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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 […]
So, yes, I am forever hand-wringing about how Charlie doesn’t have enough verbal language to tell me things, like his stomach hurting and why in the world he is squinting.
And, like whether or not I already gave him a tablet of melatonin. Last night, I said I was going to, walked into the kitchen, realized […]
A positive (I think?) but somewhat puzzling use of the word “autism” in today’s News Track India, in an article about the use of violence and damage to public property by protesters.
A number of peaceful ways-silent procession, pickets, demonstration, flag march protest, candlelight protest, hunger strike, signature campaign-can be adopted by a person/community for his […]
This was going to be yet another post about “Michael Savage’s savagery” with a nice elliptical reference to the Beats and Allen “I saw the best minds of my generation destroyed by madness, starving hysterical naked” Ginsburg and the denial of disability with examination of Savage’s reference to a severely disabled sibling who died in […]
When Charlie was starting to randomly imitate sounds on his own, the soundtrack of our lives started to get taken over by assorted rhythmic patterns of grinding grunts, beeps, and hums of all sorts and tones. After some careful listening to everything in the house, we realized that the sources for two of his main […]
A July 18th editorial by conservative thinker Thomas Sowell about the false diagnosis of autism—–it’s entitled “Rush to diagnose autism causes more harm than good“—-responds to some recently announced techniques to diagnose autism earlier in children. Sowell criticizes what he sees as the over-diagnosis of autism in young children who are really late talkers […]
It seems no wonder that right wing talker Michael Savage’s last name is, well, “Savage” after reading what he said about autism on his radio show. I’ll list the words he uses to refer to autism:
moron, putz, idiot, fool, dummy, a girl, losers, beaten men
More of Savage’s savagery is quoted on Left Brain/Right Brain.
If […]
Today’s Scientific American reviews the new study about autism genes in 88 Middle Eastern families and emphasizes that the genes found are “linked to a heightened risk of autism” and, too, that these genes are crucial to a child’s ability to learn.” Noting that marrying second and third, and even first, cousins is not […]
This is the final paragraph of an article in the July 6th Scotland on Sunday about 20-year-old Dale Gardner, who was severely autistic as a child, and his mother, Nuala Gardner.
His mother is bursting with pride. When she first found out about Dale, part of her grieving process was to wonder if it would have […]
Last Sunday a group of experts on mitochondrial disorders met for a meeting in Indianapolis to discuss the case of Hannah Poling, whose underlying mitochondrial disorder was found to have been aggravated by vaccines, after which she developed symptoms of autism. A June 30th New York Times article announced the meeting and noted the case […]
Autism mother gets on her soapbox.
Written by Kristina Chew, PhD [email] for b5media.
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