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Since it was Father’s Day this past Sunday, comedian Jim Carrey’s “autism made a man out of me” (versus a guy of this sort?) remark—reportedly uttered earlier this month at the Green Our Vaccines rally—seemed quite well-timed. Raising Charlie has certainly been a transforming and affirming experience for me, though somehow saying “autism made a […]
Writes Bridget Orr, a young woman with Asperger’s Syndrome in a piece accompanying It’s not just boys who are autistic, an article in the June 4th Guardian:
Female “invisibility” in the autistic spectrum should be a feminist issue.
Selina Postgate, 53, was only diagnosed with Asperger’s Syndrome last summer; she expresses a similar sentiment:
“Being an autistic woman […]
A new study in Pediatrics links low birth weight (less than 5.5 pounds) and preterm birth to an increased risk for autism in infants by about twofold, and more so in girls than in boys. From an overview at CBS.com:
When the 565 boys and girls with autism were looked at separately, the boys had less […]
Researchers at Adelaide’s Women’s & Children’s Hospital and the University of Adelaide, Australia, have found that a mutant gene causes epilepsy and intellectual disabilities specific to women. As noted in Science Daily, the study links a “large family of genes known as protocadherins with a condition known as ‘epilepsy and mental retardation limited to females’ […]
Linda Powell, a primary school teacher at St John’s CE in Kearsley (UK), has been suspended amid claims that she allegedly struck a 7-year-old girl. As reported in the Bolton News, the school has faced controversy before about its treatment of special needs students: In 2006, parents claimed that boys with special needs were being […]
We’re still going back and forth with Charlie’s case manager about a time for his IEP and annual review—-the district seems to want to have students’ meeting by the end of April (although it is possible for any member of the Child Study Team (CST) to call an IEP when that member wishes to; […]
There is no prenatal genetic test for autism; there has been speculation that, as research into the genetics of autism develops, such a test might be created. Back in June of 2006, a team of doctors at University College Hospital in London—in view of the fact that autism is diagnosed in boys at a much […]
Autism does change everything I wrote last Friday—-looking over the topics of last week’s posts, it seems that a little bit of everything from lipstick to sushi to communication notebooks to psychoanalysis to services for autistic adults to fictional mercury-based substances to how many girls have autism was discussed.
Yes, No, Brown Noodles!On the uses of […]
ABC’s Nightline is airing a special on girls with autism tonight, on ABC News World News with Charles Gibson at 6:30pm (ET) and on Nightline, Wednesday, January 23, 2008 at 11:35pm (ET/PT). Aspie Dad posts a summary:
…in a surprising twist, correspondent John Donvan and producer Caren Zucker talk to several researchers and psychologists who believe […]
Language has always meant a lot to me: I taught myself to read when I was four years old and reading immediately became one of my favorite things to do. I started studying languages—French, a little Cantonese, then Latin and ancient Greek, German, Mandarin, Arabic—-when I was in elementary school and have always been drawn […]
Autism mother gets on her soapbox.
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