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Jenny McCarthy Announces That She Will Pose Nude “For Autism”
First of all, I thought I’d put “for autism” in quotes in the title for one simple reason… she’s not doing it for autism. You can read the news stories here Jenny McCarthy is head of… -
Stuart Duncan: Part 2-Getting the diagnosis
It has been quite some time since my wife first suggested to me, that how I am reminds her a lot of how my son with autism is. It was one of those things that I would dwell on for a while and would come up between the… -
Stuart Duncan: Part 1 - I have Aspergers
I started my autism blog with a very specific focus, which is why I named it “Autism From a Father’s Point of View.” It was to be a place for me to write about my son, Cameron, his growth with autism a… -
“I Wish I Didn’t Have Aspergers” – An AutismPositivity2012 Flash Blog Event
Do you really wish that you didn’t have Aspergers? Do you really think that your life would be better or easier? There’s a lot of advice that I’m supposed to give. Most of it can be found here: Auti… -
The Media's Creation of a Civil War Within the Autism Community
Nothing much gets my blood boiling more than outright, obvious attempts to pit people against each other. I wrote about it before about how we do it to ourselves but the most obvious problem is the media. We’re… -
Being an Autism Parent: Overcoming Self Doubt
The hardest part, I think, to being an autism parent is the doubt. Not just in general but the self doubt in particular. We ask ourselves It doesn’t really matter where your child is on the spectrum, we all ask… -
Our Child’s First Sleep Over
This post was written by my wife, Natalie, and editted by me, Stuart. This is, in her words, how Cameron’s very first sleepover went and how she handled issues when/as they came up. We autism parents envy other… -
Video: My two boys and their thoughts on autism
Cameron, 6 with autism and his little brother Tyler, 4 without autism, both know that Cameron is autistic. They both know that he can do some things better than Tyler and that Tyler can do some things better than Cam… -
A label by any other name smells just as… autism
Do you like the title of this post? Is it catchy? Humorous? Weird? Clever? Well, maybe not clever. The point is though, that the title of this post kind of hints at what you might expect in this post but it really doe… -
The Problem With Acceptance
Yesterday I wrote “This is the problem with awareness” so I think it’s only fair that I flip to the other sign of the coin and write about the problem with acceptance. Acceptance Paradox There is this…

