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I’m on the train to Washington D.C., to attend a meeting of the Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee, which coordinates efforts concerning autism within the US Department of Health and Human Research. There’s a list of the federal and non-federal members of the IACC here; the committee has been overseeing the writing of the Strategic Plan […]
A mandatory autism registry has been proposed in New Jersey, today’s Press of Atlantic City reports. Health care professionals will be required to report those diagnosed with autism at any time from the day they were born through their 21st birthday. The registry has been proposed as an amendment to the state’s birth defects registry […]
I guess you could say, I have something of a love-hate-”just deal with it” relationship with data.
Being a humanities sort of person with an inclination to poetry, I’m not overly drawn to calling on the “hard data” of statistics, numbers, and the like.
Being my son’s mother, I’ve learned, there’s comfort, and a need, for columns […]
“Special”—as in “special needs”: It’s a term used primarily (exclusively?) in regard to children. Sometimes, just saying “special children” means the same thing. But one wouldn’t use the word to refer to adults with disabilities.
Consider this example: At at an October 30th rally in Rush Limbaugh’s hometown of Cape Girardeau, Missouri, McCain-Palin campaign representative Senator […]
In Collier County, Florida, parents have accused the school district of having a “carefully orchestrated strategy to keep special needs students out of the district.” Yesterday’s WINK news reports that the Federal Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights has sent a letter to the Collier School District recommending changes as to how the district […]
Autism gets mentioned for the first time in a presidential debate on October 15th; here’s more news:
After Many Years, A Diagnosis
Deborah Lipsky was in her 40s when she found out that has autism.
There Goes Another Autism Myth
While out riding his bike, Charlie hears another child crying and…….
Denis Leary Does a Michael Savage
I […]
Forgotten is the name of a report about autistic adults by Autism Ontario: The report says that the province has a “piecemeal” approach to addressing the issues facing an estimated 50,000 autistic adults and calls on the government to create a framework to assist them.
With this guy making the news about autism somehow I’m not […]
CBS3 looks briefly at the presidential candidates’ stance on disabilities and highlights some of what Senator John McCain and Senator Barack Obama have to say about autism:
McCain: “John McCain is a co-sponsor of the Combating Autism Act of 2006. John McCain believes this legislation will increase awareness and public screening of autism spectrum disorder, and […]
No, we don’t “got milk” here; my small family all got sick this week; we’ve always got hope.
Got Autism? (asks PETA)
PETA puts up a billboard in Newark NJ and takes it down.
Is That a Tattoo With……Your Mom’s Cell Number?
Of Safety Tats and other ways to keep a child safe.
McCarthy’s, Er, “Autism” Pole
Jenny […]
Included in the economic bailout bill signed by President Bush last Friday, October 3, was a new law requiring equal coverage of mental and physical illnesses. Go here to read H.R. 1424, SEC. 512. MENTAL HEALTH PARITY, Subtitle B–Paul Wellstone and Pete Domenici Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008.
The October 5th […]
Autism mother gets on her soapbox.
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