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Archive for April, 2005

“Autism Epidemic” reaches UK

Thursday, April 28th, 2005

Its with a heavy heart that I note the rhetoric of North America being used in this country to whip up hysteria and fear about autism. In a recent article in The Scotsman, the news that autisitc schoolchildren now number over 3,000 has been seen as immediate proof of the ‘autism epidemic’. Bill Welsh, director [...]

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Ruby, Rails – WAMP!

Wednesday, April 27th, 2005

There was a big buzz around Ruby on Rails awhile ago so I thought I’d give it a go. Bearing in mind I’m primarily a design/scripting person I thought this would be a good opportunity for me to learn some object oriented programming. Its touted as being excellent for a web environment so it seemed [...]

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A Little Good, A Little Sad

Tuesday, April 26th, 2005

A couple of things happened over the last few days, both unexpected but with entirely differing perspectives. Firstly the sad stuff. When Meg finally got her Statement (see archives 2004 for the horror story in full) she was allocated 32 and one half hours per week with an LSA (learning support assistant) whilst at school. [...]

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Autism Myths

Tuesday, April 26th, 2005

Hopefully I’ve shown over the last few posts in the advocacy section that there is a lot of misinformation generated by those who wish to debunk the idea that autistics can self-advocate. Recently a new site has sprung up that seeks once and for all to debunk the idea of self advocacy for autistics – [...]

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