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The Importance of Free Speech in Autism Discourse and Beyond: A Curious Case for Compassion and a Stepping Stone to Finding Your Place in the World

June 5, 2018by m0casa02 1 Comment

Greetings, Readers of Cortical Chauvinism! My name is Timothy Turner (Tim is fine). I am a 36 year old autistic man from Texas who is currently editing the manuscript of […]

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Autism and other health related epidemics

April 30, 2018by m0casa02 31 Comments

I am just coming back from an Autism Research Institute Think Tank.  I was happy to see many old friends there and to make new ones.  The Think Tank has […]

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Autism may be more common than previously thought, according to the CDC

April 26, 2018by m0casa02 11 Comments

 The CDC has reported an increased prevalence of autism spectrum disorder in its monitoring network of 11 sites within the United States. The previous prevalence released in 2016 was reported […]

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Twilah Hiari: Neurodiversity is Dead. Now What?

April 22, 2018by m0casa02 2 Comments

Twilah Hiari is an autistic blog writer whose opinions, in part, are a throwback to the Anti-Psychiatry movement of the 1960’s but actualized to fit the problematics of the current […]

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The War on Autism

July 5, 2016by m0casa02 12 Comments

In the field of autism advocacy some proponents believe that using terms like “War on Autism” is a pejorative term that emphasizes violence. For those that believe that they do […]

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On Silberman, Austria and on Re-Writing the History of Autism

March 14, 2016by m0casa02 6 Comments

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. […]

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Neurotribes: How the Cookie Crumbles?

March 7, 2016by m0casa02 11 Comments

“First Bettelheim, now Silberman” -Manuel Casanova (2016) It has been several months since the publication of Neurotribes and more data is constantly emerging about the contrived nature of the publication. […]

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Repetitive and stereotyped behaviors in autism

February 15, 2016by m0casa02 22 Comments

Repetitive and stereotyped behaviors (RSB) are considered a core symptom of autism spectrum disorders (ASD). This defining symptom has been known since the original series of 11 children described by […]

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Neurotribe or Diatribe?

November 16, 2015by m0casa02 35 Comments

I finally got a chance to finish reading Steve Silberman’s widely publicized book “Neurotribes”. The same received the prestigious 2015 Samuel Johnson prize for non-fiction and some journalists have touted […]

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Bipolar Disorder and Autism

November 9, 2015by m0casa02 9 Comments

Bipolar disorder (previously called manic-depression) is a mental condition characterized by mood swings that vary between the “high” episodes of mania and the “low” periods of depression. Research studies suggest […]

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