Dr. Catherine Lord has attempted to sell her DSM5 New Autism Spectrum Disorder in a comment at the Huffington Post by telling the ignorant, unwashed public that we have nothing to fear from the DSM5 Autism changes. Dr. Lord is trying to paint those who disagree with the DSM5 Autism
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Facing Autism Disorders in New Brunswick: Bribery! First Shave & Haircut for Conor THEN Back to So Called "Segregated" School
Conor Shows Off His New Shave and Haircut Nothing wrong with bribery if it helps us get Conor to sit still for a shave and haircut! That’s what happened this long weekend when I bribed Conor to accept a shave and haircut by indicating first shave and haircut then back
Continue readingFacing Autism Disorders in New Brunswick: More Confirmation of Targeted Exclusion of Intellectually Disabled from DSM5 Autism Spectrum Disorder: But NO ONE CARES
Emily Singer has published an article at SFARI, Proposed guidelines won’t miss autism cases, study says, which appears to suggest that persons who would meet DSM-IV PDD-NOS and Asperger’s will “only” be reduced by approximately 10% under DSM5 criteria. The focus, as always, is on the HF end of the
Continue readingFacing Autism Disorders in New Brunswick: Michigan Daily Promotes Harmful, Irrational ASAN Anti-Cure Ideology
In Autism as an identity, not a disease Michigan Daily editor Jennifer Xu pushes the harmful Neurodiversity ideology that autism is not a disease or a disorder that should be cured but an identity that should be embraced and promoted. ideology furthers the harm it causes. “Autism as an identity,
Continue readingFacing Autism Disorders in New Brunswick: Facing Autism Flexible Inclusion Versus NBACL Extreme Inclusion on CBC Maritime Noon Thursday September 20
This Thursday, September 20, 2012 at 12 pm AT (1 ET) I will be a guest on the CBC Radio show Maritime Noon. I will be discussing and advocating for a flexible model of inclusive education. Marlene Munn will also be interviewed on behalf of the NBACL which promotes a
Continue readingFacing Autism Disorders in New Brunswick: DSM5 Autism Do-Over Raises Concerns Down Under, Yeah?
Concerns have been raised in Australia over the DSM-5 Autism Do-Over, the new Autism Spectrum Disorder. The fears echo those held by many in North America where studies have suggested a loss of autism diagnoses under the new DSM-5 diagostic criteria for autism with a possible loss of funding for
Continue readingFacing Autism Disorders in New Brunswick: 1 Year Limit On ABA Treatment for Autism Forces Mother to Leave Nova Scotia for Alberta
A Nova Scotia mother with an autistic son is planning to “go out to Alberta” where ABA autism treatment services are not, as in Nova Scotia, limited to one year. Does Canada need Medicare for Autism NOW? No question about it. Nova Scotia, for those who don’t know, is also
Continue readingFacing Autism in New Brunswick: Invisible Real Autistics Suffer While Self Promoters Peddle False View of Autism Disorder As An Alternative, Superior Way of Thinking
Some self promoting, self proclaimed “geeks” are pushing a distorted view of autism disorders as being the domain of different, even superior, thinkers. Historical geniuses long dead are often cited as examples of “suspected” autistic thinkers. Of course, the self promoting ideologues do not go so far as to embrace
Continue readingFacing Autism in New Brunswick: K.G. v. Dudek (Florida Medicaid Injunction Order): ABA Proven Effective, Medically Necessary Treatment for Autism and Autism Spectrum Disorder
Following are some significant excerpts, including court summaries of expert evidence in the proceeding, and findings of the US District Court in Florida K.G. v. Dudek, on the status of ABA as a medically necessary, proven effective treatment for Autism and Autism Spectrum Disorder. The expert evidence as summarized, and
Continue readingFacing Autism in New Brunswick: What Do NB Teachers Really Think About The Porter-NBACL Full Inclusion Model?
