and spirited, I lived the fast life in Hollywood, and had a good [...]
DSM V – URGENT we pay attention to proposed changes in diagnostic criteria
VIP: Autism diagnostic criteria on the diagnostic manual’s Web site in January will invite comment from the public.
I am reprinting below, a recent article by Claudia Wallis regarding the experts who are currently in talks to revise psychiatry’s diagnostic manual (DSM V) and whom preliminarily have proposed to eliminate Asperger’s and PDD-NOS from the [...]