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That’s what autism is about, right?—-mirrors, love, and Jenny McCarthy. Not exactly, you say……..
This is a post about autism though the three subjects listed in the title might suggest otherwise. True, if it is make-up, romance or former Playmates that you wish to read about, you need look no farther than the columns to the […]
What does the 2002 movie Maid in Manhattan have to do with a theory about a rising number of children with autism?
If Christopher Marshall, the Senate candidate played by Ralph Fiennes, and Marisa Ventura, the hotel maid played by Jennifer Lopez, were to have a child, chances are that child would not have autism. This […]
I know today was Valentine’s Day but—as it also turned out to be a snow day with my son Charlie home from school—slush, ice and what the streets in Jersey City are going to be like tomorrow morning took precedence over Cupid and chocolates in my thinking. Nonetheless: Back towards the end of January, L […]
My husband Jim coined the word “Autismland” sometime in 2000 when were living in St. Louis, Missouri. We used to get the Chicago Tribune on Sunday and always noted the “Chicagoland” section, and one day Jim started talking about “that’s what it’s like to be in Autismland,” and the word entered our vocabulary. In […]
An article in today’s Daily Mail not only posits that we have “solved the mystery of mutual attraction,” but also offers a passing suggestion as to why there is an “autism epidemic.”
The Daily Mail article cites research by University of New Mexico doctoral student in Human Evolutionary Behavior Sciences Christine Garver-Apgar that appears in Psychological […]
“When we got married, we became a team……And when you are a team, you work together, right, Susie?”
Says John Wolfe, who has autism and mental illnesses, of how he works to support himself and his wife, Susie. A story in today’s Pueblo Chieftain notes that Wolfe works part-time as a baler at Pueblo Goodwill Industries […]
Mama’s autistic baby left this comment on Heartbreaking (May 30th):
I’m looking for firsthand information about Autistic adults in relationships. Or people in love with or in relationships with autistic adults. I’m just curious about what life will be like for my child, and how I can help make things a little easier for him. He’s […]
Autism mother gets on her soapbox.
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