Laura & Bruce's Blog

Quick update.

Categories: Update

Sep 30, 2008 05:11 pm

Well, it's been a few months since I was here...where do I begin? There's a federal election on in Canada, the U.S. economy is in crisis and it's a little difficult to get the issue of autism back onto people's radar screens. So, to make a long story short, the Ontario Autism Coalition is re-grouping right now, waiting for the next oppor... Read More

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Michael Savage--and all that

Categories: autism, comments, Michael Savage, petition

Jul 23, 2008 08:19 pm 1 Comment

I really hope that the recent diatribe by Talk Radio host Michael Savage is the peak of this anti-autism backlash that seems to be seizing so many people in the U.S. I can't imagine anyone being able to top him for ignorance, intolerance, cruelty or poor taste. His comments went way, way over the line and have infuriated those of us who... Read More

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Here we go again...

Categories: autism, awareness, restaurant

Jul 16, 2008 05:10 am

In South Carolina now--a police chief decides to yell at a family with a crying autistic child. http://www.wistv.com/Global/story.asp?S=8663266 What's going on here? Our kids are being discriminated against at school, at church and at public restaurants. Do people really think our kids should just be locked up at home an... Read More

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Something good out of something bad

Categories: autism, restaurant

Jul 7, 2008 08:37 pm

Well, here's a story that started off all too familiar, but ended well. A family with a young autistic daughter was asked to leave the restaurant when she started asking up. However, once the family went to the media, the restaurant went into PR mode and quickly apologized. According to the mom's latest posting on Faceb... Read More

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