• 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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• 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.
• AS Parenting
  An interesting blog by an autistic mother whose kid(s) are autistic, intended to help autistic parents understand themselves, non-autistic parents understand their kids, and bridge the gap between the two kinds of parents.
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• Frank Klein's "Autistic Advocacy"
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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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• 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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• Reasons to laugh at (or rather, with) my autistic son
  An interesting article by a father about why he is happy he has an autistic son in his life.
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• Teen autistic advocate uses her experience to give hope
  About an autistic teen whose parents adapted to how her mind works & was designed to develop, focusing on truly important social things like keeping her face clean rather than forcing conformity -- and who now is not only well-liked & excelling academically, but is a devoted autistic advocate getting the word out through appearances and online videos.
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• The Autistics.org Autism Information Library
  Great "library" of essays by autistics (and a few by non-autistic allies/parents) exploring various topics -- what it's like in an institution, acceptance vs. cure, reasons for different autistic "behaviors" like stimming, what it's like to always hide one's autistic traits, etc.
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• The Other Side: Janet Norman-Bain & Family
  In 2004, Janet "jypsy" Norman-Bain, an Asperger's woman with one autistic & one "aspie" teen, wrote to the Canadian government detailing her kids' development in total contradiction to popular claims about kids on the spectrum, like that they destroy families and have worthless lives unless forcibly made to seem normal at all costs.
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• The other story from a 'Pillow Angel': Been There, Done That, Preferred To Grow
  A woman with static encephalopathy writes from firsthand experience about why kids with conditions like hers shouldn't have their growth arrested or be assumed to have a low IQ because they can't speak.
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• The Politics of Pain Infliction, Punishment and Control
  "I was innocent. I didn't know about the wordsmiths, coercive persuasion, the hush-ups by parents, the reputation of certain programs of being "cults." ... Only after my child was traumatized did they admit that others had been traumatized before my child...."
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• The Way I Am
  A great explanation/reminder for anybody who has found an autistic disagreeing with them regarding how to raise autistic kids. It's written by an autistic parent of autistic kids, but much of what is said applies to non-parent advocates on the spectrum as well.
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• To Get To The Other Side - Estée Klar's blog/website
  Newer blog by Estee Klar, mother of a classic autistic boy called Adam.
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