autism

Autism blogging is intensely political, with well-known champions, stark realities, high personal stakes and the great risk of collateral awareness.

Many sources cite a statistic of 1 in 150 to 1 in 160 as being the prevalence of autism most often by people who are seeking government funding, donations or otherwise wishing to convey urgency and importance. There is little or no agreement as to what this information means, even less about what should be done in terms of public policy.

This tension has resulted in some of the most interesting and important writing in the blogosphere, with impacts that have reverberated within science and Mental Health Policy debates within the United States, Canada and The United Kingdom.

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Original Technorati articles tagged “autism”

• in Family
  Could Google Glass Work for Someone with Autism?
  New technologies are exciting, but often they have problems being accessible to everyone. Would Google Glass be useful to the autism community?
  by scothoser / on May 18, 2013
• in Family
  Voice4U Special Offer: AAC app for Professionals
  Voice4U is an augmented and alternative communication (AAC) app that is being offered for free for professionals.
  by scothoser / on Apr 30, 2013
• in Family
  Auti-Sim: Providing Insight to Autism World
  It's often difficult to understand how a person with autism sees the world. Auti-Sim aims to help others see that.
  by scothoser / on Mar 8, 2013

Latest blogosphere posts tagged “autism”

 

• Easy Ways to Avoid Unnecessary Chemicals Around the Home

  
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  Forty-four years ago I heard Ralph Nader on the radio talking about chemicals in our food and products commonly found in the home. I was shocked to learn about this when I was only 12 years old and in a panic I ran around to every adult neighbor and to my mother and told them [...] 5 ...
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• Epidemiology of Childhood Brain Disorders: ADHD and Autism

  
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  The U.S. Centers for Disease Control has published a comprehensive summary of the epidemiology of childhood brain disorders in the most recent Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report . This report produced some sensationalized headlines that up to 20% of children suffer from a mental disorder.   However, I ...
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• Measles Surges In UK Years After Flawed Autism Research

  
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  Lucy Butler, 15, gets ready to have her measles jab at All Saints School in Ingleby Barwick, Teesside, England, as a national vaccination catch-up campaign has been launched to curb a rise in measles cases in England. More than a decade ago, British parents refused to give measles shots to at least a million children ...
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• Diagnosing Autism

  
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  The process of diagnosing Autism in a child can be a little bit difficult for parents at home since it involves a series of observations on a child’s behaviour. Specialists in this field agree that it ...
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• Autism vaccine scare leads to measles epidemic in UK

  
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  LONDON (AP) — More than a decade ago, British parents refused to give measles shots to at least a million children because of a vaccine scare that raised the specter of autism. Now, health officials are scrambling to catch up and stop a growing epidemic of the contagious disease. This year, the U.K. has had more ...
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• Until it happens to you – Honoring Mikaela Lynch

  
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  Do you remember when you first heard about autism? I don’t. I’m fairly certain it was long before I ever became a parent, but I don’t remember exactly. I find the same to be true of most parents that I talk to. We just don’t bother learning about it because it doesn’t pertain to us, therefore, it doesn’t ...
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• Over And Over Again #MikaelaLynch

  
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  Madeline & NatalieWhoever made the claim that words could ease the pain/ Never watched your tears fill up an ocean/ Never saw your face, the moment you found out/ That youd have to live without, until heaven.........To the parents of Mikaela Lynch:In the months after my stepsons passing  I stayed away from ...
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• Lucky

  
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  Every few days I walk the perimeter of our backyard. It is a nice yard, not too big. It is a simple rectangle with a patio and a lawn. I can see the whole yard from the patio, not typically the kind of property that would need someone to walk its perimeter. But I do. I walk the perimeter checking the fence. I make ...
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• Understanding Autism

  
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  Every 20 minutes another child is diagnosed with autism. That’s three an hour and 67 a day. This complex neurobiological condition, which can inhibit a person’s ability to communicate, respond to surroundings or form relationships with others, is the fastest-growing developmental disability in the United States ...
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• Body of autistic boy from Louisiana found in Perdido Key, Fla.

  
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  PERDIDO KEY, Fla. (AP) -- Authorities say they have found the body of an 8-year-old autistic boy who went missing while vacationing in the Florida Panhandle.Owen Elliot Black was on the beaches of Perdido Key with his mother when he...
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• Monday Me #4

  
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  This is a weekly linky where I’m asking you to share some of your personal foibles with the world. Things that you just have to do or can’t do for no real logical reason other than it’s part of who … Continue reading → The post Monday Me #4 appeared first on Child-Led Chaos .
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• MMR and Autism: Our Story

  
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  This is a story like ones that thousands upon thousands of mothers with autistic children could tell about what happened when their child had the MMR vaccine. It is one that, mostly, goes untold – even in the middle of a measles outbreak when parents are being strongly urged to vaccinate their children. A sunny ...
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• Monday Muster

  
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  This week Monday comes with a seal of approval: source Feminism, Disability and Daleks has a very thorough post on why the mental age thing ("Hes 37, but has a mental age of 5...") is skeevy and unhelpful.   Check it out . Alyssa of Yes, That Too (a blog which gets mentioned fairly often around ...
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• Autism & Wandering: Two Deaths In One Week

  
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  I just heard the news about young Owen Black , who had been missing since Friday, that he had been found dead in waters off Perdido Key.  My heart breaks for this family.  But this comes so recently on the heels of the news of Mikaela Lynch who also sadly drowned, in California .  My heart breaks for her family ...
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• One in Five Children Suffer Mental Health Issues, ADHD Tops CDC’s List

  
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  The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) believes that one in five children suffers from mental health issues. According to the agency, mental health disorders in children range from ADHD and substance disorders to depression and other issues. In a news release, CDC director Dr. Tom Frieden writes: ...
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• 1 in 88

  
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  1-88 I cant believe out of all in the children in the world,  I was lucky enough for Phoenix to be chosen to be 1-88. 1-88 for Autism. Chosen for Autism. I know we fly through life being different, and being viewed as not one of the normal. I make my wish upon a star.  I wish, he could be normal for a moment, and ...
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• High Tech Jobs Suit People with Autism

  
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  For many parents of children with autism, what they will do when they finish their education is a big worry.  Thankfully some companies are realizing the value people with autism can bring to the workplace. One Fortune 500 company has hired people with intellectual disabilities and found them to be assets to their ...
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• DSM5 Autism Spectrum Disorder Has Arrived: Are Ari Neeman and John Elder Robison Still Autistic?

  
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  The DSM5 has been released and is now beginning to impact the world of autism.  Most discussion of the DSM5s New Autism Spectrum Disorder has ignored the effect of the language of mandatory criterion A which will act to exclude from autism diagnosis those with severe intellectual disability. Most of the discussion ...
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• 7 Year Old Autistic Boy Owen Black Missing Since 5/17/13 in Escambia County, FL

  
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  7 year old Owen Black has been missing since Friday afternoon at about 5 pm, May 17, 2013 in Escambia County, FL. Owen Black is autistic and was last seen in the area of the Needle Rush Point condominiums in the 17100 block of Perdido Key Drive. This number, 850-207-5498, has been established for groups ...
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• David Cameron likes George Orwell

  
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  It’s official! I’m sure David Cameron (allegedly) likes George Orwell. Well, surely he must. 1984: surely an inspiration – a template for us all. Why else would he allow this country (England) to descend into some Orwellian shadow-world, a dictatorship masquerading as a democracy. A place where the super-rich ...
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