From The Emergence Site -
"That Autism, OCD / OCPD, Asperger's Syndrome, and ADD are the same illness contracted at different ages; more so, that the age of onset determines what will distract the person."
How horribly innaccurate, it makes me cringe. :no
This really reminds me of Diane Kennedy's book on ADHD and Autism. Never read such utter nonsensical drivel in my life!
http://autism. 2-b-well.org/
The comment "Ryan is repeating many things he hears" is dumb. Isn't that echolia?
I want to hurt Jean though. Traitor. AAAAAAAAAAAAAahhhh...rrrrrrrrg! I hate autistic people being pro-cure, let alone making $ off of it!
I have thought about this for some time. I am not sure if this is a recent phenomenon, but it seems peop;e will do anything to put themselves in a position of apparent disadvantage or hardship because it gives them ability to bargain/converse from a position of moral strength. that is how it seems to me anyhow. It doesnt make much sense.
http://www.gawker.com/news/media/new-yor...040162.php
"NYT: Unhealthily Obsessed With Autism
Filed under Media : New York Times
After coming across yet another autism article in the Times (this time in the book reviews), we’re genuinely wondering: which came first, the epidemic or its media?
In the past few months, this unexplained brain disorder — which skews language and social skills, and can unloose fierce obsessions — has hit a media trifecta. Television news segments, a magazine cover story and a host of newspaper articles have discussed its symptoms, treatments, effects on families and, most controversially, its apparently soaring incidence.
Why so much autism now? […] Is the increase in autism real or the result of revised diagnostic criteria and improved awareness? If the syndrome has become epidemic, is some environmental factor partly to blame?
Muy interesante. But what sort of factor could have a hand in such a complex disorder? We have our suspicions, thanks to a simple internet query for the past year:
Source: The New York Times
Search: “autism”
Results: 143
Uh-huh. Which raises the question: Who at the Gray Lady has autism in the family? (MoDo and Asperger’s don’t count.)"
I'm not sure who to be more insulted by, the commented upon article or the person telling me Asperger's isn't autism (Again). At least the NYT acknowledges the autistic movement while this person says we aren't autistic.
http://www.sanoviv. com/home.html Severely creepy... Detoxification, colon hydrotherapy, hypothermia, and 'self-vaccination' are cited as treatment methods. And the place has to be in MEXICO...that makes me wonder why they take people from the US to Mexico unless it's *illegal*.
http://www.autismhelpforyou .com/
This site is not unusual in it's dogged pursuit of mercury as the culprit. However, they are a bit...obsessive and include things like "neural deteriation"! Warning: This page has painful (on the eyes) web design....gah...please somebody buy them "Web Pages that suck!"
I would like to be able to quit fuming and *do* something about the widespread ignorance!
Build your own website (or better yet, several of them) to educate people. 
Our efforts are having some impact, but we still need a lot more activist websites.
Here's a chilling comment from a pro-abortion site (discussing the question of when a soul enters a child's body)
Other theories account for a range of situations, including the belief that autistic children are a result of an unensouled body maintaining physical existence.
Not much difference in tone between that and the garbage spewed by anti-Semitic hate groups that accuse Jews of being soulless mud people.
I'm posting an intentionally broken hyperlink:
http: //www. feminista.com/archives/v3n3/lee.html
Because AFF posts are Google-searchable, any link posted here has the effect of raising the page rank of the linked site. Therefore it's in our best interest not to post working hyperlinks to sites that attack autistics. We should also post links regularly to sites that support our goals.
^ shouldn't mess up threads, that only make people think you really are a spammer.
Yes, Lienda. This have been discussed in two other threads which was specifically about this. One of them was locked for some reason.
OK, I just found one. And no, I didn't set it up: It's Autismforum dot com (if you accidently type "net", you'll end up on my boring site). It'll redirect you to the Autism-Nutrition main site. It has gobs of biochemical warfare stuff, chemical goop, and probably more medical quackery than most any self-respecting Aspie can stand. Enjoy!
MrCoffee