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…
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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…
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…
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 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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Experienced Clinical Child Psychologist On Increases in Autism Diagnoses, Importance of ABA Treatment
From the Medicare for Autism Now! web site: Dr. Glen Davies is a clinical child psychologist who has practiced in the Vancouver area for over 25 years. Today, over two-thirds…
Autism Reality Check: Where Are The IACC Results?
I have previously written about the importance of the IACC and in a 2009 blog comment expressly thanked the IACC for its role in advancing autism research. With the passage…
Hall’s Harbour Fun for Conor and Family
Autism, severe autism, brings many challenges on a regular basis for those affected, including family members. Today was a day though when Conor was at his very best, when his…
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.…
Great Autism News in New Brunswick!
Great autism news in New Brunswick as the UNB-CEL Autism Intervention Training Program is being made available for the public. (Applications available online.) The college program has previously been recommended…
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…