Sunday I wrote about singer Pip Brown aka Ladyhawke, who has Asperger’s Syndrome; a profile of her in the Independent noted how having Asperger’s is one reason that live shows aren’t the easiest for her.
Another musician, singer Craig Nicholls of The Vines, was diagnosed with Asperger’s four years ago: It’s been reported in Reuters via the Calgary Herald that the band has had to cancel their upcoming shows “due to a deterioration in the mental condition” and the “erratic behavior” of Nicholls. Some news sources refer to him as having a “mental illness” though what he has is Asperger’s syndrome—-the …read more

Nearly two years ago, a childcare worker rubbed a diaper soiled with feces in the face of then 4-year-old Connor Hodges. National Nine News (Sydney) reports that the alleged incident was only revealed to Rochelle Hodges, Connor’s mother, several weeks ago, after a former employee of the childcare center spoke up:
Ms Hodge said the centre, now owned by ABC Learning, tried to cover up the alleged incident as Connor could not talk.
“His disabilities mean he essentially cannot communicate verbally and it’s clear (the childcare centre) thought there would be no way anyone would find out,” Ms Hodge told the Courier …read more

Can you imagine having this said to you?
“One family I met took their child to the doctor and the doctor said: ‘If he was a dog you would put him down.’”
As quoted in the February 7 Campbelltown-McArthur Advertiser (Australia).