What do New Brunswick teachers really think about the full inclusion model which has been pushed relentlessly in NB schools by Gordon Porter and the New Brunswick Association for Community Living since the mid-1980’s? The truth is many teachers recognize that extreme, everyone in the regular classroom inclusion does not
Continue readingFacing Autism in New Brunswick: "Thinking" Persons Guide to Autism Issues Proclamation Declaring Autism Speaks Does Not Benefit Autistic People
Some of the people referenced in this post are affiliated with Autism Speaks. TPGA does not consider Autism Speaks an organization that benefits autistic people. -SR I am not sure what constitutes “Thinking” at the “Thinking” Persons Guide to Autism. The above quote from “SR”, Shannon Des Roches Rosa, precedes a
Continue readingFacing Autism in New Brunswick: Conor’s Autism Reality: From Joy To Self Injurious Behavior In A Flash
I have never accepted, and have in fact been openly contemptuous of, the view that autism is a joy, an alternative, even superior way of thinking. My son’s autistic disorder diagnosis accurately describes autism as it really is … a disorder, one that impairs the lives of those, like
Continue readingFacing Autism in New Brunswick: Ritvo Swedo DSM5 Autism Shootout At The IMFAR Corral
Edward Ritvo-Susan Swedo Shootout at the IMFAR Corral, Sheraton, Toronto Photo by Harold L Doherty, May 18, 2012 Dr. Susan Swedo of the DSM5 autism committee presented a defense of the proposed DSM5 Autism Spectrum Disorder twice yesterday at IMFAR in Toronto. After the second presentation I jumped up to the mike
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: DSM-5 Autism: Globe & Mail Ignores Invisible Intellectually Disabled Autistics, Dr. Yeargin-Allsopp’s Vast Majority
Canada’s Globe & Mail is late to the discussion, once again, of major autism issues. This time, Parents of autistic kids fear diagnostic changes will mean reduced services, the Globe is parroting the concerns of the major US corporate media over the possible impact of the DSM-5’s New Autism Spectrum Disorder on
Continue readingFacing Autism in New Brunswick: DSM-5 Autistic Spectrum Disorder Disaster By Kim Oakley Should Be Mandatory Reading For The DSM-5 Committees
I have great respect for Kim Oakley a California mother who has been honestly and courageously documenting her severely autistic son’s self-injurious behavior on Youtube, Classic Autism kgaccount’s channel, for several years. Within the past year she has also begun a blog, Autism, Epilepsy and Self-Injurious Behavior, on which she presents her
Continue readingFacing Autism in New Brunswick: Study Confirms DSM-5 Autism Spectrum Disorder Excludes Low Functioning, Intellectually Disabled Autistics
The abstract following is for the article Testing the Construct Validity of Proposed Criteria for DSM-5 Autism Spectrum Disorder, authors William P.L. Mandy, D.Clin.Psy., Tony Charman, Ph.D., David H. Skuse, M.D.Accepted 21 October 2011. published online 05 December 2011. The study participants were 708 children and young persons who had mild to
Continue readingFacing Autism in New Brunswick: Asperger’s Spectrum Disorder in the DSM-5: Why the Concealment?
One of the great DSM-5 puzzles to this father of a severely autistic son is the use of the label Autism Spectrum Disorder to describe what appears to be little more than a tweaked version of the DSM-IV’s Asperger’s Disorder. The APA’s DSM-5 team has replaced Autism with Aspergers, removed
Continue readingFacing Autism in New Brunswick: Will DSM5 Result In Some Very High Functioning Autism Personalities Losing Their Autism Disorder Diagnoses?
I have a son with a DSM-IV Autistic Disorder diagnosis who is also assessed with profound developmental “delays”. I have expressed my concerns on several occasions about the terms of category A of the new Autism Spectrum Disorder in the DSM5:
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Facing Autism in New Brunswick: No Autism Advantage for My Son As He Slaps His Head and Bites His Wrists
The pictures above were taken of my son Conor during our early morning walk yesterday. We have enjoyed many such walks and yesterday was a beautiful fresh fall morning that we both enjoyed. Most of the rest of the day was also great.  …
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