What Were the Top Autism Issues in 2008?
December 22, 2008 by Kristina Chew, PhD
Filed under Health
It is down to the last days of 2008: If you can remember back to January, what do you think have been the top autism issues—the most important, notable, significant, event(s) concerning autism— this year? I’ve my own thoughts and would like to know yours……….please leave a note in the comments or you can email me at autismvox@gmail.com.
The well-deserved implosion of the “Ransom Notes” campaign … the Koplewicz Fan Club’s “Town Hall” spin-session … and, who could forget, Subpoenagate!
i’ve been very much pre-occupied with the question:
what will dr. chew buy charlie for christmas? how will he react?
pondering, pondering.
have you bought his gift yet?
@M, well—–he got the Mugen Pop Pop (light blue) and has added it to his collection of favorite things—so I think he may be due to get another one………
@dkmnow, this is going to be a great list!
The real difficulty, I fear, may lie in selecting an appropriate tone in presenting the list. So many of the year’s Big Events played havoc with the boundary between the repugnant and the ridiculous. When such harm is done by such witless characters, should we cry or should we laugh?
As I reflect more carefully on the year’s doings, I find my mirth growing ever more elusive.
Still, there was that “bombshell” on April First …
The explosion of new (science based) research.
The growing dialogue (even outside of the autism community) on neurodiversity.
Measles epidemics, and the growing realization even among the media that anti-vaccine “science” is pretty much a dead issue.
A growing recognition in the mainstream media (and among even parent advocates), that autistic adults are not only among us (and thankfully often very vocal), but that there is a pressing and growing need for options for adult autistics and their families. (I’m not sure that I’d ever seen an article before this year about University or College Programs for autistic students, for example.)
My kids hitting puberty
(well, it may not have affected anyone else, but it was sure the issue of the year for me!)