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 'autism abuse'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:24:20 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3599666&cid=t_188679_133_f&fid=35098&url=http%3A%2F%2Fclub166.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F05%2Fgeorgia-scores-hat-trick.html photo credit-thebigocreative commons licenseIn the game of hockey, a hat trick refers to when a single player scores three goals on the opposing team during the same game. In the game of "how can we be the most discriminatory against autistics", the US state of Georgia has been in the news three times in the last two weeks. First it was charging a 14 year old autistic boy with felony terrorism charges for stick figure drawings he put on his homework. Then it was police using a taser on an 18 year old autistic young man who didn't answer their questions fast enough, and appeared different.Today Georgia is in the news again, and again it's for tasing an autistic man. According to Fox News:"Twenty-three-year-old D.J. Moran said multiple officers surrounded him, cuffed him on the ground and th... Club 166 blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3599666 Wed, 26 May 2010 01:57:00 +0100 3599666 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3519640&cid=t_188679_133_f&fid=37107&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.aspieweb.net%2Fschool-ties-autism-chair%2F Jennifer Robbins is suing Indianapolis, IN public schools after she found her autistic son Hudson tied to a chair.  According to Robins her son was tied to a chair with a belt and it “was wrapped around and tied twice in a double knot.” when she arrived for a confernece at the school.  There was [...] (Source: AspieWeb.net) AspieWeb.net blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3519640 Fri, 30 Apr 2010 16:24:59 +0100 3519640 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3327229&cid=t_188679_133_f&fid=35127&url=http%3A%2F%2Fthefamilyvoyage.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F03%2Fwords-language-attitudes-and-actions.html There's a campaign to encourage people to rethink the words they choose to write and say. Today, March 3 2010, has been chosen as a day to focus on these issues.Words matter, language matters. When people decide to use as slurs and insults, words that originated as diagnostic labels for various disabilities and/or for various categories of mental illness, real and manufactured ("hysteria") then they contribute to a culture that marginalises people. Disabled people are dehumanised by these words. A society that tolerates the use of slurs like r*t*rd and sp*st*c as equivalent to stupid, useless, pathetic, hateful or annoying, legitimises the hatred that leads to the abuse, murder, forced drugging and sterilisation and discarding of so many disabled people in this country and all around the w... The Voyage blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3327229 Wed, 03 Mar 2010 09:14:00 +0100 3327229 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3178943&cid=t_188679_133_f&fid=35098&url=http%3A%2F%2Fclub166.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F01%2Fnail-that-sticks-up.html Will Be Hammered Down.So goes an old Japanese saying, meant to illustrate (as well as inculcate) a sense of conformity among the Japanese people. Westerners (especially Americans) are supposed to place much more value on non-conformity and individuality. But that idea only goes so far, and is noticably absent in the American public school system. When it comes to school kids, conformity is king. And if you step out of line, you will be hammered down, sometimes quite forcefully.Nowhere is this more evident then when it comes to kids with disabilities, especially those on the autism spectrum. Often, kids on the spectrum have various sensory processing difficulties, and may also persevorate on certain things. When they run into difficulty, they can get emotionally "wound up" fairly quickly, a... Club 166 blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3178943 Sat, 16 Jan 2010 04:31:00 +0100 3178943 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2630316&cid=t_188679_133_f&fid=35452&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.graphictruth.com%2F2009%2F07%2Fprice-of-abnormality.html Cognitive Dissident (Neurodiverse) T-Shirt by webcarveBrowse other Normal T-ShirtsI am sometimes asked I've never sought any official MH diagnosis.Whose Planet Is It Anyway?: All Your Brains Are Belong To UsApplying medical labels to cognitive differences also results in forcible use of drugs in many cases; after all, our society considers anyone who does not want treatment for an "illness" to be dangerously irrational. Ginger just posted a blog entry describing the ordeal of Nate Tseglin, an autistic teenager in California who was taken from his parents because they were seen as neglectful for not giving him medications to prevent self-injury. Although the parents explained that he had a history of strong negative reactions to psychiatric drugs, the authorities ignored their concerns and ... Graphictruth blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2630316 Thu, 23 Jul 2009 00:48:00 +0100 2630316 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2523551&cid=t_188679_133_f&fid=35127&url=http%3A%2F%2Fthefamilyvoyage.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F06%2Fhome-education-under-threat.html All of us who home educate our children in the UK will already know about the Badman review of home education in the UK (PDF link).I am shocked and very concerned by the review and the recommendations (summarised here). It is low on evidence and high on speculation. There is so much in this document to object to. I can only mention a few of the problem areas in this post.These recommendations seem to be designed to end the right of children to receive the personally optimised education that their parents can deliver at home. Duncan's learning style will not be accommodated if this becomes law as I will have to drastically change the way he and his siblings are educated to bring it into line with the government's particular preferred method.Nor can I be sure that I will even be considered e... The Voyage blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2523551 Mon, 15 Jun 2009 18:31:00 +0100 2523551 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2007051&cid=t_188679_133_f&fid=37107&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.aspieweb.net%2Fphoning-facebook-about-autism-hate-group%2F As some of you have read there is a facebook group out that can be summed up as an aspergers hate group.  