As often as possible, we like to make it a point to share what other bloggers (especially in the disability community) are saying about NDY-related topics. Our friends at Turner & Kowalski are saying that Suicide Prevention Week Failed Bigtime and invite you to explore the Disability Implicit Association Test. Day Al-Mohamed offers a “Quick […]
The New York Times, which seems to be absolutely enthralled with Peter Singer, has a long essay written by him in its magazine section right now – and which will be in Sunday’s edition. Titled “Why We Must Ration Health Care,” it’s a complex discussion of public policy and health care drawing on a multitude […]
Well, if anyone is curious as to what the voice behind the typing sounds like, I am up live on a podcast on Autube. Autube, funded by the Dan Marino Foundation, is “an issues-driven web channel enabling exchange of ideas for people with autism.” The site is designed and operated by Kent Creative. The podcast […]
Yesterday, I wrote about the vicious attack on Ari Ne’eman, president of the Autistic Self Advocacy Network (ASAN), by John Best – Best is a guy that seems to spend whatever free time he has spewing vile comments and barely veiled threats at people who don’t “hate autism” – that includes any supporter of neurodiversity. […]
Before I write more about this, I feel compelled to share a couple of things in the interest of full disclosure. First, I am a survivor of childhood hydrocephalus and have a neurological profile that fits what is called nonverbal learning disabilities (NLD). There’s enough overlap between NLD and Asperger’s that many workshops and groups […]
