The Latest on Aspergers and Autism
http://thedianerehmshow.org/shows/2010-02-16/latest-aspergers-and-autism
A move to include Aspergers within the definition of autism has raised concerns of families, physicians, educators and insurance companies. The latest on our understanding of Aspergers syndrome.
Guests
Dr. Fred Volkmar
director of the Yale University Child Study Center, Irving B. Harris Professor of Child Psychiatry, Pediatrics and Psychology at Yale University School of Medicine and an international authority on autism spectrum disorders. He's the co-author of A Practical Guide to Autism.
Gardiner Harris
science reporter for "The New York Times"
Dr. Edwin Cook
an autism researcher at the University of Illinois Chicago and member of the American Psychiatric Association's work group proposing the changes to their diagnostic manual.
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Should our court system provide an accommodation when requested for a speech and language interpreter with expertise in the autism spectrum when the individual who will testify suffers from an Autism Spectrum or more specifically, Asperger Syndromw and this individual has manifested communication barriers (interpretation, understanding, reception and expression) in his or her responses to perceived but misinterpreted questions asked by an opposing party while taking a stand in court and after an oath? Please forward your response to: bpjok2@gmail.com Thank you.
Lived a total of 25 YRS with more than one family member diagnosed with AS
Should our court system provide an accommodation when requested for a speech and language interpreter with expertise in the autism spectrum when the individual who will testify suffers from an Autism Spectrum or more specifically, Asperger Syndrome and this individual has manifested communication barriers (interpretation, understanding, reception and expression) in his or her responses to perceived but misinterpreted questions asked by an opposing party while taking a stand in court and after an oath? Please forward your response to: bpjok2@gmail.com Thank you.
Lived a total of 25 YRS with more than one family member diagnosed with AS
Should our court system provide an accommodation when requested for a speech and language interpreter with expertise in the autism spectrum when the individual who will testify suffers from an Autism Spectrum or more specifically, Asperger Syndrome and this individual has manifested communication barriers (interpretation, understanding, reception and expression) in his or her responses perceived misinterpreted to questions asked by an opposing party while taking a stand in court and after an oath? Please forward your response to: bpjok2@gmail.com Thank you.
Lived a total of 25 YRS with more than one family member diagnosed with AS