An article about a charter school for autistic kids...

Here.

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I love how their big plan is to take these kids and have them mingle with the mainstream population during assemblies, gym, and lunch. Because autistic kids really need to be with the NT kids during the noisiest, most confusing, least structured part of the day.

Man, I hated gym. And assemblies. And lunch. I lived in the library during lunch. They all loved me there, to the point where they would let me cut class and return books late with no late fee. The cafeteria? Noisy, smelly, and too many people randomly moving around. Ick.

And again with the cancer comparison!

Though this time it makes sense and actually isn't too objectionable. But really. I'm thinking of doing a study. Compiling a bunch of random articles and seeing how many of them compare autism to cancer. Then, just to shake things up, I'll compile a bunch of articles on cancer and see if they do the comparison again. And maybe I'll pick some articles on other subjects, as a control. What do you think?

Hm. Random question.

Do you think Calvin and Susie ever realized that they have no friends aside from each other? And, of course, the stuffed animals.

A few articles from alternet

One on the "culture of life".
One on the current Blair scandal.
One on PBS.
One on pollution and swimming the length of a river.

So, I'm watching TV...

(I mean, I'm not, but I was, and am now using the historical present... I mean, I was using the historical present, but now I'm using the present present... I'll be in the historical present again soon, though. Promise)

...and a commercial comes on (SEE? HISTORICAL PRESENT, BABY!) for Crest Toothpaste, now "clinically proven to be more effective" in whitening teeth, preventing cavities, saving cute puppies, I don't know what.

This leads to an interesting question. More effective than what? Than the competitor? Than they used to be? Than wishing, praying, hoping? They don't say.

All this leads to the deepseated suspicion that the answer is "than doing nothing", of course. Remind me not to buy the new Crest toothpaste anytime soon. It may not be false advertising, but it sure is deceptive.

A rather old post from sophiaserpentia

Hopefully, this means that things do change, and not that we're about to regress.