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To Medicate, or Not to Medicate

This is the question I have been struggling with for the better part of two years. When Bianca was diagnosed she was given a primary diagnosis of classic ASD and a secondary diagnosis of ADHD. We knew she was au…
Autism Numbers Are Up...How can you help?

I've been catching the stories online about the latest CDC numbers for autism: 1 in 88 children; 1 in 54 boys. In some regions of the United States, the numbers are even more alarming, such as 1 in 47 children in Utah.…
1:88 and not an epidemic per the CDC?

1:88 and not an epidemic per the CDC? That is because they would have a HUGE backlash if they acknowledged anything environmentally was contributing to this enormous spike in the autism diagnosis.
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…
Dear Huffington Post: autism treatment is about kids, not parents

In recognition of Autism Awareness month, the Huffington Post printed an article called 10 Things To Do After an Autism Diagnosis. The author -- Hannah Brown -- gives advice to parents on what they should do after th…
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…
A Good Start, But We Can Do More

April is my son Mikey’s birthday month. It’s also National Autism Awareness Month. Little did my wife and I know, seven years ago, that the month of April would be important to us for both reasons. Most Am…
Stuff With Thing to ‘I Wish I Didn’t Have Aspergers: #AutismPositivity2012

(making music with the salt, pepper and sugar) You may remember Annie’s post about how nervited she was about the concert at Federation Square. I want to say thank you to all the supportive and helpful comments…
My Response to “I wish I didn’t have Asperger’s” #AutismPositivity2012

A couple of weeks ago, someone somewhere googled the phrase “I Wish I Didn’t Have Aspergers”. The phrase popped up in a blogging dashboard and struck the blogger as being particularly sad. She wished…