Autism Blogs 
This is an RSS file. You can use it to subscribe to this data in your favourite RSS reader, such as GoogleReader, or to display this data on your own website or blog. 
Subscribe to this data using MyMedWorm.
Subscribe to this data using GoogleReader.
Subscribe to this data using Bloglines.
Subscribe to this data using MyYahoo.
Please support the Doctors In Chains campaign for the medics tortured and sentenced for up to 15 years in Bahrain. #FreeDoctors
This page shows you the most recent publications within this specialty of the MedWorm directory.
DSM-5 Autistic Spectrum Disorder Disaster By Kim Oakley Should Be Mandatory Reading For The DSM-5 Committees
Email this article to a colleague.
Save this article to My Clippings.
Discuss or comment on this article.
I have great respect for Kim Oakley a California mother who has been honestly and courageously documenting her severely autistic son's self-injurious behavior on Youtube, Classic Autism kgaccount's channel, for several years. Within the past year she has also begun a blog, Autism, Epilepsy and Self-Injurious Behavior, on which she presents her views on autism with the same honesty and courage.
Ms. Oakley's most recent blog comment DSM-5 Autistic Spectrum Disorder Disaster is as direct and to the point as the title itself. She pulls no punches in ripping (deser...
Source: Facing Autism in New Brunswick - February 1, 2012 Category: Autism Authors: Autism Reality NB Source Type: blogs
How I Talk To My SonsEmail this article to a colleague.
Save this article to My Clippings.
Discuss or comment on this article.
I learned how to talk to my boys first from my middle son, Max. This is because most of my training took place when Nat was still fairly non-verbal, and Benj was a wee babe. I remember the moment I first discovered how to do it; it was during the five minute drive to the school in the morning. Max was still young, but he was in the front seat because he was already big enough to be there by the age of 9. He had been talking about Animorphs, a book series where characters can shift into certain animals. Max was telling me about one character who was becoming an animorph, perhaps against his will — something like tha...
Source: Susan's Blog - January 31, 2012 Category: Autism Authors: Susan Senator Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: blogs
Does your pharmacist know (or care) if your medication is gluten-free?Email this article to a colleague.
Save this article to My Clippings.
Discuss or comment on this article.
What a long strange trip its been tonight after purchasing a bottle of Equaline chewable aspirin (81mg) at my local Shaws Supermarket. My question: Is it gluten-free? While there's no mention on the box, I'd hate to give it to my daughter with Celiac if it's only going to make her sick. Under ingredients the bottle says it contains "starch" but no mention if it's a wheat or corn starch. If it's wheat, it's a no go for folks with Celiac.
So, I called the number on the bottle, which lead to a long list of questions about contests, food products, and endless lists of thin...
Source: Asperger's Conversations - January 31, 2012 Category: Autism Authors: Larry Welkowitz Source Type: blogs
Not Accounted For By General Developmental Delays: In DSM-5 Era Life for Autism's Invisible Vast Majority Is About To Get Much HarderEmail this article to a colleague.
Save this article to My Clippings.
Discuss or comment on this article.
DSM-5 Autism Spectrum Disorder Will Exclude Autism's Vast Majority Of Intellectually Disabled
While the New York Times, the CBC and other mainstream media giants debate the DSM5's potential exclusion of high functioning autistic persons from autism diagnosis barely a whisper is heard about the express exclusion of autism's vast majority of intellectually disabled. The exclusion of the intellectually disabled from the DSM5's New Autism Spectrum Disorder is not a potential effect, it is the express and intended effect of the language of mandatory criterion "A" as recently confessed by Dr. ...
Source: Facing Autism in New Brunswick - January 31, 2012 Category: Autism Authors: Autism Reality NB Source Type: blogs
Disability: It Really Is OkayEmail this article to a colleague.
Save this article to My Clippings.
Discuss or comment on this article.
I took Nat to the Autistic Self Advocacy Network (ASAN) meeting on Saturday, at the invitation of a friend who is on their board. I’ve been wanting to write about this but I’m afraid to. Talking about autism is a freakin’ landmine, and the only way to get through it alive is with honesty, compassion, and sensitivity. So here I go, hopefully.
I really like the people at ASAN and I approve of most of what they stand for; they do things like push for legislation that would end the use of aversives in the state of Massachusetts, or comment publicly on the new definition of autism in the DSM. To me they symbol...
