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...treatment group. Though the first few sessions were hard ("He would scream and cry and pound on the door of his room," his father recalls), Charlie soon began to enjoy the playful therapy and made steady progress in speech and behavior. Now 5½, he attends a special preschool and continues to work with therapists on social skills and language. The Lambs expect that Charlie will ultimately attend a regular school. "His autism is subtle," says Susan Lamb. "Most people say they can't tell." But like most children with autism, Charlie suffers from anxiety and is especially vulnerable...
...BUCHEON, SOUTH KOREA Puchon International Fantastic Film Festival For 10 days in July, this nondescript Seoul suburb becomes the nerd capital of the Asia-Pacific region. Fantasy films (particularly Asian work) and animé make up the great majority of the program, although in the past special sections have been devoted to things like Italian horror and Fritz Lang. Like your movies with lots of slashing, burning and jousting? Then PiFan is for you. Visit pifan.com...
...commander of international forces in Afghanistan, wrote in his recent assessment of the Afghan war that NATO "must identify opportunities to reintegrate former mid- to low-level insurgent fighters into normal society by offering them a way out." Lieut. General Graeme Lamb, a former head of Britain's special forces who was asked by McChrystal to head the program, which was announced in September, says insurgents need to be offered security, vocational training, jobs and amnesty for past crimes. "This is not rocket science," says Lamb. "Insurgents have been reconciling and reintegrating back into society for centuries. This is about...
...interest in tackling Broadway? -Matthew Farina, New Fairfield, Conn. I've always wanted to. Finding that right role is a challenge. I wouldn't want to just do it to do it. I would want to make sure it's something special...
Bensted is assistant program director and executive producer of special projects at WBUR, the National Public Radio station in Boston. She worked for over a decade in the UK prior to starting work at WBUR...