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Artificial Intelligence and Clinical Data: Finding Patterns Now to Shape Our Future
My oldest son is on the autism spectrum which brings him both challenges and unique skills, such as perfect pitch and encyclopedic memory. One of his gifts is an ability to see patterns that most of us miss. At least … Continue reading
Posted in Healthcare Pieces
Tagged "autism, AI algorithms, artificial intelligence, clinical data, data science, machine learning
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Back to the Middle of It
My son Colin has made such incredible progress in recent years. He’s in fifth grade, singing in a choir, playing piano, riding around on roller blades, speaking and singing in church, filling up journals with poems and songs, drawing, dancing, … Continue reading
Posted in Essays
Tagged "autism, dust motes, healing from autism, new eyes, progress, steady progress, vision
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At the Hop
When he was ten years old, my son Colin came up with the idea of a Valentines party for his friends at school—girls and boys. Maura, always game for a party, helped him cut out handmade invitations in the shape of … Continue reading
Running Band of Brothers
In high school I ran cross country and fell in among true friends. At the core was a half dozen of us who started together in ninth grade and were still running on the varsity team our senior year. We … Continue reading
Posted in Essays
Tagged "autism, coach, cross country, friendship, long distance running, loyalty, pain management, runners, teams
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Nickle Lauritzen and the Afterlife
In 1990, my friend Nickle Lauritzen was diagnosed with Motor Neuron Disease, a rare form of Muscular Dystrophy, similar to Lou Gehrig’s Disease, a terminal disease that works inward from the extremities—first the hands, then feet, legs, and arms—muscle strength … Continue reading
Two Mornings in January
Morning I The cold snap this January makes it hard to wake up, our drafty 1961 house never quite warm enough. I’m too cold to relax except when in the shower or in bed. Cold or not, Colin still wakes … Continue reading
Posted in Field Notes
Tagged "autism, cartoons, drawings, Emi the dog, mind blindness, morning rituals, Quinn, superheros, tantrums
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Friends and Superheroes
Colin loves to draw superheroes and talk about their high mission in the world “to fight for justice and peace, and the preservation of free will,” he says. He often names the superheroes after real friends—Sadie, Jack, Emma, Carter, Elsa, … Continue reading
