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... )

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... )

I was talking to my sister about "person-first" language and how I really don't care about being "autistic" versus a "person with autism." Somehow that turned into "I THINK AUTISM SHOULD BE CURED!!!!!!!!" from her ( Read more... )

I have issues with this shirt:


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Did anyone else receive an email from Generation Rescue? One just landed in my inbox. I'm a member of a few autism-related yahoo groups, as well as a new member of autism.change.org. I'm really curious as to how Generation Rescue got my email address. Obviously, they thought I had an interest in autism, (or, more likely, some random software linked ( Read more... )

Is autism "curable"?

Personally I think that while their arguments sound plausible, they're completely wrong. What are your opinions?

At 8 pm on Discovery Health Channel, there will be a show (Medical Incredible, I believe it is) that features a family 'curing' their child of Autism. I plan on watching it, then possibly taping it when it runs again at 11pm (central time, btw ( Read more... )

Cure Autism Now is having a fundraising walkathon thinger for Autism, and i'm trying to decide whether or not i should participate. I do not believe in the program's goal of "curing" Autism, in fact it rather turns me off. However, it can't be denied that the organization raises money to promote Autism awareness, outreach programs, education, ( Read more... )

Last night we were at Borders, and my boyfriend handed me a copy of this book, which is a curebie book. (He didn't know that; he just saw "new book about autism" and thought I'd be interested.) There's a bunch of really offensive stuff in it (Lovaas ABA is good! Your autistic child should never be left alone unless you need to run to the bathroom! ( Read more... )