Recent Comment Roundup

by Kristina Chew, PhD on September 29th, 2007

Jenny McCarthy, Autism Mother
Regan writes on On the “high-functioning” and “low-functioning” “labels”:
“My perspective is that in a single year my daughter was observed and defined as LFA, HFA and ModerateFA. So that’s how much that is worth, in my book. It is much more useful to us to consider specifics relating directly to my daughter and simply go with that.”
Mandy writes:
“Jenny McCarthy’s son is NOT autistic. More and more, we find kids who are developmentally delayed for a plehtora of complex reasons otherwise NOT related to autism—diagnosed with autism! This must stop. This is hurting familes who are raising with truly autistic children.”
Jenny, We Hardly Knew Ye
Marcie writes in response to a suggestion to send McCarthy Jim Sinclair’s Don’t Mourn For Us?:
“Better to send them to Oprah. Though I wouldn’t even think about doing that without Jim’s permission (xe says that xe doesn’t want to be known for *only* that essay).”
The Technology of Punishment at the JRC
Dr. Matthew Israel, Executive Director of the Judge Rotenburg Center, comments on an article about the JRC.
Robbing From Autism to Give to Herself
Shianne comments regarding the thefts from an autism foundation.

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