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• Addiction Is ‘A Disease Of Isolation’ — So Pandemic Puts Recovery At Risk | California HealthlineApril 1, 2020
• Covid-19: beware online tests and cures, experts say | World news | The GuardianApril 1, 2020
• Temperature Check: Tips For Tracking A Key Symptom Of Coronavirus Contagion | California HealthlineApril 1, 2020
• ‘Essential’ Or Not, These Workers Report For Duty | California HealthlineApril 1, 2020
• Analysis: He Got Tested For Coronavirus. Then Came The Flood Of Medical Bills. | California HealthlineApril 1, 2020

Healthcare & Wellness News 

• Addiction Is ‘A Disease Of Isolation’ — So Pandemic Puts Recovery At Risk | California HealthlineApril 1, 2020
• Covid-19: beware online tests and cures, experts say | World news | The GuardianApril 1, 2020
• Temperature Check: Tips For Tracking A Key Symptom Of Coronavirus Contagion | California HealthlineApril 1, 2020

Cannabis News

• Bill to address racial inequity in cannabis licenses gets OK from Washington House | The Seattle TimesFebruary 18, 2020
• 11 states where you might be voting on major marijuana reforms this November | Salon.comFebruary 18, 2020
• Wake. Bake. Caffeinate. Weekly w/Eve ReilandFebruary 2, 2020

Aging & Disability

• Addiction Is ‘A Disease Of Isolation’ — So Pandemic Puts Recovery At Risk | California HealthlineApril 1, 2020
• Covid-19: beware online tests and cures, experts say | World news | The GuardianApril 1, 2020
• Analysis: He Got Tested For Coronavirus. Then Came The Flood Of Medical Bills. | California HealthlineApril 1, 2020

#EDS – Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome

• Devil Doll Return After More Than a Decade with ‘Lover & a Fighter,’ New Single “Purse Whiskey” « American Songwriter

#FND – Functional Neurological Disorder

• More awareness for FND with tv programme and building lights | Western Telegraph

Employment & Education

• So “Autism Awareness” month by non-Autistics is almost here. | Eve ReilandMarch 30, 2020
• Is Hiring Autistic Male Coders Neurodiversity Inclusion Or Exploitation?March 7, 2020
• Race was a factor in handcuffing of 6-year-old black girl in Mississauga school, tribunal says | CBC NewsMarch 5, 2020

Law & Criminal Justice

• So “Autism Awareness” month by non-Autistics is almost here. | Eve ReilandMarch 30, 2020
• Stop The Deportation Of Vulnerable Autistic Man Osime Brown! | PetitionMarch 20, 2020
• FDA bans shock device used on mentally disabled patientsMarch 5, 2020

Leadership & Government

• So “Autism Awareness” month by non-Autistics is almost here. | Eve ReilandMarch 30, 2020
• ACLU Comment on FDA’s Final Rule to Ban Electrical Stimulation Devices | American Civil Liberties UnionMarch 5, 2020
• FDA bans shock device used on mentally disabled patientsMarch 5, 2020

The Latest …

• Covid-19: beware online tests and cures, experts say | World news | The GuardianApril 1, 2020
• Online Coronavirus Tests Are Just The Latest Iffy Products Marketed To Anxious Consumers | California HealthlineApril 1, 2020
• Coronavirus: Nearly 300 dead after drinking methanol after wrongly thinking it cures Covid-19 | Metro NewsApril 1, 2020
• Magic masks, cleansing amulets and the persuasive power of Covid-19 pseudoscience – Noncompliant – the podcastMarch 31, 2020
• Opinion | Disabled in the Coronavirus Crisis: ‘I Will Not Apologize for My Needs.’ – The New York TimesMarch 31, 2020
• Capitalising on Corona – Vandana Shiva – #1 – Myles PowerMarch 31, 2020
• Fake and harmful autism ‘treatments’ – NHSMarch 31, 2020

Take Action

• #100DayCommunityKit | Callum BrazzoMarch 31, 2020
• Stop The Deportation Of Vulnerable Autistic Man Osime Brown! | PetitionMarch 20, 2020
• Get Emma Dalmayne To Chicago To Protest @AutismOne 2020 | Fundraiser by Fierce Autistics And AlliesFebruary 25, 2020

BS & The Quackery

• Covid-19: beware online tests and cures, experts say | World news | The GuardianApril 1, 2020
• Online Coronavirus Tests Are Just The Latest Iffy Products Marketed To Anxious Consumers | California HealthlineApril 1, 2020
• Coronavirus: Nearly 300 dead after drinking methanol after wrongly thinking it cures Covid-19 | Metro NewsApril 1, 2020

#AsSeenOn …

• Why Can The FDA Take Swift Action with Jim Bakker, But No Action Against “Bleach Cures” In Four Years? | Melissa Eaton via The Autistic Avenger

#Antivaxxer \ #BleachCult

• Covid-19: beware online tests and cures, experts say | World news | The Guardian

#Scientology

• Science Vs. Pseudoscience: A Brief History of How Scientology’s E-Meter Came Into Existence – Part 2 – The Scientology Money Project

The Latest …

• Addiction Is ‘A Disease Of Isolation’ — So Pandemic Puts Recovery At Risk | California HealthlineApril 1, 2020
• Covid-19: beware online tests and cures, experts say | World news | The GuardianApril 1, 2020
• Temperature Check: Tips For Tracking A Key Symptom Of Coronavirus Contagion | California HealthlineApril 1, 2020
• ‘Essential’ Or Not, These Workers Report For Duty | California HealthlineApril 1, 2020
• Analysis: He Got Tested For Coronavirus. Then Came The Flood Of Medical Bills. | California HealthlineApril 1, 2020

Divergent Reviews

• This New PS4 Game Tries to Raise Autism Awareness – It Fails MiserablyDecember 17, 2019
• Most Anticipated 2020 Releases – YouTubeDecember 15, 2019
• The Best Noise-Canceling Headphones You’ve Never Heard OfNovember 30, 2019

Divergent Market

• “Jewish Neurodivergent Pride” by fierceautie | RedbubbleJanuary 21, 2020
• "We Are The People The Anti-Vaxxers Warned You About "| Autistics Buy Your Anti-Vaxxer T-Shirt Here! (As Seen On Dr. Oz!)January 2, 2020
• “Love Like an Autistic” by fierceautie | RedbubbleDecember 16, 2019

Special Interests

• Sheriff Capitalizes on Netflix’s ‘Tiger King’ Popularity to Reopen Cold CaseMarch 31, 2020
• 1,150 Free Movies Online: Great Classics, Indies, Noir, Westerns | Open CultureMarch 24, 2020
• Today, Support Artists Impacted By the Covid-19 Pandemic | Bandcamp DailyMarch 20, 2020

The Creative

• Special Ed Student Told He Would Never Go to College is Now Best-Selling Author – For Reading AddictsMarch 5, 2020
• Love Me Now | Life 2.0 | Eve ReilandFebruary 24, 2020
• Meme: I am valid. I am whole. I am me. | The Autistic AvengerJanuary 28, 2020

#Poetry

• Love Me Now | Life 2.0 | Eve Reiland
• When My Faith Was Strong – Jake Allen Sharp
• run – Poetry Of An Aspergian