Comments on: It is better diagnosis?: On Unstrange Minds: Remapping the World of Autism by Roy Richard Grinker http://www.blisstree.com/articles/it-is-better-diagnosis-on-unstrange-minds-remapping-the-world-of-autism-by-roy-richard-grinker/ Family, Health, Home and Lifestyles Fri, 25 Dec 2009 10:02:22 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: The Claim of the Autism Epidemic http://www.blisstree.com/articles/it-is-better-diagnosis-on-unstrange-minds-remapping-the-world-of-autism-by-roy-richard-grinker/comment-page-1/#comment-553406 The Claim of the Autism Epidemic Tue, 15 Apr 2008 15:27:25 +0000 http://www.autismvox.com/it-is-better-diagnosis-on-unstrange-minds-remapping-the-world-of-autism-by-roy-richard-grinker/#comment-553406 [...] Richard Grinker. Published in January of last year, Unstrange Minds makes a cogent case for how the changing diagnostic criteria for autism and rising understanding have contributed to a sort of “epidemic of discovery” of autism, and hence to the [...] [...] Richard Grinker. Published in January of last year, Unstrange Minds makes a cogent case for how the changing diagnostic criteria for autism and rising understanding have contributed to a sort of “epidemic of discovery” of autism, and hence to the [...]

]]> By: Mercurys Rising in Nature Medicine http://www.blisstree.com/articles/it-is-better-diagnosis-on-unstrange-minds-remapping-the-world-of-autism-by-roy-richard-grinker/comment-page-1/#comment-537830 Mercurys Rising in Nature Medicine Fri, 03 Aug 2007 04:32:27 +0000 http://www.autismvox.com/it-is-better-diagnosis-on-unstrange-minds-remapping-the-world-of-autism-by-roy-richard-grinker/#comment-537830 [...] am a mom, I am not a “MAM” or a Mercury. I think we have to stop belittling the “better diagnosis” argument and take a hard look at ourselves and, along with consideration of all the other [...] [...] am a mom, I am not a “MAM” or a Mercury. I think we have to stop belittling the “better diagnosis” argument and take a hard look at ourselves and, along with consideration of all the other [...]

]]> By: Autism Vox » The truth about autism: Not toxic and not the enemy http://www.blisstree.com/articles/it-is-better-diagnosis-on-unstrange-minds-remapping-the-world-of-autism-by-roy-richard-grinker/comment-page-1/#comment-532045 Autism Vox » The truth about autism: Not toxic and not the enemy Sun, 18 Mar 2007 06:42:07 +0000 http://www.autismvox.com/it-is-better-diagnosis-on-unstrange-minds-remapping-the-world-of-autism-by-roy-richard-grinker/#comment-532045 [...] Generation Rescue “rescue angel,” the “really big lie about autism” is that better diagnosis is the reason for the rise in the prevalence rate of autism—1 in 150 among American children [...] [...] Generation Rescue “rescue angel,” the “really big lie about autism” is that better diagnosis is the reason for the rise in the prevalence rate of autism—1 in 150 among American children [...]

]]> By: Autism Vox » The truth about autism: It’s not toxic http://www.blisstree.com/articles/it-is-better-diagnosis-on-unstrange-minds-remapping-the-world-of-autism-by-roy-richard-grinker/comment-page-1/#comment-531232 Autism Vox » The truth about autism: It’s not toxic Mon, 26 Feb 2007 06:51:54 +0000 http://www.autismvox.com/it-is-better-diagnosis-on-unstrange-minds-remapping-the-world-of-autism-by-roy-richard-grinker/#comment-531232 [...] There is a lot of mythology, a lot of lies, out there about autism. According to Anne McElroy Dachel, an autism mother and a Generation Rescue “rescue angel,” the “really big lie about autism” is that better diagnosis is the reason for the rise in the prevalence rate of autism—1 in 150 among American children according to the latest figures from the CDC. I would rather say that, to claim that vaccines, and specifically the mercury-based preservative thimerasol cause autism, is misleading and potentially dangerous. [...] [...] There is a lot of mythology, a lot of lies, out there about autism. According to Anne McElroy Dachel, an autism mother and a Generation Rescue “rescue angel,” the “really big lie about autism” is that better diagnosis is the reason for the rise in the prevalence rate of autism—1 in 150 among American children according to the latest figures from the CDC. I would rather say that, to claim that vaccines, and specifically the mercury-based preservative thimerasol cause autism, is misleading and potentially dangerous. [...]

