I also had no idea until my recent blogging adventure just how suer-friendly the UK laws were. According to the legal advice I received it literally comes down to how much money you have.

Matt & Ms Cark,

I think Matt is absolutely correct, but I also think that Kathleen left behind the realms of simple blogging a long time ago – what she does is beyond that.

If I might make a comparison I think I’m more the burger n chips (fries) of autism blogging whereas Kathleen (and Kristina and Amanda and MOM-NOS too) are where you go to have a nice quality steak and a bottle of decent Californian red wine to go with it.

(there are a few autism blogs where you can get a nasty case of food poisoning too)

But really, the point is – everyone should be able to write their own thing and speak their mind.

you left out another of Kathleen’s traits, compassion.

I think she and Kev are about tied. Kathleen’s style is very professional and she’s very thorough, but Kev produces articles on a broader range of topics that get a lot of coverage because they are more … topical… newsy?? current?

The problem is that Kathleen’s stuff ought to have been making it into the NYT for the past two years or so, it’s not her fault that the stuff she covers isn’t in the news exactly, it’s the fault of the major media outlets.

Not that Kev would mind taking second place to Kathleen. :-) I think maybe she’s in her own category… like the Pulitzer-Prize-worthy kind of category.

Your government also does not allow you to have personal weapons.

Not even pocket-knives, from what I read lately.

I hate to tell you this—but Seidel is the best in autism blogging.

You are pretty darned good, but no one comes close to her thoroughness and professionalism.

I am also more aware of the risk to bloggers of legal action. I rephrased a few things I’d written in my post about this to clarify that I was just stating my opinion.