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Asperger Syndrome – A talk given by
Carolyn J Baird BA(Hons) at the
Newcastle-Hunter ADHD Support Group
Meeting on February 16th, 2000. |
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Autism expert shares
life story as illustration - Parents and special-education teachers from
throughout the South Bay flocked to Santa Clara University on Saturday for a
conference on autism, an increasingly diagnosed neurological disorder that
can affect everything from speech development to social interaction.
The highlight was a lecture by Temple Grandin, a woman who is autistic
herself yet able to explain how her brain functions in a way that is
fascinating to the general public, by Dana Hull |
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BETTELHEIM'S WORST CRIME - Autism and
the Epidemic of Irresponsibility
- by Michelle Dawson
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Boy shares struggle with
life - "James Williams was an academic star but an emotional wreck. His
parents and teachers didn't understand why the elementary school student
couldn't make friends or why he would succeed in class and then go home and
cry. His mother tried switching his school and was near her wits' end when a
teacher pulled her aside and said James showed signs of mild autism. He was
formally diagnosed with the developmental disorder Asperger syndrome, which
felt like a relief and a sentence," by Leanne Libby
Caller |
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Don't Mourn for Us By Jim Sinclair
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Exams are Easier - "...She said: "I had to catch up with the work I
missed." Jos Gibbons, 15, who has Asperger Syndrome, a form of autism, added
two AS levels to his two A-levels in maths and the A* in GCSE maths he
passed at primary school," by Justine Smith |
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ON OUR OWN TERMS: Emerging Autistic
Culture by Martijn Dekker
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Our Names Are Autism
Too
- In her essay "My Name is Autism,"
Marty Murphy, a 41 year-old (by
self-description) "high functioning"
autistic woman describes what autism
means to her. In a "Dear Sir/Madam"
letter, which frequently was
circulated in conjunction with the "My
Name is Autism" essay, Ms. Murphy,
posing as a 25 year-old male, claimed
to be speaking for all autistics
(using such phrases as "those of us
with autism would like an answer" and
"we are all waiting for our answer").
We, the undersigned, neither agree
with Ms. Murphy's conception of autism
nor appreciate Ms. Murphy's claim to
be speaking for "those of us." -
Letter to the Autism community from
those "with" Autism. |
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"I know of nobody who is purely Autistic or purely neurotypical.
Even God had some Autistic moments, which is why the planets all spin."
~ Jerry Newport