Source: Susan's Blog - January 30, 2012 Category: Autism Authors: Susan Senator Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: blogs
Stamps.com, auto grocery pay, busing your own tables at Panera's...and the Economy (Stupid)Email this article to a colleague.
Save this article to My Clippings.
Discuss or comment on this article.
Discussion Boards using online courseware rather than exchanging ideas in a classroom.
A self-disclosure moment: I myself am a techie-type who uses Twitter and blogging in the classroom, is interested in use of online methods in teaching, invites speakers to class using Skype, and so on.
But, is it not reasonable to pause...to "unplug" from this way of thinking for just a moment and recognize that our iPhones and courseware and online technology do have a downside for real people who need real jobs? I'm not suggesting we go back to entering grades by hand, or cease purchasing clothes online, but instea...
Source: Asperger's Conversations - January 30, 2012 Category: Autism Authors: Larry Welkowitz Source Type: blogs
One day I woke up and I was 45…Email this article to a colleague.
Save this article to My Clippings.
Discuss or comment on this article.
I remember when I was younger, thinking that 45 was very old. The past few days, I have been thinking about what it means to ‘get old’. Is 45 old? 40? 65? 85? Does it matter? I don’t think it is a bad thing, and considering the alternative, it is an awesome thing!
I am not one of those people that wishes that I could be young again. It was hard enough the first time. There is definitely something to be said for ‘older and wiser’. There is no way to be younger and wiser because much wisdom comes from experience, and experience is something that is accumulated over time. I think age does matter,...
Source: LBnuke - January 29, 2012 Category: Autism Authors: Lori Tags: Random birthday life ramble Source Type: blogs
“Dirt” Reviewed in Parents MagazineEmail this article to a colleague.
Save this article to My Clippings.
Discuss or comment on this article.
Dirt has had a lovely interview and review in Parents Magazine. Yay! (Source: Susan's Blog)
Source: Susan's Blog - January 26, 2012 Category: Autism Authors: Susan Senator Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: blogs
From the Archives: Sensory Integration & PoetryEmail this article to a colleague.
Save this article to My Clippings.
Discuss or comment on this article.
December 2001 and January 2002 were especially challenging months for me, and I didn't spend much time writing in my online journal. My brother had distanced himself from the family, so he wasn't around to celebrate the holidays with us; my grandfather...(read more) (Source: From Inside the Puzzle: Raising a Child with Autism)
Source: From Inside the Puzzle: Raising a Child with Autism - January 26, 2012 Category: Autism Authors: Devon Alley Tags: Autism parenting Source Type: blogs
Today's Panel on Hate Grafitti on Campus: Collecting my ThoughtsEmail this article to a colleague.
Save this article to My Clippings.
Discuss or comment on this article.
I'll be part of a panel discussion today on campus at 4pm to discuss recent grafitti episodes in dormitories that involved swastikas and other hateful markings on doors of Jewish and African American students. I'm just collecting my thoughts (I'll be jumping in right after classes so it will have to be "not so scripted"). Here are a couple of ideas I've been mulling over:
1. A behavioral analysis of grafitti in general: The critical reinforcing consequence is "being seen" or "heard." So a necessary response is quick removal of offending graffitti so that we remove...
Source: Asperger's Conversations - January 25, 2012 Category: Autism Authors: Larry Welkowitz Source Type: blogs
Millions for Woodstock Civic Center But No Time to Answer a Simple Adult Autism Care QuestionEmail this article to a colleague.
Save this article to My Clippings.
Discuss or comment on this article.
Second from Left, NB Premier and Woodstock MLA David Alward
PHOTO BY MICHAEL MACDONALD/NBCC WOODSTOCK
On January 4 2012 I emailed New Brunswick Premier David Alward and relevant cabinet ministers the following inquiry which asked simply whether his government was considering helping autistic adults and is working on a modern, reality based model. I also asked if such an undertaking was not being considered to please say so straight up. Health Minister Madeleine Dubé's office was the only one to acknowledge receipt of my email. I have received no substantive response to my question or concerns to dat...
Source: Facing Autism in New Brunswick - January 25, 2012 Category: Autism Authors: Autism Reality NB Source Type: blogs
Change in ASD diagnosis: Word from the StreetEmail this article to a colleague.
