Following is a re-posting of an earlier comment: Irrational Neurodiversity Ideology Harms Children with Autism Disorders. As the title indicates it is my personal opinion, not as a lawyer, which I am, not as a medical professional which I am not. It is my view as an autism parent, of
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Facing Autism in New Brunswick: Heartless Canada Does It Again – Rejecting Another Immigrant Family Because of Son with Autism
Image by Kaz Novak, The Hamilton Spectator An immigrant South Korean family, Sungsoo Kim, wife Sunmi Kim, daughter Lisa and son Taehoon, have been living in Canada for the past 9 years. A permanent residency application has been rejected by Canadian officials because the 12 year old son is autistic. He received
Continue readingFacing Autism in New Brunswick: What Does Autism Awareness Mean As The Great DSM-5 Autism Do-Over Approaches?
What exactly is Autism Awareness and what does it accomplish? Can anyone, Autism Speaks, or any other autism organization, say with a straight face that they are promoting autism awareness when the official criteria for determining what autism is, or is not, changes every 15-20 years? Can anyone say what
Continue readingFacing Autism in New Brunswick: Medicare’s Orphans Trailer 1: The Hudson Family Sacrifice for their Child with Autism
This video is the first trailer for Medicare’s Orphans by Medicare for Autism Now! which will examine Canada’s shameful exclusion of autism treatment from Medicare coverage and the consequences for autistic children and their families. It provides a…
Continue readingFacing Autism in New Brunswick: Confirmation DSM-5’s New Autism Spectrum Disorder Will Exclude Intellectually Disabled
I have written previously that persons who presently have autistic disorder or PDD-NOS and who are also intellectually disabled will be removed from the DSM-5’s New Autism Spectrum Disorder. Whereas those with intellectual disability once constituted …
Continue readingFacing Autism in New Brunswick: TAKEN: BC Government Takes Autistic Girl From Caring Dad
Derek Hoare shows a picture of himself with his daughter Ayn in happier timesJohn Van Putten Photo
The British Columbia government, Ministry of Children and Family Development, has taken an autistic girl from her father’s care after she w…
Facing Autism in New Brunswick: Autism and Environmental Pollution: Review Shows Serious Study Needed
EPA, United States Environmental Protection Agency
Judith Pinborough-Zimmerman, research assistant professor in the University of Utah’s Department of Psychiatry, has called for more serious study of links between toxic pollution and autism spectr…
Facing Autism in New Brunswick: Medical Model of Autism Embraced by Neurodiversity Blogger Kev Leitch?
– Comment by Neurodiversity Blogger Kev Leitch of LBRB on the recent paper indicating that children have been compensated for what, based on an analysis of the symptoms, appear to have been autism disorders.
Neurodiversity, to the extent that it has …
Continue readingFacing Autism in New Brunswick: Time Flies And So Does Conor – Dad’s Run Jump Fly Boy
The first two pictures show Conor today at 15 and the last four show him 4 years ago at 11. He is no longer the baby faced boy in the bottom pictures. He is a young man. But … he is still Dad’s Run Jump Fly Boy … full of energy and spir…
Continue readingFacing Autism in New Brunswick: Liberal Stewart McGillivray Also Confirms Conservative James Moore’s Autism Is Not a Disability Statement
More Confirmation!
Liberal Stewart McGillivray, who also participated in the candidate’s forum in which Conservative James Moore made his “autism is not a disability” statement, has, along with NDP Mark Ireland, also confirmed that Moore did indeed mak…