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My friend Raleigh is sprinting toward his eighty-fifth birthday! Since my
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Autism Spectrum Blogs
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Imposter Syndrome, PTSD edition - Whoa, I want to write about something! Around one or two years ago, my therapist officially diagnosed me with PTSD, because Reasons I’m not going to get in...5 days ago
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Brighton Hill: £20million well spent (at least partly) - Today I saw a video by a couple of guys who make YouTube videos about roads, accusing Hampshire county council in south-eastern England of spending £20 mil...2 weeks ago
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The Profound Autism Alliance Summit, April 5 2024 - I attended the inaugural conference of the Profound Autism Alliance in April 2024, Burlington, Massachusetts. The conference had over 500 attendees who inc...2 weeks ago
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Janet Stanton (1964 – 2024) - The poem I wrote for the funeral service In memory of my sister Janet (1964 - 2024)3 weeks ago
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Sarah Stelmach-Brown, Host of Caregiver Chronicles - *Note: Recorded 7 June 2023* *Originally Scheduled for September 2023* Sarah Stelmach-Brown is a caregiving advocate with a major focus on autism and Al...3 weeks ago
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So, Mr. Kennedy does cancel some speaking engagements - I recently wrote about how Robert Kennedy Jr. is gutless (I’m an autism parent. No way I will vote for Robert Kennedy Jr.. He’s gutless). Over the past fe...1 month ago
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Scientific Revolutions, Abductive Reasoning, and Autism - *1. Introduction* Thomas Kuhn's 1962 book *The Structure of Scientific Revolutions* (Kuhn, 1962) is an interesting example of a self-referencing idea. I...1 month ago
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The Pain of Not Knowing - "It hurts" I said, with my hand up. The teacher looked at me, huffed, and then said with the most blunt and stern words of, "No it doesn't." It was 1989 ...4 months ago
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The Unlikely Village of Eden A Memoir - Note: I read this memoir over the Summer. It plunged me back into the early days of my daughters' diagnoses. The chaos, the never ending worry, the fierce ...7 months ago
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New official website launched - A new official website has been launched take a look official site The post New official website launched first appeared on Kevin Healey BCAv Autism Camp...7 months ago
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Un corpo scolpito e tonico: glutei e chirurgia plastica - Grazie alle modelle curvy e al movimento ispirato alla body positivity, abbiamo riscoperto che la bellezza di un corpo femminile risiede nelle sue forme, q...2 years ago
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Slide Walker - Originally published 11 August, 2006, My Son Has Autism Far away in his office in the Bronx, Jim said, "That photo just makes me think...2 years ago
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Reconnecting Disability and Asexuality (repost) - This article originally appeared in Disability Intersections on 29 January 2014. Here is the Internet Archive version of the original page. Reconnecting Di...
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A reading of "The Mu Rhythm Bluff" - As many of those who have followed me over the years know, about seven years ago, I self-published a novel "The Mu Rhythm Bluff" on Amazon. I hoped I coul...
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CBD oil: Uses and health benefits - CBD is one of the most popular and natural remedy which can allow you to have a lot of common ailments. CBD has over 100 natural compounds which can be f...4 years ago
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5 Aplikasi Edit Foto Android Paling Populer - Sedang mencari Aplikasi Edit Foto Android terbaik? Jіkа dеmіkіаn, jangan khаwаtіr mengingat pada реrtеmuаn kali іnі DIYKamera bаkаl bеrbаgі іnfоrmаѕі ѕер...4 years ago
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New Website for Our Collaborative Dissertation - Our new website which collects the dissertation research is up for Neurodiversity in Relation: an artistic intraethnography. This work is a collaboration...4 years ago
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Lili's tip for the day - Looks like there's some bullshit in the October edition of Reader's Digest Australia...5 years ago
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Why I advocate for Direct Support Professionals - "...I believe that grandparents (who often have the time and resources that working parents may not have) serve an important role which extends far outs...5 years ago
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End of my Blog - I have blogged about a lot of topics, autism related and not autism related, on this blog over the last 7 years. After much thought, I have decided to end ...5 years ago
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Dropping the Mask: Does it Take a Diagnosis? #TakeTheMaskOff - Today, the theme for #TakeTheMaskOff is diagnosis or self-discovery and its effects on masking. This is applied mostly to the experience of being autistic,...5 years ago
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Autism *ACTUAL* Acceptance Day 8- 2018!!! - Yes, Autism Acceptance Day has been going strong for eight years now! *AAA, Actual Autism Acceptance, is the intention and always was.* Actual Autism Accep...
