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Most Children with ASD Diagnosed After Age 5, Use Multiple Services and Medications
Published on 2012-05-24 23:04:00
A study just out from US National Institute of Mental Health researchers analyzes a survey they performed. Even today half of sad children identified are not diagnosed until after age 5. Half of autistic school age kids are using some form of psychotropic medicine. The study is discussed here: Most Children with ASD Diagnosed After [...] > read more
Join ASAN Seattle in Protesting the Judge Rotenberg Center at the ABAI Convention!
Published on 2012-05-24 12:48:27
The Autistic Self Advocacy Network (ASAN) is organizing a protest against the Judge Rotenberg Center. On Sunday, May 27th, the Association for Behavior Analysis International (ABAI) is holding their annual convention in the city of > read more
Autism Advocacy: Developing New Markets
Published on 2012-05-23 01:00:36
Autism Speaks is hiring. You can find their job posts on the Web. Nothing surprising about that. Here is a segment from a recent job post: Autism Speaks is the world’s largest autism science and advocacy organization, dedicated to funding global biomedical research into the causes, prevention, treatment and cure for autism. We currently have [...] > read more
Student placed in cardboard box for time out, others called mentally retarded in their yearbook
Published on 2012-05-22 01:00:08
Two stories out today show In the first (see Teacher gets lengthy suspension after student put in box) as part of a “time out” punishment According to the story that goes along with the video: A middle school special education teacher accused of forcing a child with special needs into a cardboard box as punishment [...] > read more
ASAN: URGENT! Ask Your Senators to Support a Ban on Aversives!
Published on 2012-05-21 11:06:53
The Autistic Self Advocacy Network has called an urgent action alert to call for the ban of aversives in the state of Massachusetts, home of the Judge Rotenberg Center. Residents of Massachusetts can call their state senators and support legislation that could stop the use of aversives. Ask Your Senators for a Ban on Aversives [...] > read more
TPGA: IMFAR 2012: An Update on the ASD DSM-5 Recommendations
Published on 2012-05-19 11:57:53
There is much discussion on the DSM 5 at IMFAR. This includes talks from Sue Swedo at the stakeholder’s lunch and a formal (and highly attended) conference talk The Thinking Person’s Guide to Autism has four of their editors at the conference and has an article on the DSM 5 discussion. IMFAR 2012: An Update [...] > read more
Some first-hand reports from IMFAR
Published on 2012-05-18 17:07:24
Here are some reports that have been written on IMFAR so far. IMFAR is a three day conference, with one pre-conference day. Saturday (tomorrow) is the last day. Thinking Person’s Guide to Autism IMFAR 2012: Genetic Variants in ASD IMFAR 2012: On Communicating Autism Science Autism: Friendships in Adolescence from IMFAR 2012 IMFAR 2012 Press [...] > read more
Adult Outcomes in Autism: A Prospective Longitudinal Examination of the Effects of Early Intensive Intervention: A 20 Year Follow-Up
Published on 2012-05-18 01:00:56
It’s been over 25 years since Ivar Lovaas published a study on Applied Behavioral Analysis which would made ABA therapy (for good or bad, you can find vocal proponents of both opinions) the “gold standard” for young autistic children. Now, some of the children who participated in the early studies and ABA programs are adults. [...] > read more
ASAN: Urge For the Ban on Aversives in Massachusetts!
Published on 2012-05-17 23:13:19
This action alert is from ASAN: Urge For the Ban on Aversives in Massachusetts! Tomorrow, May 18th, 2012, Massachusetts State Senator Brian Joyce will be filing two amendments to the Senate Ways & Means Budget currently pending in the Massachusetts State Senate. One of these amendments calls for a complete ban of aversives – also [...] > read more
The Implications of DSM V: Changes in Diagnostic Outcomes in An Adult Clinical Sample Re-Diagnosed According to the Proposed DSM V
Published on 2012-05-17 17:28:03
The Implications of DSM V: Changes in Diagnostic Outcomes in An Adult Clinical Sample Re-Diagnosed According to the Proposed DSM V is a talk to be given at IMFAR on Saturday. Given the very high focus on the DSM V from the online autism community, I had hope that this study might shed some light [...] > read more
Study Finds Early Childhood Educators Can Effectively Screen Students For Autism In Underserved Communities
Published on 2012-05-17 12:42:31
Studies presented at IMFAR this year addresses the problem of how to effectively screen children for autism in underserved communities. Many studies have shown that the rates of identified autism are lower in racial and ethnic minorities and those with lower socio-economic status. For example, CDC autism prevalence estimates routinely show lower estimated prevalence for [...] > read more
IMFAR 2012 begins
Published on 2012-05-17 00:41:03
The International Meeting for Autism Research (IMFAR) started on Wednesday with a press conference and a pre-conference program focused on stakeholders. I was fortunate to be able to attend last year, but not this year. I did call in to the press conference, though and it brought back some of the excitement for me. Before [...] > read more
Prevalence of autistic spectrum disorders in Tripoli, Libya: the need for more research and planned services.
