Watch: Michael John Carley on "The Comic/Tragic Politics of the...
Michael John Carley explains it you for you.I hope that you will take the time to watch this presentation from Michael John Carley, the head of GRASP. It's an incredibly useful history of autism and...
View ArticlePanic Over DSM-5 Changes in Autism Diagnosis
1. There has been a great deal of legitimate worry over proposed changes to the way that autism will be diagnosed in DSM-5. The suggestion is to eliminate specific diagnoses like Asperger's syndrome...
View ArticleDSM-5 Commitee Agrees to Sit Down with GRASP
Michael John Carley shares that the DSM-5 Committee has agreed to sit down with GRASP to discuss the impact of proposed changes in autism diagnosis:While there's been a lot less press coverage, there's...
View ArticleGRASP's Disappointing Meeting With DSM-5 Autism Committee
Last week, Michael John Carley reported on GRASP's meeting with members of the DSM-5 committee's Autism Spectrum Disorder Workgroup. You should read the whole thing, but this is the upshot:Outside of...
View ArticleAutistic Witnesses Called to Congressional Hearing
I just got confirmation that the House Oversight Committee has invited two leaders of the autistic self-advocacy community to be witnesses at the hearing they are holding this Thursday on the federal...
View ArticleAutistic Voices At and About Congressional Hearing
Yesterday the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform held a hearing on the federal government's response to autism. Although originally no autistic people were called as witnesses, GRASP's...
View ArticleMichael John Carley on Resentment, Responsibility, and Autism
An important recap and analysis of the past several months in the autism communities from Michael John Carley of GRASP. One of his main focuses is the recent, and unfortunate resurrection of the...
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