Like I could go back to work, I thought. My husband still traveled quite a bit for his job, Ronan’s needs were still pretty great, and my other kids’ afterschool and sports schedules kept me pretty busy. I longed to use my brain in a different capacity again, but the very thought...
Patricia Wright, Ph.D., MPH, is the Executive Director, and Katie Curran, MAPP, the Chief Wellbeing Officer, of Proof Positive, a national non-profit that works to integrate and expand well-being programming for autistic individuals and their communities. Online: Proof Positive, LinkedIn ...
Medical organizations, federal health officials and the media, all under the power and control of the pharmaceutical industry, massively shut down any discussion of a link between vaccines and autism. Pharma-funded researchers produced easily manipulated population studies all showing no link between vac...
The ASAT is a non-profit organization founded in 1998 “to promote safe, effective, science-based treatments for people with autism by disseminating accurate, timely, and scientifically sound information, advocating for the use of scientific methods to guide treatment, and combating unsubstantiated, in...
Footnote 43 Given the high proportion of party members among non-Jewish physicians, this is certainly significant. This does not mean, however, that Asperger kept a principled distance from the NSDAP apparatus. In fact, he sought membership in several organizations affiliated with the NSDAP. ...
(some are, definitely, but so are some non-autistic people). I think the demands of a weird society push anxiety onto them. I had a very happy childhood, and didn’t suffer from anxiety until people started telling me I was socially inferior. (I’ve written an article about dealing ...
Patricia Wright, Ph.D., MPH, is the Executive Director, and Katie Curran, MAPP, the Chief Wellbeing Officer, of Proof Positive, a national non-profit that works to integrate and expand well-being programming for autistic individuals and their communities. Online: Proof Positive, LinkedIn a...
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Note: Z91.83 is the ICD code for wandering, also called elopement. A common hazard of autism that kills with impunity. Below, the story of Germaine Jones, another non-speaking child with autism who wandered and died in a watery grave. The world is full of unspeakable heartache right now....
Parents of autistic children report significantly higher stress levels than parents of non-autistic children. A lack of adequate support for family members, especially adults, exacerbates parental stress. Mindfulness exercises have been shown to help reduce stress in parents of autistic children. ...