Save this article to My Clippings.
Discuss or comment on this article.
I just this received this email from Michael Carley of GRASP re: controversy surrounding proposed changes in ASD diagnosis:
On 1/24/12 12:04 AM, "Michael John Carley" <mjcarley@grasp.org> wrote:
Please forward to anyone, or post wherever you deem appropriate... All, The letters are tremendous, and the calls are having an impact. Please keep it up...letters and phone calls. And if this will really effect you; if your child is at risk of losing their education funding, if you or a loved one are at risk of losing housing, health, or employment services; or if you're simply a fellow spectrumite who worries...
Source: Asperger's Conversations - January 24, 2012 Category: Autism Authors: Larry Welkowitz Source Type: blogs
Dare to DreamEmail this article to a colleague.
Save this article to My Clippings.
Discuss or comment on this article.
One of the first things I learned when I began to suspect my daughter might be autistic was that I needed to completely let go of all of my expectations about her life. As a young and clueless single mother, I didn't have very many expectations to begin...(read more) (Source: From Inside the Puzzle: Raising a Child with Autism)
Source: From Inside the Puzzle: Raising a Child with Autism - January 24, 2012 Category: Autism Authors: Devon Alley Tags: Autism good days parenting Source Type: blogs
Books by the BoyEmail this article to a colleague.
Save this article to My Clippings.
Discuss or comment on this article.
Lately the boy has been drawing and editing pictures using his huge cast of characters to tell stories. He's fascinated by heroes and villains and works through his ideas via photos, videos and drawings. He made a book by printing out the following pictures, cutting and tapping the pages together. It looked perfect. I wanted to store and share these pages Duncan (to resurrect his old blog name) created. He is Robin 3D/Ryan, his friend is Zunarmy/Isaac and his brother is Sezon.
Front cover
Cast of characters
(Source: The Voyage)
Source: The Voyage - January 23, 2012 Category: Autism Tags: art autism Source Type: blogs
What Makes Institutions BadEmail this article to a colleague.
Save this article to My Clippings.
Discuss or comment on this article.
[I wrote this in response to a Dave Hingsburger post. Andrea Shettle asked me to post it here. Summary of my very long response: Most people don't have the foggiest clue what's bad about institutions. What's bad is something you pretty much never hear about, which is the violence it does to people's insides at a very deep level. And that can't be stopped by just removing the things that LOOK bad and throwing a layer of glamour on top.]
Please, please, please everyone who talks about this in the past tense — STOP. This is still going on. Everywhere.
I can’t even explain what it feels like to read things like thi...
Source: Ballastexistenz - January 23, 2012 Category: Autism Authors: Amanda Tags: Uncategorized abuse Disability Disability Rights glamour Institutions Source Type: blogs
Milestones to go before I sleepEmail this article to a colleague.
Save this article to My Clippings.
Discuss or comment on this article.
When Nat was a baby, and we thought we were just “typical” parents, we celebrated each milestone just as all parents do; we acted and felt as if he were the first human ever. No one in the history of man had ever been as wondrous. He was our first baby, and the first grandbaby on both sides, and the first baby of my generation of cousins, and the first baby of all of my friends. Nat was “The Baby of All the World,” my mother used to proclaim — it didn’t make sense, and yet it makes complete sense. Nat was The Baby.
To Ned, Nat’s nicknames were hooked to his milestones. As an in...
Source: Susan's Blog - January 22, 2012 Category: Autism Authors: Susan Senator Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: blogs
Extremely Accurate and Incredibly BeautifulEmail this article to a colleague.
Save this article to My Clippings.
Discuss or comment on this article.
“Now what I have is disappointment. And that’s better than having nothing.” This is what young Oskar Schell tells one of the many people named Black that he visits, in search of information about his father Thomas. Oskar is the main character of Stephen Daldry’s film Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, based on the beautiful novel by Jonathan Safran Foer. (That’s right, click on the Amazon link and buy the book, it is one of my all-time favorites, a stellar portrait of grief in the face of senseless tragedy; 9/11 writ small through the story of a darling neurodiverse boy and his wonderful par...
Source: Susan's Blog - January 22, 2012 Category: Autism Authors: Susan Senator Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: blogs
Catherine Lord Confesses: DSM-5 Autism Spectrum Disorder Intended To Exclude Intellectually DisabledEmail this article to a colleague.
