Monthly Archives: January 2014

When does intervention cross the line from helpful to harmful?

Posted on January 26, 2014 by T.Rob

As most of you know, I’ve been asking people to boycott Autism Speaks and their major sponsors such as Home Depot and Toys ‘R’ Us.  But I want to know in such matters that I’m making the right stand. As … Continue reading →

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How do we make people want to change? – Lynne Soraya

Posted on January 24, 2014 by T.Rob

Over at her Psychology Today blog, Lynne Soraya asks “How do we make people want to change?” For me the answer is “we don’t”. One of the biggest problems I see today is this epidemic of worrying so much about … Continue reading →

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Form, function and authenticity – an essay on facial hair

Posted on January 23, 2014 by T.Rob

When I’m in the right frame of mind, Internet trolls are an endless source of amusement. Unfortunately, that isn’t often and the rest of the time they just make me fear for the future of the human race. I practice … Continue reading →

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Intense world, in theory and practice

Posted on January 20, 2014 by T.Rob

A few days ago I stumbled across an article describing Kamila and Henry Markram’s Intense World theory of autism (more formally described in their own article).  This, to me, was like finding the key to unlock a treasure.  Intense World … Continue reading →

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My position on #BoycottAutismSpeaks

Posted on January 18, 2014 by T.Rob

There’s a bit of a debate in the autism community concerning Autism Speaks and today I got pulled into a heated Twitter discussion on it.  It’s a bit ironic that a group of people characterized by difficulty communicating with the … Continue reading →

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The humility/noteriety spectrum

Posted on January 5, 2014 by T.Rob

The first part of my life could be described as a long string of attention-seeking incidents. Some of them, like getting bitten in the head by a big dog at the age of 4, didn’t start out that way but … Continue reading →

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Tweetreach report for #BoycottAutismSpeaks

Posted on January 4, 2014 by T.Rob

It’s always interesting to me when seemingly unrelated things intersect. Last night I was reading up on some writer web sites and someone mentioned Tweetreach, a service that I’d never heard of. So I fired up an account and plugged … Continue reading →

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