This is not my usual post — but I received my Univ. of Minnesota Alumni Magazine today and am annoyed. My Ph.D. is from Minnesota, and it is no secret I do not like the institution. My bias definitely affects my general attitude when reading anything linked to UMN. That…
Category: Health
From diagnoses to “treatments” and everything in between, posts about health and autistic life.
I am sick and tired of the “Bill Gates has AS” and “Big Bang Theory is about a group of people with ASDs” lines of advocates who think they are helping. And yes, I’ve mentioned this to the other Ph.D.s with autism… of which I am one. It is rare…
On LinkedIn, in addition to scam therapies and nutcase “cures” for autism, parents keep asking for ways to “help” their children “become normal.” Some of this is a desire for a better life for the child, but there is also a selfish desire to interact with the child in a…
It has been three days since I attended an academic conference. I only attended one of the two days, knowing I was not doing well physically. I’m still “shaky” — the best adjective I can conjure at the moment. It is like my senses are turned up a notch even…
ABC News offers the following: Autism Genes: Better Test May Help Screen Causes – ABC News I always find myself torn with stories like this. The part of me that embraces science would prefer scientific ways to diagnose individuals and count autism rates. Yet, I also wonder what becomes of…
I am somehow on a “Generation Rescue” mailing list. I have no idea how this happened, but it means I am learning just want the snake oil industry is pitching to parents: Children’s Liver Restorative Kit The foundation for any detox program is the body’s hardest working organ – the…
I hate the night. The insomnia I suffer slowly crushes the soul. It is an affliction that separates its victim from the normal members of society, a reversal of existence that leads to wandering at night alone and sleeping during the day when others are interacting. I read today that…
I’ve written many times that the diagnostic rate for any condition is not the same as the actual prevalence. Examples of sudden “explosions” in diagnoses, abound, from various cancers to mental health conditions. In some cases, diagnoses were impossible. In others, conditions were clarified and reclassified by improved science. Anyway……
A few weeks ago, I pulled a muscle and the pain has been severe. Vicodin several times a day. Upset stomach. Lots of bed rest because moving was miserable. I’m finally starting to get back to moving about, with only minor pain in my right hip area, and my eyes…
Monday I have yet another (not so exciting) medical procedure. Yet, it isn’t the medical procedure I am about to have that annoys me. No, what is annoying me are my eyes. While I’m about to have some internal issues checked and verified, it is the pain of my eyes…