Save this article to My Clippings.
Discuss or comment on this article.
"Catherine Lord, the director of the Institute for Brain Development at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, and a member of the committee overseeing the [DSM-5 autism] revisions, said that the goal was to ensure that autism was not used as a “fallback diagnosis” for children whose primary trait might be, for instance, an intellectual disability or aggression." [Bracketed terms added for context - HLD]
- Dr. Catherine Lord, as reported by NYT High Functioning Autism/Asperger's reporter, Amy Harmon, A Specialists’ Debate on Autism Has Many Worried Observers, New York Times, January 20, 2012
The above reference to,...
Source: Facing Autism in New Brunswick - January 21, 2012 Category: Autism Authors: Autism Reality NB Source Type: blogs
From the Archives: Sorrow, Creativity, & ImprovementsEmail this article to a colleague.
Save this article to My Clippings.
Discuss or comment on this article.
Twelve days after the last post I shared from my journal archives , it was September 11th, 2001. Like many others, I was horrified, stunned, and confused by the events of that day and the ensuing aftermath that followed. The intense devastation I felt...(read more) (Source: From Inside the Puzzle: Raising a Child with Autism)
Source: From Inside the Puzzle: Raising a Child with Autism - January 19, 2012 Category: Autism Authors: Devon Alley Tags: Autism parenting good days Source Type: blogs
Next time hold the riceEmail this article to a colleague.
Save this article to My Clippings.
Discuss or comment on this article.
“It’s funny to see you with them,” Ned said to me on the escalator ride to the Cheesecake Factory. I was standing among my three giant sons, Nat, Max, and Ben (yes, Ben is now taller than me). We were going out to dinner for the last time before Max was to go back to college. “They’re all so much bigger than you.”
I dropped back behind them. “Just let me bask in them,” I said. We walked in and waited for the table, which was odd because no one else was waiting, and yet the host said, “It may be a few minutes.”
Nat then said to me, “Restaurant.” Yes...
Source: Susan's Blog - January 17, 2012 Category: Autism Authors: Susan Senator Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: blogs
stop sopaEmail this article to a colleague.
Save this article to My Clippings.
Discuss or comment on this article.
As I am strongly against SOPA, this blog will be black/ invisible for 1 day. Starting now.I Hope to see you soon! (Source: The Art of Being Asperger Woman)
Source: The Art of Being Asperger Woman - January 17, 2012 Category: Autism Tags: stop sopa black day Source Type: blogs
Huffington Post/Amelia RiveraEmail this article to a colleague.
Save this article to My Clippings.
Discuss or comment on this article.
Here is my piece in today’s Huffington Post on Amelia Rivera and the medical establishment’s close-mindedness. (Source: Susan's Blog)
Source: Susan's Blog - January 16, 2012 Category: Autism Authors: Susan Senator Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: blogs
Amelia’s Kidney; Our HeartEmail this article to a colleague.
Save this article to My Clippings.
Discuss or comment on this article.
Many, like the extraordinary blogger and advocate Sunday Stilwell, have been leading the charge on this story (thanks, Louise!). Amelia is being denied a kidney transplant because she has been deemed unworthy: she has an intellectual disability, mental retardation. Change.org has a petition going around to protest Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia’s nightmarish attitude towards this two-year-old girl. Please consider signing it and adding your voice to the wave of outcry. This should not be happening, not on our watch. (Source: Susan's Blog)
Source: Susan's Blog - January 15, 2012 Category: Autism Authors: Susan Senator Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: blogs
NB Ombudsman's Centre of Excellence is a Fantasy That Will Not Fill Residential Care and Treatment Needs of Severely Autistic AdultsEmail this article to a colleague.
Save this article to My Clippings.
Discuss or comment on this article.
The Bricks and Mortar Office of the Ombudsman 548 York Street,Fredericton,New Brunswick, at the Staying Connected consultations,in which I participated, Ombudsman Bernard Richard and NBACLPresident Clarence Box both dismissed Long Term ResidentialCare and Treatment Facilities for Autistic Youth and Adults as "Bricks andMortar Solutions" The Centre of Excellence which the Ombudsman'soffice has promoted so heavily is not an actual center, it is abureaucratic fantasy which will not provide a place to live and receive treatment for severely autistic youth and adults.
