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autistic culture, Deaf culture, Disabled Parenting, scouting

Teaching Scouts to Interact with Disabled People Benefits Everyone

Yesterday my partner and I had to opportunity to participate in a district event called CLAW. It is an event where leaders teach different belt loops. Belt loops are advancements for cub scouts. The sessions were about 20 minutes. The one we chose was Cubs Who Care. That is the disability awareness one. They said… Continue reading Teaching Scouts to Interact with Disabled People Benefits Everyone

ableism, bogus studies, Discrimination, quackery, quackery myths

Bogus Study: Maternal Infection During Pregnancy and Likelihood of Autism and Intellectual Disability in Sweden: A Negative Control and Sibling Comparison Cohort Study

This study was investigating whether or not there is a casual relationship between infections in the pregnant person during pregnancy and autism or intellectual disability. This study was funded by Autism Speaks, because of course it was. This money used to fund this could have been used to help autistic people. Study Design The researchers… Continue reading Bogus Study: Maternal Infection During Pregnancy and Likelihood of Autism and Intellectual Disability in Sweden: A Negative Control and Sibling Comparison Cohort Study

bogus studies, quackery

Quackery Exposed: Balovaptan

There has been many studies with different medications that research doctors conduct to try to find the magical cure for autism. It's 2022, people would think they would spend this research money to save lives but here we are. There were two studies. One on and the other on autistic adults. There is no medical… Continue reading Quackery Exposed: Balovaptan

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In the media, Melissa Eaton

In the Media: The Parents & Church Feeding kids Bleach|Genesis II Church Documentary

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antisemitism, Discrimination, queerphobia, racism

The Bigotry that is JK Rowling

I was a teenager from Long Island taking the Long Island Railroad into Manhattan. From there I took the A C or E subway train to Greenwich Village in order to arrive to my program at Hebrew Union College. There was often a wait at Pennsylvannia Station on the way home on the Babylon line… Continue reading The Bigotry that is JK Rowling