Category: Human Interest
Santa Drives Sleigh, Amazon Drives him to Bankruptcy
The North Pole: Jolly Ol’ Saint Nick was anything but Jolly as he announced to his elves and a tearful Mrs. Claus, that his North Pole-based Christmas empire, Kringle Corp World-Wide, will be filing for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy later this…
My Plan to Stop Racist Bigots (A Modest Proposal)
I’m going to tolerate respectable MIC racism for decades and shout down anyone who starts imagining things and calling me a bigot. Then when my racism starts turning into genuinely indecent racism, I am going to let these ignorant right-wing…
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…
Imperialist Aliens Should Check Their Privilege
It seems privileged metropolitan latte-sipping aliens have a problem with the equally privileged double standards of mundane down-to-earth Earthling types.
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!
Mongolian Jokes
When I was young, there was a large statue of Lenin in Ulaanbaatar. In 2012, the Mongolian government removed the statue, denouncing Lenin as a ‘murderer’. In that same year, I heard this joke: A Muscovite watches a communist demonstration…
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…
History – As Told by Forgotten Newspaper Headlines
The recent presidential election has resulted in some pretty shocking newspaper headlines – like when Scotland’s The Daily Record ran a cover story showing a photo of Donald Trump at his swank new Scottish golf course on a windy day,…