The Judge Rotenberg Center on Trial, Part 3
by Shain Neumeier The trial over the restraint and electric shock of Andre McCollins at the Judge Rotenberg Center continued for a full day on…
April 18, 2012
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The Judge Rotenberg Center on Trial, Part Two
by Shain Neumeier The medical malpractice case against the Judge Rotenberg Center (JRC) continued on Thursday with the continued cross-examination of the McCollins family’s expert…
April 17, 2012
The Judge Rotenberg Center on Trial, Part One
by Shain Neumeier Almost ten years after Andre McCollins was restrained facedown for seven hours and shocked 31 times over that interval while attending the…
April 16, 2012
It’s Autism Sunday (Pity Party at Church)
by Kate Gladstone It’s Autism Sunday, that one day a year We welcome in fellowship “those folks” ’round here. We pray to become more…
April 15, 2012
The Debate About Euthanasia
by Lateef H McLeod on DisabilityRightNow Recently there has been a resurgence of debate of whether or not euthanasia is a viable ethical option for…
April 12, 2012
All Done Autism Awareness
by Shannon Des Roches Rosa There’s a saying we overuse in my household: “All done, [X]!” We’ve actually swiped the saying from our son Leo,…
April 11, 2012
Killing Words
by Zoe Gross Let me present to you a sequence of events. On March 6th, a 22-year-old autistic man named George Hodgins was murdered in…
April 10, 2012
Plants Outside the Shade
by Amanda Baggs This is a personal description of some of what autism means to me. Because even among other autistic people such descriptions…
April 9, 2012
Dear well-meaning strangers
from Lydia Brown, at Autistic Hoya Dear well-meaning strangers, During this month, you will be bombarded with public service announcements, billboards, letters, emails, graphics, and…
April 6, 2012
Putting Words to Expectations
by Meg Evans It’s often said that marriage takes a lot of work. My husband and I have been married since 1988, and in…
April 5, 2012
Acceptance vs. Awareness
by Kassiane S. I often say awareness is the No Child Left Behind of advocacy. It’s a start, but no means a finishing point we…
April 4, 2012
Vigil Report: Virtual Vigil and Boston
From Disability Right Now by Erin Lewy I was fortunate enough to attend vigils for George Hodgins both virtually and in Boston. Each left a…
April 3, 2012