Have I mentioned lately that I'm still in therapy?  And that I'm making great strides in understanding what drives my mood and behavior?  The work we've been doing has been intense and, at times, very difficult, but I am quite better off for having processed it.  I have...

I normally refuse to participate in memes because most of them are self-centered. This one is different because of the subject matter. The meme is this: Comment to this post and I will give you 5 subjects/things I associate you with. Then post this in your LJ/Blog and elaborate on the subjects given...

An incredible mother’s journey to help her son who was diagnosed with Autism at the age of 6 brought this fabulous skincare collection to life.  This amazing woman and mother of two is named Wei.  She was born and raised in China then came to America to further her studies.   Her eastern/we...

Tens of thousands of people with autism have been repeatedly let down by the social care and health system while Labour has been in power, a minister has admitted. In a damning indictment, Phil Hope, the care services minister, said there was "no doubt" that, despite years of campaigning by parents ...

Now and then I look at Smacky and find it hard to believe how fast he's growing.  Since the acquisition of his eyeglasses, he's seemed to emerge from his proverbial shell and is regaling us with language...and by that I don't mean he hasn't been speaking all along, because he h...

Specifically aimed at fuck-knuckles above A Certain Age: “may Karma gift him with a disfiguring allergy to Viagra.” THE doctor who sparked the scare over the safety of the MMR vaccine for children changed and misreported results in his research, creating the appearance of a possible link...

Chocolate, from Magnet Releasing, is a martial arts film from Thailand coming to theaters on Feb. 6th, 2009, and DVD Feb. 10th. Directed by Prachya Pinkaew, this sweet, action-packed martial-arts drama features the debut of young female fighter Jeeja Yanin Vismitananda as Zen, an autistic savant who...

Jeni Barnett, Professor Wibble, Ben Goldacre For those who do not already know, Ben Goldacre is a highy qualifed doctor who writes a regular column in the Guardian, entitled Bad Science. He is also responsible for the blog of the same name. His Bad Science blog has become the most respected and wide...

Over at Change.org/autism, artist and adult with autism Dora Raymaker conducts interviews with attorney Jennifer Parker. I got pretty excited about Jennifer who not only has specific expertise working with students with invisible disabilities (including autism), but is also a special education attor...

A Brown University research team has discovered something in the brain that could serve as a target for future autism and mental retardation treatments. read more...