Police Officer Theresa Stauffer Photo: Lancaster Online One of the terrifying realities for many parents of autistic children is the tendency of many children with autism to wander away, from…
“…. is one of the 1 percent of children in the U.S. born with autism, a complex developmental disability that affects a person’s ability to communicate and interact with others…
Is Cambridge University Professor Simon Baron-Cohen’s latest “autism research” useless? Autism Eye reports that Autism Eye magazine editor Gillian Loughran “has been inundated with phone calls from parents expressing their…
Polar Bears photographed by Canadian Environmentalists “Arctic sea ice is disappearing on a pace and magnitude unlike anything the Earth has experienced in the past 1,450 years, according to a…
The mainstream media (MSM) has embraced with open arms activist/researcher Dr. Laurent Mottron’s “autism advantage” piece in Nature. In that article Mottron downplays the serious challenges faced by those like…
If you have been to this blog before you know that I talk about autism as a disorder not as an advantage. If someone does not have any deficits in…
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…
"For those parents who say they are too broke and too tired...you need to take your heart in your teeth and go on...and go on...." Stefan Marinoiu, Medicare's Orphans David…
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…
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…
Please watch Medicare's Orphans which details the fight for inclusion of health care treatment for autism disorders in Medicare in Canada and specifically the fight for medicare coverage of ABA.…
In Diagnoses of Autism Spectrum Disorders Lack Reliability Pysch Central senior news editor Rick Naubert Ph.D., (article reviewed by John M. Grohol, Psych D) reports on a new study by…
In his recent Nature journal article Dr. Laurent Mottron repaints autism disorders in the image of his mentor Michelle Dawson, and the handful of high functioning autistic persons (represented by…
L: Harold Doherty R: David Celiberti I was privileged yesterday to be able to attend a presentation by autism expert David Celiberti Ph.D., BCBA-D, President of the Association for ...
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…
While this Canadian autism father is annoyed by media attention given to Canadian researcher Laurent Mottron's perpetual crusade to recreate autism disorders in the image of his mentor Michelle Dawson,…
The DLM5: Dr. Laurent Mottron's Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Advantages If you authored or coauthored several journal articles a year over many years, involving high functioning, highly intelligent…
On November 1, 2011 the film Medicare's Orphans was released by Medicare for Autism NOW! It is an excellent presentation of the history of the fight for medicare coverage of…
"Autism is linked to different genes in different people, and multiple genes could be involved in each affected person." Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News, November 1, 2011 Do genetics play…
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…
