People don’t realize that with a kid on the autism spectrum and few potential babysitters, I have all the time in the world to argue online.
.@autismvox By which you mean that Coldplay always sounds like U2. But whinier. I think it’s…
.@autismvox By which you mean that Coldplay always sounds like U2. But whinier. I think it’s deliberate – like a stylistic cover band.
Good Reports
Jared had a very successful parent/teacher conference this year. Academically, the kid’s doing great. Socially…
Dear Michael Savage: Make fun of the right people, for the right reasons
Michael Savage is going after the wrong people in this whole autism mess, and for the wrong reasons.
Bad Ideas in Parenting
I just can’t help but to talk like Jared some days.
So very wrong
As mentioned over on Left Brain/Right Brain, in the introduction to Jenny McCarthy’s new book about raising her autistic son, Dr. Jerry Kartzinel says:
“Autism, as I see it, steals the soul from a child; then, if allowed, relentlessly sucks life’s marrow out of the family members, one by one..”
…which makes my mind boggle. Let’s be [...]
I suppose if there was an internet back then, one could have learned the benefits of bloodletting from scores of websites. Bleed Autism Now! practitioners would spread the BAN! protocol far and wide, telling story after story of the children who were rescued from the abyss of mind-blindness and senseless spinning. The more people who signed on to the BAN! protocol, the more self-evident its worth. Heart-shaped Autism Bandages would adorn every donkey cart, testament to the love that parents felt for the children they bled.
I suppose if there was an internet back then, one could have learned the benefits of bloodletting from scores of websites. Bleed Autism Now! practitioners would spread the BAN! protocol far and wide, telling story after story of the children who were rescued from the abyss of mind-blindness and senseless spinning. The more people who [...]
Rookie Mistake
We had a pretty good day at Six Flags America today (sorry, no pictures), but I did something really stupid. We got off the Roar coaster and wandered over to one of those swinging pirate ship rides that Jared loves. The ride was running, but empty of people, and there were a couple attendants sitting [...]
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