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Roses by abfh Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Autism & Autism Spectrum When I wrote a post last month about pruning my rosebushes, Clay commented that he'd like to see another photo when they came into bloom. All the cold wet weather in the nor ... Read on »

Autistic Involvement in Research by abfh Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Autism & Autism Spectrum I'm reposting the following announcement from AASPIRE, a research initiative that seeks to involve autistic people as equals and to take into account the views of the autist ... Read on »

Displacing a bit of aggression by abfh Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Autism & Autism Spectrum One of the tasks on my spring cleaning list was to cut back some ridiculously overgrown rosebushes behind my deck, which had sprawled out over the concrete walkway. Because ... Read on »

Supporting Local Autism Societies by abfh Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Autism & Autism Spectrum The Autism Society of Southeastern Ohio will be holding a benefit concert on Friday, April 24, 2009. The proceeds will be used in accordance with the group's mission stateme ... Read on »

Battle Fatigue by abfh Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Autism & Autism Spectrum Regular readers of my blog will have noticed that I've been posting less often for the past several months. At first I thought my lack of interest in blogging might have bee ... Read on »

Senate Needs to Confirm Ne'eman by abfh Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Autism & Autism Spectrum In the wake of the long difficult struggle over health care reform, a large number of President Obama's nominees for administration positions remain in limbo because of hold ... Read on »

Campaign for Disability Employment by abfh Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Autism & Autism Spectrum I'm reposting a message sent out by the Campaign for Disability Employment, an initiative funded by the Office of Disability Employment Policy at the U.S. Department of Labo ... Read on »

Melting Down an Autism Stereotype by abfh Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Autism & Autism Spectrum Image: Three Mile Island nuclear power plant By now, I expect we've all seen plenty of articles, books, and other media depicting the "autistic meltdown," wherein a s ... Read on »

Robison Squeaks by abfh Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Autism & Autism Spectrum Autistic author John Elder Robison has agreed to serve on an advisory board for Autism Speaks. Yes, the same organization that repeatedly makes videos comparing autistic chi ... Read on »

Judge Rotenberg Center Investigated by abfh Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Autism & Autism Spectrum Cannons on display in Sharpsburg, Maryland. In response to a joint letter from disability rights organizations , the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of J ... Read on »

Conversations by abfh Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Autism & Autism Spectrum Reflecting on Mark Stairwalt's post about autism as a family reunion , I have to confess that I can't wholly relate to his well-crafted analogy from my own experience becaus ... Read on »

Arthur Caplan's Rhetorical Plague by abfh Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Autism & Autism Spectrum When I started reading this article on MSNBC.com , I saw the byline of a respected bioethics contributor and thought that I would find a well-written article detailing Andr ... Read on »

Can you relate? by abfh Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Autism & Autism Spectrum I've mentioned before that one of the advantages of the Internet is its diversity, which has the salutary effect of correcting misconceptions and prejudiced statements almos ... Read on »

Ghost Dance by abfh Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Autism & Autism Spectrum The Native American tribes of the Northern Plains, forced onto reservations and near starving in 1890, were drawn in large numbers to a new religion called the Ghost Dan ... Read on »

Good Ol' Boys by abfh Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Autism & Autism Spectrum This town's for normal folks, see. You know, the good folks that look and sound and act just like the rest of us. Them others what ain't normal, or got kids what ain't norma ... Read on »

Behavior and Respect by abfh Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Autism & Autism Spectrum Just read an interesting post by Mark Stairwalt about the management of workers in fields such as information technology and library cataloguing, where an autistic cognitive ... Read on »

Autism Speaks Loses UK Affiliate by abfh Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Autism & Autism Spectrum Hat tip to Socrates at The New Republic. This latest misadventure of Autism Speaks has demonstrated, yet again, arrogance and ineptitude on a truly epic scale. When Autis ... Read on »

Culture and Happiness by abfh Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Autism & Autism Spectrum I've been reading an interesting discussion on the blog A Grand Illusion, which began by asking what's wrong with wanting a cure if someone feels that they can't do what the ... Read on »

Thank You, President Obama by abfh Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Autism & Autism Spectrum When I endorsed Barack Obama's presidential candidacy on this blog in early 2007, it was because I judged him to be an enlightened and progressive thinker who would be capab ... Read on »

Autism Speaks to Hurricane Victims: What, You Thought We Cared? by abfh Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Autism & Autism Spectrum I'm reposting, in its entirety and with the author's permission, an e-mail from a New Orleans mom whose family lost their home to Hurricane Katrina. After seeing an Autism S ... Read on »

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