"The Spectrum" generally means the autism Spectrum, including Asperger's syndrome, HFA, PDD, Kanner's autism and other autism spectrum conditions. Many people "on the Spectrum" are comfortable with the generic reference of "autistic" (or "Autistic").
to Autism Self-Advocacy Links (near the bottom of this page)
Views on Autism
- singles.html - Autism and 'Singles' Dating Sites
- The first page written for this site, and its reason d'etre
- relationships.html - Autism, Dating and Socialization
- "Sexual Healing" (separate webpage on sexuality)
- or Just Another Webpage About Sex)
- books.html - A short list of books on meeting people, for people looking for that sort of thing.
- bodylanguage.html - A Perspective on "Reading" Body Language
- empathy.html - Do Autistics and Asperger's Syndrome People Have Feelings?
- abuse.html - Partner Abuse as Pertains to People on the Autism Spectrum
- other abuse links
- socialbullying.html - Social Bullying
- Addresses "control intimidation" and social group ostracism.
- Social Involvement with Someone on The Spectrum
- This page is directed to personal relationships. For information regarding support for Autistic culture, please see Phil Schwarz' article on The Case for Allies, describing 16 ways allies can help us.
- Inger's Relationships Page
- Part of Inger's Asperger Syndrome website
- Dating and Going Out - from aspiesforfreedom.com/wiki/
- On-line dating advice from http://www.jdate.com
- Good on-line dating advice can be found there. Or maybe it's evidence that NTs are more like us than they let-on. Besides, their pages are easier to read than mine.
- couplescompany.com - This looks like a commercial site.
- Includes discussions of things like being single and intimacy. This seems to have a heavy NT slant, which I guess is not surprising.
- www.unmarried.org - Alternatives To Marriage Project (ATMP)
- Why We Can't Just Marry Them All Off - article by Jerry Newport
- www.dramymarshsexologist.com on Tantra and Intimacy
- "The Intimate Aspie" describes sensitivity and Tantra training with a focus on neurodiverse students. Unfortunately, the website is now mostly marketing, rather than information (although my view is that information would be far more effective in attracting clients). While most of the website is directed to promotion of the services of Amy Marsh, Clinical Sexologist, the concepts are there, as an introduction to a possible link between Tantric sex and autistic sensitivity.
- "Sexual Healing" (separate webpage on sexuality)
- or Just Another Webpage About Sex)
- http://www.positive.org/ - Coalition for Positive Sexuality
- Education site focused on teens and young adults - excellent resource with information particularly useful to autistic teens from 13 to, say, 64. This discusses the different aspects of "Just say yes." to sex (and of course how to say no when you want to say no).
- ¡Di Que Si! en Español
- www.ynetnews.com - Select "Singles" link. - "Singles" section of Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper (English edition)
- This NT-oriented section has some good "singles lifestyles" and sexuality articles.
Work, Socialization and Society Issues
- On The Spectrum in the Workplace
- - Job Issues - Autism in the Workplace
More about "On The Spectrum in the Workplace" below.
- etc. - A list of Miscellaneous Things
- Credit, Credit Cards and Mortgages
- ... and a separate page on buying a house
- ANR headsets
- The overpriced accessory du jour at airport shops, probably exceeds TV-B-Gone as a favourite toy for Autistics.
- syncope.html - Vasovagal Syncope
- If you have a needle or IV phobia, you should memorize the name "vasovagal syncope" and the medical procedures (or at least "TAC").
- exercises.html - Exercises in Negotiated Interaction
- Separate section on Negotiated Transactions at Restaurants restaurants.html - Includes "priceless items as an example in negotiated transactions within a social context
- bs.html - The "BS" Test
- examples of Bovine Scatology, mostly in commercial transactions
- religion.html - An autistic perspective on spirituality
- Links on the subject are at www.neurodiversity.com
- www.scn.org/help/monitor.html - Reducing Computer Display Monitor Flicker
- driving.html - Learning to Drive with a Reduced Visual Perspective - adaptations - This is mostly a non-issue. Driving and distance perception is not a problem with most autistics, but there are a few who find driving to be a challenge.