Published on 2012-05-15 01:00:51
Autism prevalence studies are being performed in more and more locations around the globe. It’s somewhat amazing how little is known about autism prevalence outside of Europe and the U.S.. There are data from Japan and data has been coming in from Australia and elsewhere. There is very little data from Africa. Prevalence of autistic [...] > read more
Postsecondary education and employment among youth with an autism spectrum disorder
Published on 2012-05-14 13:21:12
Prof. Paull Shattuck’s group from Washington University in St. Louis has published a study in the journal Pediatrics today entitled Postsecondary education and employment among youth with an autism spectrum disorder. The full study is available free on the Pediatrics website. Prof. Shattuck’s group presented results on autistic adults and the transition from school to [...] > read more
Baltimore Sun drops the ball on Jenny McCarthy fluff
Published on 2012-05-11 19:27:35
Sometimes you just gotta laugh. And cry. For a Mother’s day picture roundup, the Baltimore Sun included Jenny McCarthy. She’s a mom, sure. But check out the caption. Actress Jenny McCarthy is a vocal advocate for parents making informed healthcare decisions and has written a best-selling book about her struggle to heal her son’s autism. [...] > read more
Deficit, Difference, or Both? Autism and Neurodiversity
Published on 2012-05-11 16:42:34
A pubmed abstract out this week Deficit, Difference, or Both? Autism and Neurodiversity brings the fourth entry in pubmed using the term “neurodiversity”. One other paper is in Portuguese, and another is from Sweden. That said, I am looking forward to reading this study. I say looking forward because when I checked the the full [...] > read more
Autism Criteria Critics Blasted by DSM-5 Leader
Published on 2012-05-10 16:59:33
Remember how some comments in a scientific talk about the DSM 5 in Iceland was picked up by the New York Times, leading to a media and advocate firestorm of activity? The Times article was New Definition of Autism Will Exclude Many, Study Suggests. Medpagetoday.com has another chapter in this story: Autism Criteria Critics Blasted [...] > read more
Arc action alert: Don’t Cut Our Lifeline Medicaid Toolkit
Published on 2012-05-09 12:01:22
In the U.S. (and I assume elsewhere) budget cuts are pending on state and federal levels. The Arc is warning of potential cuts which can make a major impact on funding for the intellectually disabled and the developmentally disabled. The full action alert can be found on the ARC website. Don’t Cut Our Lifeline Medicaid [...] > read more
Andrew Wakefield’s many statements that MMR causes autism
Published on 2012-05-08 01:00:05
One of the themes that has grown in the past couple of years that Andrew Wakefield never said MMR causes autism. Rather, the story goes, he was a cautious researcher who merely reported what parents told him and called for more research to be done. Here is an example by Mr. Dan Olmsted of the [...] > read more
Services for adults with an autism spectrum disorder
Published on 2012-05-07 16:02:43
Paul Shattuck is one of those people I greatly admire. He and his group ask important questions in areas which are generally given low levels of attention. Regular readers to Left Brain/Right Brain will (I hope) recognize that improving the research base for knowledge about autistic adults is a high priority of mine. I can’t [...] > read more
Minnesota funds Somali autism prevalence study
Published on 2012-05-02 20:20:57
From the Minnesota Daily: U to research rate of autism in Somali community. Parents and others in Minnesota’s Somali community are concerned about the prevalence of autism in children. Now, for the first time, state funds will go to researching autism in that community. The health and human services omnibus bill Gov. Mark Dayton signed [...] > read more
Parental socioeconomic status and risk of offspring autism spectrum disorders in a Swedish population-based study.