After myself and many others have reported this group to facebook abuse and recieved no response or seen any action I decided it was time to give them a phone call.  Read more [...] (Source: AspieWeb.net) AspieWeb.net blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2007051 Mon, 01 Dec 2008 18:36:07 +0100 2007051 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1538749&cid=t_188679_133_f&fid=37107&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.aspieweb.net%2Fabuse-of-5-year-old-autistic-in-a-school%2F Five Year old Alex Barton (photograph left) was bullied in a Saint Lucie County Florida Elementry School by his teacher - who also encouraged his peers to do it as well.  Alex is currently undergoing evaluation for Aspergers Syndrome, a form of Autism. After some behaviors which can be easily attributed to Aspergers Syndrome the teacher allowed [...] (Source: AspieWeb.net) AspieWeb.net blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1538749 Tue, 27 May 2008 17:22:29 +0100 1538749 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1420490&cid=t_188679_133_f&fid=35119&url=http%3A%2F%2Frettdevil.blogspot.com%2F2008%2F05%2Fyour-friendly-neighborhood-autism.html Welcome to my office Mr. and Mrs. Doe. I am Dr. Generic, PhD. It is a good thing you came to me as soon as you did; one moment more and it would have been too late to do anything. Before I begin there are a few things you need to understand about your newly diagnosed child.The first thing you must understand is that everything is about you. This is contrary to what most parents have been taught about raising a child, however most parents have a proper child and not an autistic freak. Make no mistake: your child, by the virtue of existing and of being autistic, has robbed you of your life and dignity. You are a real person, with empathy and real feelings. Your child is an empty shell without capacity for empathy and most likely without a mind. Therefore you, as a caring human being, should ... The Rettdevil's Rants blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1420490 Mon, 05 May 2008 15:04:00 +0100 1420490 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1161009&cid=t_188679_133_f&fid=35098&url=http%3A%2F%2Fclub166.blogspot.com%2F2008%2F01%2Fprimum-non-nocere.html I was traveling all day yesterday, and didn't go online when I got home. So I missed that the verdict in the Karen McCarron case came in. As most everyone in the world with any connection with autism knows, in May, 2006 Karen McCarron murdered her child Katie by holding a garbage bag over her head until she suffocated and died. Her lawyer had argued that she was not guilty by reason of insanity, but the evidence said otherwise, as she actively tried to cover up her crime.Karen McCarron was a doctor. A person who was trained to heal. Since at least the late 19th century, the phrase "primum non nocere" (First, do no harm) has been a common medical aphorism. The admonition is to make doctors stop and consider any harmful effects their treatment might have, and make sure that the potential ben... Club 166 blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1161009 Fri, 18 Jan 2008 15:51:00 +0100 1161009 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=806575&cid=t_188679_133_f&fid=35098&url=http%3A%2F%2Fclub166.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F08%2Fshocking-american-export.html photo credit- J.StarWhy is it that it seems that only the worst of American culture is exported from its shores? It's no wonder to me that America and Americans are villified around the world, when it seems the best we can export are the likes of Britney Spears and Michael Jackson.But it seems that we have sunken to a new low. I've touched before on the abominable treatment that goes on at the Judge Rotenberg center (JRC)in Massachusetts, where electric shocks and other tortures are used on autistics in order to "train" them not to misbehave.Now it seems that it's not enough to have this shameful treatment here in the states. We have to try to drag the rest of the world down with us. An article that appeared this week on NineMSN out of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia looks at the electr... Club 166 blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=806575 Sat, 18 Aug 2007 09:33:00 +0100 806575 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=733810&cid=t_188679_133_f&fid=35084&url=http%3A%2F%2Fballastexistenz.autistics.org%2F%3Fp%3D419 Kassiane, a.k.a. Rett Devil, has been an online friend and advocate for a long time. She is in a lot of trouble at the moment. This video explains it. It’s basically an emergency situation and she needs money for meds to keep her from going into status epilepticus among other things: A friend of mine transcribed the video (which I did not make, by the way) as this, for those of us who can’t read that fast: Kassianne is severely epileptic and has lost her health coverage, due to an act of fraud performed by her former housemate out of spite. She is running dangerously low on Topamax, Neurontin, and Keppra, without which she will most likely die of status epilepticus. - This is ‘Ask and Tell’, a book to which she contributed a chapter on self-advocacy for autistic ... Ballastexistenz blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=733810 Sat, 14 Jul 2007 00:22:44 +0100 733810