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AFF is like John Best, Autism Speaks

January 2, 2009

Aspies For Freedom (AFF) claims to be an advocacy organization according to its owner (yes it has an owner – its operated much like Autism Speaks).  But its really not an advocacy organization.  All decisions made for AFF are made by the owner, Gareth Nelson – and if you question his decision your called a [...]

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Aspergers and Self Diagnosis – My Thoughts

December 22, 2008

I’ve been noticing a new trend as of late – and frankly I find it a bit disturbing.  There is a large amount of people on Aspergers support forums who claim to have Aspergers but really may not – they are self diagnosed.  While some of these people may in fact have Aspergers, there is [...]

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AspergersTV: The First Episode

December 15, 2008

Ok, so I kinda did this on a whim – but I thought it would be kinda cool to try out.  Seeing as I don have a decent camera I had to record this on my phone.   In this first episode I question whether I should question whether a career I’m thinking about getting into [...]

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Book: Aspergers Is The Devil

October 30, 2008

Ok, so another parent wrote a book – but the title of the book, Life with an Angel and a Fight with the Devil, is something I find extremley offensive. The book title about raising a child with Aspergers Syndrome seems to hint that Aspergers Syndrome is somehow connected to the devil.

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New Autism Support Community

October 21, 2008

It looks like someone (or a company) has developed an online supoort community.  I’m going to reserve my judgement about this community until I see how the community is administrated and moderated.  One of the things I like though about it is

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ALERT: MISSING ASPIE BOY

October 10, 2008

Gerwyn Morgan a 15 year old boy with Aspergers Syndrome has been missing since September 24th from his home in Merthyr, UK.
I know I may be a little late, but I just found out today.   While I’m not personally from the UK – I know many readers are and as an autistic community I feel [...]

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11 Year Old Aspie Firefighter

October 10, 2008

An 11 year old Aspie has built his own working firetruck, complete with on board computer, 10 gallon water tank with hoses, siren, first aid kits, and official firefighting decals from his local fire department.

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And We Have Supermodels

August 3, 2008

I got a message today from Emily, who blogs as pahsophist, she recently purchased one of our great shirts and sent me a picture of her wearing it.

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Abortion of Autistics Is Apparently Compassionate?

July 8, 2008

I was chatting with a ‘friend’ – or someone that I thought was one about some of my issues with Autism Speaks a while back and she made some horrific comments on IM.  This has been on my personal blog for quite some time now.  After kinda wrestling with it I want to post it [...]

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Attention Autistics: ABC News Wants Us To Speak!

July 8, 2008

ABC News wants to hear from autistic individuals and family members for a one hour newscast, now isn’t that awesome!  So if you want to speak out and possibly be heard on a one hour newscast here’s your opportunity!

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