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Dad’s In Heaven With Nixon – Autism Documentary

November 1, 2010

Janice Murray had refused to accept how the psychiatrists and physicians portrayed her son’s autism diagnosis over 40 years ago.  They painted a future picture of her son Chris’ life as devastatingly grim with recommendations…

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Autistic Self-Advocates Preparing to be Loud

October 29, 2010

In my previous two posts, Real Communication Shutdown and Autistics Speaking Day, I proposed that on November 1st, instead of shutting down our online communication, that online Autistics be loud. The idea is that since NTs are taking…

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Navigating the ‘Other’ Category

August 8, 2010

As always, when girding myself to face a novel experience, (in this case, my first autism conference), I turned to the most reliable source of comfort and understanding, the internet.   There I stumbled across…

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Residential Abuse and Neglect

July 31, 2010

For years we have been told to not lock our pets in our cars even in cool weather. Public service announcements have flooded the media warning of the dangers that quickly arise causing heatstroke and…

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The Day the World Turned Upside Down

July 21, 2010

On April 24, 2010, The Carson family was unaware of just how upside down their world was going to become.  Baker, 13 autistic son, had been home from school for a few days. I was…

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AWN goes to the White House!

July 19, 2010
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ASPIRE Center for Learning and Development

June 4, 2010

Shana Nichols, PhD, psychologist and former Clinical Director of the Fay J. Lindner Center for Autism, is pleased to announce the June 2010 opening of her new clinic, ASPIRE Center for Learning and Development, in Melville, NY (110…

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Serving it Up Susan Murphy Milano Style

May 24, 2010

Surviving domestic abuse and stalking means strategic planning and playing it smart.  When faced with daily survival tasks and overwhelming fears, a victim is too often left with no time to properly construct a safety…

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Answers, Autism, and Acceptance

April 26, 2010

She felt different from other people for as long as she could remember. After years of wrong diagnosis, and failed treatments which never felt right,  Lori began to feel like her world was beginning to…

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Court Sanctioned Child Abuse: Taking a Look at the Ugly Truth [VIDEOS] Included

April 23, 2010

Not only do I have personal connections to others who have suffered this kind of tragedy, but I have become increasingly aware of these issues since the Autism Women’s Network Forum went online in January. The number…

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Missing 3-Year Old Found Dead of Apparent Accidental Drowning

April 21, 2010

(Osage, AR) — The search for 3-year old Aiden Bell ended in tragedy when his lifeless body was found shortly after 1pm on Tuesday afternoon less than a mile from his grandparents home where he…

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Autism Women’s Network E-Mentoring

April 11, 2010

Autism Women’s Network [AWN] has been working hard behind the scenes to put together a program that will enable women on the autism spectrum to support each other through a peer mentor program conducted online. E-Mentoring has…

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