“To review the concept of identity means to sketch its history… ‘Identity’ and ‘identity crisis’ have in popular and scientific usage become terms which alternatively circumscribe something so large and so seemingly...
Topics: Autism, Autism Culture, autism research, autism theory, neurodiversity

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While searching online for a copy of the BAPQ survey (Broad Autistic Phenotype Quotient), neurodiversity.com provided me with a decent alternative. This is a link to an Aspie Quiz “The goal of this test is to give a reliable indication of autism...
Topics: asperger, Autism, neurodiversity, psychology

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It’s been a busy winter ’round these parts.  We are all doing well… just don’t have as much time to blog here anymore.David has convinced himself that he can’t write anymore.  There is a writer’s block the size of...
Topics: Autism, blog, personal

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The Artists for Autism fundraising auction finally happened on Friday and anybody who isn’t too overtly self-critical of themselves could only describe it as a success.   Charlene, of course, immediately began analyzing the weaknesses of the...
Topics: Accepting Autism, Advocacy, Artism, Autism, Autism Culture, personal, Understand Autism

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You would think that by now, there would be a best estimate of the actual autism rates in Canada, broken down by gender, age, race, socio-economic status and geographic location (federally, provincially and municipally). There is a serious flaw in policy.
Topics: Advocacy, Autism, policy, Research, Statistics

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