Kindertransport: Southern Italian Style

Originally Appearing in AAPL Newsletter, April 2017, Vol. 42, No. 2 Reggio Calabria sits on the edge of Italy’s “boot,” the Strait of Messina separating it from Sicily. The region has a 3,500-year history, first inhabited by Phoenicians, Trojans, Mycenaeans, and other...

The “Bully” Pulpit

Originally Appearing in AAPL Newsletter, January 2017, Vol. 42, No. 1 Craig was 18 years old when he became a frequent visitor on an Internet chat line, only reached by going into the “dark web” via a secret portal. There he met two young teenage girls in another...

Asperger Syndrome Gets a Bad Rap

Originally Appearing in AAPL Newsletter, January 2014, Vol. 39, No. 3 Hans Asperger might be surprised by the trajectory of the dis-order that bears his name. (Or, perhaps, bore his name, as it would now be called Autism Spectrum Disorder – Level 1, far less...