“Watching Kirk and Spock—two men with vastly different worldviews—form a friendship based on mutual trust and admiration, I found myself thinking, “That’s the future I want my child to grow up in, one in which he will be judged not by the conventionality of his cognitive process, but by the content of his character.””
McCain: glad you think autistic kids are precious. Want to babysit? I’m not far from D.C. and that $6/hour could help your budget.
Best of TangleBones
These are probably the most important entries on the site, at least to me. And to anyone looking to learn about me, this should give you a good idea of who I am, and why. My late wife Kellie: What’s been going on Merry Christmas 9 Years Ago Adventures in Matrimony My autistic son Jared: [...]
What I Wish I Could Say
A woman where I work sent out a request on an internal mailing list asking if anyone could recommend “a good autistic specialist who practices using the DAN philosophy” in our area. Here’s what I wish I could write her: Dear XXXXX, I don’t want this to come across too harshly, but I certainly hope [...]
The Big Question
There’s a hypothetical question that crops up every once in a while in online autism communities, and it’s this: “We can give your child a shot now, and when he wakes up tomorrow he will no longer be autistic. Would you like us to give him the shot?” Strangely, this question comes up a lot [...]
Temple Grandin Video
Google Video has an episode of the BBC show “Horizon” about Temple Grandin. They discuss the history of autism treatment and research, and the way it relates to her life and her work. Ms. Grandin, it should be pointed out, has a very singular experience as an autistic and one shouldn’t draw too many conclusions [...]
Painful Stupidity
Better autism bloggers have already covered the stupidity of the Chicago Tribune’s Painful questions of blame (reg. required), but a couple things leapt off the page at me, so I have to get in my two cents. For those who haven’t been following the Katie McCarron story, her mother, a doctor, broke down, killed 3-year-old [...]
Autistics’ Parents Considered Harmful
For those that thought I was being a little harsh to the ladies of the “Autism Every Day” video, please check out this Channel 19 report, Mother confesses to suffocating daughter: Morton Police said 37-year old Karen McCarron confessed to suffocating her three-year-old daughter, Katherine… Katherine McCarron had been diagnosed with autism. Morton police said [...]
Autism Speaks Doesn’t Speak for Me
Alison Tepper Singer, said: “There are parents that are forced to put kids in schools that are completely overcrowded and 12 kids and 1 teacher. And the – the kids don’t make progress. But I remember that was a very scary moment for me when I realized that I had sat in the car for [...]
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