“It has happened that a group of autistics, who were considered radical by many, attempted to petition the United Nations to recognize autistics as a minority group, but to date, the UN has ignored them. Had the UN designated autistics… — Thomas D. Taylor Copy Share Image
“The problem for autistics and posers who don't want to be treated, is that people who do want to be treated open up a “dangerous” door. A demand for treatments creates a demand for people to do research into treatments,… — Thomas D. Taylor Copy Share Image
“Unfortunately, by this time it didn't matter. Self-diagnosed autistics and fakers were asking diagnosed autistics whether or not they had a diagnosis, and if… — Thomas D. Taylor Copy Share Image
“Be that as it may, some of those that would no longer be diagnosed “autistic” today were diagnosed on the autism spectrum and accepted… — Thomas D. Taylor Copy Share Image
“This hardly needs to be stated, but if a faith healer tries to “heal” an autistic person, the implied message is that the “healer”… — Thomas D. Taylor Copy Share Image
“Whom a person in the autism community is friends with is very important. Alliances are forged against people who have certain friends, and these… — Thomas D. Taylor Copy Share Image
“The person generally agreed upon by many to be the founder of Applied Behavior Analysis, Dr. O. Ivar Lovaas, described autistics as “Little Monsters”… — Thomas D. Taylor Copy Share Image
“It seems as though autism is being portrayed in literature less as a diagnosis, and more as a minority lifestyle. Sometimes it is even… — Thomas D. Taylor Copy Share Image
“Recently, Temple Grandin's mother, Eustacia Cutler, wrote and article that tried to explain why some autistic men seem to have a sexual preoccupation with… — Thomas D. Taylor Copy Share Image
“The problem with this theory is that ◦ Thimerosal is not mercury itself, but a mercury compound ◦ Thimerosal is not the… — Thomas D. Taylor Copy Share Image
“Hypersensitivities occur when sensitivities are strongly heightened, many times uncomfortably so. Hypo-sensitivities occur when there is a lesser reaction to a sensation than one… — Thomas D. Taylor Copy Share Image
“Because “cold” mothers exhibit traits (possibly as the result of genetic makeup) similar to those displayed by autistic children, it was at one time… — Thomas D. Taylor Copy Share Image
“An additional problem occurs when people may infer they have synesthesia when they really do not, or they may pretend to have it when… — Thomas D. Taylor Copy Share Image
“It has happened that a group of autistics, who were considered radical by many, attempted to petition the United Nations to recognize autistics as… — Thomas D. Taylor Copy Share Image
