KOSpectrum, for Asperger and Autistic Kossacks
Hi all.Following on from Matt Z's excellent rec-listed diary from this morning, taking apart the ridiculous claim that Romney has Asperger syndrome, I've created a Kos group for those of us who are...
View ArticleMitt Romney does NOT have Asperger's Syndrome
I have Asperger's Syndrome. Mitt Romney does not. And I'd like all of the internet clinicians who once saw an episode of Law and Order where the bad guy had Asperger's to keep their diagnosises to...
View ArticleCorky the 87 Year Old Christian Won't Let Go of my Disabled Daughter
I have long noticed that Christians, or, if you prefer Andrew Sullivan's term, "Christianists", have a weird attitude toward disabled children.What is the best word to describe it? Fetish? Zeal?...
View ArticleI'm the Mom of a bullied kid
My son is 11 years old in the 5th grade. He has been given most of the usual acronyms associated with social difficulties; ADHD, OCD, NVLD-ONS, and AG. "Twice Exceptional" is the euphemistic term for...
View ArticleRomney Not Mental?
One thing I am very sensitive to is claims by laymen of someone having a mental problem. I am the Great Aunt of an Asperger’s child. Another grandnephew had been diagnoses as ADHD. I was trapped in a...
View ArticleMy Life as an Aspie: Driving and Public Transit Troubles
This diary is part of an ongoing series about living with Asperger's Syndrome. If you'd like to know more about my diagnosis, you should start here. Hello everyone. This is an issue most might not...
View ArticleMy Lifelong Battle With Depression
Yesterday I received the results of a psychological evaluation I had done two weeks ago, and the opinion of the doctor didn't surprise me too much.I suppose I should elaborate on this concern a bit, so...
View ArticleMy Life as an Aspie: Exercise and Weight Loss
This diary is part of a continuing series on living with Asperger's Syndrome. If you wish to know about my diagnosis, you should start here. Hello everyone. Sorry I've been away for a while, but I've...
View ArticleDon't make Admiral Kirk Save Us!: Stop the Navy from Killing Cetaceans
Help make sure our twenty-third century future does not face certain doom!The probe that we face in the future trying to communicate with the whales will not even be sent to detect a response if we act...
View ArticleUpdate: Please Stop All State-Funded Torture of People with Disabilities at...
The struggle to end the ongoing practice of torture against people with disabilities at a so-called "school" in Massachusetts is not yet over. This update comes to advise you of an action by Occupy JRC...
View ArticleThanks, Jenny! "CDC: Whooping cough rising at alarming rate in US"
This is what happens when we as a society start trusting the advice of celebrities over doctors when it comes to the health of our children.File this one in the "ya don't say?!" folder:"CDC: Whooping...
View ArticleJoe Scarborough: Aurora Shooter probably on the Autism Spectrum- updated
Joe Scarborough offended the autistic and their families today, when he offered up an ignorant and disgusting statement that Colorado shooter, James Holmes, must be on the autism scale.I am a mother of...
View ArticleJoe Scarborough, you are WRONG
Former Republican Congressman Joe Scarborough (R-FL), who is now the host of Morning Joe on MSNBC, made these remarks about alleged Aurora theater mass shooter James Holmes:As soon as I heard about...
View ArticleThose With Weak Stomachs, Do Not Click On This Diary
In the Intro, I'm going to tell you what this diary is about, so in case you clicked out of curiosity but are rudely faced with what I'm actually writing about and feel grossed out by the content of...
View ArticleMy Life as an Aspie: Unemployment, Lack of Routine and a Weird New Hobby
This diary is part of a continuing series on living with Asperger's Syndrome. If you wish to know more about my diagnosis, you should start here. Hello everyone. I've had a fairly busy summer, but I'm...
View ArticleMy Life as an Aspie: An Opportunity
This diary is part of a continuing series on living with Asperger's Syndrome. If you wish to know more about my diagnosis, you should start here. Hello everyone. While I didn't watch any of the DNC on...
View ArticleMy Life as an Aspie: The Frustration with the Media and more Politics
This diary is part of a continuing series on living with Asperger's Syndrome. If you wish to know more about my diagnosis, you should start here. Hello everyone. Last time I was here I wrote a diary...
View ArticleMy Life as an Aspie: Emergency Room? Are You F@#%ing Kidding Me?!
This diary is part of a series on what it's like to live with Asperger's Syndrome. If you wish to start from the beginning, or if you wish to know more about my diagnosis, you should click here Okay, I...
View ArticleMy Life as an Aspie: New Glasses, New Job
This diary is another in an ongoing series about living daily with Asperger's Syndrome. If you'd like to know more about my diagnosis, you should start here. Hi folks. Some of you have asked me to post...
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Autism severity may stem from fear
BYU psychology professor Mikle South and his son demonstrate how the experiments worked. Some children diagnosed with autism have an especially difficult time letting go of old fears A new BYU...
View ArticleI Love An Asperger’s Child
My grandnephew Tristen has Asperger’s Syndrome. He is one of the most loving, fun, intelligent, and caring people I know. He has walked a mile in heavy traffic to come over and make me tea when I...
View ArticleMy Life as an Aspie: Phrases that Ring Hollow
As my internship draws to a close in the coming weeks, I continue to dread the fact that in about three weeks, I'll once again be unemployed. This leads me to the most frustrating aspect of this...
View Article60 minutes does NRA commercial
It seems to have already started. The media has started rallying to the entrenched powers in our society. It was one of the more depressing news segments I think I have ever seen. The first really...
View ArticleThey're Saying the Shooter Had Asperger's.
The shooter at Sandy Hook is being reported as having had Asperger's Syndrome - an autistic spectrum disorder that has only had a relatively small amount of cultural exposure, so if it turns out to be...
