Autism in Minnesota Somali community

I'm spending the day with family, but here's something interesting, controversial and meaty to read "On Autism, Somalis Feels t...

Slumgullion #48

Just a few good links. That's all you need, right? Bush cuts outpatient Medicaid services -- You heard about this parting gift from our...

I feel sad, too, though unrelenting rage is more appropriate

Many who blog about autism have written about Alex Barton , the Florida five-year-old, whose Kindergarten teacher led his classmates i...

Phoning It In

Last month, the state of Massachusetts issued a report on an August 2007 incident at one of the group homes of the Judge Rotenberg Center (...

"Ransom notes" ad campaign ends

Ari Ne'eman, president of the Autistic Self-Advocacy Network (ASAN) that led the protest against the NYU Child Study Center's "...

The "ransom notes" campaign

We have your son.We are destroying his ability for social interaction and driving him into a life of complete isolation. It's up to you ...

Transcript for CNN feature on autism

Last night's Anderson Cooper 360 on CNN featured a segment on autism with Ballastexistenz' Amanda Baggs (and also Estee Klar-Wolfo...

Amanda Baggs on CNN again tonight

Amanda Baggs of Ballastexistenz will apparently be on CNN's Anderson Cooper 360 again this evening. She was featured in an interview ...

The Speed of Dark

Back in June of 2005, anticipating the 15th anniversary of the ADA, I wrote about "The Excuse of Architecture" and cited a New Mo...

Double discrimination for ethnic minority children with autism

Source: BBC News Excerpt: A National Autistic Society report on "the reality for families" suggests 62% of parents had no choice o...

"Autism Speaks" creator on Oprah

Kristina Chew at Autism Vox reports that Oprah will feature "The Faces of Autism" on April 5 (tomorrow), except those faces will ...

Autistic boy assaulted by waitress

Here's the story as told by the child's father : We had to wait about 15 min. to order, and the waitress seemed stressed. It was Dav...

On CNN's Anderson Cooper show tonight: Amanda Baggs of Ballastexistenz

Dr. Sanjay Gupta, a medical corresondent at CNN will interview Amanda Baggs on the Anderson Cooper show tonight, 10 P.M. Eastern time. From...

Attention

Go tell Amanda of Ballastexistenz that she rocks. Her site is a Yahoo pick of the week!

Various NPR disability stories

Label falls short for those with mental retardation by Joseph Shapiro. Excerpt: The term mental retardation was supposed to be an improveme...

Death of 14-year-old only tip of the iceberg of abuse

From the Atlanta Journal-Constitution , "A Hidden Shame: Death and Danger in Georgia's Mental Hospitals" : Alone in the darkne...

Books for the new year

Happy New Year everyone! Like every book lover I know, I've got a towering (and growing) pile of books waiting to be read. I thought I...

Saturday Slumgullion #20

Three Guardian articles from the last two weeks -- 1) Identity crisis: Is the disability movement headed in the wrong direction? 2) Disab...