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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.
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Kendall Bailey is 19 years old, 6 foot 6, and a champion swimmer headed for the Paralympics in Beijing this September—–but he was almost rendered ineligible by the United States itself. Bailey has cerebral palsy, mental retardation, autism, and Klinefelter’s syndrome, which prevents his body from producing testosterone. Today’s New York Times profiles his dream […]
New Jersey students are calling for disability awareness to be taught in schools, the June 15th Star-Ledger reports:
“There’s so much lack of acceptance,” said Allegra Stout, 18, another teen who mentors children with disabilities. “A lot of that stems from lack of information. Children don’t understand about kids with disabilities.”
So time to start teaching them…..
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Discussion/debate/dissent about Adam Race and the parish of St. Joseph’s continues—–and here’s another case involving an autistic child and a discrimination suit. Over a year ago, the parents of 14-year-old Casey Reilly, who has Asperger’s, filed a lawsuit against Pacific Palisades Boy Scout Troop 223. As reported in the May 22nd Palisadian […]
We all root for amputees—-until they win medals is the blurb on an article by William Saletan in the May 21st Slate. Saletan writes about Oscar Pistorius, the runner from South Africa who—he is a double amputee—runs on specially built prostheses called “cheetahs” ( j-shapes blades made of carbon fiber). Pistorius recently won a decision […]
An article in the May Scientific American explains why the next president needs a powerful science advisor.
If you consider the political pandering among the presidential candidates about the vaccine-autism myth—-it’s too obvious why.
Tags: asd, asperger, autism, barack obama, Disability Rights, Education, Epidemic, hillary clinton, History, john mccain, Junk Science, Parenting, pdd-nos, Politics, president, Science, VaccinesShare […]
Charlie is on Spring Break this week; he’s been off from school for three days now and it’s already been clear how much he misses it, how much he needs the structure and familiar routines of school: Without these, he’s one small fish in a big ocean of time. He’ll be back in the classroom […]
Ashley X is a Seattle area girl whose parents, fearing how to take care of her as she grew older and bigger, had doctors (including endocrinologist Dr. Daniel Gunther, who died last fall) perform the “Ashley Treatment,” in which her uterus and breast buds were removed and estrogen given to her. The “treatment” occurred a […]
Mike McCarron, grandfather of Katie McCarron, has written an open letter to the Autism Hub. Here is an excerpt; go here to read the full text of letter.
I wish to thank each of you for your words; both about Katie and about people with special needs in general. In a world where differences easily […]
Autism mother gets on her soapbox.
Written by Kristina Chew, PhD [email] for b5media.
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