Evil PsychologistsEvil Psychologists
Last year the Psychologist and Baptist minister George Rekers who is famous for anti-homosexuality pseudo-science was discovered to be hiring gay escorts from Rentboy.com. Lots of LULZ there. But the[...]
Category: Asperger
Autism Awareness and the Free Software CommunityAutism Awareness and the Free Software Community
It’s Autism Awareness Month April is Autism Awareness month, there are lots of articles about Autism, most of them are at best misleading if not wrong. The most common error[...]
Is Asperger Syndrome a Good Thing?Is Asperger Syndrome a Good Thing?
A meme that keeps going around is that Asperger Syndrome (AS) is somehow universally good. The DSM doesn’t list things that are beneficial, so any diagnostic criteria has to be[...]
Autism, Food, etcAutism, Food, etc
James Purser wrote “Stop Using Autism to Push Your Own Brand of Lunacy” about the organisations that use Autism for their own political agenda [1]. He references the ongoing vaccine[...]
Conferences and People on the Autism SpectrumConferences and People on the Autism Spectrum
There have been some recent discussions about issues related to the treatment of women at Free Software conferences, I’ve written posts about Aspie Social Skills and Free Software [1] and[...]
Empathy, Autism, and GeeksEmpathy, Autism, and Geeks
LWN has a recent article titled “The dark side of open source conferences” which concerns sexual assault at conferences [1]. There are a significant number of comments with attempts to[...]
Aspie Social Skills and the Free Software CommunityAspie Social Skills and the Free Software Community
LWN has an article by Valerie Aurora titled “The dark side of open source conferences” [1] which is about sexual harassment and sexual assault at Free Software conferences. Apparently some[...]
Communication Shutdown and AutismCommunication Shutdown and Autism
The AEIOU Foundation The AEIOU Foundation [1] is a support and advocacy organisation for people on the Autism Spectrum, note that they clearly say Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) on their[...]
Noise Canceling Headphones and People TalkingNoise Canceling Headphones and People Talking
The Problem I was asked for advice on buying headphones to protect students who have medical conditions that make them sensitive to noise, such headphones would have to allow them[...]
Autism vs Asperger SyndromeAutism vs Asperger Syndrome
Diagnostic Changes for Autism Spectrum Disorders Currently Asperger Syndrome (AS) is one of a group of conditions that are grouped into the category Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD). The American Psychiatric[...]