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Back to the issues after discussing Governor Sarah Palin et al: In a post on Obama and McCain on Autism, Regan noted that Mike Strautmanis, Barack Obama’s Chief Counsel and a personal friend of the Obama family, is the father of an autistic child. In a January 29 conference call on Obama’s disability policy, here’s […]
The National Autistic Society has launched a Creativity Competition, “My life with autism or Asperger’s syndrome.” Autistic adults are invited to express their experiences living with autism; nine winning entries will be chosen, today’s Coventry News notes. Adults with autism or Asperger’s over the age of 18 can enter; the deadline is September 30th. More […]
After a priest filed a restraining order against the parents of 13-year-old Adam Race back in May, there was a lot of (often very heated) discussion about the exclusion and inclusion of autistic individuals in public spaces. The August 22nd Morning News reports on The Point at Bella Vista, a church meant for families with […]
We’re on the beach and I look up and see a small airplane pulling a banner that advertises a certain movie whose words have been under discussion here.
Kind of sums up much of the past two weeks.
A “Feral Child” Found in Florida? In 2005, a girl named Danielle was found amid the most literal squalor […]
I read about Jenny, a “special-needs elephant” (per the New York Times; she has, among much else, “crippling depression”). In the midst of discussions about the “r-word” in the Tropic Thunder movie, the words we use to refer to “kids who are different” or “academically challenged” or “special ed/special needs” resonate. When did “special” come […]
In the ocean this morning with Charlie, I noted a boy about his age looking more than a few times in our direction. Charlie’s a super swimmer, and clearly comfortable in the water, and still has to have someone out there with him. This morning it was me. The waves were perfect—big but soft and […]
More than a dozen disabilities groups—including the Arc of the United States, the National Down Syndrome Congress, the American Association of People With Disabilities—-are calling on Monday for a boycott of the movie Tropic Thunder, which is to be released this Wednesday. The film is directed by actor Ben Stiller and is, according to the […]
In light of stories earlier this summer about autistic children being removed from airplanes and the skies being less than friendly for autism assistance dogs too, this story is, well, a bit more uplifting. Today’s San Jose Mercury News reports on Take Flight for Kids, which was held yesterday at the San Jose Reid-Hillview Airport […]
Compassion Deficit Disorder is the title of an August 7th article by writer Judith Warner in the New York Times. Starting with Michael Savage’s over-the-top claims that autism is incorrectly diagnosed in 99% of cases and that it’s just a way to seek “undue sympathy, victim status, and services” for autistic children, Warner writes in […]
There’s been lots of reports of autistic children benefiting from therapy dogs and of the dogs even attending school as “four-footed aides.” But there’s also been at least one account of a specially trained therapy dog being excluded from a school setting. And, this past July, Karen Shirk, the director of 4 Paws for Ability, […]
Autism mother gets on her soapbox.
Written by Kristina Chew, PhD [email] for b5media.
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