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Can the Internet change your brain?

Can the Internet change your brain?Greenfield is whack.Sorry Baroness Susan Greenfield, I won't buy your version of Autism which you clearly throw in to make your ideas more important."Autistic people are very comfortable in the computer world because relationships do not depend on the tone of the voice, body language,...

Tags: Internet, Greenfield, Autistic, Autism

Discussion threads 2009-03-24

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D is for W (Mobile)

The latest estimates state that autism spectrum disorder affects 1 of every 150 children today. This represents a profound change in the lives of tens of thousands of parents during this moment in the history of mankind.This e-book provides insight and ideas to parents of autistic children, and it will...

Tags: Parent, Mobile, Mark Hockmuller, D, E-books, Construction, Personal Technology

Software downloads 2009-09-25

A Real ROI from Twitter? The Start of Social Medical Networks

There may not be a big enough return on tweeting yet to report it to your CFO. But it won’t be long before there’s a clear, return on tweeting to report it to your doctor. Let’s say your daughter is suffering from autism, as is Sophie Nelson,...

Tags: Web, Zoho, Condition, Network, NetSuite Inc., ROI, Twitter, ChARMTracker, Development Platform, Storage, Social Networking, Channel Management, Databases, Hardware, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Tom Steinert-Threlkeld

Blog posts 2009-05-22

Did you get my little computer back yet?

That's what my youngest son calls the Convertible Classmate that Intel has given me on long-term loan to really put through its paces in a variety of real-world settings. For the last month it has been with an autistic kindergartner and generally passed around the younger grades at my...

Tags: Computer, Tablets, Productivity, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2009-05-20

Wait: Could 'Bing' be the new name for Microsoft's Live Search?

Wait: Could 'Bing' be the new name for Microsoft's Live Search?I think kumo.com is officialIf you go to www.kumo.com through your firefox, you can find windows' icon at the place, where icons are shown in tabs along with blank page.So, it seems to be official.Secondly, after reading this, I...

Tags: Branding, SEARCH, Microsoft Live Search, Bada-bing, Klooge, Microsoft Corp., Google Inc., Kumo

Discussion threads 2009-04-03

Another Classmate expedition

Another Classmate expeditionKids Clamor Around Tablet / Touch Computers[i]I'll report back as I hear from her teacher, classroom aides, and parents. One question I'm particularly hoping to answer is whether the added expense and reduced durability of the touch screen is easily justified in this case or if a clamshell...

Tags: Tablets, PRODUCTIVITY, Notebooks, Classmate

Discussion threads 2009-03-25

Another Classmate expedition

My 6-year old isn't thrilled, but the Intel Convertible Classmate is off on another expedition today. It will be spending the next few weeks with another 6-year old at his school. She is autistic and types quite a bit better than she writes. I'm hopeful that the...

Tags: Touch Screen, Accommodation, Durability, Netbook, Computer, Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA), Keyboards, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Monitors & Displays, Productivity, Human Resources, Gender And Diversity, Hardware, Peripherals, Components, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2009-03-25

A bureaucrat says study vaccines and mercury so panic

A bureaucrat says study vaccines and mercury so panicWhere to start?[i]Dr. Andrew Wakefield, whose study, trumpeted on 1,000 Web sites, claimed the preservative in MMR (Mumps, Measles and Rubella) vaccines given to infants contains mercury which causes autism.[/i]Wakefield never claimed that preservatives in MMR caused autism; this may be due...

Tags: HEALTHCARE, vaccine, mercury, MMR, autism

Discussion threads 2009-02-26

Legal shoe drops on vaccine-autism link

Legal shoe drops on vaccine-autism linkIt will never endtoo many parents see their autistic kids as "broken" and want something or someone to blame.Having said that, there are varying levels of autism, and I can't help but wonder if some of the higher orders of autism the primarily manifest as...

Tags: HEALTHCARE, autism, vaccine, ADHD, Autism, Wakefield

Discussion threads 2009-02-12

Was the vaccine-autism link a fraud?

