Public Address | Cafe | Access: Review: Where is Autism?

Hilary Stace

Sun, 22 Feb 2015 15:27:22 +1300

A rally against the library cuts has been organised for next Thursday 26th at 4 pm outside the National Library

linger

Sat, 21 Feb 2015 01:37:56 +1300

BBC Radio 4 is currently broadcasting two interviews about autism (by John Harris, respectively with Simon Baron-Cohen and Penny Andrews) in the series One to One. Podcasts are/will be available here.

Phil Wallington

Sat, 07 Feb 2015 10:48:46 +1300

Isn't is disgusting and disgraceful that school libraries are an optional extra... something Bill English likes to describe as "nice to have but not essential". Aotearoa is a rich country which can afford bloated salaries for politicians and their ilk and obscene rewards for money-shufflers, corporate criminals (yet to be…

giovanni tiso

Thu, 05 Feb 2015 17:41:32 +1300

That is wonderful. We talked to Lucia's class at school when she was older than that, but should have probably done it earlier – children respond well when they are given information.

Russell Brown

Thu, 05 Feb 2015 07:47:49 +1300

As I noted in the review, the protagonist in the book, Kahu, is is quite verbally able. So there’s a job to be done yet in enhancing understanding of non-verbal autistic kids.

Suzanne Warburton made this video about her son for his start at kindergarten, and gave me permission to…

Russell Brown

Thu, 05 Feb 2015 07:43:04 +1300

Facsinating, David. How did you find this site, by the way?

David Adrian Thomas Esq MCIHT

Thu, 05 Feb 2015 02:17:38 +1300

I was successfully diagnosed and treated in 1994 by a private consultant clinical psychiatrist commissioned by my employer as I was engaged in official secrets at that time – he was very informative about what I had and it was like a light was switched on in my head and…

Hilary Stace

Wed, 04 Feb 2015 20:46:54 +1300

Great book thanks Russell and I hope Jimmy’s short video on autism goes far and wide. Every person with autism is different but there are also certain similarities including parents needing support. So that Autism in New Zealand Facebook page is a great resource (and thanks to Kris for moderating…

Russell Brown

Wed, 04 Feb 2015 12:00:18 +1300

Awesome, thanks Russell. I will pass this on to folks who sorely need as much support as they can get.

Excellent. Note also the link to that Facebook group.

Rebecca Williams

Wed, 04 Feb 2015 11:34:43 +1300

Awesome, thanks Russell. I will pass this on to folks who sorely need as much support as they can get.

Public Address

Wed, 04 Feb 2015 11:34:43 +1300

Discussion from blog post.