New Technology and New Thinking for People With Autism
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I wrote something about weighted blankets and a Deep Pressure vest over at the Huffington Post. Check it out here. It coincidentally sits beneath their big story in the Living section, which is about a New York magazine article on autism activism.
Not unlike those in the Mad Pride movement (which the HuffPost also references), some activists who have autism/Asperger’s Syndrome want to promote their identity as a strength. The activism became especially pointed after those horrible, horrible ads (pictured) put out by the Child Study Center at NYU, which apparently has a completely inept communications department. (As a former communications manager for a nonprofit organization, I sympathize with the need to get attention for a cause that people don’t invest in. But, I mean, please.)
To read the original NY mag story, go here. To read the HuffPost story about the story, go here. To read the blog post about the post about the story about the article … oh, forget it. I don’t know what I’m saying anymore.
liz | 2:23 PM | Uncategorized
there was a time recently that you were only posting a couple of times a week and spoke of not being able to get out of bed. it is good that you are back amongst the living and posting more often.
Re: the new clothing for Autistic/Aspbergers. Dr Temple Grandin, an ‘autistic’ person, developed that idea more than 20 years ago and has since improved upon her original idea. She has and interesting journey and has lecture on Autism in numerous venues. fyi
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