Was the vaccine-autism link a fraud?HMMMM food for thoughtwell my brother in law is autistic and my mother in law blames the vaccines that he was given as the tributing factor I think there is a bigger reason but until we know for sure,well still have all this debate and...

Tags: HEALTHCARE, JUNK SCIENCE, vaccine, Mercury

Discussion threads 2009-02-10

A new laptop for me is really all about the kids

It's no secret that I want one of the new MacBook Pros. I've blogged about it. I promised Santa I'd be a good boy for the rest of my whole entire life if I could have one. I've explained all of the great new features to my...

Tags: Apple MacBook, Laptop Computer, Computer, Apple MacBook Pro, Notebooks, Productivity, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2008-12-03

The worst word in the medical lexicon

The worst word in the medical lexiconHumilityDoes being a parent give the right to judge entire fields of knowledge simply because they do not agree with what we wish to hear?The trend todayto celebrate disability is something I find quite sickening. Disability is an obstacle to overcome, not something to...

Tags: medical lexicon, lexicon, ADHD, disability, diagnosis

Discussion threads 2008-11-26

Media bias and vaccine compliance

Media bias and vaccine complianceOne problem is.......vaccines are made and administered by humans and humans make mistakes. In the mid 80's, I worked at a school for autistic students. No "mild to moderate", only "severe & profound". Of the approximately 90 students there, I recall at least...

Tags: HEALTHCARE, Autism, vaccine, compliance, Wakefield

Discussion threads 2008-09-07

What is the best language for our kids to learn?

What is the best language for our kids to learn?Absolutely. But don't forget...that your kids have a reason to learn them: they are exposed to all of them every day. In the US, most people can't even tell you the names of more than 5 languages. But the reason...

Tags: English Speaking

Discussion threads 2008-07-29

What is the best language for our kids to learn?

I'm not talking about C++ vs. Fortran here. I'm talking about actual spoken languages. I bring it up in this column for a couple of reasons: first, one of my kids really struggled with French this past year and I'm wondering if there are alternatives that might come...

Tags: Language, Programming Languages, C/C++, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2008-07-29

Ringleader of cybercrime group to be offered a job as cybercrime fighter

Ringleader of cybercrime group to be offered a job as cybercrime fighter.....All this does is re-enforces that accountability for ones actions are almost non-existent and will only serve to encourage other miscreants to follow in this punks steps.As for the level of knowledge in the law sector... you seem about...

Tags: Recruitment & Selection, Web browsers, cybercrime fighter, Ringleader, cybercrime group, job

Discussion threads 2008-07-16

diversITy: the lack of women in the IT industry

diversITy: the lack of women in the IT industryRE: diversITy: the lack of women in the IT industrythe lack of women in IT is less about the attitude of women than the attitude of men. perfect sat scores, check. 15 years experience, check. IQ in the 160s,...

Tags: Gender and diversity, Testosterone, women, information technology

Discussion threads 2008-06-21

Will those with "brain cooties" find equality?

A new mental health parity act is sailing through Congress and should be enacted this summer. I should be happy with this. As I've noted here previously, I have a family history of ADHD. But as with the previous such act, which passed in 1996, parity depends...

Tags: Health Care, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2008-06-01

Will you trust your medical information to Google?

Will you trust your medical information to Google?MedicalRecords247.comI agree with you and am curious, what do you think of www.MedicalRecords247.com ?Google will try to mine my own medical record, then present adsI would only trust my medical records to a third-party repository that implmented HIPAA and agreed to store the...

Tags: Google Inc., medical information, medical record

Discussion threads 2008-02-21

Who is afraid of the GGG?

Dan Farber was one of the first to cover the Giant Global Graph, here on ZDNet. A few days on, though, there's value in taking a look at how these ideas are being discussed across the blogosphere. The GGG, or Giant Global Graph....

Tags: Social Networking, Web, Graph, Tim Berners-Lee, Network, Relationship, Onus, GGG, Tim, Scepticism, WebTop, Channel Management, Semantic Web, Marketing, Internet, Paul Miller

Blog posts 2007-11-26