Autism Blog - January « 2011 « Left Brain/Right Brain

Archive for January, 2011

LoJack SafetyNet service debuts in Boston

Thursday, January 27th, 2011

Safety is a big issue in the autism community. The IACC recently added a Safety Subcommittee and is working on a letter to HHS Secretary Sebelius on safety. So when the Boston Globe put up a story, LoJack SafetyNet service debuts in Boston, I had to check it out. The piece is incredibly short, so, [...]

Posted in Autism | 3 Comments »

Jury awards family $1.7M for shooting death of autistic man

Thursday, January 27th, 2011

Family of victim killed by since-fired LAPD officer awarded $1.7 million is the title of a story by the LA Times. After deciding this week that a former Los Angeles police officer fired for dishonesty was liable for killing a man, a federal jury Wednesday awarded the victim’s family $1.7 million. Joseph Cruz killed Mohammad [...]

Posted in Autism, Civil Rights, Legal | 2 Comments »

Obama’s State of the Union Address 2011

Wednesday, January 26th, 2011

Last night Barack Obama gave the annual “State of the Union” address to the American people. I have to admit, I missed it, so I waited for a transcript to come out. I searched for “autism”. I searched for “disability”. I found nothing. I searched for “education”. There was much on education, but nothing about [...]

Posted in Autism, Barack Obama, Disability, IDEA, Politics | 4 Comments »

More like you than not

Tuesday, January 25th, 2011

Newsweek has a piece, Autism Finds Its Voice, which discusses a documentary about autistic adults, Tracy Thresher and Larry Bissonnette, and their travels and advocacy (which are combined for this film). In the documentary Wretches & Jabberers, Tracy Thresher and his friend Larry Bissonnette, who is also autistic, travel from Vermont to Sri Lanka, Japan, [...]

Posted in Adults, Advocacy, Autism | 1 Comment »