People with autism can do ‘A-OK’ in the workforce
The Autism Society of the Philippines (ASP) has a new battle cry for the 21st century. As the autism population in the country, and worldwide, gets older, it established A-OK
The Autism Society of the Philippines (ASP) has a new battle cry for the 21st century. As the autism population in the country, and worldwide, gets older, it established A-OK
Lawyer and ex-academician Adel Tamano wants families with special children to spur a change in society’s attitudes so that greater nurturing and protection are given these children, and weaken the stigma that comes with having them.
Autism is a multi-systemic metabolic disorder that can be treated with natural diet, a medical expert said.
Pregnant women who were exposed to high levels of air pollution were twice as likely to have a child with autism as women who lived in low pollution areas, a US study said on Tuesday.
Having an older grandfather or being a mother who was abused in her youth are linked to higher odds of having a child with autism, according to two studies published Wednesday in a leading US psychiatry journal.
You can point a mother to the ends of the earth and it won’t weaken her resolve to find that cure for her ailing child. Broadcast journalist Karen Davila’s firstborn, David, was 3½ years old when he was diagnosed with Pervasive Developmental Disorder, Not Otherwise Specified (PDD/NOS) in the Autism Spectrum, a severe form of autism. The development pediatrician said there was no cure for David’s condition.
For too many people, autism is simply a word used to broadly describe anything different. Autism is a cruel joke or insult. Autism is something that “other” families deal with. It is a complicated puzzle meant for doctors and scientists to unlock. In other words, it’s not our problem.
“When we graduated from college 25 years ago, simple lang naman ang pangarap natin di ba? Magtrabaho, mag-asawa, magkaroon ng pamilya…” Gina Luna-Bermudo told me over lunch in her home one bright Friday morning. At the table was another Ateneo batchmate, Mary Rose Ramoso-Pena, who echoed the thoughts.
WHEN my firstborn was not quite four months old, his first nanny had delighted me with the comment, “You have a precocious son.” And so it was that Billy became
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