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/