Autistic 12-year-Old Interviews His Mom12-year-old Joshua Littman interviewed his mother for Storycorps, and the resulting piece became Storycorps' first animated feature. Joshua Littman has Asperger's Syndrome, and his "lack of a social gene" actually makes him a killer...
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Asperger's Syndrome on Parenthood sparks searches for "Assburgers Sydnrome"Television viewers flocked to their search engines after last night's episode of Parenthood, which dealt with Asperger's Syndrome (often mistakenly called "Asperger's Disease"). However, millions of...
i could say a lot about the popular myths about autism, but i happily don't need to: someone already wrote an absolutely fantastic article. RACHEL COHEN-ROTTENBERG wrote such an accessible, accurate, direct and personally touching article on the topic, i thought it...
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In 2006, Jacob Heinz, a native of Bensalem, PA, was jailed on charges of soliciting sex from a thirteen year old.In 2006, Jacob Heinz, a young man with Aspergers, was entrapped by police, locked in a cell for four...
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A friend with Asperger's Syndrome recently shared the following with me: "Quiz Topic: Autism" Dr. Joyce Brothers http://www.arcamax.com/drjoycebrothers/s-325609-510188 It is a "Quiz" on autism, offered by...
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In my travels around the so-called professional world, i have encountered a staggering amount of ignorance. Most shocking is how much of it is willful. Like the classic cliche of the ostrich sticking its head in the sand to hide from what it does not want to deal with, there...
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Response to “Broken Mirrors: A Theory of Autism”
Scientific American,
November 2006 - originally posted on my blog on Wednesday, August 08, 2007
Notes:
The magazine issue cover art is actually quite poetic.
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