Published on 2012-05-02 01:00:47
In many autism prevalence studies, higher socio-economic status (SES) for the parents is correlated with higher autism rates in the children of those families. While a conclusive reason for this has not been shown, it has been conjectured that the SES variability could be due to social influences such as access to care. A recent [...] > read more
Twitter Chat with autism experts Wednesday at 1 p.m. ET
Published on 2012-05-01 19:14:48
USA Today has an article discussing an autism chat on Twitter scheduled for tomorrow (Wednesday) at 1pm Eastern Time. The article is copied below (with apologies to USA Today): Chat with autism experts Wednesday at 1 p.m. ET. Questions about autism science, causes, support? Join our live chat with health reporter @LizSzabo as she talks [...] > read more
Jenny McCarthy, less brash but the same message
Published on 2012-05-01 01:00:04
Jenny McCarthy and her organization, Generation Rescue, have toned down on the vaccine message in the past few years. Gone is the Generation Rescue “favorite” vaccine schedule (which left kids unprotected against most vaccine preventable diseases). It’s been four years since the “Green Our Vaccines” rally, and there isn’t even a discussion of a followup. [...] > read more
The MA State Senate: Please Stop Painful Electric Shocks on Students at JRC in Massachusetts!
Published on 2012-04-30 14:03:41
A petition is hosted on Change.org: The MA State Senate: Please Stop Painful Electric Shocks on Students at JRC in Massachusetts! The Judge Rotenberg Center uses electric shocks as part of their program for some of the students in their care. The JRC is not allowed to use these aversives on new students, but still [...] > read more
Pharmacologic Treatment of Repetitive Behaviors in Autism Spectrum Disorders: Evidence of Publication Bias.
Published on 2012-04-27 01:00:20
I had hoped to read this article and have a good review in place when the embargo lifted. Time is working against me and I just haven’t had the resources to apply to this. But I shouldn’t let that stop me from highlighting this study: Pharmacologic Treatment of Repetitive Behaviors in Autism Spectrum Disorders: Evidence [...] > read more
Autism Science Foundation to host online chat with Jill Locke tomorrow (Friday)
Published on 2012-04-26 16:59:22
Jill Locke is a researcher (a post-doc) at the Center for Autism Research at the U. Pennsylvania. Here is her biography from the CAR website: Dr. Locke is a post-doctoral research fellow at the Center for Autism Research. She completed her doctorate degree in Educational Psychology at the University of California, Los Angeles. Jill worked [...] > read more
Todd W., running for a good cause
Published on 2012-04-26 16:17:15
Todd W. of Harpocrates Speaks is a frequent author of articles and commenter in online discussions involving questions of vaccines and vaccines and autism. In his article, Help Me, Interwebz! You’re My Only Hope!, he tells us that he is participating in a run to raise money for medical research. In specific, he’s helping to [...] > read more
Congressman Dan Burton: It is time to re-engage on the autism epidemic
Published on 2012-04-25 01:00:25
Dan Burton is a U.S. Congressman, a legislator elected to represent the state of Indiana to the U.S. House of Representatives. Mr. Burton was once a frequent name in the discussion about autism. His grandson is autistic and Mr. Burton championed the idea that mercury, in specific the vaccine preservative thimerosal, was a possible cause [...] > read more
The combined measles, mumps, and rubella vaccines and the total number of vaccines are not associated with development of autism spectrum disorder: The first case-control study in Asia.
