Originally posted by elenbarathi at The corrosive cult of compliance
( 'Severely punished for acting in atypical ways' )

Having read the previous post, this popped up on my news feed... :)

Cardiff University launches autism mentor scheme tudents at Cardiff University will mentor teenagers with autistic spectrum disorders (ASD) as part of a new scheme to encourage more to attend university ( Read more... )

From a recent tweet of Ms. McCarthy:

Stories circulating online, claiming that I said my son Evan may not have autism after all, are blatantly inaccurate and completely ridiculous. Evan was diagnosed with autism by the Autism Evaluation Clinic at the UCLA Neuropsychiatric Hospital and was confirmed by the State of California (through their Regional ( Read more... )

I haven't seen this posted here yet. A friend shared it on Facebook, so I'm signal boosting.

Riverside Cop Tricks Autistic Teen Into Buying Pot

The skinny:

The ordeal began on the first day of school last fall. The family had just moved to a new neighborhood and their son began his senior year at a new school, Chaparral High, in the Temecula ( Read more... )

This week's issue of SF Weekly, one of the San Francisco Bay Area's free newspapers, features a good cover story on autism and neurodiversity, including appearances by me and Ari Ne'eman. Here it is, in the online edition:

http://www.sfweekly.com/2012-10-31/news/autism-autism-speaks-autism-self-advocacy-network-fragile-x-syndrome-genetics-medicine- ( Read more... )

"What are five things that could be done to make the world a more comfortable, respectful, and nurturing place for millions of autistic kids and adults - now, starting today ( Read more... )

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A French documentary examines the treatment of autism as a psychosis in France. Autistics are being locked in asylums. Very disturbing.

The documentary makers are being sued over it by psychiatrists.

Ny Times article here.

I know you guys sometimes post articles on this topic, but I never read them, so sorry if this is a repeat :/

I found this because my aunt posted this in her facebook status this morning. (Her 7-year-old is autistic.)

http://www.cnn.com/2011/HEALTH/01/05/autism.vaccines/index.html

A 1998 study that unleashed a major health scare by linking childhood autism to a triple vaccine was "an elaborate fraud," the British Medical Journal (BMJ) said.

“The BMJ says Sunday Times investigative journalist Brian Deer has "unearthed clear evidence of falsification".”

Edit: The BMJ article, and A BMJ editorial on the matter(xposted ( Read more... )

An eight year old girl was arrested for battery. She wanted to attend her friend's birthday party at school but was instead put in a classroom with two personnel "guarding" her because she refused to remove her cow hoodie. I cannot form the words to express my sadness and anger in regards to this incident.

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