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We didn’t catch the Night of Too Many Stars: An Overlooked Benefit for Autism Education comedy show on Sunday night (no TV around here) but it just occurred to me that we were there, sort of: The concert was held at the Beacon Theatre on the Upper West Side in New York, right where were […]
Yes, I do mean “artistic”: The Artistic Spectrum is the name of an exhibition of artwork of young people aged 10-21 with an autism spectrum disorder. The exhibition will be held at the Jewish Community Center in Manhattan. Other events will include an Opening Reception to meet the artists (April 2); a Family Art […]
A certain TV show about a certain lawyer and a certain hypothesis about what causes autism dominated autism discussions this week, for better or for worse—-when I talk about autism, I’m thinking of a very real boy, my son Charlie, and not so much about a fictional TV character. My real boy’s week was more […]
This “Eli Stone” thing just keeps getting curiouser and curiouser, if not just a bit zany.
“Eli Stone”ABC’s new legal drama, set to premier on January 31st, this Thursday and the American Academy of Pediatricians (AAP) has sent ABC a letter asking the network to cancel such a “reckless” show. The January 28th New York Times […]
Actor Jim Carrey is, per his girlfriend, autism mother Jenny McCarthy, the “autism whisperer.” I take that to mean that Carrey has, in some not-necessarily-with-words-way, been able to have some kind of connection (in McCarthy’s view) to her 5-year-old autistic son, Evan (”‘Jim came into our life with an open heart and open arms. He’s […]
Sisters Gina Gallagher and Patricia Konjoian have written a book, Shut Up About … Your Perfect Kid! in which they (as the May 7th Sacramento Bee notes) “celebrate all imperfect children.” Gallagher’s son has bipolar disorder and Konjoian’s has Asperger’s syndrome.
“There are so many self-help books out there, and they paint such a dark picture,” […]
“Autism is a tragedy.” “It is a tragedy to find out that your child has autism.” “It is a tragedy that so many children today are being diagnosed with autism.” How often have you heard statements such as these? (Try here and here.) Or a reference to life with autism as “hell,” as recently mentioned […]
A short spoof from The Onion satirizes the theory that mercury, thimerasol, lead, who knows what chemical agent may be the cause of autism:
202 Chemicals Linked To ADHD, Autism (The Onion, February 23)
This is a joke, but it is a reminder that there is a lot of bad science out there about autism.
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I recognize this may offend some but, in the interest of offering a jab of something on a humorous (or simply bad taste) note: Here is a bit of satire about a familiar autism issue from Mangling Medical Careers (autumn 2006):
MMR vaccine now linked to mental retardation: A new study shows that parents who […]
Autism mother gets on her soapbox.
Written by Kristina Chew, PhD [email] for b5media.
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