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Autistic & Divergent Voices: October 14, 2021 Autistic and Divergent voices worldwide: Here are just a few Autistic and Divergent voices, plus a few allies, as captured on October 14, 2021. 60 Minutes Australia Is WTAF? | October 2021 [TW: Very distressing, filicide, suicide, murder, eugenics, abuse, ableism, and more] Bypass and jump to next …
News The Autistic Community’s Concerns Regarding Spectrum 10K and Eugenics Are Valid Thinking Person’s Guide To Autism Logo Shannon Des Roches Rosa on Tuesday, August 31, 2021 A new autism research project, Spectrum 10K, has just been launched accompanied by much media hype, celebrity endorsement, and rhetoric about neurodiversity. It is led by the University of Cambridge (principally Professor …
[Note: Links are original to email and probably don’t work.] News10 new results for autism Autism awareness effort by 11-year-olds may expandSan Francisco ChronicleKevin was diagnosed in third grade with Asperger's syndrome, an autism spectrum disorder characterized by difficulties in social interaction, fine motor skill problems and sensitivity to noise. Taylor and Emily worked with Kevin to form REACH — Road …
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By Shannon Rosawww.squidalicious.com "When others don't understand our [autistic] experiences and don't understand how our actions are meaningful responses to them, they may think our actions don't make sense, and try to control them in ways that are harmful to us." -Elizabeth Bartmess I think it should be OK to write about our autistic kids. …
Continue reading "The Toxicity of “Autism Parent” Memoirs | Shannon Rosa | Circa March 3, 2018"
We're several months into mandatory pandemic face masking, and my son still can't wear a mask. It's not for lack of trying; he knows he's supposed to wear one, and we talk about how they help protect people from COVID-19 and why it is a deadly and contagious virus. When I put my mask on, he puts …
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Google Alert - autismgoogle alertsx Google Alerts googlealerts-noreply@google.comMay 24, 2014, 12:02 PM GoogleautismDaily update ⋅ May 24, 2014 NEWSThe Northern EchoAutism campaigner hits out at 'anti-autism' article in national pressThe Northern EchoA TEESSIDE mother who became a national figure for her work campaigning for autism has hit out at a series of negative articles about …
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Shannon Des Roches Rosa Apr 28, 2017 · 8 min read San Francisco Autism Society president Jill Escher recently used that society’s website to publish “The Autism Matrix,” her opinion piece about what she considers “the autismS.” Its most prominent feature is a matrix of photos of autistic people Escher has categorized: Not …
