http://www.blisstree.com/articles/an-epidemic-of-discovery/ Family, Health, Home and Lifestyles Thu, 17 Dec 2009 11:17:20 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.blisstree.com/articles/an-epidemic-of-discovery/comment-page-1/#comment-547813 Getting to the Bottom: The Imus Center and the Northvale autism “cluster” Thu, 27 Dec 2007 10:26:18 +0000 http://www.autismvox.com/an-epidemic-of-discovery/#comment-547813 [...] changed and have been broadened to include more people. While it may feel as if there is an “autism epidemic,” these changes in our cultural and social understanding of autism need to be carefully [...] [...] changed and have been broadened to include more people. While it may feel as if there is an “autism epidemic,” these changes in our cultural and social understanding of autism need to be carefully [...]

]]> http://www.blisstree.com/articles/an-epidemic-of-discovery/comment-page-1/#comment-539634 Social Networks and the Increase in Autism Sun, 05 Aug 2007 09:20:11 +0000 http://www.autismvox.com/an-epidemic-of-discovery/#comment-539634 [...] thinks that one might see autism in the people around one……. Could it be said that an epidemic of understanding about autism has contributed to what feels like an “epidemic” of autism? adolescents, [...] [...] thinks that one might see autism in the people around one……. Could it be said that an epidemic of understanding about autism has contributed to what feels like an “epidemic” of autism? adolescents, [...]

]]> http://www.blisstree.com/articles/an-epidemic-of-discovery/comment-page-1/#comment-532111 Autism Vox Tue, 20 Mar 2007 15:04:15 +0000 http://www.autismvox.com/an-epidemic-of-discovery/#comment-532111 [...] was diagnosed and now I see autism everywhere.” Can it be that we see more autism because we know more about it, and—as if remembering something which we had not even realized we had [...] [...] was diagnosed and now I see autism everywhere.” Can it be that we see more autism because we know more about it, and—as if remembering something which we had not even realized we had [...]

]]> http://www.blisstree.com/articles/an-epidemic-of-discovery/comment-page-1/#comment-530821 Autism Vox » The Meaning of Autismland: Why I see autism everywhere Thu, 08 Feb 2007 21:06:01 +0000 http://www.autismvox.com/an-epidemic-of-discovery/#comment-530821 [...] Snow is falling all over Ireland; it is everywhere, it is pervasive, just as autism has become in our own society today (fueling calls of an “autism epidemic“). It is only at the very end of The Dead that the snow starts to fall so steadily, starting with “a few light taps upon the pane.” Within the arc of the story’s plot, the covering over of all of Ireland, of all of the world, with “flakes, silver and dark”–the snow contains elements of light and darkness both—makes sense because, just before this final paragraph, Gabriel, the story’s protagonist, has heard a more than surprising revelation from his wife, Gretta. The Dead is about a Christmas party at the house of Gabriel’s two aunts in Dublin a century ago. Guests are shown arriving, a Christmas repast laid out, there is music and dancing and snatches of conversation are overheard; Gabriel, who is a writer, delivers his speech. Afterwards, he sees Gretta listening to someone singing “The Lass of Aughrim”: “She was standing right under the dusty fanlight and the flame of the gas lit up the rich bronze of her hair, which he had seen her drying at the fire a few days before.” [...] [...] Snow is falling all over Ireland; it is everywhere, it is pervasive, just as autism has become in our own society today (fueling calls of an “autism epidemic“). It is only at the very end of The Dead that the snow starts to fall so steadily, starting with “a few light taps upon the pane.” Within the arc of the story’s plot, the covering over of all of Ireland, of all of the world, with “flakes, silver and dark”–the snow contains elements of light and darkness both—makes sense because, just before this final paragraph, Gabriel, the story’s protagonist, has heard a more than surprising revelation from his wife, Gretta. The Dead is about a Christmas party at the house of Gabriel’s two aunts in Dublin a century ago. Guests are shown arriving, a Christmas repast laid out, there is music and dancing and snatches of conversation are overheard; Gabriel, who is a writer, delivers his speech. Afterwards, he sees Gretta listening to someone singing “The Lass of Aughrim”: “She was standing right under the dusty fanlight and the flame of the gas lit up the rich bronze of her hair, which he had seen her drying at the fire a few days before.” [...]

]]> http://www.blisstree.com/articles/an-epidemic-of-discovery/comment-page-1/#comment-530306 Autism Vox » What else can we talk about if there’s no autism epidemic? Thu, 18 Jan 2007 19:14:51 +0000 http://www.autismvox.com/an-epidemic-of-discovery/#comment-530306 [...] An Epidemic of Discovery [...] [...] An Epidemic of Discovery [...]

]]>