As a former Autism Society New Brunswick representati...
Source: Facing Autism in New Brunswick - January 15, 2012 Category: Autism Authors: Autism Reality NB Source Type: blogs
2011 Autism Progress or Back to the Future?Email this article to a colleague.
Save this article to My Clippings.
Discuss or comment on this article.
Was there any progress in addressing autism disorder issues in 2011? In the humble opinion of this father of a severely autistic 16 year old there was very slight progress on the research front, very slight, and that progress was more than offset by the regression on other fronts particularly in the area of autism awareness.
The hard core reality is that in the six years since I began this blog and in the nearly 14 years since my son was diagnosed with autistic disorder no substantial progress has been made towards curing, treating or even understanding autism disorders. The displacement of the original ...
Source: Facing Autism in New Brunswick - January 14, 2012 Category: Autism Authors: Autism Reality NB Source Type: blogs
The Drama of Almost-But-Not-Quite Snow DaysEmail this article to a colleague.
Save this article to My Clippings.
Discuss or comment on this article.
The last few posts in this blog have been extremely positive, haven't they? I guess it's because things have been, in general, going so well for A., and I've been excited about her progress and accomplishments lately. Well, just so you know I'm not 100%...(read more) (Source: From Inside the Puzzle: Raising a Child with Autism)
Source: From Inside the Puzzle: Raising a Child with Autism - January 13, 2012 Category: Autism Authors: Devon Alley Tags: Autism parenting bad days Source Type: blogs
From the Archives: A Spoonful of Sugar to Make the Bad Days Go DownEmail this article to a colleague.
Save this article to My Clippings.
Discuss or comment on this article.
This was written the day after the really bad day at day care that I posted in this entry . It's testimony again to the roller-coaster effect of life on the spectrum, but it also speaks a great deal to the celebration aspect I mentioned in Tuesday's post...(read more) (Source: From Inside the Puzzle: Raising a Child with Autism)
Source: From Inside the Puzzle: Raising a Child with Autism - January 12, 2012 Category: Autism Authors: Devon Alley Tags: Autism parenting good days Source Type: blogs
Autism is an Unexpected PartyEmail this article to a colleague.
Save this article to My Clippings.
Discuss or comment on this article.
For some reason, I've been reading a lot of negative and depressing posts about autism lately. I'm guessing this may be because Extreme Makeover Home Edition is coming to my hometown, and since Jenny McCarthy is coming to Knoxville as part of that project,...(read more) (Source: From Inside the Puzzle: Raising a Child with Autism)
Source: From Inside the Puzzle: Raising a Child with Autism - January 10, 2012 Category: Autism Authors: Devon Alley Tags: Autism parenting Source Type: blogs
Autism, Obesity and Medication: Our Run, Jump, Fly Boy Says NO THANK YOU!Email this article to a colleague.
Save this article to My Clippings.
Discuss or comment on this article.
Run, Jump, Fly Boy 2007
Run, Jump, Fly Boy 2011
There are many news reports concerning possible connections between obesity and medications prescribed for children and adults with autism and other developmental disorder. Those reports help stiffen our resolve to avoid medications for our autistic son Conor, our Run, Jump, Fly Boy.
In the article In Treating Disabled, Potent Drugs and Few Rules the NYT examined the psychotropic medications given with few guidelines to children with developmental disorders and the possible harmful effects, including obesity, anxiety and in some instances enlarged breasts in...
Source: Facing Autism in New Brunswick - January 10, 2012 Category: Autism Authors: Autism Reality NB Source Type: blogs
Video: The Dragonborn ComesEmail this article to a colleague.
Save this article to My Clippings.
Discuss or comment on this article.
Beautiful rendition of ‘The Dragonborn Comes’ (Skyrim Bard Song and Main Theme) by Malukah.
You can download the mp3 for free at http://www.malukah.com/free/
Chords - The Dragonborn Comes
Related posts:
Minesweeper Madness The best version of Minesweeper I have played so far...
WordPress 2.7 Earlier today, I updated this site to WordPress 2.7. It...
Autism Women’s Network After 3 months of complete immersion, the Autism Women’s Network... (Source: LBnuke)
Source: LBnuke - January 9, 2012 Category: Autism Authors: Lori Tags: Geekery video Source Type: blogs
Autistic or Person With Autism?Email this article to a colleague.