- Eating Well - "Label Reading" as an approach to improvement in diet
until proven innocent
- The Criminal Justice Process - a description
- "Not Guilty" Pleas (This page is hyperlinked in the "Criminal Justice Process" page)
Children
- Pets and Children - This applies to NT kids too.
- homeschooling.html - On Homeschooling
- Don't do it!
- the Relationships page
- "Stand Against Restraint, Seclusion, and Bullying by Teachers"
- at http://www.facebook.com/endabuseinschool (Facebook account or logon to Facebook account not required.)
"Curing" or "Preventing" Autism
- Prenatal Testing and Prenatal Screening for Autism
- ... is basically a way for parents to screen for their own personality traits. (So why would anyone do that??)
- Autistics als Lebensunwertes Leben - The Eugenics of Autism
- "Lebensunwertes Leben" (Life unworthy of life) was used as a descriptive slogan the Nazi T4 Program.
- realistic.html - "You Need to be Realistic About Your Child's Future."
- NEW biomedical treatments for autism
- The need to establish a rational relationship between science and the treatment.
- vaccinations and autism
- Theories that Vaccines "cause" autism, even though autism is 90% hereditary.
- "Causes" of Autism - Fad-Causes of Autism including the new "triclosan" theory
- Autism is 90% hereditary, but that doesn't seem to deter the kooks.
Drugs and Other Treatments
- In general autism is a personality (or personality disorder depending on one's political viewpoint). A significant percentage of autistics -- probably the majority -- would object to a "cure". It's unlikely that drugs therapy would "cure" a personality condition in any meaningful way.
The subject of drug therapy ranging from caffeine to early LSD studies is discussed at www.scn.org/people/autistics/pharmaceuticals.html
No other drugs links yet (although this page was written with the aid of quite a bit of "organic shade grown" from Whole Foods). Caffeine is, after all, a drug of choice of many people in the workplace.
Psychology
- www.scn.org/~bk269/shrinks.html - The difference between "psychiatrist" and "psychologist" (definitions and their significance)
- Basically, a "psychologist" deals with personality issues; a "psychiatRist" deals with drugs.
- Proposed DSM5 definition of autism
- www.scn.org/health/ - SCN's links to "Diseases and Conditions"
- www.scn.org/health/disabled.html - Disabled
- www.scn.org/health/mental.html - Mental Health and Advocacy
- Also includes items such as ADD Adults of Washington
- "Definition" of AS according to DSM-IV -
- ... actually more of a set of diagnostic criteria. Despite the "Disorder" language, this is useful in establishing uniformity in describing AS, autism, and related conditions (and, yes, also disorders).
Harm Caused by Quack Cures and Aversion Therapy, etc.
- "Harm Caused by Quack Cures" - describes legal recourse for unorthodox medical treatments
- Occupy the Judge Rotenberg Center
- "Wonderland Meets Guantanamo Bay" -- The Judge Rotenberg Center (named after a Judge that declined to enjoin their operation!) uses electric shocks and other adversives as "treatements".
- &quo t;Torture in the USA" - from SUNY Levin Institute
- JRC Banned from New Admissions from http://www.disabilityrightsintl.org
- (Wikipedia article)
- Citizens Commission on Human Rights (CCHR)
- a group within the Church of Scientology has become active in opposing what they call "psychiatric violations of human rights".It seems that Scientology is involved in part because they disfavour psychiatry; instead favouring their own techniques. As far as I'm concerned, their concern is more than welcome. Thank you, Scientologists.
- If you have been harmed in any way by quack "cures", CCHR may be able to direct you to a lawyer willing to take the case. Please see the links for this.
- CCHR
- What Is CCHR?
- CCHR's Lawyer Referral Page
- CCHR can be useful in locating lawyers willing to take on "professionals" responsible for abusive therapies.
One Non-Orthodox Treatment that is Well-Accepted and is Possibly Beneficial
- Irlen Lenses
- Information on Irlen Lenses
Helen L. Irlen's US Patent 4,961,640 (which expires Oct-2007) The patent contains instructions on the Irlen technique.(text format of US 4,961,640)
.pdf of US 4,961,640 from pat2pdf.org: