Studies on Autism and PTSD

I'm writing a short paper today about an event I went to that gave me helpful outside information for both my Intro to Sociolinguistics and my Human Exceptionality classes. Dr. Gilbert W. Kliman came and spoke to a group of students and faculty at the University of Utah last Thursday, about his ongoing research and methodology working with children with Autism-spectrum disorders, and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorders. The presentation was wonderful, and I look forward to learning more about his revolutionary Reflective Network Therapy method of working with traumatized and autistic children.

I also recently picked up an impressive magazine called The Autism File U.S.A. - Covering Autism, Asperger's, ADHD, ADD and Other Related Disorders. This magazine has taught me a lot as well and I've been most inspired by the articles written by parents of children diagnosed with Autism-spectrum disorders. Everything I am learning in my Human Exceptionality class and from my brother and sister-in-law, with whom I am working to learn more about their diagnoses, is opening my eyes so much to the human condition and what so many people experience daily that we all to often ignore or do not know enough about.