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...profit as they cut patient services. Why are those companies allowed to make such huge sums of money while some hospitals cannot afford to upgrade their technology or are forced to close altogether? It is time for the entire industry to undergo fundamental reform. MICHAEL PECK, M.D. Rockville, Md...
...Those with classic autism often talk more like a balky tape recorder. They may be limited to echolalia - repeating words from songs, television and the environment - in meaningless ways, or lapse into making growling incoherent sounds. Chandima Rajapatirana, a 32-year-old autistic man from Potomac, Md., writes about how hard it is for him to coordinate the working parts of his body and brain to produce speech. He and others have expressed the anxiety they feel about trying to speak and failing. Jamie Burke, a 19-year-old high school senior from Syracuse, N.Y., puts it this...
...brains. By and large, people with ASD have difficulty bringing different cognitive functions together in an integrated way. There is a tendency to hyperfocus on detail and miss the big picture. Coordinating volition with movement and sensation can be difficult for some. Chandima Rajapatirana, an autistic writer from Potomac, Md., offers this account: "Helplessly I sit while Mom calls me to come. I know what I must do, but often I can't get up until she says, 'Stand up,'" he writes. "[The] knack of knowing where my body is does not come easy for me. Interestingly...
...longer available in the U.S., their only option will be to get it abroad. But most insurance doesn't cover that, so those without resources would be abandoned to their fate. "I've got a few bottles left," says Joi Shaivitz, 47, an environmental re-searcher from Owings Mills, Md., who suffers from Type 1 diabetes. "If I don't get a new supply, I'm going...
...between boys and girls. But nowadays, says Joan Cole Duffell, the Committee's director of partnership development, girls "are beginning to express anger in ways more similar to boys." Other, independent groups are appearing elsewhere, such as Images of Me, a girls-only self-awareness program in District Heights, Md., that teaches mediation and communication skills...