See? Different IS Dangerous!
June 28, 2009 by Do'C 
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Wow, these two brave journalists barely escaped with their lives! 
As usual, The Onion adeptly spotlights the absurd with absurdity.
Beyond Awareness at USD
June 27, 2009 by Do'C Printer-Friendly Version
At the end of this past week, I was fortunate to be invited back to the USD Summer Austism Institue to participate in a presentation with other Autism-Hub bloggers. The most memorable couple of hours for me, without a doubt, were the ones spent at dinner on San Diego Harbor with fellow bloggers Steve D (One Dad’s Opinion) and Bev (Asperger Square 8).
At USD, and with some updated content, we were given the opportunity to talk about the Autism-Hub. Steve D provided some background about the hub and blogging in general, as well as opening with some excellent selected pieces (my humble opinion of course):
Coming Up
June 15, 2009 by Do'C Printer-Friendly Version
More information on USD’s 2009 Summer Autism Institute available here.
Sunday Wail
June 14, 2009 by Do'C Printer-Friendly Version
This morning, I was caught off guard when I heard a wail from the living room. It was a loud and prolonged, “Aaaaaaaaaaaaaah!”
I bolted to living room to see what was up, half expecting to find my son injured in some, as of yet, unimaginable way. But upon arriving at the source of the commotion, all I found was my son sitting on the floor with a huge, unashamed grin. He glared at me, smiled even larger, and belted it out again.
“Aaaaaaaaaaaah..Ah!”
“Aaaaaaaaaaaah..Ah!”
It was unmistakable. With its characteristic sustain, and dip and return to pitch, he was doing the vocal from Led Zeppelin’s Immigrant Song.
As it turns out, I had been shuffling through several mp3’s this morning, and that happened to be one of them. I’d only listened to part of it before moving on, but apparently it was the memorable part.
He’s been driving his mom nuts with it for a few hours now. Hehe.
Too young to have the music handy in your memory banks? Youtube can help.
HBOT “Quackery” Proves Fatal For Two
June 14, 2009 by Do'C Printer-Friendly Version
Admittedly, the future for Francesco Martinizi (the boy who was very badly burned in a fire/explosion in a Florida HBOT clinic while apparently being “treated” for Cerebral Palsy), looked quite uncertain.
As I wrote previously:
Yes, this accident (fire/explosion) is tragic, very tragic. If Francesco indeed survives the injuries he’s apparently sustained, the next couple of months are likely to be very very rough. The situation certainly isn’t helped by the fact that there probably isn’t much in the way of good scientific evidence to support the notion that little 4 year-old Francesco should have ever been in such a facility in the first place.
His future is certain now. Francesco died Thursday.
Media reports:
Autism Nostrum Wins The Internet!
May 4, 2009 by Do'C Printer-Friendly Version
It’s true - Autism Nostrum has won the internet! The proof is over at Respectful Insolence, where Orac tells us about a deal that Jenny McCarthy has inked with Oprah Winfrey’s Harpo Studios.
Text-only version here.
“Clear” Or “Unclear”?
April 7, 2009 by Do'C Printer-Friendly Version
Yeah, the Whoopee Cushion effect was added. I added the canned laughter too, because the notion that the mentioned study from UC Davis in California, in any way said, “unequivocally there’s been a clear rise, it’s not due to diagnostic substitution,” is laughable in my opinion.
But don’t take my word for it. Read the study for yourself.
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