Autism Awareness Month
Latest Blog Posts on Autism
BLOG
Autism: The astrological connection
Date: 11/11/2009
by Lynn Hayes [originally posted in January 2009] The recent death of John Travolta's son Jett has brought the discussion of autism back into the news. It has long been rumored that Jett was autistic and John Travolta's brother Joey, founder of the organization Actors for Autism, had long argued the case. However, autism is not recognized by the Church of Scientology of wh ...
BLOG
H1N1 Swine Flu Vaccine - Yes or No?
Date: 10/08/2009
Now that the H1N1 Swine Flu Vaccine is being delivered, many of us are asking if we should take it or not. There are so many conflicting reports; it's hard to decide. I thought I'd gather some information for you, from the sources, in order to make your decision easier and more informed. In the United States, the government's Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends: ...
BLOG
Famous Scientology Celebrities
Date: 09/15/2009
While Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes are pretty much always in the media spotlight, Scientology boasts a bevy of celebrity couples. They may not get as much publicity as TomKat, but many are involved in Scientology charities, appear at Scientology functions, and speak openly in the press about how their religion has changed their lives. Here are seven of the most prominent celebrity Scientologist ...
BLOG
The Five Fabulous Behaviors
Date: 08/18/2009
"The world that we live in is fabulous. It is utterly workable."Â - Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche, The Sanity We are Born With The current discussion on Buddhism and Psychology going on at the ID Project has been centered around Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche's book The Sanity We Are Born With . Monday night's discussion left me thinking a lot about emotions, psychological wellness, and w ...
BLOG
Adam
Date: 08/06/2009
Adam (Hugh Dancy), appropriately shares his name with the first man because even though he lives in contemporary Manhattan, he is in a very real way new to the world. He seems at once tightly wound and untethered. When he talks about astronomy and outer space he seems not just vastly knowledgeable but more at home there than he is where he works or where he lives. We can tell right away that he ...
BLOG
Interviews about 'Adam' -- Hugh Dancy and Rose Byrne
Date: 08/06/2009
Hugh Dancy plays the title role in "Adam," the story of a man with Asperger Syndrome , a form of social dyslexia that is on the autism spectrum. As the movie begins, Adam's father has just died and he must learn to function on his own. Rose Byrne plays Beth, his new neighbor, who finds Adam's inability to say anything but the literal truth an appealing quality because of her own losses and disa ...
BLOG
New Feature! Moral Monday: A Tip of My Ethical Hat to Folks Fighting the Good Fight
Date: 07/27/2009
I get tired of always ragging on people for ethical faux pas . Sometimes I want to focus on what folks are doing right . So today I'm inaugurating a new feature: "Moral Monday." From now on, on Mondays (whenever possible) we're going to highlight people and organizations we see doing things right, making hard choices, and all-and-all living ethically. To start us off, I posted a ca ...
BLOG
An Attempt to Communicate Pure Joy
Date: 06/16/2009
The word "miracle" is maybe too strong. Maybe. But I'm going to use it anyway. It was a freaking miracle. I could not believe what was on the piece of paper. There it was. Clear as day. The most beautiful thing I'd ever seen. The letters A-L-E-X. All capitals, sloping downwards off the line, sloppy and all running into each other, but still - his name, written by him, right there on the paper. ...
Advertisement
Autism in the Community
Related Features
Advertisement