Published on 2012-04-24 12:00:00
A paper from researchers in Japan studies the questions of whether vaccines cause autism. In this study, The combined measles, mumps, and rubella vaccines and the total number of vaccines are not associated with development of autism spectrum disorder: The first case-control study in Asia, the authors use a case-control method. The study is moderate [...] > read more
The Geier story on testosterone shifts again
Published on 2012-04-19 16:24:18
When Mark and David Geier first proposed using Lupron on autistic children, it was supposedly to help remove mercury from the brain. Their theory was that mercury and testosterone bound together in the brain and that this prevented chelators from being able to remove the mercury. They first approached the Rev. Lisa Sykes, whose son [...] > read more
Suspension of Mark Geier is upheld
Published on 2012-04-18 20:22:51
Mark Geier is a name well known in the autism world of alternative medicine as well as a major source of papers purporting to link autism to mercury. He had a medical practice, was licensed in multple states, presented repeatedly at autism parent alt-med conventions, and served as a witness for the vaccine court. Mr. [...] > read more
Mayo Clinic to study adult prevalence and outcomes
Published on 2012-04-18 01:00:41
A five year project was started this year to investigate the epidemiology and current status of adults in the U.S.. At present we have almost no data on adult outcomes. We have little data using on adult prevalence. Studies from the U.K. have reported a prevalence about 1.1% for autistic adults “...with learning disabilities living [...] > read more
Simons Foundation announces RFA for Explorer Awards
Published on 2012-04-17 12:13:53
The Simons Foundation is a large source of funding for autism research. They have posted a RFA (request for application) for their Explorer Awards RFA This award program is designed to enhance our existing support of autism research by providing timely resources to enable focused experiments highly relevant to our mission. A deeper understanding of [...] > read more
Workshop report: Regression in autism
Published on 2012-04-17 12:08:37
Simons Foundation has an article on their recent workshop on regression in autism. Here are the first two paragraphs: A number of studies suggest that a subset of children with autism make significant social and language gains in the first year of life, and then experience a dramatic loss of skills. As infants, these children [...] > read more
Autism Science Foundation interview with Celine Saulnier of the Marcus Autism Center
Published on 2012-04-13 10:09:09
The Autism Science Foundation is hosting an interview with Celine Saulnier of the Marcus Autism Center today at 12 noon Eastern Time. The interview will be on the ASF Facebook page Write a quick comment > read more
Seafood Consumption and Blood Mercury Concentrations in Jamaican Children With and Without Autism Spectrum Disorders.
Published on 2012-04-12 17:03:58
In yet another study on mercury and autism, a team from the University of Texas has investigated blood mercury levels in children with autism spectrum disorders (ASDs). In Seafood Consumption and Blood Mercury Concentrations in Jamaican Children With and Without Autism Spectrum Disorders they report that “After controlling for the child’s frequency of seafood consumption, [...] > read more
Autism Science Foundation fundraiser on Philanthroper
Published on 2012-04-11 20:19:25
The Autism Science Foundation (ASF) is running a fundraiser on Philanthroper. These are short (1 day) fundraisers with small amounts ($1 to $10). Below is the text from the fundraiser. https://philanthroper.com/deals/autism-science-foundation “You can make a big difference with money placed in the right scientific hands.” – Alison Singer, Autism Science Foundation It’s Autism Awareness Month. [...] > read more
ASAN’s Ethical, Legal and Social Implications of Autism Research Symposium Goes Live
Published on 2012-04-10 11:46:33
The Autistic Self Advocacy Network (ASAN) hosted a symposium on the Ethical, Legal and Social Implications of Autism Research recently. They are now making it available online. See the message below: Dear Friends: This week, the media reported that over $1 billion has been spent over the course of the last decade on autism research [...] > read more
Maternal Metabolic Conditions and Risk for Autism and Other Neurodevelopmental Disorders
Published on 2012-04-09 17:13:44
A study from the U.C. Davis MIND Institute was published today in the journal Pediatrics: Maternal Metabolic Conditions and Risk for Autism and Other Neurodevelopmental Disorders. The link is to the abstract, but the full paper is available free for download. The paper is part of the CHARGE Study. (CHARGE: Childhood Autism Risks from Genetics [...] > read more
Woot! Autistics and Thinking Person’s Guide to Autism editor quoted in New York Times
Published on 2012-04-07 19:04:11
A story out today by Amy Harmon of the New York Times, The Autism Wars, takes on some of the discussion ongoing about the new prevalence numbers out from the CDC. It is well worth the read. What caught my eye, as one could tell from the title of this article, are paragraphs like these: [...] > read more
Autism Science Foundation live chat with Kevin Pelphrey Friday 12noon eastern time
Published on 2012-04-05 17:05:47
The Autism Science Foundation will host live interviews with scientists and policy makers during the month of April (Autism Awareness Month). These will be hosted on their facebook page. These will be in a chat format where, as ASF puts it: “Have questions for an autism researcher? Join us for a live, online chat tomorrow [...] > read more
