NeuroTribes: One Step Forward, Two Steps Back for Autism
The following is a blog post by one of our readers. After reading some of our previous blogs Jill promised to write her own criticism of Neurotribes. Given her full […]
Monthly Archives: March 2016
Todd Drezner: Cinema Libre Studio and “Vaxxed”
Below is an open letter by Todd Drezner, director of Loving Lamposts, to Cinema Libre the distributors of Andrew Wakefield’s VAXXED. Dear Cinema Libre, I’m writing to explain why I’m […]
Sobre Silberman, Austria y aquellos intentos de re-escribir la historia del autismo
Llama la atención que en la sociedad actual el asesinato de personas con discapacidad es tolerada y que las reverberaciones de la eutanasia como “muertes misericordiosas” se pueden utilizar a […]
TMS and Autism: Sour Grapes
The following story details some of my frustrations during the early history of transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) and autism. For those not cognizant of what TMS is, over the years […]
Neurotribes: Una historia cayéndose a pedazos
“En primera instancia Bettleheim, ahora Silberman” -Manuel Casanova (2016) Han pasado varios meses desde que apareció la publicación de Steve Silberman titulada Neurotribes y cada vez se hace más aparente […]
Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) in Blind Children
Recently my good friend Isabelle Rapin brought to my attention an article published in the Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders. The article was conducted by Dr. Rubin Jure from […]
Olga Bogdashina: Problemas sensoriales en el autismo y en el sindrome de Asperger: Diferentes mundos perceptivos
La segunda edición del libro de Olga Bogdashina acaba de ser publicado. El mismo se titula “Sensory Perceptual Issues in Autism and Asperger Syndrome- Different Perceptual Worlds”. Se puede comprar […]
On Silberman, Austria and on Re-Writing the History of Autism
It is striking that in today’s society the killing of handicapped individuals is condoned and that reverberations of euthanasia as so-called “mercy killings” can be used to justify such measures. […]
Igor Shpitsberg
Occasionally I will write a blog about people that have made a difference in regards to autism at the international level. Today I will talk a little about Igor Shpitsberg. […]
Los niños salvajes o silvestres y el autismo
La reciente publicación de John Donvan y Caren Zucker “En una Clave Diferente” ha reavivado historietas de precedentes históricos del autismo en los llamados niños salvajes. Esta idea surgió del […]
Cortical Chauvinism 