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		<title>Asperger&#8217;s, Autism and the New DSM</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Jul 2011 23:32:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM), is the psychologist&#8217;s bible for diagnosing mental illnesses. Used by clinical psychologists, psychiatrists and doctors to determine the mental condition of a patient, the DSM has been an excellent tool for categorizing illnesses. The current manual in service is the DSM IV, which has been in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>UK Coddles Hacker With Aspergers</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Feb 2009 16:18:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Two separate influential people have spoken out against the extradition of terrorist Gary McKinnon from the United Kingdom to the United States after he attacked a United States defense computer network in the United States causing it to go down for three days.Autistic hacker, terrorist and moron Gary McKinnon has been throwing a temper tantrum [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Special Ed Director Supports Abuse</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Feb 2009 01:39:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many of you are familiar with Wendy Portillo now &#8211; the teacher that was suspended for having a kindergardner with Aspergers Syndrome voted out of class by his peers &#8211; well in a disturbing turn of events the special education director at the school appears to be supporting Windy Portillo &#8211; even after she was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama Uses Autistics For PR Stunt</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Feb 2009 09:26:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[United States President Barack Obama is intending to use autistic people, and those with other disabilities for a public relations stunt to sway the 1/2 of Americans who were against the stimulus package.Here&#8217;s an email from Ari, the president of the Autism Self Advocacy Network dated February 15th&#8230; At the request of the White House, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>No Economic Stimulus Needed!</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Feb 2009 21:22:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The stimulus package currently in congress is set to double spending on special education, and as someone who went to one special education school that was overcrowded to the point they were renting classroom space and another school that could barley pay for new lightbulbs I&#8217;m against the stimulus package &#8211; heres why. We have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Whitehouse.gov Highlights Autism</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Jan 2009 04:45:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As is traditional on noon on the inaugiration day for a new President of the United States the website whitehouse.gov is changed to reflect the change of the occupant of the office of The President of The United States &#8211; and the change is a good one for those on the autism spectrum. Just one [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hatred Directed At Autism In Politics</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 04 May 2008 13:38:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I for one am getting really sick of the hatred directed at Autistic People in politics, and apparently so is another person on the Autistic Spectrum who blogs.  She wrote a specific blog post about her frustrations with politicians regarding autism. We may be living in a sound-bite society, but that does not justify using [...]]]></description>
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