THE NEW REPUBLIC: The Week In Autism - TWTWTWIA iv

Autism has ruined my life, like it has ruined many others: I can't lie. Autism has ruined my life. And no, I don't believe the self-diagnosed have any right to speak for the most profoundly disabled or really for anyone with autism. ... Zach, from Kalamazoo in Michigan has a diagnosis of Asperger's Syndrome - that shiny, happy variety of Mild Autism so deserving of utter contempt from the Martyrdom Mummies or indeed anyone who's ever had to deal with a screaming, ...