Category Archives: School Issues

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Asperger’s and Autism

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How will including Asperger’s students under the Autism label impact the educational system.

First let’s take a look at the definitions of these terms.  Individuals with Asperger’s meet the current Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) criteria if they display impairments in social interaction and demonstrate restricted repetitive patterns of behavior (obsessive interests) without having any clinically significant delays in language acquisition skills and cognitive development.

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The School Bus Bully

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A student in a suburb of St. Louis was beaten on a school bus earlier this week because of his seat choice. On KMOX radio, I had the chance to listen and comment on the the incident during an on-air inteview.  A brave Belleville West High School senior internvened to help stop the fight. The student is interviewed and my comments follow. Listen to the interview.

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