Autism

After a diagnosis of autism, what’s next for parents and children? We talk to the director of Kennedy Krieger’s ‘Center for Autism and Related Disorders’ and the co-author of a book about raising children on the autism spectrum.

Forty years ago, Nando Parrado lived through a plane crash in the Andes, four days lying unconscious, and 11 days walking over mountains to find help. Before his appearance tomorrow at the Baltimore Speakers Series, he tells us what he learned about life by being so close to death.

Debbie Page works for the Baltimore Country Public Schools in the Office of Special Education, she’s the co-president of the Autism Society of Baltimore-Chesapeake, and she’s also the mom of an autistic son. She shared her tale at the recent Stoop Storytelling event, “Parenthood:  Stories about birthing, finding, raising, (and surviving) children.”

A Maryland doctor who treated children with autism with a controversial drug has been suspended from practicing medicine. In this hour of Midday we'll look at teatments for autism and whether any of them work. Our guests for the hour are: Dr. Rebecca Landa, director of the Center for Autism and Related Disorders at the Kennedy Krieger Institute, and Dr. Paul Law, the director of the Interactive Autism Network at Kennedy Krieger.