18412CX:ODYSSEY SPRING 2004** 4/21/08 1:06 PM Page CI NEW DIRECTIONS IN DEAF EDUCATION VOL. 9, ISSUE 1 ODYSSEY autism WHENissue DEAFNESS & AUTISM COEXIST IN CHILDREN what we know now LAURENT CLERC what works NATIONAL DEAF where we’re going EDUCATION CENTER SPR/SUM 2008 18412CX:ODYSSEY SPRING 2004** 4/21/08 1:06 PM Page CII 18412CX:ODYSSEY SPRING 2004** 4/21/08 1:06 PM Page 1 LETTER FROM THE DEAN ODYSSEY On the cover: “First Person: A Mother’s Journey” Odyssey looks at the Deafness & Autism subject of deaf children with autism. Cover photograph courtesy of Stefanie D. Ellis-Gonzales. I'm very proud to introduce Odyssey’s autism issue. Autism, or Robert R. Davila, President “autism spectrum disorder,” is a growing phenomenon in the Steven Weiner, Provost U.S. The most recent figures (February 2007) indicate that one Michael Deninger, Interim Dean child in 150 in the United States has been diagnosed with Danielle Puzio, Director, Public Relations and Publications autism spectrum disorder (Center for Disease Control and Mary Ellen Carew, Editor Prevention, 2007b). The best estimate of the
[email protected] prevalence of a diagnosis of autism among Susan Flanigan, Coordinator, Marketing and deaf children is approximately 1 in 76, or Public Relations,
[email protected] Catherine Valcourt-Pearce, Production Editor twice that. (Based on GRI: Annual Survey of Timothy Worthylake, Circulation,
[email protected] Deaf and Hard of Hearing Children and Teresa Mason, Intern Youth, 2006-2007). (Thanks, especially, for these John Consoli, Image Impact Design & Photography, Inc.