Why is it that curebies always seem to want an environmental cause for autism? I mean, I don’t generally follow the vaccine-causation debate. I think as far as mercury goes, it’s stupid, because mercury poisoning and autism are clearly two different disorders. On the other hand, I won’t deny that there could be some children [...]
Archive for March, 2008
Autism Causation and Cure: Are They Related?
Posted in Autism on March 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Geert Wilders’ Movie’s Finally Out
Posted in Politics and Current Events on March 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
So, politician Geert Wilders’ anti-islam movie has finally been released. According to the news, it’s not as bad as had been expected, and it’s basically just a collection of old news clips and the like. Well, politically, of course I disagree with the suggestion that islam equals terrorism, so I’m still not too content with [...]
Finally a Good Treatment Plan Discussion
Posted in Personal, Psychiatry and Mental Healthcare on March 21, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Had my treatment plan discussion again yesterday, but this one finally went relatively well. For a change, I was first to have a say. The nurse also reported the nurses’ observations, and the social worker and recreational therapist updated us on their opinions. My doctor had very little to say because I have not had [...]
Autism Diagnosis One Year Later
Posted in Autism, Personal on March 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Today, it’s one year since my autism diagnosis, and I wonder if it changed me. Of course, I don’t need to wonder whether I changed during this year – obviously I did -, but whether the diagnosis is at fault. And, associating from there, I wonder whether services that I got because of my autism [...]
My Disability Is Not the Reason for Your Inability to Accommodate
Posted in Autism, Disability Advocacy, Psychiatry and Mental Healthcare on March 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
A few weeks ago, I spoke with my doctor because I wanted to know about the policy regarding me after March 7. After all, I was pretty sure that I didn’t want to go to the Deventer facility, but everyone told me to wait till I’d made the visit. I feared being kicked off the [...]
Went to Deventer on Friday
Posted in Autism, Personal, Psychiatry and Mental Healthcare, Training Home on March 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Went to the Deventer treatment/training place on Friday. At first, the treatment coordinator (psychologist) there just told the same story I’ve been hearing countless times about what this place is all about. Turned out to be even worse than I’d expected: there are not two, but three or four different wards, through which you will [...]
