Tag: personhood
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Smiling Children With Down Syndrome On French TV Controversy
The debate about how to represent images of children with Down Syndrome on French TV rages on. “Smiling Down Syndrome Kids Banned from French TV in Case they Offend Post-Abortive Women” by Thomas D. Williams, Ph.D. Nov 24 2016. France’s Conseil d’État (State Council) has confirmed its ban of the award-winning “Dear Future Mom” video from…
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Some Reasons Not To Change An Autistic Person
From a concerned mother: RT @mamabegood (Brenda Rothman) “The response to autism has usually been to work on changing the child. If they are highly reactive to noise, we think we need to get them used to it. If they are playing alone and not with others, we think we need to teach them to play with…
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Are People With Autism An Endangered Species?
Are People With Autism Endangered? The Autism Right To Life Debate – it’s raging now that “cures” and embryo therapy are being developed in earnest. There will come a time in the not too distant future when we’ll have the medical technology to “fix” embryos with genetic markers for Autism Spectrum Condition. What implications does…