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msn.com
<p>The last few months in particular have been banner ones for “autism experts” telling the world to fear, patronize, or ignore autistic people. You think I’m kidding? Consider one of the many incredibly offensive things Autism Speaks co-founder <a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.blogher.com/frame.php?url=http%3A%2F%2Funstrangemind.wordpress.com%2Ftranscript-suzanne-wright-speaks-at-the-vatican%2F&_back=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.blogher.com%2Fwhy-do-autism-experts-say-such-awful-things" class="external-link">Suzanne Wright said in her audience with Pope Francis</a> last month, under the guise of asking for compassion:</p><blockquote><p>“Autism is forcing parents and caregivers to slow down the frenetic pace of our modern world and look into the eyes of our loved ones, as Saint Francis did with the leper.”</p></blockquote>
Why Do Autism "Experts" Say Such Awful Things? | BlogHer
blogher.com
Selection is everything; it is the test of the historian. The end product, after all, consists of what the historian has chosen to put in, as well as chosen to leave out.
Practicing History
Barbara W. Tuchman
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