Save this article to My Clippings.
Discuss or comment on this article.
When Nat was just three, we took him to Mass General Hospital to get a diagnosis. Back then I existed among layers of reality; on the surface, the part everyone saw, was where Nat had no diagnosis. When dwelling there, I saw Nat in a blur. That’s because I wasn’t really looking at him. Because of the other layers. Below pretty outward face came the scared one, afraid of everything, imagining terrible things about germs, to fight the fear that this boy I loved was not the boy I loved.
The innermost level of me was the hard nugget that knew. I even knew what it was called, even though the one movie I’d seen...
Source: Susan's Blog - January 7, 2012 Category: Autism Authors: Susan Senator Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: blogs
Joy of Conor 2011Email this article to a colleague.
Save this article to My Clippings.
Discuss or comment on this article.
Just a tiny bit of the joy that Conor brought to his Mom and Dad every day in 2011. (Source: Facing Autism in New Brunswick)
Source: Facing Autism in New Brunswick - January 7, 2012 Category: Autism Authors: Autism Reality NB Source Type: blogs
From the Archives: Ground Control Calling My Daughter...Email this article to a colleague.
Save this article to My Clippings.
Discuss or comment on this article.
Shortly after A. started attending day care, she had an incident where she completely withdrew from everyone. In hindsight, she was probably reacting to the sensory and social overstimulation that would naturally happen in a new environment like that;...(read more) (Source: From Inside the Puzzle: Raising a Child with Autism)
Source: From Inside the Puzzle: Raising a Child with Autism - January 5, 2012 Category: Autism Authors: Devon Alley Tags: Autism parenting bad days Source Type: blogs
It Comes BackEmail this article to a colleague.
Save this article to My Clippings.
Discuss or comment on this article.
When the boys were babies, I had a whole bedtime routine with them where I would say the “night-night song.” This was a long list of all the people who loved them very much. It ended with “You Are My Sunshine.” It was a lot of breath and kind of monotonous to be saying that stuff for years and years. And of course lately I find myself looking back and wondering how I ever could have minded doing things like that with them. At some point, it ends, all the little boy stuff. There is one time you say the night-night song, and you don’t know that it is the last one ever. You’re just relieved...
Source: Susan's Blog - January 5, 2012 Category: Autism Authors: Susan Senator Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: blogs
Monty Python and the Holy GrailEmail this article to a colleague.
Save this article to My Clippings.
Discuss or comment on this article.
We'd been without our A. for about a week; she left with my mother the day after Christmas for some much needed and well-deserved grandmother/granddaughter time. As I understand it, they had adventures in bowling and indoor water parks, and A. seemed...(read more) (Source: From Inside the Puzzle: Raising a Child with Autism)
Source: From Inside the Puzzle: Raising a Child with Autism - January 4, 2012 Category: Autism Authors: Devon Alley Tags: Autism parenting Source Type: blogs
A Place for Conor? New Brunswick and Its Community Cliché Addicted Bureaucracy Have Failed Severely Autistic AdultsEmail this article to a colleague.
Save this article to My Clippings.
Discuss or comment on this article.
The Ombudsman and the community living bureaucracy in New Brunswick can Connect all The Dots and hold as many cheer leading sessions as they want but none of them have done anything to address the need for decent residential care and treatment facilities for severely autistic adults in New Brunswick.
When it comes to the need for modern properly staffed residential care and treatment for New Brunswick adults with severe autism disorders our community living cliché addicted government institutions have prevented all progress.
In 2011 Karissa Donkin, a journalism student at St. Thomas University met with me an...
Source: Facing Autism in New Brunswick - January 4, 2012 Category: Autism Authors: Autism Reality NB Source Type: blogs
Bill in NH would allow students to carry guns on campus: My comments in Today's Keene SentinelEmail this article to a colleague.
Save this article to My Clippings.
Discuss or comment on this article.
From today's Keene Sentinel, the major news source for southwest New Hampshire:
Measure seeks to allow weapons on college campuses
Measure seeks to allow weapons on campuses
Story
Comments (5)
ShareSharePrintCreate a hardcopy of this pageFont Size:Default font sizeLarger font size
Posted: Tuesday, January 3, 2012 12:15 pm | Updated: 11:50 am, Tue Jan 3, 2012.
