MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'asian american'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:48:40 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1733879&cid=t_104559_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2008%2F08%2F25%2Fdoes-culture-shape-how-we-look-at-faces%2F According to the breathless proclamations of the researchers of a recently published study (and also a Wired Science news report on the same), you’d think so. Until you look at how the study was designed. Research results are fantastic things — they have the ability to add to our knowledge on a subject of interest. But we’re seeing a growing trend that is not being managed well by many journals these days — the trend of generalizing from data to conclusions that can’t be drawn from the study conducted. And journal editors, such as those at PLoS ONE aren’t reining in such bold statements as these (taken from the current study): These results demonstrate that face processing can no longer be considered as arising from a universal series of perceptual ev... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1733879 Mon, 25 Aug 2008 18:34:39 +0100 1733879 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1337062&cid=t_104559_133_f&fid=35096&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAutismVox%2F%7E3%2F260899311%2F Almost everyone had something to say about Autism: The Musical which can still be seen on HBO’s website. I’m wondering when someone will make Autism: The Comedy—enough already about “the tragedy of autism”! Drinking While Pregnant Linked to Autism Dr Maggie Watts, vice chairman on alcohol for the Scottish Association of Alcohol and Drug Action Teams, suggests that moderate drinking during pregnancy could be “the hidden cause” of autism, attention deficity hyperactive disorder (ADHD), and other neurodevelopmental disorders in children. Race, Diagnosis and Identity It’s not only categories like “race” that are not simply “black-and-white,” but also notions like “normal” and “typical”: What does it means... Autism Vox blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1337062 Sun, 30 Mar 2008 21:08:43 +0100 1337062 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1322387&cid=t_104559_133_f&fid=35096&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAutismVox%2F%7E3%2F256911513%2F A mother writes about getting a call from the Centers for Disease Control about her daughter’s vaccinations. Her response leads to a pause at the other end of the line: What did she say……some strongly worded statement about a link between vaccines and autism? What this mother—-who is writer Peggy Orenstein in the March 23rd New York Times magazine—-says to the CDC researcher is this: “Caucasian and Asian” It’s Orenstein’s daughter being biracial that stumps the CDC researcher. The title of Orenstein’s essay is Mixed Messenger; her essay is about Barack Obama who, while he has “increasingly positioned himself as a black man,” is “the first biracial candidate.” Noting that the Senator was born in Hawaii, &#82... Autism Vox blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1322387 Mon, 24 Mar 2008 08:00:37 +0100 1322387 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=557514&cid=t_104559_133_f&fid=35096&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAutismVox%2F%7E3%2F110645149%2F It was past midnight when we got home from Brooklyn on Thursday, after MothersVox’s and my reading with Brooklyn Reading Works at The Old Stone House. She has written up a lovely summary of what she read and what I read. Thank so much to all who came—I would like to sit down with each of you (with coffee, perhaps) and just talk, and just listen. Thank you. There is always time to describe the kind of good feeling and warmth that emanated from the second floor room of The Old Stone House, of the immediate connections—the bonds—I feel when I meet parents and relatives of autistic persons. I will be writing more about what was said, and about the whole adventure of the evening (Charlie had a lot of subway rides). When I came home, though after getting Charlie into his ... Autism Vox blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=557514 Fri, 20 Apr 2007 16:32:29 +0100 557514 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=556221&cid=t_104559_133_f&fid=35096&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAutismVox%2F%7E3%2F110526002%2F Mention of Cho Seung-Hui possibly being autistic has been circulating on the internet throughout this week. Some charged exchanges have arisen on some blogs in regard to this; fears have been expressed about what such a connection—-of autism to what happened at Virginia Tech on Monday—might mean for the public perception of autism, and of autistic people in particular. I’m inclined to think that reflection is called for here more than rumor. Autism is mentioned in regard to Cho in an Associated Press story (April 20, 2007): Cho´s great aunt, who lives in South Korea, said Thursday that because he did not speak much as a child and after the family emigrated to the United States, doctors thought he may be autistic. “Normally sons and mothers talk. There was none of ... Autism Vox blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=556221 Fri, 20 Apr 2007 06:31:03 +0100 556221 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=551633&cid=t_104559_133_f&fid=35096&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAutismVox%2F%7E3%2F110085182%2F The Institute of Medicine (IOM)’s workshop on “Autism and the Environment: Challenges and Opportunities for Research” is being held today. This is the agenda, with links to Power Point presentations by the speakers that can be downloaded. I have been listening to some of the webcast. I’m not able to listen to most of it as my classes, and my commute time home to meet the bus are at the same time as most of the workshop. (One wants to be informed, but meeting that school bus is one of the focal points of my day…..). If you’re listening, I’m curious as to what you think. (Source: Autism Vox) Autism Vox blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=551633 Wed, 18 Apr 2007 16:35:03 +0100 551633 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=551634&cid=t_104559_133_f&fid=35096&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAutismVox%2F%7E3%2F110045389%2F I am the mother of an Asian American boy. I don’t usually describe him this way: My son Charlie is autistic, and when I tell people about him, his diagnosis precedes his ethnicity. Charlie is half Irish American from his dad, but when you look at Charlie—-dark brown eyes and black hair—-that half does not stand out, not immediately. And I don’t know what to think when I see the face of an Asian American boy, a college student (and I teach college students), everywhere on the Internet, on the front page of the newspaper this morning; when I see Cho Seung-Hui, the student who, two days ago, opened fire in a dorm and in a classroom building on the campus of Virginia Tech and killed 32 people, and committed suicide. Three of the students who were killed were from New Je... Autism Vox blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=551634 Wed, 18 Apr 2007 13:48:40 +0100 551634 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=485763&cid=t_104559_133_f&fid=35046&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.kristinachew.com%2Fautism%2F2007%2F02%2Fready_go_609.html On a walk to the train this morning, we heard the sound of barking behind and from above. Charlie stopped stamping chunks of snow and ice flat and turned his eyes backwards, just as a garbage trunk grunted past us... (Source: Autismland) Autismland blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=485763 Tue, 20 Feb 2007 04:58:00 +0100 485763 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=485765&cid=t_104559_133_f&fid=35046&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.kristinachew.com%2Fautism%2F2007%2F02%2Fgong_hay_fat_ch.html One of my aunts sent me a Chinese New Year's email in.......Chinese. I was able to read most of the words without a dictionary: I studied Mandarin when I was in college and Cantonese (which is the only language that... (Source: Autismland) Autismland blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=485765 Sun, 18 Feb 2007 05:22:46 +0100 485765