The 2013 U.S. budget fails to fulfill the promise to fund IDEA
Published on 2012-04-05 11:59:56
Part of President Obama’s platform when he was campaigning 4 years ago was to fully fund the Federal commitment to special education. On average, a special education student requires about twice the funding as a regular education student. The Federal government made a commitment to pay states 40% of the costs of special education, but [...] > read more
Spontaneous Gene Glitches Linked to Autism Risk with Older Dads
Published on 2012-04-04 13:33:25
Below is a press release from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in the U.S.. on recently published studies on autism risk. These are the studies mentioned by NIMH Director and IACC chair Thomas Insel in his article “The New Genetics of Autism – Why Environment Matters“. Spontaneous Gene Glitches Linked to Autism Risk with [...] > read more
Thomas Insel: The New Genetics of Autism – Why Environment Matters
Published on 2012-04-04 13:29:29
Thomas Insel is the director of the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) and the chair of the Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee (IACC) in the U.S.. His article can be found here (The New Genetics of Autism – Why Environment Matters) and I have quoted it in full bellow. (As a government publication I feel [...] > read more
A summary of the CDC autism prevalence report
Published on 2012-04-03 00:55:35
In case you don’t have the time to review the full recent CDC prevalence report but you’d like some more information, I’ve written a summary of the CDC report at the Autism Science Foundation blog. The CDC has provided a lot of analysis in this edition of the prevalence report. A couple brief side points [...] > read more
TPGA Welcomes Five New Affiliate Editors
Published on 2012-03-30 01:00:36
The Thinking Person’s Guide to Autism has added five new editors. They are: Kerima Cevik Rachel Cohen-Rottenberg Rob Gross Kassiane Sibley Sandy Yim There are brief bios for each on the TPGA website: TPGA Welcomes Five New Affiliate Editors This looks to be an excellent addition to their team. Write a quick comment > read more
Autism Prevalence: More Affected or More Detected?
Published on 2012-03-29 15:40:25
Tom Insel, director of the U.S. National Institute of Mental Health and Chair of the Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee has published a blog article coinciding with the CDC announcement of 1 in 88 estimated prevalence. As a government publication, I feel it is OK to copy it here in total, but you are encouraged to [...] > read more
CDC estimates 1 in 88 children in United States has been identified as having an autism spectrum disorder
Published on 2012-03-29 09:43:34
The CDC has released the latest autism prevalence estimate. The estimate from children born in 2000 and using data from when they are 8 years old (2008) is 1 in 88, a 23% increase over the previous estimate (1 in 110 for children born in 1998). Here is the CDC press release. CDC estimates 1 [...] > read more
Vaccine-autism groups jump embargo on CDC prevalence
Published on 2012-03-28 14:14:03
The CDC will soon release new autism prevalence estimates. This much has been discussed online for some time since Disability Scoop published CDC Set To Release New Autism Numbers on March 9. The “Canary Party” has put out a couple of press releases. One “New CDC Autism Numbers Coming Soon; Rate Increase to Over 1 [...] > read more
Who Decides Which Facts are True? Perhaps not “Dr. Bob”
Published on 2012-03-26 23:56:05
Dr. Robert Sears (Dr. Bob) is one of the more well-known Defeat Autism Now (DAN) doctors. This is a group of alternative medical practitioners who “treat” autism with a number of untested (and, thus, unproven) methods such as supplements, chelation, hyperbaric oxygen therapy, and others. As a DAN practitioner, it won’t surprise most readers here [...] > read more
Why the next CDC autism rates spells bad news for the mercury hypothesis
Published on 2012-03-22 00:16:05
A recent article on Disability Scoop discussed an upcoming CDC autism report. The MMWR’s(Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Reports) from the CDC have been one of the standards for autism prevalence for years. Each CDC prevalence estimate is calculated for a group of 8 year olds born in a certain year. For example, the last estimate [...] > read more
CDC Set To Release New Autism Numbers
Published on 2012-03-16 12:33:52
Disability Scoop has an article: CDC Set To Release New Autism Numbers. This was posted last week, and it starts: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are expected to unveil a new autism prevalence estimate as early as this month. The agency currently says that 1 in 110 children have autism, a figure first [...] > read more
Financials for Andrew Wakefield’s Strategic Autism Initiative
Published on 2012-03-15 12:43:13
Non profit organizations in the United States have to file tax forms and those become part of the public record. After leaving Thoughtful House, Andrew Wakefield formed a non-profit called the “Strategic Autism Initiative” (SAI). That was in 2010. The tax forms (form 990) don’t become public right away, so the form for 2010 has [...] > read more
COALITION FOR MERCURY-FREE DRUGS (COMED, INC.) v. SEBELIUS
Published on 2012-03-15 01:00:02
The Coalition for Mercury Free Drugs (CoMeD) is an organization run by Mark and David Geiers. This is the father/son team which has promoted some of the most questionable research trying to link autism (and more) to mercury, especially in vaccines. They are also notorious for their “lupron protocol”, a therapy where a strong drug [...] > read more
What letter, Mr. Olmsted? Why this one, of course.
