A Parent's Perspective

Well while I am a strong supporter of Autism having an environmental trigger, I do accept it is likely that there must be something to differentiate autistics from non autistics or such a trigger is unlikely to work.   So it is with some hope i saw there was new research that indicated that a […]

There is a story barely reported of a UK man (Gary McKinnon) who is being charged in the US with computer crimes due to hacking into the NASA and DOD computer systems.   Gary McKinnon is a 39 yr. old man with Asperger’s  who is facing 60 years in jail because he wanted to know […]

In my most recent post I was discussing different styles of autism and how the actions of one affects the other.   I guess while i have always realized that there were two sides to the autism corner, I never realized just how distinct they were till yesterday.   During the lead up to and […]

The major issue with having an autism diagnosis is that there is a belief amongst many that this classification pigeon holes the individual into a little tiny niche where now all is understood. Wrong   The present classification for Autism is so broad that an Autism diagnosis can actually limit your potential because most people […]

I was sitting in a meeting the other day and talking with an individual that was extremely of being involved in the closing down of the “institutions” in Ontario that left so many low functioning autistics without a place to stay when their own families could no longer take care of them.   What distressed […]