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• Thank you and farewell, Mel

  Mel Baggs has passed on. Many may remember the name Amanda Baggs, same person. There is so much one could write about the impact that Mel had on the autism communities and the disability communities and humanity in general. I will not express the sadness I feel, but I want to write about two areas […]

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• Lessons for the Day of Remembrance in the COVID19 era

  Let me put this more direct: Everyone is stressed right now. If you think you are at your own limits, find someone to take over. Call family. Call social services. Call someone. Please. It’s April. For some it’s “autism awareness month”. For others, we remember autistics and other people with disabilities who have been killed […]

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• WTF Republicans?

  Both houses of Congress are working furiously on bills to stimulate the economy following the COVID-19 slowdown. Which is a good thing. But, politicians are politicians and they can’t seem to “waste a good crisis” (as the saying goes). From the Washington Post: The GOP just smuggled another awful provision into the stimulus According to […]

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• What “flattening the curve” means to my family

  We hear a lot about “flattening the curve” these days. Here’s what this means to me (click to enlarge): If hospitals are overwhelmed, my kid will not be high priority. My kid is disabled. If there are a limited number of ICU beds, for example, my kid very likely won’t get one. So, thank you […]

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• More advice for the vaccine-skeptic community: just lie low right now.

  I just finished writing my previous article a few minutes ago and I thought I’d check out my go-to site for bad information about health and autism:the age of autism blog. Here’s the thing–right now people are focused on health and infectious diseases. And, guess what, your unhelpful (read–damaging, you case harm, people die because […]

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