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 Topic: Alex Plank / Katie speak at United Nations World Autism day |
autism_diva
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 Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation Posted: Mon Apr 07, 2008 9:57 pm Subject: Re: Alex Plank / Katie speak at United Nations World Autism |
Katie Miller and I spoke at the United Nations for World Autism Awareness Day. Here's a one of our clips.
Wow Alex. So far I've only seen the one where Nicholas Gray was speaking. Suzanne ... |
| Topic: Article on Autism featured in this month's WIRED magazine |
autism_diva
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Mon Feb 25, 2008 4:32 am Subject: Article on Autism featured in this month's WIRED magazine |
| Anyone who reads it, please note they at one point quote me as saying something, when I was actually telling them the story of what D.J. Savarese once told an interviewer. That's the "treated with re ... |
| Topic: munchausens syndrome |
autism_diva
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Sat Feb 09, 2008 4:13 pm Subject: munchausens syndrome |
| I wouldn't be surprised if parents of ASD kids (who are frequently on the spectrum themselves) get accused of Munchhausen's by proxy more often than non ASD parents. I have never been accused of it, ... |
| Topic: Voices of autism 'silenced' by charity-NTSpeaks.org another |
autism_diva
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Forum: News and Current Events Posted: Thu Jan 31, 2008 3:33 am Subject: Voices of autism 'silenced' by charity-NTSpeaks.org another |
Voices of autism 'silenced' by charity
02 February 2008
From New Scientist Print Edition. Subscribe and get 4 free issues.
Celeste Biever
...
AN EXTRAORDINARY dispute has broken out betwee ... |
| Topic: What is positive about autism? |
autism_diva
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Tue Jan 22, 2008 4:34 am Subject: Re: What is positive about autism? |
What do you see are the positive attributes of autism?
I think most of the ones I would give have been listed. I'm not sure if anyone said...
a tendency to see all people as equals.
Egalit ... |
| Topic: Autism Speaks Site |
autism_diva
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Mon Jan 21, 2008 12:19 am Subject: Autism Speaks Site |
... Many of the people on Autism Speaks have LFA kids and can't see why anyone would want to be the way they are.
My impression is that most of the parents on AS board have PDD,nos kinds of kids an ... |
| Topic: Autism Speaks Site |
autism_diva
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Sun Jan 20, 2008 11:10 pm Subject: Autism Speaks Site |
anbuend said
One, autism isn't a sliding scale. It's a many-dimensional thing.
I'm happy to agree with that, I usually say that but for the purposes of discussion/understanding I simplified it. ... |
| Topic: anti-vaccine thinking led to murder of 3 yr old by mother |
autism_diva
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Sun Jan 13, 2008 3:57 am Subject: anti-vaccine thinking led to murder of 3 yr old by mother |
PEKIN, Ill. (AP) — A woman accused of killing her autistic daughter
testified Friday that she attempted to suffocate the 3-year-old with
a pillow three days before she succeeded with a plastic gar ... |
| Topic: Article about conspiracy theories in The Telegraph |
autism_diva
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Sun Jan 13, 2008 2:12 am Subject: Article about conspiracy theories in The Telegraph |
| ...The dividing line between fiction and non-fiction is becoming increasingly hard to draw. These days, public opinion is so malleable that a product does not even have to pretend to be fact in order ... |
| Topic: anti-vaccine thinking led to murder of 3 yr old by mother |
autism_diva
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Sun Jan 13, 2008 1:39 am Subject: anti-vaccine thinking led to murder of 3 yr old by mother |
| Okay... so the first post is irrational, but accusing someone of being part of Eli Lilly just because they disagree with you isn't!? And, for that matter, anyone "really" dealing with autism would ag ... |
| Topic: Vaccines are ineffective and dangerous |
autism_diva
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Sun Jan 13, 2008 1:23 am Subject: Vaccines are ineffective and dangerous |
You can search the web for scientific evidence of the risks. I won't bother searching again for it and posting because I doubt it will convince you.
As to the contaminants: quantitative evidenc ... |
| Topic: Does Anyone's Eyes Vibrate? |
autism_diva
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Sun Jan 13, 2008 1:09 am Subject: Re: Does Anyone's Eyes Vibrate? |
Re: Does Anyone's Eyes Vibrate?
I don't really know how to explain it. It's just that my eyes will shake really fast or slide around various directions really fast, and I can make the room visually ... |
| Topic: Age of dads in Poll form |
autism_diva
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Sun Jan 13, 2008 12:55 am Subject: Age of dads in Poll form |
I think my dad was about 37ish when I was born, my mom was about 36.
My ex was 24 when our ASD kid was born, and 26 when the NT kid was born.
But there's another set of data that points to t ... |
| Topic: Why is aspergers syndrome grouped with autism? |
autism_diva
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Sat Jan 12, 2008 2:10 am Subject: Why is aspergers syndrome grouped with autism? |
I think of AS as a different type of personality caused by genetics. I think AS was underdiagnosed previously and the rate has remained about the same throughout history.
I think of autistic disord ... |
| Topic: The PBS Documentary "Today's Man" |
autism_diva
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Sat Jan 12, 2008 12:44 am Subject: Re: The PBS Documentary "Today's Man" |
| I would like to ask those of you who saw the documentary tonight on PBS, at what functioning level the subject was. He seemed medium-functioning to me. He wasn't able to live by himself. I'm curious t ... |
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