As the year ends the media indulges in lists that attempt to summarize the past and predict the future. So why not add the Autism Personality Of THe Year or APOTHY award, to be made to those who represent the APOTHEOSIS of our movement?
Here are my nominations.
Autistic Person of the Year. Ari Ne’eman for his work in bringing autistic self advocacy to the attention of the White House.
Organization of the Year. The National Autistic Society for its advocacy work in the UK that was epitomized by the passing into law of the Autism Act.
Blogger of the Year. Sullivan for keeping LBRB going when Kev needed to take a break.
Novel of the Year. The Way Things Look to Me by Roopa Farooki who wrote a better book than The Curious Incident.
Journalist of the Year. Trine Tsouderos and Patricia Callahan for exposing quackery in a series of well researched articles in the Chicago Tribune.
Researcher of the Year. Mady Hornig for upsetting her fanbase in the anti-vaccine camp by publishing a paper that showed “no relationship between the timing of MMR vaccine and the onset of either GI complaints or autism.”
Event of the Year. Publication of judgements in the Omnibus Autism Proceedings when the vaccine hypothesis was tried and found wanting in the US Court of Federal Claims.
Baseball Team of the Year. The Philadelphia Phillies for honouring Dr Offit. (He also got an award from the American Association of Paediatrics, the President’s Certificate for Outstanding Service but we know which one really matters.)
Shape of things to come. It has to be Square and you will find it at Asperger Square 8.
And any other nominations or categories that you can think of.
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