Medical Minute: Autism
We’ve all seen the touching photos of Halle Berry’s 3-year-old daughter Nahla caressing Halle’s face or exploring the handsome features of her father, Gabe Aubry. We all assumed that Nahla was just a very affectionate little girl.
But as a loyal reader pointed out in an email to Sandrarose.com earlier this week, Nahla might be an autistic or special needs child who communicates nonverbally with her hands.
The list of famous celebrities with autistic children includes Toni Braxton, Holly Robinson Peete, Sylvester Stalone, John Travolta, Jenny McCarthy, Dan Marino, Dawn Neufeld (‘Football Wives‘), and more.
Signs of autism begin in babies before they are 12 months old. Most children are diagnosed with autism by age 2 or 3. That’s the age when parents become aware that their toddlers’ communications skills aren’t keeping pace with other toddlers their age.
Autism is a disorder of the nerves in the brain that interferes with the signals sent from the brain to other parts of the body. The disorder is marked by poor communication skills and lack of social interaction. Doctors aren’t sure what causes autism.
Is Halle Berry’s daughter Nahla a special needs child?
Earlier this week, I received an email from a loyal reader who asked to remain anonymous. According to the email author, Nahla may be autistic. At this moment, Nahla’s dad, former underwear model Gabrielle Aubry is behind closed doors in a special hearing in Dependency Court “because authorities are concerned about his ability to safely care for his child,” according to celebrity gossip website TMZ.com.
TMZ reports that “the DCFS investigation goes beyond an incident in which Gabriel allegedly pushed the nanny who was holding 3-year-old Nahla.”
It seems the scope of the problem may be that Aubry gets angry and loses his patience with his daughter who requires special care and attention.
None of this has been confirmed. But it is interesting that CPS has once again recommended that another adult be present whenever Nahla is in Aubry’s custody.
Read the email after the break and draw your own conclusions. The email has not been edited.
Octavia Spencer: ‘My weight is not healthy’
Octavia Spencer should be on top of the world. Her many accomplishments over the past year make her the envy of her peers. But the 41-year-old actress, renowned for her portrayal of a sassy southern maid in ‘The Help,’ is worried, despite all the accolades.
“I am not healthy at this weight,” said Spencer to the media assembled backstage at the Screen Actors Guild Awards, where she won a best supporting actress trophy.
“Any time you have too much around the middle, then there is a problem. [And] when you reach a certain weight, you are less valuable,” she said, referring to Hollywood’s strict physical standards.
Spencer says that Hollywood should be more accepting of actresses of different sizes, including those who are thin.
“I feel for the overly thin women as much as I do for the overweight women. It … has to change,” she said.
Ms. Spencer indicated that her problem may stem from the fact that she overeats when she’s feeling down: “If more women ate, they would be a lot happier. Let me tell you, I am a lot grumpier when I don’t eat.”
Assistant of Fake Butt Implant Doc Attacked On Talk Show
The assistant to fake butt implant surgeon Oneal Ron Morris was attacked yesterday on a TV talk show. Corey Eubanks was a guest on Cristina Saralegui’s talk show in Doral, Florida Wednesday when he was attacked with a syringe wielded by the mother of one of Morris’ patients.
“My face has a mark on it and my head is killing me,” Eubanks told The Miami Herald. He said he appeared on the show to tell his side of the story and to clear his name.
The syringe was on the set for a demonstration related to the butt implant surgeries, and Eubanks’s attacker reportedly scratched his face with it, according to Radaronline.com.
Morris made headlines all over the world in Nov. when he injected tire sealant and other industrial substances into another man’s buttocks, sending the patient to a local hospital in serious condition.
As RadarOnline.com previously reported, Eubanks, 40, acted as the booker for Morris, 30. Both men were arrested in November for performing illegal butt enhancement surgeries without a license.
Photos below show the progression of fake doctor Oneal Ron Morris from troubled young man to deformed older woman.
Jay Z’s 40/40 Club Shut Down by the Health Dept
How ironic that Jay Z once said “I’m not a businessman/ I’m a business, man.” How right he was.
Rap mogul Jay Z, 42, is a former crack dealing rapper turned businessman who doesn’t have a clue what it takes to run a business.
The majority of Jay Z’s business holdings were acquired to boost his image and increase his visibility in the corporate world. That explains why his businesses often fail.
Take for instance his 40/40 sports bar in New York city. Jay Z threw a splashy Grand reopening bash for the restaurant/lounge earlier this week. But it was more of a show to make himself the center of attention. It’s hard to say who is the biggest fame whore: Jay Z or his wife Beyonce.
Photos of Jay Z schmoozing with billionaire Warren Buffet were splashed all over the media on Wednesday. But within 48 hours, Club 40/40 was shut down by the city’s health department for violating a number of health code violations.
Apparently, 40/40 wasn’t expecting a visit from the health inspectors so soon.
If Jay was really an astute businessman he would have made sure his establishment was prepared to open to the public, rather than using the reopening as a vehicle to flaunt his wealthy friends to the media.
I’m embarrassed for him.
Worker Films Rats Running Over Buns in McDonald’s
McDonald’s is back in the news again.
This time, a Philadelphia McDonald’s restaurant is in the news after a former employee released a cell phone video showing live rats scurrying over and around hamburger buns.
According to Fox News affiliate in Philadelphia, Karrium Demaio said he frequently saw mouse droppings on bread, and was told by the restaurant manager to brush the droppings off the bread, throw out the chewed bread and serve the rest to customers.
“There hasn’t been a time when we couldn’t go in the back and see mouse droppings on the bread,” said Demaio who was fired for missing a shift.
“That wasn’t the first time. That was about the sixth or seventh time,” he said. “That’s what made me like, I got to get video of this,” he said.
Demaio added: “I was going back there to get something else and I heard some rustling, so I turned around, and I look, I seen a mouse inside the bread. Not on top of the package, but inside of the package.”
Medical Minute: Magical Thinking
A Jan. 8 telephone poll conducted by Pollposition.com (as reported by USA Today) found that 59.9% of African Americans believed that God helped Denver Boncos quarterback Tim Tebow win football games.
That same poll showed that a whopping 81% of Hispanics also believed that God ordered Tebow’s steps on the football field. White people, who are the least to believe in magic or superstition, ranked last with just 31% of them believing that God would influence the outcome of a football game in favor of one individual.
Magical thinking is the belief that thinking about something can cause it to occur.
According to Psychology Today, “Magical thinking is defined as believing that one event happens as a result of another without a plausible link of causation.”
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