Wednesday, September 23, 2015

Does new genetic study refute the tenets of neurodiversity?

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The main belief of the neurodiversity movement is that autism is a naturally occurring genetic variation.  The differences in the brains of ...
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Friday, September 4, 2015

Steve Silberman's bizarre take on Kanner's work and influence in the field of autism

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Steve Silberman’s book, Neurotribes,  soon to be number eight on the New York Times bestseller list, is now the hottest news story and commo...
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Thursday, September 3, 2015

My unprinted letter to the l.a. times regarding Steve Silberman's op-ed piece on autism speaks

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Over a week ago, Steve Silberman, author of "neurotribes", wrote an op-ed piece which was published by several newspapers includ...
Wednesday, August 26, 2015

Silberman's play of the refrigerator mother card and my one star review of neurotribes

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Steve Silberman's neurotribes has just come out and is getting a lot of media hype and so far it's a huge commercial success.  I...
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Tuesday, June 16, 2015

Is Ari Ne'eman qualified to give input on autism research?

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In a recent interview with the simons foundation  , Ari Ne'eman advocated for having autistic persons give input on research into autism...
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Friday, May 1, 2015

The Autism Job Club: Don't judge a book by its cover

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I just found out about a new book called The Autism Job Club on a post on The Age of Autism.This book is promoted there and elsewhere as a ...
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Sunday, April 19, 2015

The Rise and Fall of Wrongplanet.net

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Wrongplanet.net is a website started in 2006 that grew by leaps and bounds over a several year period.  At one time they stated in their tit...
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