As parents of children with autism spectrum disorders we all have to learn how to come to grips with the realities of our children's autism disorders. Some do the best they can to raise their child to the best of their ability to prepare the child to live the fullest [...]
Because he needed support at school, we decided that son nr 3 who was already diagnosed with ADHD and dyslexia would be officially diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder.
I either expected asperger disorder or PDD-NOS and didn't worry a bit about the outcome.[...]
Number of comments: 19 The declaration has been made by celebrity "autists"or "autistics" like Michelle Dawson, Amanda Baggs, Ari Ne'eman and various Neurodiversity bloggers that ""We", persons with autism spectrum disorders, do not want to be cured".
These persons with mild autism spectrum disorders, including Aspergers, routinely declare that "autistics" do not want' [...]
Number of comments: 7 "My identity is attached to being on the autism spectrum" Ari Ne'eman, New York Times, Nov 3, 2009 If you ever wondered why some autism self advocacy groups like ASAN, and some self advocacy leaders, like Ari Ne'eman, protest and exert pressure to prevent discussion of the harsher realities [...]
Number of comments: 5 Perhaps the New York Times is about to shock me and publish an article discussing potential changes to the "autism spectrum" of disorders in the DSM V from the perspective of the impact such changes might have on the lives of those with severe autism, from the perspective of low [...]
Number of comments: 18 Forget the vaccine-misogyny thing! They're about to take away my baby's label! The New York Times reports that the proposed DSM-V (shudder. deep breath. sigh.) will roll Asperger's into autism spectrum disorder, period, and render the diagnosis of "Asperger's" obsolete. Nooooooo! I'm kidding. TH is going to' [...]
Number of comments: 5 ASAN does NOT represent the autism "community". At best it represents some persons with High Functioning Autism and Aspergers who view autism disorders not as medical disorders but as a social club for persons at the high functioning end of the spectrum and those people without autism spectrum disorders [...]
Number of comments: 3 The ASAN, Autistic Spectrum Advocacy Network, is continuing its takeover of the autism spectrum of disorders and its unrelenting attempt to transform autism from a medical disorder to a social club for persons with High Functioning Autism, Aspergers, self diagnosed "auties" and persons with autism like symptoms. At [...]
Number of comments: 0 A Department of Health and Human Services report released Monday says that the autism rate in the U.S. is higher than previously believed -- about 1 in 100 children have an Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), the report says, up from the previous estimate of 1 in 150.The details are even [...]
Number of comments: 10 The incidence of autism spectrum disorder in eight-year-olds in the U.S. has risen by 50% since 2007, from one in 150 to one in 100, according to a CDC report that will be released later this year. However, the higher rate might not mean that more U.S. children have autism [...]
Number of comments: 3 ASAN is an acronym for an organization called the Autistic Self Advocacy Network. It's board of directors consists of persons self described as persons "on the autism spectrum". The founding president is Ari Ne'eman a university student who has declared to the world that "WE" don't want to be' [...]
It's wellknown that people with autis, ADHD and autism spectrum disorder have difficulty sleeping. My kids are no exception. After trying all sorts of things, we knew nothing else to do than to ask our doctor to prescribe melatonin.
If you are on the autism spectrum, have a child on the spectrum or love someone on the spectrum, join Mad As A Hatter to speak your mind about autism, charities, and awareness. http://budurl.com/autism930 [...]
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