David Kirby recants?
Kev, Kristina, Autism Street, Joseph and Autism Diva have already weighed in with comments on David Kirby’s latest blog on the Huffington Post.
I am off to write mine now.
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I am Mike Stanton. I live and work in the UK where I teach children with severe learning difficulties, many of whom are autistic. My adult son is diagnosed with Asperger Syndrome. I am a member of the National Autistic Society. I speak and write on autism.
My book, “Learning to Live with High Functioning Autism” is available in a Spanish translation, Convivir con el Autismo. I have also c
ontributed a chapter to Asperger Syndrome in Adolescence edited by Liane Holliday Willey.
ACTION FOR AUTISM is a reaction against names like Action Against Autism and Defeat Autism Now! Names like these suggest to autistic people that we are against them as people. You may not mean that. But if you care about autism you ought to care about the feelings of autistic people and not use language that makes them angry or upset. If you disregard the feelings of autistic people do not be surprised if you are disregarded.
Mike – FYI:the link to Joe’s post points to the W3C page and the link to Diva’s points to Joe’s.
Thanks Kev. I fixed it.
I’m just off to read Joseph’s as I’ve read the others – so that gives you a small window of opportunity to finish off, dot the ‘i’s and cross the ‘t’s …..it’s 11:40 at night your time – so hurry up!
Cheers
Will your interpretation be different, you know, coherent?