By Abby Spegman Sentinel Staff | 5 comments
College essentials: textbooks, extra-long twin sheets, mini fridge.
Gun?
With state lawmakers set to vote on a bill that would allow guns on college campuses, members of th...
Source: Asperger's Conversations - January 3, 2012 Category: Autism Authors: Larry Welkowitz Source Type: blogs
Tax Credits for Hiring Certain GroupsEmail this article to a colleague.
Save this article to My Clippings.
Discuss or comment on this article.
Here is something for employers to think about. There are tax incentives granted by the US federal government for those who hire people who traditionally have faced great barriers to finding work: The Work Opportunity Tax Credit. This existed in a different form before, as the Targeted Jobs Tax Credit Program. This is a quote from Worksupport.com, my source:
Employers electing the credit must reduce the wage deduction on their business tax return by the amount of the Work Opportunity Tax Credit taken. Unlike the wage deduction, WOTC is applied against an employer’s bottom-line liability and offsets taxes due on a dol...
Source: Susan's Blog - January 3, 2012 Category: Autism Authors: Susan Senator Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: blogs
Are you an Ableist?Email this article to a colleague.
Save this article to My Clippings.
Discuss or comment on this article.
A propos to my blog post yesterday on the perceived divisions between autism parents and autistics themselves, I want to share with you an excellent post from an autistic woman, Lydia Brown, about how it feels to be told there’s something wrong with you, and how inaccurate and “ableist” it is to think that way. I am new to the term Ableist, but the way I interpret it is to be someone who wishes to force “normalcy” on others, someone who does not value people as whole, regardless of what their body does or does not do. Ableism in society is all about the mindset that autism is something people ...
Source: Susan's Blog - January 3, 2012 Category: Autism Authors: Susan Senator Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: blogs
What’s up, Nat?Email this article to a colleague.
Save this article to My Clippings.
Discuss or comment on this article.
Here’s what Nat has to say about his day today.
Get a snack jon t freast fries movie alvin love nat
["freast" is "french"] (Source: Susan's Blog)
Source: Susan's Blog - January 2, 2012 Category: Autism Authors: Susan Senator Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: blogs
The Parents Vs. The AutisticsEmail this article to a colleague.
Save this article to My Clippings.
Discuss or comment on this article.
It’s become pretty clear to me that there is another dichotomy in the autism community, and that I have to talk about it: the high-functioning autistics vs. the parents. This split is as lethal as the melting ground in a volcanic eruption. I am not talking about it to piss people off, though. I’m writing about this because I am sad about Nat and this question is like a moldy lump inside me that needs to get some light. I do not want to hurt people by saying this stuff out loud but I have to talk about this.
I have many friends in both worlds, needless to say. This is a passionate community where friendships a...
Source: Susan's Blog - January 2, 2012 Category: Autism Authors: Susan Senator Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: blogs
Keeping in touch with your child: Using iMapMyRun for iPhoneEmail this article to a colleague.
Save this article to My Clippings.
Discuss or comment on this article.
This afternoon I checked iMapMyRun on my phone only to discover that my almost 16 year old daughter was in the middle of a trail run along Otter Brook. I tracked her as she crossed a stream, hooked briefly back on to the main road and finally up the hill to her mother's farmhouse. She logged about 6.5 miles which I could view (in real time) on google maps. Inspired by her effort, I slapped on my running shoes (it's a breezy 45 degrees in NH today) and ran around town for 2.7 miles. I received a text message ribbing me about my "pathetic" output.
While I'm increasingl...
Source: Asperger's Conversations - January 1, 2012 Category: Autism Authors: Larry Welkowitz Source Type: blogs
Happy New Year!Email this article to a colleague.
Save this article to My Clippings.
Discuss or comment on this article.
Happy New Year to you all! As I have done before, I am gonna try to write here on a daily base. I did sleep during the change from 2011 to 2012. Well, to be honest that was not a bad thing...;) This way the sensory overload was reduced. Well, I have to go to bed now, otherwise my ritm will be broken. Take care all of you! (Source: The Art of Being Asperger Woman)
Source: The Art of Being Asperger Woman - January 1, 2012 Category: Autism Source Type: blogs
Moving Ahead in 2012Email this article to a colleague.
Save this article to My Clippings.
Discuss or comment on this article.