Published on 2012-03-14 15:47:21
When Brian Deer wrote one of his 2009 article for the Sunday Times: Focus: Hidden records show MMR truth, he introduced the article with a discussion of the father of Child 11, the only American child in the Lancet 12: ON a Monday morning in February 1997, a taxi left the Royal Free hospital, in [...] > read more
A few details from Brian Deer’s declaration
Published on 2012-03-13 00:08:30
Brian Deer’s declaration in the anti-SLAPP motion presents an interesting narrative of the history of the investigation into Andrew Wakefield’s MMR project. Of course much of it is not new for those who have followed the story, There’s the initial investigation for the Sunday Times. There’s the interaction with Richard Horton at The Lancet. There’s [...] > read more
BMJ, Brian Deer file anti-SLAPP motion against Andrew Wakefield
Published on 2012-03-11 15:08:07
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Sunnyvale police: Mother killed 22-year-old autistic son, then herself
Published on 2012-03-08 10:28:49
The San Jose Mercury News reports today Sunnyvale police: Mother killed 22-year-old autistic son, then herself A Sunnyvale woman who told neighbors she was “so tired” and could no longer handle caring for her 22-year-old autistic son shot him in his bedroom and then turned the gun on herself. Elizabeth Hodgins’ husband came home at [...] > read more
Walker-Smith wins appeal
Published on 2012-03-07 07:55:41
Prof. John Walker-Smith was one of Andrew Wakefield’s colleagues at the Royal Free and participated in the research there. Prof. Walker-Smith was struck off the medical register along with Andrew Wakefield by the General Medical Council. Prof. Walker-Smith appealed and the GMC’s decision has been quashed. Here is the conclusion of the appeal decision: For [...] > read more
Conflicts of interest in vaccine safety research
Published on 2012-03-07 00:13:48
When this abstract came out I had hopes, vain hopes, that it wouldn’t get discussed much online. It’s perfectly reasonable to discuss issues surrounding conflicts of interest in vaccine safety research, but the author has a track record of less-than-excellent publications. Prof. DeLong wrote A positive association found between autism prevalence and childhood vaccination uptake [...] > read more
Autism recurrence in half siblings: strong support for genetic mechanisms of transmission in ASD
Published on 2012-03-05 12:41:54
Autism recurrence in half siblings: strong support for genetic mechanisms of transmission in ASD comes out of Dan Geschwind’s group at UCLA. They used the Interactive Autism Network database. Here is the abstract: Current estimates of the heritability of autism spectrum disorders (ASD) derived from existing clinical twin studies1, 2, 3, 4 are potentially confounded [...] > read more
Roberto Marty, San Francisco School Bus Driver, To Stand Trial For Molesting Multiple Special Needs Students
Published on 2012-03-05 12:20:59
This from the Huffington Post: Roberto Marty, San Francisco School Bus Driver, To Stand Trial For Molesting Multiple Special Needs Students. Obviously this is not yet proved. The story, however, tells of the possibility of more than one instance of abuse: Long-time San Francisco Unified School District bus driver Roberto Marty stands accused of two [...] > read more
Vaccine skeptic propogates harmful autism stereotypes…again
Published on 2012-02-29 15:09:12
A major news story in the U.S. right now involves a school shooting incident in Ohio. Somehow when school shootings happen, someone always seems to float the speculation that the shooter is/was autistic. It’s happening again with people pointing to this article on the Cafe Mom website: 40 Infallible Reasons Why You Should Not Vaccinate [...] > read more
leaping science forward fundraiser for Autism Science Foundation
Published on 2012-02-29 09:35:45
Today is a special fundraiser for the Autism Science Foundation. All the money will go towards the stakeholder travel grants they provide for people to attend IMFAR. Here are the details: We need YOUR help to make the 2012 Leap Day a great day for autism science! How often have you wished for an extra [...] > read more
Call for Applicants: Leadership Training for Autistic College Students
Published on 2012-02-28 16:15:16
This announcement from the Autistic Self Advocacy Network (ASAN). What is the Autism Campus Inclusion (ACI) Summer Institute? The ACI Summer Institute is a week-long training for Autistic college students. The training is meant to prepare students to engage in self-advocacy and pro-neurodiversity activism on their college campuses. Who is eligible for the ACI Summer [...] > read more