Its been awhile since I blogged about neurodiversity and why it matters to me as a concept. Two recent events in my own life has made me more aware of that than usual. In the first event, which concerns me directly, I have had to have a change in the medication I take that helps [...]
Archive for the ‘Parenting’ Category
A reminder for neurodiversity
Thursday, September 2nd, 2010ACT Now!
Tuesday, July 27th, 2010UK Autism campaigners are working together to ‘ACT NOW!’ about the proposed benefit cuts and assessments and have launched a petition which we intend to deliver personally to No 10 Downing Street. Please ACT NOW! and sign by accessing: http://actnow01.web.officelive.com/default.aspx The proposed benefit cuts and the assessments will begin in 2013 for those on the [...]
Autism does not cause divorce
Wednesday, May 19th, 2010A new study at IMFAR reports: Brian Freedman, PhD, lead author of the study and clinical director of the Center for Autism and Related Disorders at Kennedy Krieger Institute, said the findings seem to debunk a lot of the general understanding about high divorce rates among parents of children with autism. Dr. Freedman and his [...]
Extra clause added into UK Equality Bill
Thursday, May 6th, 2010An extra clause has been added into the UK Equality Bill that will come into force in October of this year. The new clause was drafted specifically to cover cases where people (e.g. family members) are ‘associated’ with the person with a disability in question and reads; Clarifies protection against discrimination by association, for example [...]
- IMFAR 2012 begins
- Prevalence of autistic spectrum disorders in Tripoli, Libya: the need for more research and planned services.
- Postsecondary education and employment among youth with an autism spectrum disorder
- Baltimore Sun drops the ball on Jenny McCarthy fluff
- Deficit, Difference, or Both? Autism and Neurodiversity
- Autism Criteria Critics Blasted by DSM-5 Leader
- Arc action alert: Don’t Cut Our Lifeline Medicaid Toolkit
- Andrew Wakefield’s many statements that MMR causes autism
- Services for adults with an autism spectrum disorder
- Minnesota funds Somali autism prevalence study
- Sullivan on Andrew Wakefield’s many statements that MMR causes autism: It’s always interesting to see...
- Chris on Andrew Wakefield’s many statements that MMR causes autism: Wow! Thanks for the additional and well...
- Science Mom on Andrew Wakefield’s many statements that MMR causes autism: Unless we are missing something? The...
- Helping A Child With Autsim on Bogus Urine Metals Testing Fails In Vaccine Court: been an abnormal success. Really, I...
- MikeMa on Andrew Wakefield’s many statements that MMR causes autism: Anti-vaxers like Miller hate when St Andy...
- Sullivan on Andrew Wakefield’s many statements that MMR causes autism: “He must think that we can’t...
- Sullivan on Andrew Wakefield’s many statements that MMR causes autism: “And then the threats?...
- ChildHealthSafety on Andrew Wakefield’s many statements that MMR causes autism: Matt Carey [Sullivan May 16th,...
- Chris on Andrew Wakefield’s many statements that MMR causes autism: Let me pile on with this: Their MMR vaccine...
- Ren on Andrew Wakefield’s many statements that MMR causes autism: This is rich. Mr. Miller must think...
- J.B. Handley Forsworn
- The blogger and the doctor
- Md. suspends autism doctor's license
- 10 deadly myths about childhood vaccines Pictures
- The Crash and Burn of an Autism Guru
- Health experts stress importance of MMR
- Todd Drezner: Learning to Embrace Autism
- Vaccines, autism, and Andrew Wakefield's wake
- The Panic Virus: A True Story of Medicine, Science, and Fear -- Grinker 168 (3): 332 -- Am J Psychiatry
- Jenny McCarthy: Still Sticking with Debunked Autism Theory and Using ‘Mob Mind’ as Excuse
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