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The Superpower that Disempowers: Is it Time for a Black Book of Autism? (LONG READ… ENJOY!)
Well, what have we got here?! Something a lot bigger. Not as funny (a bit of dry wit, perhaps), but nonetheless VERY much out of the mainstream. Is autism a superpower? A flamboyantly colorful and identity ‘we’ all can celebrate?…
EDGY POEM! Spacking Out (Autism v Artistry, The Light Side of a Dark Affliction!)
My jeans are on backwards and tattered legs Not quite a six-pack, more of a party keg Don’t need a wingman, don’t need no aid Think I’ll just sit at home and write dystopia instead If you think my eyes…
Open Letter to Suffering Autism Parents
NB: This is a longer version of the letter first published on Autistic Dark Web. Dear Autism Parents It is too easy to say the militant autism lobby are speaking ‘not in my name.’ I mean, it’s true, but it…
WTF?! Sacha Baron-Cohen’s Psychologist Cousin Makes HORRENDOUS Autism Gaffe! Please share!
What’s the worst Godwin fail you’ve heard all year? There’s a lot of it about, but I am quite sure you’ll all have no trouble agreeing that the story that’s about to follow is one of the worst you’ve heard…
Bitterness Isn’t Working: The Decline of Radical Autism & the Rise of the Autistic Dark Web
NB: For various reasons, I have distanced myself from the Autistic Dark Web (which I have not been involved with for some time), and I give my reasons here. I respect some specific insights from various individuals involved with that…
Autism of the Playpen? The Juvenile Mediocrity of ‘Autistic Nihilism’
Autistic Entitlement & Victimhood are Part of a Broader Occidental Zeitgeist Some time ago, I made some comments about the problem of how some people de-emphasize the importance of autistic people cultivating ourselves.
Refuting the ‘Empathy Libel’ of Autism: Too Little, Too Late?
Just look at this recent quote on autism: Our work is showing that in Asperger Syndrome it is primarily cognitive empathy that is impaired, whilst affective empathy is intact. Hm! Mildly encouraging, although no doubt too little, too late for…
New MIT lab wants to cure autism
In the occasionally some news is good news department, Gadfly is happy to report that there’s a new kid on the block, a new lab at MIT started with a private donation, that has expressed a desire to find a…
October Surprise from Autism Speaks: They No Longer Want a Cure? (2/2)
Last time: After the Los Angeles Times published an op-ed piece by Steve Silberman that included the analogy between autism speaks and the NAACP that I wrote about above, Liz Feld, Autism Speaks CEO, responded urging the autism community to…
October Surprise from Autism Speaks: They No Longer Want a Cure? (1/2)
WALLACE’S NOTE: Although the following story is about the ‘October Surprise’ from Autism Speaks, the decision in question may have some long term implications. Autism speaks has published a new mission statement: Autism Speaks is dedicated to promoting solutions, across…