Musings and What-not

[et_pb_section bb_built="1"][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type="4_4"][et_pb_text] I couple of months ago, I blogged about wanting to learn more about autism... from the perspective of an adult who was living with it; a self advocate. There isn't enough awareness about Autism Spectrum Disorder and Asperger's Syndrome in... adults. What happens to our children once they're all grown up?  Who will represent them? Lisa Jo, About.com's Autism Guide, brought up an interesting topic the other day that gave me pause. Although, her post spoke of Autism Speaks (because it is viewed as "the voice" of our community), the gist of her post was this... is the adult autistic community being properly represented within organizations that were founded to "help" the ASD community? Here's an excerpt from that post. Some suggest that it's unreasonable to expect Autism Speaks to include autistic adults in their organization because most of the be...

You have the warriors. And then there's the rest of us. The warriors will, literally, stop at nothing to "fix" their children. While the rest of us don't view our children as being broken and in need of repair. The warriors are very angry and are certain of the "cause" and "cure" for autism. While the rest of us believe, and know, that there's more to learn and discover about the "causes" and that there's definitely not a "cure" for something still considered a mystery. Like the nation, our community is extremely divided, and I do not know how we can come together. The warriors don't  understand those of us who don't subject our children to rather intensive and extensive therapies just so we can have the "perfect" child. No.  I don't think they like us very much at all. The warriors also don't appreciate it if you don't agree with them by claiming that vaccines are the "primary" ca...

According to Jenny, autism is caused by vaccines. But she's not just suggesting that vaccines may have an unintended impact on some children. In Jenny's mind, it seems, vaccines are quite literally a thief of souls (which, of course, suggests that people with autism are soulless). Here's what she said to Oprah, in describing her son's autism: “The nurse gave (Evan) the shot... and soon thereafter—boom—the soul’s gone from his eyes.” Read the rest of what Lisa had to say... and don't forget to read the comments.  They're particularly interesting.