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Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee (IACC): The Big Picture

July 23, 2021by m0casa02 2 Comments

Today’s IACC public comment by National Council on Severe Autism (NCSA) president and my good friend Jill Escher is entitled: The Big Picture *********** My name is Jill Escher, I’m […]

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Neurotribes: How the Cookie Crumbles

January 12, 2021by m0casa02 2 Comments

I am reblogging this post from 4-5 years ago. It complements yesterday’s blog by Jill Escher in regards to Neurotribes. The same can be regarded as my own personal opinion […]

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Steve Silberman’s Phony History of Autism Dealt Another Blow

January 11, 2021by m0casa02 4 Comments

By Jill Escher When Steve Silberman’s grandiose fabrication of the history of autism, NeuroTribes, was published in 2015 I was stunned that anyone would take the book seriously. As explained […]

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We must look beyond DNA to understand the heritability of autism

February 12, 2020by m0casa02 Leave a comment

The strong heritability of autism spectrum disorder has prompted the field to take a “genetics first” approach, emphasizing a hunt for DNA-based clues in affected individuals and their family members. […]

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Heritable Effects of General Anesthesia

November 7, 2018by m0casa02 1 Comment

What is causing the staggering increase in autism prevalence? So far research has yielded few answers. In this recent letter to leaders at the NIH, research philanthropist Jill Escher, who […]

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The Horrifying History of Hans Asperger

July 16, 2018by m0casa02 5 Comments

Jill Escher is an autism research philanthropist, president of Autism Society San Francisco Bay Area, autism housing provider, and mother of two children with nonverbal forms of autism. Several of […]

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Immersed: Our Experience with Autism

May 10, 2018by m0casa02 1 Comment

“Immersed” Takes an Unflinching View of Severe Autism [This review first appeared at https://www.sfautismsociety.org/blog/immersed-take-an-unflinching-view-of-severe-autism in January of 2017.]  (Clickable image to link in Amazon) Immersed: Our Experience with Autism Text […]

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Six Things to Love About “Autism Uncensored”

May 7, 2018by m0casa02 1 Comment

Jill Escher is the mother of two children with nonverbal autism, a provider of low-income housing for adults with developmental disabilities, and president of Autism Society San Francisco Bay Area, […]

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The Decline and Fall of “Autism”

October 19, 2017by m0casa02 6 Comments

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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The Complacency Monster that Ate Autism

April 17, 2017by m0casa02 5 Comments

The following blog was written by Jill Escher, president of the Autism Society San Francisco Bay Area. Jill is an autism research philanthropist (Escher Fund for Autism), a provider of […]

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