The Decline and Fall of «Autism»
After Simon Baron-Cohen suggests autism lose its status as a disorder and instead be considered a variant like left-handedness or homosexuality, this stupefied mom marvels at the collapse of meaning […]
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Maria Isabel Bayonas Ibarra: Autism Efforts at the International Level
Occasionally I will write about people that have made a difference in the world of autism. My first attempt at writing a biographical sketch exalting someone’s lifetime achievements dealt with […]
The Squeeze Machine
The squeeze machine is known by many names, e.g., hug machine or hug box. I prefer calling it the squeeze machine to prevent confusion whenever I ask one of our […]
Sensory Problems in Autism
Throughout most of the history of autism as recorded within the medical literature, sensory problems have been paid very little attention. These were not unknown phenomena, both Kanner ad Asperger […]
Key Players in Autism: I. the Corpus Callosum
The corpus callosum is a bundle of neural fibers that connects both cerebral hemispheres. It is the largest white matter structure of the brain. Signs and symptoms of a corpus […]
A Perspective on Psychological Theories of Autism
Clinicians have proposed different psychological theories to explain mental illness from the perspective of the mind. Some of them are imaginative explanations of facts that have not or can’t be […]
Bernard Rimland
By all accounts Dr. Bernard Rimland is a hero. This was a man who courageously stood up against the prevailing views of the medical establishment in order to say that […]
Cortical Chauvinism 