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Autism Learningfelt: NY Governor Responds to Autism Questions

It took a while, but I finally received a response from the emails I sent to different Governors around the country. Unfortunately, Gov. David A. Patterson, NY, is not the one who replied. It was Ellen J. Anderson, M.…
The 3 D's and your Special Needs Child

A note to my readers: The following is a political post. If you believe that it is permitted: to walk into a pizza parlor in Tel Aviv and blow yourself up, to blow up a school bus full of children in Jerusalem, at…
Autism Light: Roy McDonald

The Honorable Roy McDonald represents the 43rd District in the New York State Senate, which encompasses all of Rensselaer County and part of Saratoga County in New York. He was elected to the New York State Assembly i…
Political Correctness, Autism and other B.S.

This was one of those weeks where several events that are totally not connected actually came together to form the perfect storm. In truth these events started me thinking, yes I know a dangerous activity (ha ha), b…
The Overall Annoyance Quotient

Penelope Trunk, Aspie career blogger and entrepreneur, has posted five ways she believes Aspies can be less annoying at the office. Ms. Trunk has recounted her own experiences as an Aspie, in this post and elsewhere,…
Wanting more for Everyone

I was recently told by a manager of a residential home (not C’s) that because I have organized a Christmas lunch for the parents of C’s home that there must be a need in me to fix people. Other parents hav…
Autism Speaks on Insurance Reform

I was very happy to read that Lorri Unumb of Autism Speaks succinctly stated that insurance reform will reduce the lifetime costs of autism at a recent hearing in Michigan. Readers of this blog (including Ms. Unum…
She has No "Angle"

When I was in my 20s, I did a regional theatre production at Alabama Shakespeare in Montgomery, Alabama of Diary of Anne Frank, one of my favorite plays based on one of my favorite books by a young woman I so admired. I…
Autism advocates demanding an Apology

Political season…the time when a few things grind to a halt as candidates compete fiercely with one another to gain or hang on to the very thing that millions lost in the recession: jobs. Autism is no strang…
A United Kingdom Autism Campaign

Kevin Healey Stand UP for Autism Campaign National is calling on the new Government to take immediate Action for Autism, and to put Autism on top of the political agenda. The recent Autism Act has put £500,000 in…