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- Great Person Award
As a supervisor, Karen is patient, humorous and is clear about her expectations of the team. She brings out the best in people by looking at issues from different angles and valuing others’ opinions. – quote from K’s nomination letter Wednesday was the ceremony for the UCSF Great Person Award th… more
Sat May 17 03:04am CEST
- Thinking About Autism
Amanda at Ballastexistenz has written an excellent post for Blogging Against Disablism Day describing what it is like to be autistic and taking a look at the trend of accusing people of using autism as an excuse for having poor social skills, among other things. The post goes on to talk about tec… more
Sat May 10 02:39am CEST
- 4 Good Things
My brain has not been cooperating lately, but thankfully it seems to be taking a turn for the better these past couple of days. Yesterday was the first day I was feeling good enough to get out of the house since Saturday, not including short trips to the BART station. Went to the library in the m… more
Thu May 01 07:22pm CEST
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- Speaking to the Interagency Autism Coordinating Committe
I was invited by Ari of ASAN to speak at the Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee this Friday. The IACC, for those of you who dont know, is a body of the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) that determines where to give grants for Autism research. In other words, this is the part of t… more
- Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee Meeting: Debriefing
Yesterday, I attended a Washington, DC meeting of the IACC, a US governmental administrative committee that decides where to invest federal autism research money. The meeting took up the entire day. The most interesting part of the event was probably the last hour when people were permitted to mak… more
- What? Aren't Most Autistics High Functioning?
I recently read a review by David Kirby of Autism: The Musical published in the Huffington Post. You ve likely never heard of him but Kirby is the author of a factually dubious book attempting to link the mercury that was once in vaccines to a perceived increase of Autism diagnoses. While Kirby is … more
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Source: Wrong Planet - Asperger / Autism News