| The politics of funding |
 I was putting together the science roundup for the December issue of BLOOM magazine and couldn't help noticing that six of eight recently published research studies about childhood disability focused on autism. More
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| 'No one believes me' |
 Andrea Boulden's son has conditions associated with Tourette syndrome that make it hard to regulate his emotions, moods and anxiety, leading him to provoke others or lash out at them physically. She finds the invisible nature of his disability - and how others react to it - most challenging. More
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| If you could read my mind |
 Parents of children who can't speak or gesture understand why a device that decodes likes and dislikes by measuring brain activity ranks as one of the 25 Ideas That Are Changing the World in a Toronto Life Magazine feature this December. I got a demo of progress with Bloorview's infrared brain imaging system. More
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| In the trenches |
 Mothers of teens and adults with autism are as stressed out as combat soldiers, according to a recent study. My son doesn't have autism, but I have to admit to feeling "in the trenches" this morning when I got a phone call from his school. More
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| My son's riches |
 I call them angels. Exceptional people who have been drawn to work with my son Ben and who have surpassed all expectations. There's a long line of workers. 'Worker' is a misnomer and inadequate to describe those who have been teachers, visionaries, therapists and coaches in their own right. More
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| A cross-country quest for therapy |
 In 2006, Stacey and Jonathan H. uprooted their family from Ontario - where they had family and friends and Jonathan worked as a teacher - to Calgary, in hopes of getting co-ordinated, provincially funded ABA intervention and other services for their twins with severe autism. More
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