Posted in Advocacy, News, Opinion, Philosophy, Rant on Oct 15th, 2008
I have just watched the last debate between our two Presidential candidates. I have waited, for many months, for some insight into how well the candidates understood the real conditions of Autistics in America. The best I’ve gotten from Obama - so far - is a great deal of hope, and the occasional glimpse, like […]
Well, yesterday was an educational day for me. Not so much in expanding my knowledge of the world as in expanding my awareness of my own vulnerability to the infection of ill-considered terminology.
It was brought to my attention that I had been using the terms “low-functioning autism (LFA)” and “high-functioning autism (HFA)” in my speech […]
Posted in Advocacy, News, Philosophy, Rant on May 26th, 2008
You may have heard already about Alex Barton. He is a five year-old in Florida who has had more education in his Kindergarten year than his teacher was qualified to give.
Apparently, the teacher was unhappy with Alex’s behavior. It’s hard to tell from the article whether she was unhappy with it because it alarmed her […]
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