World Autism Awareness Day
World Autism Awareness Day is marked on Tuesday April 2. It was established in 2007 by United Nations Resolution 62/139. According to Autism Speaks: This UN resolution declares WAAD as…
Autism, Ethics and the Good Life: Is increasing functionality always good?
Leneh Buckle is autistic, an academic and a parent, although none of her children are autistic. Her biography for the conference handouts notes that as child she “was considered severely…
Autism, Ethics and the Good Life: disorder or identity?
Sandy Starr is an adult who was diagnosed with Aspergers Syndrome in his teens. His work for the Progress Educational Trust, a registered charity that works in the field of genetics, assisted conception, embryo/stem…
Autism, Ethics and the Good Life: Narrative and Representation
Yesterday I described the introduction to a full day conference on Autism, Ethics and the Good Life. It was a very full day as the Conference Programme makes clear. So…
Autism, Ethics and the Good Life: an introduction
Monday 2nd April was World Autism Day and to mark the occasion I attended a conference at the Royal Academy entitled Autism, Ethics and the Good Life. The conference was…