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Los Angeles Times: Discovering Autism

Friday, December 23rd, 2011

The Los Angeles Times produced a series of articles called “Discovering Autism”. The series is in four parts and represents was researched for years. The articles are: Autism boom: an epidemic of disease or of discovery? Autism rates have increased twentyfold in a generation, stirring parents’ deepest fears and prompting a search for answers. But [...]

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Autism parent’s listening day

Tuesday, November 1st, 2011

Just as there shouldn’t be any one “Autistics Speaking day” (ASDay), there shouldn’t be any one “autism parent’s listening day”. That said, since this is “Autistics Speaking Day“, and I’m not autistic, I felt I would contribute by listening. My guess is that Liz Ditz at I Speak of Dreams may compile a list of [...]

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Navigating College: A Handbook on Self Advocacy Written for Autistic Students from Autistic Adults

Thursday, October 27th, 2011

ASAN have launched a project on navigating college. This includes a website, NavigatingCollege.org and a book “Navigating College: A Handbook on Self Advocacy Written for Autistic Students from Autistic Adults” (available for download from the website, and in print from the New Hampshire University Institute on Disability bookstore. Leaving high school and going to college [...]

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Prevalence and Correlates of Autism in a State Psychiatric Hospital

Wednesday, August 24th, 2011

I’ve said it before: I really like David Mandell’s work. He and his team take on some very important and tough questions. I am very concerned about the lack of information on autistic adults. We don’t know an accurate prevalence. Without study ongoing into the needs of autistic adults, those of us with autistic children [...]

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