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ableism, autistic culture, comorbidities, Discrimination, EDS

Service Dogs are Not Licensed in the United States. A Story and What the Law Really Says

{img decription: brown background with white text that says "Fight ableism, racism, queerphobia, antisemitism, Islamophobia, and all bad isms and phobias" There are power fists rising up from the bottom in all different races and my logo in the center} This is long overdue. Most people already know, my family and I made the long… Continue reading Service Dogs are Not Licensed in the United States. A Story and What the Law Really Says

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ABA, ableism, ADHD, autistic culture, Discrimination

It is Abusive When Asking People To Relive Trauma for Your Sick Curiosity

Trauma just isn't an event that happens to you. The mental images, emotions, flashbacks, sounds, tastes, feeling, and other senses stay with you. Asking to retell your story makes you relive the trauma as if it is happening at that very moment. A lot of months ago, I was approached by Liz Tung from NPR… Continue reading It is Abusive When Asking People To Relive Trauma for Your Sick Curiosity

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

ableism, Anti Vaccine, Anti Vax Quacks, Discrimination, quackery, quacks

Quack Exposed: Dr. Richard Kunin

Dr. Richard Kunin (October 22, 1932 - February 23, 2021) graduated from University of Minnesota with his MD in 1955. After this psychiatric residency training at New York Hospital, completed in 1959, he served for the army in the United States Army Medical Corps. Private Practice Dr. Kunin has had a private practice until his… Continue reading Quack Exposed: Dr. Richard Kunin

ableism, autistic culture, Disabled Parenting

When Teaching My Children IFL, The Unexpected Happened

Identify first language is a cornerstone of the autistic community. It tells people that autism is a part of us and that we cannot "have autism." I teach all my kids that they are no ill diseased or broken. When Boop came home, we had to undo all the ableist nonsense that was put on… Continue reading When Teaching My Children IFL, The Unexpected Happened