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Shock + Fear = News?

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Shock + Fear = News?
A few weeks ago I was honored to play a role on a Fatherhood Panel at the 41st National ASA Conference. The gentlemen that participated were extraordinary. Fathers. Sons. Fathers and Sons. It was a very special time for all of us. Each panel member had the floor for a short bit and shared their personal story about the relationship with their father, what is was like raising a child on the Autism Spectrum, and what it was like having Autism. Each participant played one or multiple of those roles and this gave the panel a great deal of depth in my opinion.


Scientists Reconsider What They Think They Know

A great article in WIRED magazine about Amanda Baggs. You may remember the media storm that followed Amanda's video on You Tube in 2007 in which she opened the video standing in front of her window going thru her repetitive behaviors. She continues to do a tremendous job of letting us know what goes on inside the mind of someone with autism.

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Thu, 02/28/2008 - 20:07
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