View ArticleThe War for the Disabled, My Soul, and the Heroes I've Known
I have written on Kos since 2004. But in all those years, I've followed one basic rule.. I talk a lot of details, but I generally avoid the direct, head on information that would lead people to know...
View ArticleMy Life as an Aspie: I'm Rigid? Are you Serious?
Okay, so I've received a comment on my latest diary referring to me as rigid because supposedly it's a side effect of A.S. Well, I've got news for anyone who'd call us rigid: This country is fucking...
View ArticleWhere to Find Open Source Science
In the wake of Aaron Swartz's suicide after being hounded by Federal prosecutors, I wondered if people knew where to find peer-reviewed articles for free.It's tough.JSTOR and many other academic...
View ArticleAutism & Empathy: I Hope Folks Didn't Think It Was Snark
In his rec-listed diary Callous and Despicable on Monday, Horace Boothroyd III made us aware of the appalling "Second Amendment!" heckling when Neil Heslin, father of one of the Sandy Hook murder...
View ArticleOur Autistic Son's Arrest: Here's How the Orange Army Can Help
1) Sign and share the petition. It is having a tremendous effect here, let's keep the pressure on.2) There are couple of new articles out so far today in area newspapers, please head over to them and...
View ArticleUpdate - Petition Tops 1500! Our Autistic Son's Arrest: DKos in the News
Driving, some years ago and in another state, my son is in the back seat. Radio is on, tuned to a news station, sports report in-progress.Announcer: "The Penguins beat the Devils..."My son cannot...
View ArticleAutism, Hockey and Goals
We need a happy story about our disabled loved ones. So today I will share with you my son's story. February 2nd was a big night in his life. One he will never forget. His story, dreams and goal...
View ArticleInternational Asperger’s Day
Today is International Asperger’s Day. It is celebrated today because the man who first recognized this was Hans Asperger who was born on this day in 1906. Although Asperger’s Syndrome is now...
View ArticleMy Life as an Aspie: Learning to Function...
There's nothing I despise more than hearing people talk about how folks with disabilities are lazy. I'm here to put an end to that crap right now.First of all, for any normal person who thinks we're...
View ArticleInstitutionalizing a Child
When you're awaiting your first child you go through all of the checklists. Have you read enough books? Are you prepared with the baby proofing? Is your house in order? Are you making sure your...
View ArticleOur Autistic Son Returns to School Today, and Explosive Article Details...
94 days ago, our son went to his public school, much like any other day. He was an autistic special education student, who is significantly learning disabled and on a regimen of prescription...
View ArticleMy Life as an Aspie: What Family Is
This is more of a personal subject for me. It's one that I don't often blog about, but I think it's important all the same.You see, I have no desire to have children of my own. It's not that I hate...
View ArticleOur Autistic Son - The District is Still Going After Him
On Friday, March 8, 2013, our son prevailed against the Temecula Valley Unified School District in a due process hearing, and the judge ordered that he be returned to his High School, where he had been...
View ArticleMy Life as an Aspie: Unemployment Anxiety and Depression
My birthday is a little over a week away, and what most people would consider a time of celebration is, for me, a reminder that I'm getting older, and that despite all I've managed to do for myself, I...
View ArticleMy Life as an Aspie: They Just Don't Get It
Anytime I hear someone say 'I understand your situation', I simply roll my eyes. Some might see this as disrespect, but the reason I feel people say this is because it's just a nice way of saying 'I...
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Community Quilt for FloridaSNMOM
Medallion of shanikka's quiltFloridaSNMOM is living with pain, anxiety over access to necessary medical care, and COPD. Loss of her Medicare has made for a Catch-22 situation -- where she cannot get...
View ArticleI Confronted Our Autistic Son's Interrogator, Plus a Major Announcement
Note: Please donate to the E.A.S.E. Legal Fund. There are significant legal fees that have been spent to defend our son, and there will be additional legal fees incurred in the pursuit of justice for...
View ArticleMy Life as an Aspie: My Desire to Hunt for a Job is Gone
Over the past two months, I've put in several applications and have had two interviews, with no luck whatsoever finding a job that suits my skills. Just the other day, I was blindsided with a phone...
View ArticleAs Someone on the Autism Spectrum, This Makes Me Angry (And Sick).
Earlier this afternoon, I came across this news story about an anonymous letter suggesting that a mother euthanize her autistic son. As much as I'd like to say I'm surprised about this, I can't. People...
View ArticleMy Life as an Aspie: "Overcome Your Disabilities"
I can't tell you how many times I've heard people tell me to 'Overcome My Disability'. It's almost like they're telling me to remove an article of clothing. I have to admit I do wish it were that...
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If you have ever loved or known someone with Autism please read this diary
During my time on Dailykos I've written a great deal about social justice, activism, economic issues and attempting to drive the discussion further to the left of where it stands today. However while...
View ArticleMy Life as an Aspie: Dumbing Down Oneself
I've read a few diaries on just this sort of thing. People remove their degrees, qualifications or experience in order to get a job they're overqualified for because those they are qualified for either...
View Article“Andre had a bad day.”
I'll say:Earlier in the day, a staffer told Andre to take off his jacket. When he said no, another staff member pressed a button to activate the electric-shock machine attached to Andre’s body with...
View ArticleKosAbility Upcoming Schedule + MedicalJournal Links on Depression, Anxiety,...
We meet Sundays 7pm eastkost time/4pm leftkost, 3 or so hrs to fit a part of everyone's afternoon/evening. We also pub & republish diaries over the week:kosmail to one of our active...
View ArticleI Noticed High Functioning Autism With Low Verbal Skills Helped by Online...
I’m far from an expert on Autism, in fact, I’ve only actually known a couple of people in my life that were on the spectrum that I had any contact with and only one for any length of time. The...
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