• Accepting Autism
  Great essay by a mother about how & why she came to accept her young son's newly-diagnosed autism rather than trying frantically to "cure" it, and valuable advice to other struggling parents of autistic kids.
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• Adam, The Autistic Self-Advocate
  A mom describes & comments on the disturbing contents of old videos of her son's "early intervention" ABA therapy sessions; there's also a great conversation in the comments between autistic-accepting parents & at least one autistic that was put through ABA.
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• Aggressive Autism Speaks crowd threatens Autistics with "don't cure us" signs
  An autistic describes and shares news/personal videos of Autism Speaks supporters threatening autistics that were standing peacefully with "don't cure us" signs at a walk-for-a-cure event.
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• Autism May Be Missed In Girls
  BBC article covering the reality that autism is often overlooked in girls, and why.
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• Autism Rates Not Rising
  BBC article: contrary to the fears of an autism "epidemic", studies indicate the rates have remained steady and other factors are responsible for the spike in diagnoses.
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• Interview with Mom of Autistic: "It's A Great Blessing, To Give Hope."
  An interview follows a mother's journey from frantically trying to 'cure' her autistic son to the relief of accepting him after getting "an insider's view" from adults on the spectrum.
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  Note: The mom's epiphany: When asked 'what was the single biggest thing parents could have given you?' unanimously these adults said 'acceptance.' I remember Ralph said: "I've had to wear so many masks in my life because I didn't think anyone would like me for who I was." That's tragic. ... I'd rather [ ...moreeducate] people...than [expect] my son and others like him to be the ones who have to do all the changing.
• No Longer Starving: Tubie Talk
  Information about the different classes of tubes & how they help, using pics of the tube-wearing stigma-bashing author's young friends to illustrate.
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• Study: Gaze Aversion Helps Pupils Think
  Interesting article from the BBC covering research that shows students think better when they aren't making eye contact, something autistics have maintained for a long time.
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• End-of-Life Care for Children With Terminal Illness
  Article about what hospice is, the kinds of services it has to help kids & their family (including things you might not expect), when/where it's offered, and so forth.
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• Ballastexistenz
  The blog of Amanda Baggs, a 'classic' autistic woman that communicates with a portable keyboard, and has been interviewed repeatedly on CNN.
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• CIBRA - Children Injured by Restraint and Aversives
  One of the two homepages for CIBRA, a group focused on exposing the damaging, dangerous side to the use of restraint & aversives.
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• Estée Klar's published articles & essays
  Set of material by the mother of a 'classic' autistic boy, who long ago decided to accept her son rather than attempt to 'cure' him.
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• Frank Klein's "Autistic Advocacy"
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• How can we reach autistic youth taught to hate themselves?
  Since their minds don't stop being autistic even if they learn to hide it, a whole generation has come to hate everything about themselves. How can older self-accepting autistics show them they're worth anything?
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• Ladies: What does giving birth feel like?
  Funny yet scary discussion of what giving birth feels like... Reading it is semi-jokingly referred to as the best contraception ever.
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• Listen to parents…except when they say things you don’t want to hear
  Alterna-med orgs say "listen to the parents" when offering anecdotes as 'proof' of their products, but when a parent spoke out (and brought a full malpractice suit) after trying their way, they found very creative ways of insisting his word alone couldn't possibly be credible...
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• Narcissistic Personality Disorder (NPD) : How to Recognize a Narcissist
  Brilliant site about NPD from somebody that has had personal experience living with one.
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• New York Times: Autistics Plead Against 'Curing' Them
  Interesting article from the NYT from a few years back, covering the autistic acceptance movement.
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• Parent-2-Parent
  Wonderful support forum for parents of children that have feeding problems, whether they involve a PEG or NG tube, severe GI reflux, EA/TEF, or other causes.
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• Pulling The Cat's Tail - a metaphor for autistic meltdowns
  An autistic man's commentary on autistic meltdowns & how they're often handled.
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