http://aut.zone38.net Musings and meanderings on the autistic spectrum Wed, 06 Aug 2008 15:53:27 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I've been thinking about the Tropic Thunder controversy that's been brewing in the disability blogosphere. (Go follow that link if you haven't already heard about this; I don't see a need to reiterate the background story when it's already been covered on plenty of other blogs.) And as I thought about ... http://aut.zone38.net/2008/08/06/stumble-in-the-jungle/ As it turns out, those skeptical of the latest Autism Speaks controversy may have actually been right. Zach Lassiter of AspieWeb has been in contact with Zazzle, and it's been revealed that though there was an Autism Speaks complaint, it didn't involve that particular shirt. In other words, this removal was ... http://aut.zone38.net/2008/06/27/mea-culpa/ CORRECTION --- 27 June 2008: The designer of the shirt described in this post has been in contact with Zazzle, and it turns out that the shirt was not directly removed because of an Autism Speaks complaint. Instead, it was in fact a proactive action taken by a ... http://aut.zone38.net/2008/06/22/autism-speaks-against-autistic-free-speech/ It appears that I've been accepted into the Autism Hub blog community. Yay! So for those of you who are new here... welcome! It'd probably be best to start off with my introductory post and trawl through the (admittedly sparse) archives from there, but I won't hold it against ... http://aut.zone38.net/2008/06/19/yay-new-readership/ So tomorrow's the big Walk for Autism in Atlanta. And this Georgian isn't going. I've already written in the past about Autism Speaks, the organization sponsoring this walk, in a good bit of depth, but I'll just reiterate things in a shorter fashion to drive the point home: I refuse to support an ... http://aut.zone38.net/2008/04/11/do-you-know-what-youre-supporting/ Hm, I've posted on the 1st, 2nd and 4th of this month so far. I really ought to post something today, even if it's just this short ramble, just so that I keep up the exponential trend. Unfortunately, that'd only give me one more day this month to post, ... http://aut.zone38.net/2008/04/08/apropos-of-completely-nothing/ For those who haven't already heard via other blogs about the subpoena that's been sent to autism blogger Kathleen Seidel, please, do yourself a favor and read her post on it. Seriously, this has practically left me speechless at the moment. I'll definitely be posting more on this later. But for ... http://aut.zone38.net/2008/04/04/all-for-one-and-one-for-all/ For those who hadn't heard, today was designated the first ever Autism Awareness Day by the United Nations. And I really expected the worst from the media, being the cynical aspie that I am. And to be fair, there were some bits of coverage that had me screaming at the ... http://aut.zone38.net/2008/04/02/autism-awareness-now-with-more-awareness-of-autistics/ You'll probably notice a new button over on the sidebar. I figured, since I am planning on using this month to post about various autism-related topics, the least I can do is join the blog swarm that's been created just for that purpose. More to come later today, once I've ... http://aut.zone38.net/2008/04/02/blogging-for-autism-awareness-month/ So I haven't posted here in quite a while, a sad fact which, to be honest, I fully realize. I've just been so busy that I haven't really had the time to think up any interesting material for posts, or even when I did have ideas, was just too tired ... http://aut.zone38.net/2008/04/01/no-foolin-around/