A 5-year-old child with autism, who was non-verbal until recently, made a surprise recording for her mom. x.com/visualfeastwang/status…

ordinarily, I wouldn't be surprised, but after Jerry Seinfeld, William Shatner and other a listers have supported #autismspeaks not sure why they would have a third rate celebrity host their Los Angeles gala

Enough with the ambiguities and generalizations. Clarity and focus are needed for those who require lifetime/24/7 care. We are dying out here.

Not only does movement recognize autism's disability & include & advocate for ppl w/ high support needs, but functioning labels are invalid. Autism is not linear & neither is our functioning; it can vary dramatically for same person b/c of various factors: mdpi.com/2227-7102/13/2/106

But all the available evidence indicates that the ppl doing the “telling” aren’t the “spellers” but the ppl who hold up their letterboards. Spelling to Communicate (S2C) is FC & the American Speech Language Hearing Association has warned against its use. asha.org/slp/asha-warns-agai…

My son’s group home provides shelter, but no program for rehabilitation. His recovery from autistic language disorder should be a focus of research.

"The Reason I Jump" may not say exact "I am disgusting", but the book has passages where it appears that Naoki feels bad for being who he is. He was subjected to FC throughout the book, so it's not possible to know his independent thoughts because of facilitator influence.

A 24 hour EEG is important, and you want to look for evidence of spike-and-wave patterns. Most neurologists will not realize the significance of these, but they are evidence of deep-brain seizures. The cortex-the outer layer of the brain-cannot detect that electrical activity.