]]> By: Autism Vox » The First Cause http://www.blisstree.com/articles/it-is-better-diagnosis-on-unstrange-minds-remapping-the-world-of-autism-by-roy-richard-grinker/comment-page-1/#comment-531061 Autism Vox » The First Cause Sat, 17 Feb 2007 08:23:24 +0000 http://www.autismvox.com/it-is-better-diagnosis-on-unstrange-minds-remapping-the-world-of-autism-by-roy-richard-grinker/#comment-531061 [...] So I was puzzled to read this question in Kim Stagliano’s latest Huffington Post post: The Expanding Vocabulary of the Autism Mom: “Why hasn’t anyone asked ‘WHAT IT CAUSING ALL OF THIS AUTISM?’” Far from being the “new ‘C’ word in town”—which word Stagliano, the mother of three autistic daughters, alludes to in the opening of her post as “that nasty, vicious four letter word for a woman’s genitals” that is “so mean and desperate” and also at the end—”cause” is a word that one hears rather frequently in discussions about autism, followed by the reeling off of the usual factors, that maybe some children have a genetic predisposition, a weak immune system, but that you never can discount those environmental factors, can you? and one still ought to keep in the mind the they’re diagnosing it better argument……just in case. [...] [...] So I was puzzled to read this question in Kim Stagliano’s latest Huffington Post post: The Expanding Vocabulary of the Autism Mom: “Why hasn’t anyone asked ‘WHAT IT CAUSING ALL OF THIS AUTISM?’” Far from being the “new ‘C’ word in town”—which word Stagliano, the mother of three autistic daughters, alludes to in the opening of her post as “that nasty, vicious four letter word for a woman’s genitals” that is “so mean and desperate” and also at the end—”cause” is a word that one hears rather frequently in discussions about autism, followed by the reeling off of the usual factors, that maybe some children have a genetic predisposition, a weak immune system, but that you never can discount those environmental factors, can you? and one still ought to keep in the mind the they’re diagnosing it better argument……just in case. [...]

]]> By: Autism Vox http://www.blisstree.com/articles/it-is-better-diagnosis-on-unstrange-minds-remapping-the-world-of-autism-by-roy-richard-grinker/comment-page-1/#comment-529386 Autism Vox Thu, 14 Dec 2006 06:34:59 +0000 http://www.autismvox.com/it-is-better-diagnosis-on-unstrange-minds-remapping-the-world-of-autism-by-roy-richard-grinker/#comment-529386 [...] The notion of “better diagnosis” is more complicated than it may commonly be thought to be. ASD, Aspergers, autism, autism spectrum disorder, children, developmental disabilities, DSM, health, mothers, PDD NOS, psychiatry, psychology, scienceAdd to:                      December 14th, 2006 | Permalink | No Comments » [...] [...] The notion of “better diagnosis” is more complicated than it may commonly be thought to be. ASD, Aspergers, autism, autism spectrum disorder, children, developmental disabilities, DSM, health, mothers, PDD NOS, psychiatry, psychology, scienceAdd to:                      December 14th, 2006 | Permalink | No Comments » [...]

]]> By: laurentius-rex http://www.blisstree.com/articles/it-is-better-diagnosis-on-unstrange-minds-remapping-the-world-of-autism-by-roy-richard-grinker/comment-page-1/#comment-529439 laurentius-rex Sat, 02 Dec 2006 16:19:36 +0000 http://www.autismvox.com/it-is-better-diagnosis-on-unstrange-minds-remapping-the-world-of-autism-by-roy-richard-grinker/#comment-529439 They are all at it now, these academic colonisers with not a thought of a genuine disability rights agenda in there exploitation of another newly discovered "tribe" These latter day Levi Strausses with there designer genes are using us a stepping stone to recognition as surely as Ollie Sacks with all his "wierd tales" I don't suppose this book will acknowledge any more than Nadesans poor vintage, my DVD which takes a cultural sociological look at autism. Why? Because they are part of the oppression that they are mapping in there stand back from engagement books. They are insiders and part of the same cultural elite that named us outsiders in the first place. I can't hope to compete, I am just a pissed off outsider looking in on there world. Is it any wonder I am unhappy. They are all at it now, these academic colonisers with not a thought of a genuine disability rights agenda in there exploitation of another newly discovered “tribe”

These latter day Levi Strausses with there designer genes are using us a stepping stone to recognition as surely as Ollie Sacks with all his “wierd tales”

I don’t suppose this book will acknowledge any more than Nadesans poor vintage, my DVD which takes a cultural sociological look at autism.

Why? Because they are part of the oppression that they are mapping in there stand back from engagement books.

They are insiders and part of the same cultural elite that named us outsiders in the first place.

I can’t hope to compete, I am just a pissed off outsider looking in on there world. Is it any wonder I am unhappy.

]]> By: Autism Vox » What is “epidemic”? http://www.blisstree.com/articles/it-is-better-diagnosis-on-unstrange-minds-remapping-the-world-of-autism-by-roy-richard-grinker/comment-page-1/#comment-528990 Autism Vox » What is “epidemic”? Fri, 03 Nov 2006 07:22:11 +0000 http://www.autismvox.com/it-is-better-diagnosis-on-unstrange-minds-remapping-the-world-of-autism-by-roy-richard-grinker/#comment-528990 [...] For discussion of autism not being an epidemic, go here and here and here. Myself being a Classicist who studies and teaches ancient Greek, I wish to offer a bit more of a sense of the root words of “epidemic.” [...] [...] For discussion of autism not being an epidemic, go here and here and here. Myself being a Classicist who studies and teaches ancient Greek, I wish to offer a bit more of a sense of the root words of “epidemic.” [...]

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