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Contrary to what he said a few weeks ago, Denis Leary doesn’t seem to be so sorry after all about what he said autism in his yet to be published book. From a November 16th USA Today interview:
“For me, the reason for writing the chapter was because I know people who have children with autism, […]
Saying “a lot happened” in the past two weeks kind of seems like an understatement.
The Search for Certainty (or, why we’re going to the dentist at 3.15pm)
An emergency dentist visit for Charlie prompts me to think about why parents so often try to find medical reasons for why something’s going on.
David Kirby exonerates thimerosal […]
The new Terminator has been “professionally diagnosed with mild autism”? From Sci Fi Wire:
Personality-wise, Cameron still has a ways to go, recently having been professionally diagnosed with mild autism. But like all Terminators to come before her, she’s a sponge for information. She’s been reading the Bible, watching TV and observing the kids around […]
So Denis Leary issues an apology—what if he’d just not said a word about autism in the first place?
And allow me to air a frustration: Leary’s gotten quite a lot of attention (however negative) for his comments and become a subject of discussion in the autism community. But I think I’d prefer to spend the […]
“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 […]
Remember the Got Autism?” that PETA put up in downtown Newark, New Jersey? The billboard that was subsequently taken down by the ad agency hosting it?
Well, it’s traveled West, to St. Louis, Missouri. From a PETA press release today:
In light of two scientific studies that link milk consumption to autism in children, PETA will […]
Do we really need a “crusade against autism”? Autism Speaks co-founder Bob Wright, grandfather of an autistic child, spoke of just such a “crusade” in the inaugural Annual TreeHouse Lecture. Dr. Michael Fitzpatrick (who’s the parent of an autistic child) writes about how such a “crusade” does more harm than good in the October […]
From the October 28th Boston Herald:
“I have nothing but admiration and sympathy for the people I know who are raising children with autism. In fact, they were the inspiration for the chapter I wrote about the subject,” the Worcester native and author of the provocative forthcoming book “Why We Suck” said in a statement to […]
Through laboratory experiments with rats, Prof. Marta Weinstock-Rosin of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem School of Pharmacy is studying how maternal stress during pregnancy can lead to developmental and emotional problems in their offspring. From a press release, which notes that some of the “unfortunate consequences” that children can develop are “slower development, learning and […]
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 […]
Autism mother gets on her soapbox.
Written by Kristina Chew, PhD [email] for b5media.
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