Melody Cao
Reporter
Reporter
I am a reporter from SinoVision, a Chinese American TV station based in New York. I work on daily news covering health issues, social services, immigration, politics, and metropolitan events. Before I joined SinoVision, I worked Shanghai Media Group in Shanghai, China, as an international news editor. I had my Master Degree in International Relation and Communication from Boston University and Bachlor Degree in Journalism from Fudan University in China.
Most families didn't want to talk to SinoVision reporter Melody Cao about autism in their families. Then she turned to the messaging app WeChat, and found parents suddenly were willing to talk about their challenges.
Melody Cao's reporting was undertaken as a California Health Journalism Fellow at the University of Southern California's Center for Health Journalism.
Melody Cao's reporting was undertaken as a California Health Journalism Fellow at the University of Southern California's Center for Health Journalism.
In Asian families, raising a child with autism spectrum disorder means not only piles of bills, long wait-lists and underfunded programs, but also a life of double isolation. What might be done to offer such families more support and services?