Changelings

A discussion of patriarchy as well as its effects on the autistic community. 

 

Sources:

https://podcastle.org/2015/01/06/podcastle-345-makeisha-in-time/

https://www.spectrumnews.org/news/study-strengthens-autisms-curious-link-gender-variance/

"Doing Harm" by Maya Dusenberry

"A Room of One's Own" by Virginia Wolf

"A Brief History of Misogyny" by Jack Holland

"Aspergirls" by Rudi Simone

"Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men" by Caroline Criado Perez

Some reflections on what we've learned and three autistic historical figures.

 

The image is created by and used with permission of Steve Asbell. 

Sources:

 

Neurotribes by Steve Silberman

 

Isaac Newton: Giants of Science by Kathleen Krull

 

The Dark Heretic: Isaac Newton

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t9V6qog796g

 

New Advent: Antonia Magliobechi

http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09530c.htm

 

Some Old-Time Old-World Librarians by Theodore W. Koch

http://libr.org/juice/issues/vol8/LJ_8.5.html#3

 

Cabinet of Curiosities Episode 124: Ghosted

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/dir-2isfh-6b90d74?utm_campaign=w_share_ep&utm_medium=dlink&utm_source=w_share

A discussion of the different ways autistic children have been targets of violence throughout history. 

 

Sources:

Neurotribes by Steve Silberman

 

In a Different Key by John Donvan and Karen Zucker

 

Asperger's Children by Edith Sheffer

 

Ten Days in a Mad-House by Nellie Bly

 

Changelings by D.L. Ashliman

http://www.pitt.edu/~dash/changeling.html

 

The Rise and Decline of Psychiatric Hydrotherapy

http://psych-history.weill.cornell.edu/osk_die_lib/hydrotherapy/default.htm

 

Churchill and Eugenics by Sir Martin Gilbert

https://web.archive.org/web/20131215071541/http://www.winstonchurchill.org/support/the-churchill-centre/publications/finest-hour-online/594-churchill-and-eugenics

 

Unwanted Sterilization and Eugenics Programs in the United States

http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/blog/unwanted-sterilization-and-eugenics-programs-in-the-united-states/

 

Eugenics and Other Evils by G.K. Chesterton

http://www.gutenberg.org/files/25308/25308-h/25308-h.htm

 

Is ABA Therapy Really "Dog Training For Children"? A Professional Dog Trainer Weighs In

https://theaspergian.com/2019/03/27/is-aba-really-dog-training-for-children-a-professional-dog-trainer-weighs-in/

 

Fake autism treatments show the lengths parents will go to “cure” their kids

https://www.vox.com/2019/6/19/18684109/autism-vaccines-treatment-cure-bleach

 

The fake cures for autism that can prove deadly

https://amp.theguardian.com/society/2016/jul/13/fake-cures-autism-prove-deadly

 

FDA Begs Public to Please Stop Drinking Bleach

https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/master-mineral-solution-mms-fda-warning-bleach-871774/

 

Chelation therapy offers small, if any, benefit for heart disease

https://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/chelation-therapy-offers-small-if-any-benefit-for-heart-disease-201303266030

 

School Shocks Students With Disabilities. The FDA Is Moving To Ban The Practice

https://www.npr.org/2019/01/23/687636057/massachusetts-school-defends-use-of-electric-shock-treatments

 

Mom says staffers abused special needs son

https://www.khou.com/article/news/local/mom-says-staffers-abused-special-needs-son/326998611

 

Video shows off-duty Chicago police officer shooting unarmed autistic man

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/oct/17/video-shows-chicago-police-officer-shoot-unarmed-autistic-man

 

Disability Day of Mourning

https://disability-memorial.org/

A quick survey of autistic representation in popular culture.

Portrayals of autism on television don’t showcase full spectrum

https://www.spectrumnews.org/opinion/viewpoint/portrayals-autism-television-dont-showcase-full-spectrum/

ASAN Has Ended Partnership With Sesame Street

https://autisticadvocacy.org/2019/08/asan-has-ended-partnership-with-sesame-street/ 

Why the Team Behind Sesame Street Created a Character With Autism

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/team-sesame-street-created-character-autism-180967218/

My Autistic Opinion of Netflix's 'Atypical'

https://themighty.com/2017/08/atypical-autistic-review/

You Can’t “Culturally Appropriate” a Weighted Blanket

https://slate.com/human-interest/2019/01/weighted-blanket-appropriation-autism-controversy.html

A discussion of how autistic people are labeled and how different labels can help or hinder. Fair warning, this was recorded in a Raley's over Skype. We're still working out the kinks of this project.

 

This episode draws heavily on Aspergirls by Rudi Simone and the following online resources:

Let’s Unpack the Damage of Being Labeled High- or Low-Functioning

https://everydayfeminism.com/2017/03/unpacking-high-and-low-functioning/

Large study supports discarding the term ‘high-functioning autism’

https://www.spectrumnews.org/news/large-study-supports-discarding-term-high-functioning-autism/

A true story and a little lesson about functioning level

https://autisticadvocacy.org/2010/05/a-true-story-and-a-little-lesson-about-functioning-level/ 

He’s so functional

https://autisticadvocacy.org/2008/03/hes-so-functional/

Life Skills Aren’t What You Think: What Research Says About Raising Autistic Kids10

https://theaspergian.com/2019/07/08/life-skills/

How Dolls Helped Win Brown v. Board of Education

https://www.history.com/news/brown-v-board-of-education-doll-experiment 

This secret experiment tricked psychiatrists into diagnosing sane people as having schizophrenia

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/an-experiment-fooled-psychiatrists-into-treating-sane-people-as-if-they-were-insane/2017/12/29/c6c9c3ea-d5f7-11e7-b62d-d9345ced896d_story.html 

Identity-First Language

https://autisticadvocacy.org/about-asan/identity-first-language/ 

The high cost of "high function"

http://momnos.blogspot.com/2006/10/high-cost-of-high-function.html

An introduction to the diagnostic history of autism as well as the project and a discussion of Hans Asperger. This episode draws heavily on Neurotribes by Steve Silberman and Asperger's Children by Edith Sheffer as well as the websites below. 

https://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/autism/hcp-dsm.html

 

https://www.spectrumnews.org/news/evolution-autism-diagnosis-explained/

 

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-real-reasons-autism-rates-are-up-in-the-u-s/

 

https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2010-aug-06-la-me-ivar-lovaas-20100806-story.html

 

http://neurodiversity.com/library_chance_1974.html

 

http://neurodiversity.com/library_screams_1965.html

 

https://the-art-of-autism.com/neurodiverse-a-person-a-perspective-a-movement/

 

https://theaspergian.com/2019/03/27/is-aba-really-dog-training-for-children-a-professional-dog-trainer-weighs-in/