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Andrew Lehman on 10/23/09
Neurodiversity
Neurodiversity and social change
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Autism Speaking
- Who Speaks For Who?“There is a lot of talk in the autism “communities” about who has the right to speak for autistic people. What this usually means is something more like who has the right to speak up for autistic people.” ~ Bev … Continue reading → […]
The Thinking Person’s Guide to Autism
- Autism, An Equal Opportunity DisorderFrances Vega-Costaswww.viviendoenotradimension.comdimensionautismo.blogspot.comAutism is a very complicated disorder and not only affects each individual differently, it strikes anywhere in the world. Never in my life would I imagine that I would be a special education advocate nor that would I use the “A” word almost on a daily basis. Almost ten years ago t […]
Journeys with Autism
- An Award for My Photography
- Working in Harmony with Myself
- My Memoir Reviewed on Aspie From Maine and Aspitude!
- On Puzzles, Privilege, and Missing Pronouns
- Visual Hearing and Self-Advocacy
- Am I More Than My Autism? I Refuse to Answer the Question
- My Memoir Reviewed at Life with Aspergers
- Prejudice, Interrupted
- I Wonder Whether I’m the Oddest Autistic Around
- Disabilism and the Demonization of Autistic Children
Left Brain / Right Brain
- Damages awarded in the Poling case?A document has recently been posted the Court of Federal Claims website, describing an award in a vaccine injury case. The document is redacted, but the following paragraph indicates to me that this involves the case of Hannah Poling: Respondent has conceded that petitioners are entitled to compensation due to the significant aggravation of Child’s [...] […]
Countering…
- Community Requires Stepping Away From Dark Places
- What would I do without email woo?
- Glorious Sunflowers and A Good Week
- The Ivy Wars
- Oh Great, We’ve Always Been Like This
- Sunflowers
- It's All Thelma's Fault
- Untitled
- Joy and Sadness All At Once in the Garden
- When Incentives Aren't Bribery: Hell, Do You Really Care as Long as They Do It?
Neurodiversity – The Book
- Review of Neurodiversity in Publisher's WeeklyThe following review of my book Neurodiversity appeared in the April 26, 2010 edition of Publisher's Weekly: Neurodiversity: Discovering the Extraordinary Gifts of Autism, ADHD, Dyslexia, and Other Brain Differences Thomas Armstrong. Da Capo, $26 (288p) ISBN 978-0-7382-1354-5 "Armstrong (7 Kinds of Smart), an educational consultant turned author, a […]
Neurodiversity.com
- OSR: Off The Market [11]The following message attributed to Boyd Haley, addressed to wholesale distributors of OSR, and posted to several autism discussion lists, reveals that Prof. Haley has elected not to challenge FDA’s June 17, 2010 determination that OSR is a drug subject to the same regulations for premarket approval as any other drug sold in the United States, and that CTI S […]
Incorrect Pleasures
- Edward Heath and Asperger syndromeBelow is the text of an entry for my enormous list of famous autistic or possibly autistic people that I am going to add some time, whenever I find the time. What do you think? Any errors?Sir Edward “Ted” Heath KG MBE (1916-2005) former Conservative Prime Minister of the UK from 1970 to 1974, leader of the Conservative Party from 1965-1975, Deputy Chief Whip […]
Action for Autism
- MMR Settlement - too little, too lateJustice delayed is justice denied and for Robert Fletcher justice was denied for over seventeen years. He was 13 months old when he received his MMR vaccination. Ten days later he had a severe convulsion and went on to develop epilepsy and severe developmental delay. His mother, Jackie Fletcher told the Daily Mail, ‘Robert is [...] […]