Why has the APA decided that the DSM-5 Autism Spectrum Disorder should eliminate or substantially reduce the numbers of persons with ASD who are intellectually disabled? The removal from an ASD diagnosis of persons with ID will be accomplished by the express wording of Mandatory Criterion A of the
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Facing Autism in New Brunswick: Justice? Severe Adult Autism Reality In California
Kim Oakley author of Autism, Epilepsy and Self-Injurious Behavior has broken the autism feel good cliche glass, again, in No Justice for Severely-Autistic Adult in California a comment about Van Ingraham “a severely- autistic man who had his neck broken in 2006, while living at Fairview Hospital, one of California’s Developmental Center’s
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: Not Accounted For By General Developmental Delays: In DSM-5 Era Life for Autism’s Invisible Vast Majority Is About To Get Much Harder
DSM-5 Autism Spectrum Disorder Will Exclude Autism’s Vast Majority Of Intellectually Disabled While the New York Times, the CBC and other mainstream media giants debate the DSM5’s potential exclusion of high functioning autistic persons from autism diagnosis barely a whisper is heard about the express exclusion of autism’s vast majority of intellectually disabled.
Continue readingFacing Autism in New Brunswick: 2011 Autism Progress or Back to the Future?
Was there any progress in addressing autism disorder issues in 2011? In the humble opinion of this father of a severely autistic 16 year old there was very slight progress on the research front, very slight, and that progress was more than offset by the regression on other fronts particularly
Continue readingFacing Autism in New Brunswick: Autism Fluffy and Lite With Amy Harmon and The New York Times
Amy Harmon and the New York Times like their autism fluffy and lite, none of that yucky severe autistic disorder stuff You wouldn’t know it from reading NY Times columnist Amy Harmon, or from reading the NYT generally, but 70% of persons with Autistic Disorder suffer from intellectual disability. Approximately
Continue readingFacing Autism in New Brunswick: Autism Reality NB’s 2011 Christmas Wish for Autism’s Vast Majority
Conor Doherty, one of Autism’s Vast Majority of Invisible Autistics, brings joy to Mom and Dad in the Christmas season and throughout the Year. My 2011 Christmas wish is that Autism’s vast majority, the 70-80% with autistic disorder and intellectual disabilities, will lose their status as autism’s invisible autistics. It
Continue readingFacing Autism in New Brunswick: We Don’t Need Anymore Autism Ideological Extremism
In Colorado the prosecution has announced that it will not pursue charges against a woman who killed her child because she feared that her child was autistic. Unfortunately some in the ever controversial world of “autism awareness”, including Shannon Des Roches Rosa aka Squid Rosenberg of the ironically named Thinking
Continue readingFacing Autism in New Brunswick: Autism Research Studies Exclude Low Functioning Autistic Participants
Discrimination against persons with low functioning autism disorders takes many forms. It is particularly rampant in the autism research world where studies purporting to inform us about autism almost invariably exclude low functioning autistic participants. Conclusions are again being drawn about persons with autism spectrum disorders based on a study which
Continue readingFacing Autism in New Brunswick: Severe Autism, A Broken Father and A Fatality Inquiry
2009 Obituary Notice Photo of Jeremy & Jeffrey Bostick, at mintofh.com Some people say that it is unfair to describe a person with autism as either severely autistic or low functioning. Such rhetoric is sheer nonsense that helps hide the very existence of people with severe autistic disorders. In Edmonton
Continue readingFacing Autism in New Brunswick: Severe Autism Reality: Autistic Cases ‘Autism Experts’ Run From
Kim Oakley and her family are not researchers studying high functioning autism and trying to convince the world that autism is beautiful. They are not ill informed mainstream “journalists” looking for a feel good story about autism. They ar…
Continue readingFacing Autism in New Brunswick: Medicare’s Orphans: The Fight for Healthcare for Children with Autism Disorders
The film Medicare’s Orphans – A film about the fight to get healthcare for children with autism in Canada is now available online. I encourage everyone with an interest in autism disorders, anyone interested in advocating …
Continue readingFacing Autism in New Brunswick: DSM5 Combining Autisms into One Autism Disorder: Why?
It is common place today to refer to autism(s), plural, rather than autism, singular. So why is the DSM5 combing the autisms into one Autism Spectrum Disorder? It is common in both professional and parent based discussions of autism to encounter …
Continue readingFacing Autism in New Brunswick: My Son Is An Autistic Disorder Therapeutic Market Opportunity?
Pharma view of my son
My view of my son
Apparently when pharmaceutical company executives contemplate the Autistic Disorder which limits the life of my son, and the lives of many who suffer from the limitations imposed by Autistic Disorde…
Facing Autism in New Brunswick: Autistic Disorder and Intellectual Disability: 70% Is Not a Coincidence, It Is a Vast Majority
The DSM-IV and popular media interpretation of the autism disorders (pervasive developmental disorders), have encouraged the wor…
Continue readingFacing Autism in New Brunswick: Conor Doherty Challenges Silly Autism Theory: Parental Stress Causes Autism? Really Dr. Maté? Really?
Conor Doherty, October 15, 2011, Out for a stroll with Dad and showing no obvious signs of stress in his life
In my last blog post I commented on Dr. Gabor Maté’s theory that parental stress causes autism disorders including Autistic Disor…
Facing Autism in New Brunswick: UK’s National Health Service Misrepresents Autism
The DSM-5 is formalizing a shell game which has seen Asperger`s substituted for Autism in the mainstream media for many years. The most recent media example comes courtesy of the UK government`s National Health Service which, whil…
Continue readingFacing Autism in New Brunswick: Hakuna Matata! Conor Enjoys A Lion King 3D Adventure With Mom and Dad
Hakuna Matata! What a wonderful phrase
Hakuna Matata! Ain’t no passing craze
It means no worries for the rest of your days
It’s our problem-free philosophy
Hakuna Matata!
Severely affected by autistic disorder and profound developmental delays Conor …
Facing Autism in New Brunswick: Autism Reality Check: Autism Is A Neurological, ICD or DSM Diagnosable Disorder, Not a Joy or a Blessing
My 15 year old son is severely impacted by his Autistic Disorder. It presents real challenges for his ability to function in every aspect of his life. He has an Autistic Disorder that manifests in his limited understanding of the world, in repeti…
Continue readingFacing Autism in New Brunswick: If Autism Is A Brain Disorder, Surely We Need To Look At The Brain?
Dr. Aditi Shankardass: It it is a brain disorder, surely we need to look at the brain!
Autism is one of the developmental disorders described as a brain based disorder in the presentation by Dr. Aditi Shankardass in which she makes the observatio…