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 Vaccinate Special Educators with Front-Line Workers
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Vaccinate Special Educators with Front-Line Workers

Why vaccinating all educators early is key to mitigating Covid’s impacts. The Lurid History of Autism and Vaccines We are all hearing a great deal about herd immunity—and not just from the [...]

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 Will Autism Anti-Vaxxers Subvert an End to Covid-19?
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Will Autism Anti-Vaxxers Subvert an End to Covid-19?

When politics threatens to top science. We may, finally, be getting close(r) to a vaccine for Covid. Will you take it as soon as it is approved? Will you wait and see how it goes for others? What [...]

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 Your Autistic Child in the Time of COVID
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Your Autistic Child in the Time of COVID

What will the COVID shelter-in-place orders mean for children with autism? How bad can this be? It’s been the whole of the spring quarter that your child’s IEP has not been implemented. How are [...]

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 Autism Diagnosis and the Pie Chart Child
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Autism Diagnosis and the Pie Chart Child

Many with autism may have related concerns in need of treatment, too. Whenever a new autism prevalence study is reported by the US Centers for Disease Control, autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) [...]

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 The Psychology of the Vaccine Wars
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The Psychology of the Vaccine Wars

The vulnerability of truth in the age of fake news and alternative facts. In my new book, The Politics of Autism, I devote a chapter to ‘The Vaccine Wars.’  When I sat down to write about [...]

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 Diagnose and Adios? Autism Families Deserve Better
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Diagnose and Adios? Autism Families Deserve Better

A family’s need for help starts, not ends, on the day of an autism diagnosis. For families who live in urban or suburban areas, most of the testing to determine whether their child might [...]

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 Illusions of Inclusion in Special Education for Autism
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Posted January 28, 2021

Illusions of Inclusion in Special Education for Autism

Educational inclusion needs to be treated like a method, not a civil right. In my new book, The Politics of Autism, I discuss how special education is failing children with autism; not because we [...]

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 Autism and “Diagnosing for Dollars”
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Posted January 28, 2021

Autism and “Diagnosing for Dollars”

Should an autism diagnosis be given “just” to get access to services? Diagnosing for dollars? It happens when a doctor gives a diagnosis so a patient can get certain help (or, [...]

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 What Autism Isn’t
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Posted January 28, 2021

What Autism Isn’t

Does every quirky person really have autism? Do any of them?   We hear a lot more about autism these days:  There are data from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), but also human interest [...]

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 The Sound of No Hands Clapping?
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Posted January 28, 2021

The Sound of No Hands Clapping?

‘Neurodiversity’ and political correctness: A bridge too far. One readily noticeable pathognomonic trait of autism is hand-flapping—a stereotyped motor movement that can look a bit [...]

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