Interesting Links for 15-07-2015

[andrewducker]

• The SNP's foxhunting gambit will strengthen EVEL. (I suspect that's been the SNP's plan all along)
  • (tags: Scotland snp voting )
• Green Party set to take 10 seats from Labour in next year's Scottish Parliament election
  • (tags: Scotland Labour GreenParty )
• There is no correct way to talk about autism
  • (tags: autism language )
• Potential of blue LEDs as

Comments

[gonzo21]

I have Robocop vs Terminator, and yes, it is one of the best comics I've read. Makes absolute sense. And has a stunning resolution.

[kalimac]

I didn't know how EVEL is supposed to work. I thought that if the law affected only England, then only English MPs would vote on it. Apparently not.

"I am the only 20 year old in the whole of the UK that the Chancellor is prepared to help with housing." Great line!

[andrewducker]

I thought the same. What they're going for instead seems designed to fail.

[wildeabandon]

I'm unconvinced by the conclusion of the article on language about autism. It seems to be saying in most cases that autistic people mostly have similar preferences for the language use, which differs from the preferences of interested allistic people, in which case surely the correct language to use is that preferred by autistic people.

[cmcmck]

Yes!

There's only one way to talk about autism and that is however an individual autistic person would prefer one to talk about it (or not as the case may be).

Generalising the experience of a given minority is less than helpful (and trust me, I know)!

[andrewducker]

Yup, completely agree.

It boggled me that the differences were so large.

[cmcmck]

I wonder how far some of this is still parents looking for a 'cure' and insisting that they (neurotypically) know best?

It was working for a while with autistic folks that made me realise that listening was the most useful approach.