| I'm sure they would have missed their barbie home, but most of them seem to have gone with it, much to the delight of my arachnophobic better half. |
| The arachnophobic, of Solihull, whose son Nathan, aged six, is autistic, decided to face the giant creepy crawly for the National Autistic Society. |
| In 2012, Michael Vasey and five colleagues at Ohio State University did exactly this, gathering data from 57 arachnophobic students, then publishing a report in the Journal of Anxiety Disorders. |
| This was quite amusing as one of the University technicians was so arachnophobic that he would give the machine tool a very wide berth whenever he entered the workshop. |
| My amused companions inquired as to whether I might be a bit arachnophobic and, showing no pity, suggested that eating one would cure me of my fear. |
| If you're arachnophobic, this new dystopian-looking invention may not quite be your cup of tea. |
