Category: Health
Jonathan Mitchell: Reflections Before the Election
NOTE FROM WALLACE: This note was penned by Jonathan Mitchell, prominent autism advocate, before the recent US election result. I think this piece is of good historical interest, as it captures some of the uncertainty and anxiety in the air…
Male/Female Sex Ratios and Neurodiversity Revisited (2/2)
One of the problems with this line of thinking is that similar ratios have been reported in other developmental disorders. Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, dyslexia, intellectual disabilities, and stuttering are among those. The social problems of autism do not exist…
Male/Female Sex Ratios and Neurodiversity Revisited (1/2)
One of the hot topics in autism lately has been skepticism over the reported ratio of autism in males versus females. Ever since autism was first described, an approximately 4:1 male:female ratio has been reported. This started with Kanner’s initial…
Fellow Asperger’s People: ‘Society’ Owes You Nothing
Here, I am quoting some of my tweets from November 14, 2016. You can probably guess what facets of my identity motivate these tweets. If you have autism, ‘Society’ owes you nothing!
Republicans Praised for Reducing Stigma for Psychopaths
Dateline: WASHINGTON, D.C.–The National Institute of Mental Health congratulated the Republican Party for helping to accustom Americans to those with mental illness, by elevating obvious psychopaths to positions of high office. Doctor Fernando Lamas, chairman of the Institute, said at…
Has Autism Given me the Gift of Prophecy?
Some persons on the autism spectrum have extraordinary talents and abilities. These are known as savant skills.
Autism: Advantage with Women & Aphrodisiac? Autism Can Land You a Hot Girlfriend
Autism diagnoses started to soar in the 1990s and those new cases are now adults in their early twenties. Society and the media have noted the need for employers to hire those on the spectrum. This has lead to major…
Autism and the Single Life: Humorous Quotes to take the Sting out of Celibacy
Celibacy is a real problem for many autistic males. You don’t get to hear about it much because the powers that be only publicizes writings of successful autistics like Stephen Shore who can get married and Temple Grandin, a female…
How Monsanto Really Makes GMOs
So much controversy about GMOs, but there shouldn’t be because they really are great, as this exclusive GlossyNews video will show you. GMO foods done do a hot topic. So where is it come from? Inside the laboratory To get…
Neurodiversity Bloggers, Autism and Violence
Note from Wallace: This blog post from October 2015 remains thought-provoking. For my part, I would suggest that beatifying us autistic folks is no more reasonable (or realistic and practical) than demonizing us. *** The mass shooting in Oregon by…