The pictures set out below this commentary were taken in May 2012 and posted on Saturday, May 26, 2012 under the title Conor’s Autism Reality: From Joy To Self Injurious Behavior In A Flash. I was taking these pictures of Conor enjoying a swing on the playground of his old
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Facing Autism Disorders in New Brunswick: Do People With Autism Like Other People? Conor Says Absolutely!
In the aftermath of the mind numbing Newtown horror there are lots of wild theories circulating about autism disorders and people with autism. Our son Conor is severely autistic with profound developmental delays. He does not have sophisticated planning skills and definitely does not plan any aggression. He does engage
Continue readingFacing Autism Disorders in New Brunswick: EEG Day Yesterday Went Very Well: Conor Was Outstanding!
Conor’s EEG exam had been scheduled for yesterday as a result of his scary Grand Mal seizure a few weeks ago. (Not that I am superstitious but I did wear my Tom Brady Patriots jersey to the EEG for good luck) The EEG techs indicated it would take time to get
Continue readingFacing Autism Disorders in New Brunswick: Autism Awareness Day April 1, 2020
Autism Specifics Press Release, April 1, 2020: Autism Specifics President “Aristotle” Newman and ASAN President Dr. Jerry Dobson will be jointly reflecting today on important events in the autism world during the past year. 1. First anniversary of DSM5.13 This year marked the first year since the DSM5 that a
Continue readingFacing Autism Disorders in New Brunswick: Autism and Conor’s Grand Mal Seizure: What Lies Ahead?
I know very little about seizures except that they are associated generally with epilepsy, that they are common in people with autism disorders and that they can be absolutely terrifying to a parent, even one whose personal conceits mislead him in…
Continue readingFacing Autism Disorders in New Brunswick: ABC News Brian Ross Reports On Harsh Restraints Of Children With Special Needs Thursday November 29
As set out in the following ABC News Release:
November 29, 2012
BRIAN ROSS INVESTIGATES:
Moms Fight Back Against Harsh Methods to Restrain Students with Special Needs
Advocates say Thousands Injured and Many Killed after Poo…
Continue readingFacing Autism Disorders in New Brunswick: One Grand Mal Seizure Later Conor Is Back
Conor was happy and full of life on our trail walk today.
At times his feet didn’t even touch the ground.
The Grand Mal seizure Conor experienced Saturday morning took him down pretty hard (and scared the bejeebers out of his Dad).  …
Continue readingFacing Autism Disorders in New Brunswick: No Autism. Today, Conor’s Grand Mal Seizure Scared The Hell Out Of Me
The Joy of Conor
Every day with my buddy Conor is a joy because of who he is. Every day with Conor requires extra concern and attention to his well being because of the autism disorder that restricts his life and presents serious cha…
Continue readingFacing Autism Disorders in New Brunswick: DSM5 Autism Exclusion of ID? Study Finds Single Gene Mutation Known To Cause Intellectual Disability Increases Risk of Autism Disorders
If you believe the DSM5 Neurodevelopmental committee responsible for expressly removing those with Intellectual Disability from the new, oversimplified Autism Spectrum Disorder when they claim that exclusion is based on current science you may wan…
Continue readingFacing Autism Disorders in New Brunswick: Autism 2013: Insel’s Autisms or the Oversimplified DSM5 Autism Spectrum Disorder?
“If you’ve met one person with autism – you’ve met one person with autism.” Stephen Shore
The succinct and famous quote by Stephen Shore about the variation and complexity of autism disorders is cited often and just as often ig…
Continue readingFacing Autism Disorders in New Brunswick: Autism Research Bias, Autism’s Outcasts And The DSM5 Autism Do-Over: Shame on the APA
Four years ago, in Autism’s Outcasts, I wrote about the exclusion from public consciousness, and from autism research, of those with autism and intellectual disabilities. I am re-posting the research portion of Autism’s Outcasts below. The comment overall talks about the media tendency, as demonstrated at that time by CBC and CNN,
Continue readingFacing Autism Disorders in New Brunswick: York University Study Joins Ranks Of Those Raising Questions About The DSM5 Autism Do-Over
In Autism diagnosis change questioned by York University study Toronto Star Science & Technology Reporter Kate Allen interviews Dr. Adrienne Perry and York University undergraduate student, Azin Taheri, about a study designed by Taheri, with assistance from Dr. Perry, which had been intended to look at how the new DSM-5
Continue readingFacing Autism Disorders in New Brunswick: DSM5 Autism’s Targeted Exclusion Of Intellectually Disabled Is NOT Based on Research Evidence
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
Continue readingFacing Autism Disorders in New Brunswick: All Autism Meltdowns Are Not Panic Attacks
On Twitter in the past 24 hours the questionably named Thinking Persons Guide to Autism does what it often does: distributing unproven, non evidence based, opinions as representing all there is to know about autism. On this occasion the TPGA Re-Tweeted one person’s opinion about meltdowns; offering the less than
Continue readingFacing Autism Disorders in New Brunswick: Ontario and New Brunswick Need Adult Severe Autism Care Facilities
Ontario and New Brunswick Both Need Adult Severe Autism Care Facilities Where will our 16 year old son with severe autistic disorder and profound developmental delays live as we grow older and eventually die? That is the biggest question I face, the question that I have to keep out of
Continue readingFacing Autism Disorders in New Brunswick: Conor Takes Dad For A Walk … Sort Of
Beautiful, fresh, early fall day today. Conor and I both felt like getting out for a walk and enjoying the fresh air and early fall colors. Conor, as usual, set the pace and Dad lagged behind doing the best I could. Conor walked briskly, ran occasionally and, when he really
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: 8535 Autistic New Brunswickers and the Need for NB Liberal Leadership Debates
NB Liberal Leadership Candidates Dear Sirs Re: Should Liberal Leadership Candidates Debate? I would like to see a debate which included discussion of policies for autistic children and adults in New Brunswick. The US CDC (Centers for Disease Control) has recently revised its estimates of autism disorder prevalence … it
Continue readingFacing Autism Disorders in New Brunswick: Autism and Education: Conor Votes For FLEXIBLE Inclusion
Conor got up at 6 am today, as he has for the last 2+ months to mark down the number of days to school. He started doing this with 65 days to go and today he was very happy to mark 0 days to school! He also placed his packed
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
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