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The Word "CURE" - My Personal View

Sometimes it just doesn't pay to say anything, especially on the internet. I recently got into a discussion that derailed over the use of the word "cure". Here were some of the points of view:
Yes we DO need diversity!

Websters Definition of Diversity: 1. The state or fact of being diverse. Difference. Unlikeness. 2. Variety. Multiformity. 3. A point of difference. Social diversity is the existence of multiple cultures and types of…
Take Your Cure & Shove It.

"Look! There's our silver lining." My friend pointed to the blackened sky, the full moon hidden by swollen clouds yet rimming their tops in silver. It was Saturday night and I'd driven The Divorce Mobile, top down--my…
Recovery

Stock Photo Credit: familymwr Recovery. Outside of the words ‘vaccine,’ and ‘cure,’ the word ‘recovery’ is probably the most controversial word in the autism vernacular. It’…
Skeptics on the Autism Cure

I’m getting a lot of agreement from people who are in close contact with my daughter, whom I am calling “Shannon” on this blog. She is no longer exhibiting the hallmark of autism, inability to know…
Cure ignorance, not autism.

Cure ignorance, not autism. I thought it should go without saying, but apparently I was wrong, so I will say it now: People with autism (adults and children) deserve to be treated with the same level of dignity as e…
Cure and Acceptance are bad words?

It’s no secret that the Autism community is quite divided on many topics and I’ve even written before about how easy it is to offend one side or another depending on what you say. For the last 4 months,…
Understanding, Acceptance & A Cure.

As I’ve sat staring off into space, trying to decipher my own thoughts, I’m watching my twitter feed. I’m watching an informative tweet turn to an argument and back to a (hopeful) discussion of unders…
From Cure to Community

In March of 2010, an article by Nancy Bagatell appeared in a special issue of Ethos: Journal of the Society for Psychological Anthropology (Vol 38, Issue 1). It’s called From Cure to Community: Transforming Notion…
Cure and Confusion

I think back a few years ago, all the struggles we first encountered as a family dealing with autism. All the books I read and the utter confusion of everything I read. Nothing made sense and it made us feel very alo…