(Source: Autism's Edges)
Source: Autism's Edges - January 1, 2012 Category: Autism Tags: OWS Occupy Wall Street New Years resolution New York City Source Type: blogs
Study Confirms DSM-5 Autism Spectrum Disorder Excludes Low Functioning, Intellectually Disabled AutisticsEmail this article to a colleague.
Save this article to My Clippings.
Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions
Among higher-functioning individuals, ASD is a dyad, not a triad, with distinct social communication and repetitive behavior dimensions. As suggested in the proposed DSM-5 criteria, sensory abnormalities are part of the RRB symptom cluster." [bold emphasis added - HLD] (Source: Facing Autism in New Brunswick)
Source: Facing Autism in New Brunswick - January 1, 2012 Category: Autism Authors: Autism Reality NB Source Type: blogs
Staying HereEmail this article to a colleague.
Save this article to My Clippings.
Discuss or comment on this article.
I was crying a lot this past week, but it ended well. Does that make it okay? At some point, do we run out of I did this, but at least it ended like that. Is there a limit on how many bad days one member of a family can have?
Writing this now I can scarcely remember why I was so weepy. But I do know that it had a lot to do with feeling disconnected from my family. I felt so irreconcilably different from the four of them. They — we — are all such islands. But I’m an island that wants at least to be a peninsula, attached somehow. (What an ugly, stupid metaphor.) Ben is enjoying his winter vacation from insi...
Source: Susan's Blog - December 31, 2011 Category: Autism Authors: Susan Senator Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: blogs
2011Email this article to a colleague.
Save this article to My Clippings.
Discuss or comment on this article.
Baltimore Mandala by Nikolas R. Schiller
In a word, 2011 has been CRAZY! I’ve had some crazy years in my time, and while this year is not nearly as crazy as some have been, it definitely holds a place on the “Craziest Years Ever” list.
A Brief Summary of 2011:
Moving
Karen and I gave up hopes of selling our house after waiting 3 years for the economy to improve so we could move to Baltimore to be closer to K’s parents and help them out. Lorena and Tess offered to live in our house, pay mortgage, etc. so that we could move. Thanks Lorena and Tess! Karen quit her long time job that she really loved (a...
Source: LBnuke - December 30, 2011 Category: Autism Authors: Lori Tags: Random baltimore life Source Type: blogs
A Look Back at an Awesome 2011Email this article to a colleague.
Save this article to My Clippings.
Discuss or comment on this article.
I spent the early hours of the morning polishing up a post on my other blog looking at all of the major events and accomplishments in my life throughout 2011 , but I felt as if I also needed to specifically point out some of what I felt were A.'s greatest...(read more) (Source: From Inside the Puzzle: Raising a Child with Autism)
Source: From Inside the Puzzle: Raising a Child with Autism - December 30, 2011 Category: Autism Authors: Devon Alley Tags: Autism parenting Source Type: blogs
Asperger's Spectrum Disorder in the DSM-5: Why the Concealment?Email this article to a colleague.
Save this article to My Clippings.
Discuss or comment on this article.
One of the great DSM-5 puzzles to this father of a severely autistic son is the use of the label Autism Spectrum Disorder to describe what appears to be little more than a tweaked version of the DSM-IV's Asperger's Disorder. The APA's DSM-5 team has replaced Autism with Aspergers, removed the most seriously intellectually disabled to the General Developmental Disorder category and further diluted the requirements for an autism diagnosis. Why not be open and transparent about the Aspergers substitution for Autism and the removal of the intellectually disabled from the Autism category?
The APA has purportedly merged ...
Source: Facing Autism in New Brunswick - December 30, 2011 Category: Autism Authors: Autism Reality NB Source Type: blogs
From the Archives: Autism is a Roller-CoasterEmail this article to a colleague.
Save this article to My Clippings.
Discuss or comment on this article.
Even before I knew A. had autism, life was often a roller-coaster for us. The following excerpts document the intense highs and extreme lows of just a couple of weeks in August of 2001. I also document A.'s first day at day care here. August 17th: A....(read more) (Source: From Inside the Puzzle: Raising a Child with Autism)
Source: From Inside the Puzzle: Raising a Child with Autism - December 29, 2011 Category: Autism Authors: Devon Alley Tags: Autism parenting good days bad days Source Type: blogs
