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• Downs but not out.

  Published: June 17, 2007, 5:01 pm

  Tags: Quackery In Autism, Autism Research, Downs Syndrome, Genetic Research, Research Ethics, Disability Rights, Autism, Abortion, Neurodiversity, Parents

  Down’s syndrome novel tugs at America’s heartstrings Moving tale that highlights genetic condition becomes sleeper hit of the year Paul Harris in New York Sunday June 17, 2007 The Observer Like many good stories, The Memory Keeper’s Daughter begins on a dark and snowy night. But, unlike most first novels from barely known

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• The ND Word: Autism as Difference Not Disease

  Published: August 6, 2007, 9:44 pm

  Tags: Disability Rights, Stereotypes, Asd, Aspergers, Autism, Children, Disability Studies, Diversity, Education, Family, Health, Parenting, Pdd Nos

  and the “autism rights movement.” The title gives away the perspective: It’s not a disease, it’s a way of life. Yes, neurodiversity is mentioned, a lot, and many friends and bloggers from and not from the Autism Hub are quoted. I await the usual round of critique from mentioning the ND word, along with clipped

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• ‘It is not a disease, it is a way of life’

  Published: August 7, 2007, 11:32 am

  Tags: Aspies For Freedom, Autism Rights, Autscape, Autism Acceptance, Disability Rights, Guardian, Neurodiversity, Aspergers, Autism

  act of a burgeoning autism rights movement. Emine

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• Who diagnosed your child? And why does it matter?

  Published: August 13, 2007, 2:22 pm

  Tags: Legal Issues, Family, Education, Asd, Aspergers, Autism, Children, Disability Rights, Due Process, Family, Fort Worth, Health, Pdd Nos, Schools, Texas

  A district diagnositician from the Forth Worth public school district said that Sam Peters was not autistic—-he was later diagnosed with PDD-NOS by the Child Study Center in Fort Worth and Mental Health Mental Retardation of Tarrant County. According to the August 13th Star-Telegram, his parents, Jon and Jessica Peters, decided to move to

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• Autism, Genetics and Research Ethics

  Published: August 27, 2007, 6:52 pm

  Tags: National Autistic Society, Autism Rights, Genetic Research, Disability Rights, Ethics, Autism, Science

  The latest edition of Communication, the members magazine of the National Autistic Society contains two interesting articles on genetic research. GENE GENIE by Professor Anthony Bailey The first article, by Professor Anthony Bailey of Oxford University’s Autism Research Unit, seeks to summarize recent developments in genetic research.

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• Arthur Miller's Secret

  Published: August 31, 2007, 2:00 pm

  Tags: Drama, Disability Rights, Family, Stereotypes, Arthur Miller, Asd, Aspergers, Autism, Children, Denial, Down Syndrome, Drama, Education, Family, Health, Parenting, Pdd Nos, Theater, Vanity Fair

  more their own views about disability, and about persons with cognitive and intellectual disability. Other families with disabled children—-such as the family of Jessy Parks, as documented by her mother, Clara Claiborne Park, in The Siege—-did keep their own disabled children with them and raise them in the 1960s. The protagonists

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• What Is Best When There's Autism in the Family?

  Published: September 2, 2007, 2:45 pm

  Tags: Drama, Living Arrangements, Disability Rights, Family, Arthur Miller, Asd, Aspergers, Autism, Beach, Children, Developmental Disability, Down Syndrome, Drama, Education, Family, Health, Intelligence, Ocean, Parenting, Pdd Nos, Science, Surfing, Theater, Vanity Fair

  Two recent posts here about playwright Arthur Miller and his son, Daniel Miller, who was placed in a “home for infants” in New York City soon after his birth, have provoked much discussion. What happens to a family when a child with developmental delays—Daniel Miller had Down syndrome, my son Charlie has autism—is born?

