Tag Archives: media portrayal

My Autism and Me – autism as children see it

My Autism and Me is a 15 minute video from the BBC in the UK that was first broadcast last week. It is narrated by Rosie who has Asperger’s, and gives an insight into her life, and the lives of some other young people in the UK with differing degrees of autism. It was produced [...]

Awareness versus propaganda

I’m glad I live in the UK. Here in the UK, autism isn’t well understood outside of families that have been touched by it. I believe it’s still very much seen as a condition in kids that causes them not to interact with others, and to rock backwards and forwards. Many people in the UK [...]

Autism rates in adults

Hooray! This article, from the BBC News website speaks for itself.