Saturday, December 26, 2015

Why you shouldn't buy Neurotribes: Silberman trivializes "head-banging" and "diaper-wearing"

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I see that one of my favorite autism writers is at it again , trivializing the fact that some children on the autism spectrum engage in self...
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Sunday, December 20, 2015

Joe Buxbaum's and neurodiversity's ten year prediction falls flat

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One of the tenets of the neurodiversity movement and one of the tactics they most frequently use in their fear mongering talking points is t...
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Monday, December 7, 2015

Autism speaks appoints autistic board members, pro-cure autists again scorned.

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Autism Speaks has announced the appointment of three new members to their board of directors, two of three being on the autism spectrum.  Th...
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Thursday, October 29, 2015

New IACC Formed: Robison and ASAN picked, Roger Kulp and Pro-cure autistics scorned.

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I see that John Elder Robison is crowing about the new public members, himself included, who have been appointed to the IACC (Interagency Au...
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Monday, October 12, 2015

Are neurodiversity bloggers giving an accurate description of the association between autism and violence?

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The mass shooting in Oregon by Chris Harper Mercer and his mother's publicly writing about his autism diagnosis have stirred controversy...
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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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