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• Top 10 August Posts

  Published: September 2, 2007, 7:52 am

  Tags: Charlisms, Sensory, Water, Literature, Myth, Friendship, Drama, New Jersey, Holidays, Vaccines, Family, Science, Schoolbus, Disability Rights, Weblogs, Safety, Health, Parenting, Education, Arthur Miller, Asd, Aspergers, Autism, Beach, Children, Developmental Disability, Down Synd

  It may have been the dog days of summer, but autism never takes a vacation. Here are the highlights of August: Thanks to everyone for reading Autism Vox—-your comments spur me to think and re-examine my own views, and reaccess. 4 autism limericks from the Omnificent English Dictionary In Limerick Form (OEDILF) spark discussion about how we

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• Of mice and men and autistic fruit flies

  Published: September 6, 2007, 7:57 pm

  Tags: Disability Rights, Nimh, Autism Rights, Neurodiversity, Autism, Korea, Observer, Science

  Autism is a hot topic for scientists engaged in brain research. If you can link your research to autism it may help you to access additional funding that is available in the USA. In response to a determined campaign by parents and lobby groups Congress passed the Combating Autism Act which sanctioned a substantial increase in the funds

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• Redefining Society's Response to Disability

  Published: June 19, 2007, 5:50 pm

  Tags: Disability Studies, Disability Rights

  autism is by turning to the disability community-at-large and disability studies departments at universities world-wide. Let's take a look at my home-town university Ryerson's website to read the following paragraph on the School of Disability Studies project:"More traditional approaches to disability focus on ways to rehabilitiate or `fix'

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• He's the New Kid on the Block

  Published: September 10, 2007, 7:00 am

  Tags: Charlisms, Disability Rights, Asd, Aspergers, Autism, Ball, Bike Ride, Block Party, Children, Family, Health, Neighborhood, Parenting, Pdd Nos, Playground, Slide

  Jim took Charlie on a long bike ride late on Saturday afternoon. It was a muggy hot day but Charlie rode off with his usual brio and a sideways glance at Jim. The sun set and they were still not back, and then it was getting dark and I started listening more carefully to the sounds in the street, and then I heard a familiar, pleasing warble.

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• The Cure Question

  Published: September 11, 2007, 9:43 pm

  Tags: Rhetoric, Charlisms, Health, Parenting, Stereotypes, Disability Rights, Education, Asd, Aspergers, Autism, Cancer, Children, Cure, Disability, Disease, Family, Health, Illness, Parenting, Pdd Nos, School, Stereotypes

  Should we cure autism? asks the September 11th Guardian. Writer James Randerson notes that autism researcher Simon Baron-Cohen brought the “cure question” up today at the British Association Festival of Science: He believes the condition should be recognised as an atypical form of development, like left handedness, but not cured. That

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• He's a Really Good Swimmer, Really

  Published: September 19, 2007, 12:46 am

  Tags: Charlisms, Water, Disability Rights, Sports, Aquatics, Asd, Aspergers, Atheletics, Autism, Children, Family, Health, Inclusion, Mainstreaming, Parenting, Pdd Nos, Pool, Swim Team, Swimming, Ymca

  “Pool,” was Charlie’s request and so, with “suit on” (as in swimsuit) off we went. It was just after 6pm and something was going on in every room of our YMCA: Men in suits hurrying to get in a workout, five girls of varying heights concentrating as they faced a dance instructor, moms in sweats chatting together and

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• This Week's Top Posts

  Published: September 23, 2007, 1:22 am

  Tags: Psychiatry, Crime, Safety, Water, Sensory, Intelligence, Junk Science, Charlisms, Parenting, Weblogs, Neuroscience, Work, Stereotypes, History, Books, Disability Rights, Movies, Classics, Treatment, Asd, Aspergers, Autism, Autism Whisperer, Children, Comedy, Family, Health, Intelli

  Last week saw a constant stream of news items about autism. Here are some highlights: Aide Files Charges Against 6-year-oldNathan Darnell is to appear in juvenile court on September 25. Would you want him Tased or hit by a car?Orange County sheriff’s deputies use a Taser stun gun to subdue 15-year-old Taylor Karras who had fled from his

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• Court Hearing for 6 Year Old Autistic Boy is Sept 25

  Published: September 24, 2007, 11:25 pm

  Tags: Legal Issues, Disability Rights, Education, Asd, Aspergers, Assault, Autism, Children, Disabilities, Family, Health, Parenting, Pdd Nos, Schools

  Tuesday, September 25th: It’s another day at school for my son Charlie, as it is for many other children. For 6-year-old Nathan Darnell, September 25th is a day in court. On September 7th, at Taylor Elementary School in Bracken County, Kentucky Nathan allegedly pushed an aide, Glenda Schlitz. He has been charged with fourth-degree assault,

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