MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'amanda baggs'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:48:47 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1930297&cid=t_105141_133_f&fid=35096&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAutismVox%2F%7E3%2FjPUDNbiqRPc%2F It’s so often said that If you’ve met one person/child with autism, you’ve met one person/child with autism. And of course this is true. It’s why, for one thing, I (like many others parents) emphasize the “I” in “IEP”—”Individual Education Plan.” Many’s the time that Jim and I have sat at the table with the Child Study Team and insisted that Charlie needs to be taught as he needs to be taught, not as “autistic children in general.” It takes awhile—weeks, months—for teachers and therapists, for anyone—to get to know Charlie’s patterns of speech and his way of doing things; to know who he is, as an individual. And it’s after this that they can teach him well, and better, even. It... Autism Vox blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1930297 Tue, 04 Nov 2008 08:05:55 +0100 1930297 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1927856&cid=t_105141_133_f&fid=35096&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAutismVox%2F%7E3%2FE_D9bnLh1_o%2F The claim that vaccines can be linked to autism suggests that a child became autistic and was somehow “damaged” by a vaccine. According to such a view, not only is autism something that happened to a child; it is something bad that happened—-a recent CBC News special feature, Positively Autistic, says that “since the early 90’s, an autistic rights movement has sprung up, challenging the official view of autism and working to change how the world sees autism.” Interviewed are: Amanda Baggs, Estée Klar-Wolfond of The Autism Acceptance Project, Michael Moon, Michelle Dawson, Dr. Laurent Motron, and Ari Ne’eman and Scott Robertson of the Autisitc Self-Advocacy Network. One comment from a mother : This news story gave me a real jolt -it is by far, the ... Autism Vox blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1927856 Sun, 02 Nov 2008 18:05:08 +0100 1927856 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1266615&cid=t_105141_133_f&fid=35096&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAutismVox%2F%7E3%2F242968612%2F Are people with autism trapped in their own world? Or are the rest of us just trapped in ours? asks Tara Parker-Pope on the New York Times, regarding the the Wired magazine article on autism featuring Amanda Baggs and Michelle Dawson. Parker-Pope asks a chicken and egg kind of question about autism: Is it a disease and a disability? Or is it a difference, a different way of being human? And who decides—autistic persons themselves, “experts” in autism, those who live with autistic persons—or who should decide? Tags: amanda baggs, asd, asperger, autism, disability, diversity, Intelligence, IQ, michelle dawson, Neuroscience, Parenting, pdd-nos, Technology, wiredShare This (Source: Autism Vox) Autism Vox blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1266615 Thu, 28 Feb 2008 22:27:04 +0100 1266615 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1263438&cid=t_105141_133_f&fid=35096&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAutismVox%2F%7E3%2F242453658%2F Writes Cory Doctorow on Boing Boing about the Wired magazine article on autism featuring Amanda Baggs and Michelle Dawson: The article looks into the long-held belief that autism and retardation are tied together and concludes that this just isn’t true — rather, that people with autism have been incorrectly classed as retarded for generations. Yes. It’s very obvious to me why people would think my son is mentally retarded; his academic performance and testing reveal this. But anyone who’s spent any time with Charlie knows that—-while he is very limited in his speech and while it often takes a long time (minutes, hours, days) for him to understand things that are said to him—-he doesn’t just look smart, but he is. Charlie’s very attuned to all... Autism Vox blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1263438 Thu, 28 Feb 2008 02:29:48 +0100 1263438 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1256291&cid=t_105141_133_f&fid=35096&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAutismVox%2F%7E3%2F241205979%2F Go here to read Wired’s article, The Truth About Autism: Scientists Reconsider What They Think They Know. The article closely profiles Amanda Baggs—-who notes that “‘I don’t fit the stereotype of autism. But who does?’”— and Michelle Dawson—-who says “‘There’s such a variety of human behavior. Why is my kind wrong?”‘. And some words by Mike Merzenich, a professor of neuroscience at UC San Francisco: Mike Merzenich…….says the notion that 75 percent of autistic people are mentally retarded is “incredibly wrong and destructive.” He has worked with a number of autistic children, many of whom are nonverbal and would have been plunked into the low-functioning category. “We label them... Autism Vox blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1256291 Tue, 26 Feb 2008 01:48:16 +0100 1256291 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=486975&cid=t_105141_133_f&fid=35081&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmikestanton.wordpress.com%2F2007%2F02%2F24%2Famanda-baggs-advocate-for-autism%2F I was going to post about the article in New Scientist on sociable computing that featured Amanda Baggs’ latest video on YouTube. Then Amanda made it onto network TV in the USA. She did a fantastic job raising autism awareness and promoting the ideas of autism acceptance and neurodiversity. Thank you Amanda. This must have cost her a lot in terms of nervous energy and sensory overload. Thank you again, Amanda for sacrificing your time and energy and privacy. And for anyone else reading this, please show your appreciation by following these links. Amanda’s blog [Be aware that all the media attention has been very stressful and Amanda may be taking  break for now.] New Scientist Amanda’s video, “In my language” Amanda on CNN Amanda’s guest blog on Anderso... Action For Autism blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=486975 Sat, 24 Feb 2007 01:10:06 +0100 486975 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=486988&cid=t_105141_133_f&fid=35082&url=http%3A%2F%2F29marbles.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F02%2Fin-my-language-video-that-caught-cnns.html The spark that caught CNN's eye about Amanda Baggs (see my last post if you don't know what I'm talking about) was her video "In My Language" posted on YouTube. While it is easy enough to just go to YouTube to watch it, I would like to share it here as well.tagged as: Autism, Amanda Baggs, Anderson Cooper, Sanjay Gupta, Intelligence, Neurodiversity, Autism Advocacy (c) by Brett Miller 2005-2007 Except where otherwise noted, this work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 2.5 License . (Source: 29 Marbles) 29 Marbles blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=486988 Fri, 23 Feb 2007 17:50:00 +0100 486988 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=486989&cid=t_105141_133_f&fid=35082&url=http%3A%2F%2F29marbles.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F02%2Fwhy-dont-more-people-understand-this.html One of the dangers of being too close to a topic like autism and autism awareness is that you sometimes forget that not everyone has caught up with you in their perception of that issue. Even people you think should know better by now.An example that recently struck me was how many people still don't realize that "low-functioning" autistics can be very intelligent.In her new book Strange Son, author Portia Iverson describes her initial reaction to the idea of an intelligent "low-functioning" autistic:“There’s a boy I think you should know about,” Francesca Happe began, gesturing for me to sit down. “His name is Tito.” The renowned psychologist from England, whose specialty was autism, continued: “He’s eleven years old and he lives in India. He’s quite autistic, but he can r... 29 Marbles blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=486989 Thu, 22 Feb 2007 19:57:00 +0100 486989 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=487010&cid=t_105141_133_f&fid=35082&url=http%3A%2F%2F29marbles.blogspot.com%2F2006%2F06%2Fon-internet-nobody-knows-youre.html Consider the following excerpt from an autism advocacy blog:What started the conversation was a person we know offline who has acquired a new condition over the course of the time we have known her. She has always been extreme in both her ableism and her refusal to even contemplate thinking politically about disability, more extreme than most people. Her entire identity has been tied up in the work (paid and unpaid) that she can’t do anymore. And she’s currently mired in some of the worst kinds of self-hatred because she appears to have transferred her bigotry towards disabled people (which she never acknowledged as such, and would probably be insulted by that description, but it’s true) to herself, and is busy thinking of herself as the useless burden on her family that she thinks o... 29 Marbles blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=487010 Wed, 28 Jun 2006 00:29:00 +0100 487010