Arda and I finished my list of advantages and disadvantages of different university majors today. Also contacted the student counsellor who specializes in disability services. At first, I was scared that she’d make the same “I only see blind people once or so” type of statement that she made last year, while I realize I’m [...]
Archive for March, 2007
Disclosing My Autism at Radboud University
Posted in Autism, College / University, Personal on March 28, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Do Labels Change Me?
Posted in Autism, Personal on March 25, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Do labels change me? The simple answer is no. I’ve always highlighted this and, on a rational level, I still believe it. No-one who knows me well has regarded me any differently after we found out the mental health folks labeled me autistic. Worse yet, I still cannot claim, according to Arda, that I’m not [...]
Labelled, So What?
Posted in Autism, Personal on March 20, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Damn! The NT screening test is down – it will let you fill it in but won’t give you your results. Would’ve been a funny thing to quote what it says, cause I know I get nine out of ten questions “correct” and it’s the only place where you’ll be congradulated on being on the [...]
Some Updates
Posted in Personal on March 20, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
I’m on the public computer, cause mine crashed last week. Father discovered yesterday that it’s the harddrive, so that means I’ll have to send the computer to the manufacturer and I’ve lost two months of data – because I’m a mess at doing back-ups.
Unfortunately, I’ll have my communication psychology retake test next week. Can study [...]
Cure Homosexuality Now?
Posted in Gender and Sexuality on March 16, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Albert Mohler has written an article on the implications of a biological basis for homosexuality for pro-life, anti-gay Christians. He first stretches the difficulty both pro-life and pro-choice people face when dealing with the possibility of prenatal testing for homosexuality. After all, pro-life people would oppose abortion, but they generally oppose homosexuality, too. On [...]
Autism Realities: Personal Comments
Posted in Autism, Behavioral Difficulties, Disability Advocacy on March 14, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Harold Doherty of Facing Autism in New Brunswick posted this article to his blog to prove the harsh realities of autism and living wiht an autistic child. I would not disagree that this child’s behavior is extremely distressing to the parents. I sympathize with this mother’s longing for more support. I can understand that she [...]
Abuse of Disalbed Children by School
Posted in Disability Advocacy on March 13, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
This is by far not unique, but that doesn’t make it any less shocking. It’s the inevitable “extrme behavior calls for extreme measures” logic once again, that leads to nothing less than abuse of disabled children. It doesn’t matter what these children may’ve done, this is unacceptable. Besides, it seems this school has absolutely no [...]
Guide Dogs for the Autistic?
Posted in Autism on March 10, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Hmmm, this is interesting. While browsing a Dutch disability agency’s website, I just found out that the largest guide dog school in the Netherlands is going to train some of its dogs to help autistic children. These are dogs who are disqualified as guide dogs, but can still do thigns like watch the child for [...]
Provincial Elections Yesterday
Posted in Politics and Current Events on March 8, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
We had provincial elections (yeah, these are the last elections to be held for a few years, the politicians are hoping) yesterday. As I filled out the voting guide, I was surprised at the number of items pertaining to the environment, but that seems like about the only topic provinces have power about. So I [...]
Woman Awakes from Vegetative State
Posted in End-of-Life on March 7, 2007 | 1 Comment »
So, not all people are like Michael Schiavo, and it pays off. Christa Lilly awoke from a persistent vegetative state after six years. Of course, no-one knows how she will come out, and she even runs a risk of slipping back into the PVS, but it does matter that Christa was given a chance at [...]