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Stop the Shocks: Torture in Massachusetts - https://www.madinamerica.com/2018/03/stop-shocks-torture-massachusetts/ Click the above link for full article by Cal Montgomery about the Judge Rotenberg C...6 years ago
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Ethics in autism journalism: an open letter to Spectrum - On 22nd December 2017, Spectrum published an article with the headline: "Partnerships with people on the spectrum yield rich research insights." We had...6 years ago
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Fish Sticks Mistranslated - However, fast food is great when you’re concentrating on other issues.6 years ago
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Pregnancy and Disability Study - Volunteers needed for a research study on pregnancy and disability. This study involves one telephone interview, which will take 60-75 minutes. You may be...6 years ago
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Sunflowers - I watch him in a room full of people, a store or a park or a fair where the throngs swirl and eddy about us, and I see how alone he is there. I worry. Do...
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Christian Values in the Workplace By Coreen Trost - I’m a small-town girl with Christian values and high morals. Ok, not a young girl, as a matter of fact, my children are all grown, and I no longer live...
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A New Leaf - At school drop off this morning, after Nik went inside with his one-to-one support person, I turned to walk to my car, pausing for a moment to watch the sm...7 years ago
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This... - *~"Welcome back my friends to the show that never ends..We're so glad you could attend..come inside come inside.."~Emerson,Lake and Palmer* ...
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The Spirit Of Saint Patrick - I am doing an inspirational talk tonight, which I anticipate will be less well attended than usual because today is Saint Patrick’s day. And I got to thi...8 years ago
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Scrupulosity and religion: another perspective - I haven’t been around in ages, but this topic seemed to fit a lot better over here. And, unlike some other places? Anybody who decides to “give offense” in...8 years ago
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October 18, 2003: Andy Scott Called for a Strong National Autism Strategy; Will October 19, 2015 Deliver A Government That Will Make It Happen? - *Andy Scott called for a REAL National Autism Strategy that would ensure treatment for autism 12 years ago, Munson, Thibeault, and Stoffer have continue...
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Autism Acceptance Challenge 20: Executive Functioning - I often get stuck in a loop. Having a good organized list can help, but not always. Sometimes my inbox has 431 unread messages. I struggle with how to retu...
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The End of the Beginning - Last month marked an autism anniversary of sorts in that my twin daughters turned ten years old. When they were born ten years ago I knew almost nothing a...9 years ago
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Acceptance as a Well Being Practice - Note: This was originally published as a chapter in the book “GAP: Autism, happiness and wellbeing” (British Institute of Learning Disabilities). It’s some...
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fundraising,help is needed! - greetings, have got something to announce and am looking for help from bloggers to dig deep into their e-pockets and support a good cause. recently in the ...9 years ago
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On Absurdly Poor Criticism And Advocate Misconduct, Part One - On September 14, 2013, exactly a month before I started writing this post, I was contacted by a colleague who expressed an interest in changes in behaviora...10 years ago
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The Search For Selfhood Is a Thirst Quenched By Water - I am going to incite a riot in my body. No longer am I simply content to observe the world pass me by. So much of my life has been observing others in doin...10 years ago
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Moved - As of August of 2013, I have moved my blog to Blogspot. Please check out my blog at Blogging Astrid. Thank you.10 years ago
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your dreams will be reduced down to breathing, and you will be grateful - The thing about not-being-a-person is: They will say those people and the price of being a person is to nod and agree that yes, those people aren’t peopl...12 years ago
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Call for Papers: Anarchism and Disability - Yes, i know it's been a (very) long time since i've posted anything on this blog. I have had a lot of other things in my life, and writing that isn't for a...12 years ago
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Optical illusions - *Please take care if epileptic* They seem to move yet they are static Angry face on the left and happy on the right. Step back away from the scre...
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