Changelings: Recent Episodes
changelings
An exploration of autistic history and social issues. The artwork is used by permission of Steve Asbell whose work can be found on his website, steveasbell.com, or on Twitter at @rainforestgardn.
A discussion of patriarchy as well as its effects on the autistic community.
Sources:
https://podcastle.org/2015/01/06/podcastle-345-makeisha-in-time/
https://www.spectrumnews.org/news/study-strengthens-autisms-curious-link-gender-variance/
"Doing Harm" by Maya Dusenberry
"A Room of One's Own" by Virginia Wolf
"A Brief History of Misogyny" by Jack Holland
"Aspergirls" by Rudi Simone
"Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men" by Caroline Criado Perez
Some reflections on what we've learned and three autistic historical figures.
The image is created by and used with permission of Steve Asbell.
Sources:
Neurotribes by Steve Silberman
Isaac Newton: Giants of Science by Kathleen Krull
The Dark Heretic: Isaac Newton
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t9V6qog796g
New Advent: Antonia Magliobechi
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09530c.htm
Some Old-Time Old-World Librarians by Theodore W. Koch
http://libr.org/juice/issues/vol8/LJ_8.5.html#3
Cabinet of Curiosities Episode 124: Ghosted
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/dir-2isfh-6b90d74?utm_campaign=w_share_ep&utm_medium=dlink&utm_source=w_share
A discussion of the different ways autistic children have been targets of violence throughout history.
Sources:
Neurotribes by Steve Silberman
In a Different Key by John Donvan and Karen Zucker
Asperger's Children by Edith Sheffer
Ten Days in a Mad-House by Nellie Bly
Changelings by D.L. Ashliman
http://www.pitt.edu/~dash/changeling.html
The Rise and Decline of Psychiatric Hydrotherapy
http://psych-history.weill.cornell.edu/osk_die_lib/hydrotherapy/default.htm
Churchill and Eugenics by Sir Martin Gilbert
https://web.archive.org/web/20131215071541/http://www.winstonchurchill.org/support/the-churchill-centre/publications/finest-hour-online/594-churchill-and-eugenics
Unwanted Sterilization and Eugenics Programs in the United States
http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/blog/unwanted-sterilization-and-eugenics-programs-in-the-united-states/
Eugenics and Other Evils by G.K. Chesterton
http://www.gutenberg.org/files/25308/25308-h/25308-h.htm
Is ABA Therapy Really "Dog Training For Children"? A Professional Dog Trainer Weighs In
https://theaspergian.com/2019/03/27/is-aba-really-dog-training-for-children-a-professional-dog-trainer-weighs-in/
Fake autism treatments show the lengths parents will go to “cure” their kids
https://www.vox.com/2019/6/19/18684109/autism-vaccines-treatment-cure-bleach
The fake cures for autism that can prove deadly
https://amp.theguardian.com/society/2016/jul/13/fake-cures-autism-prove-deadly
FDA Begs Public to Please Stop Drinking Bleach
https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/master-mineral-solution-mms-fda-warning-bleach-871774/
Chelation therapy offers small, if any, benefit for heart disease
https://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/chelation-therapy-offers-small-if-any-benefit-for-heart-disease-201303266030
School Shocks Students With Disabilities. The FDA Is Moving To Ban The Practice
https://www.npr.org/2019/01/23/687636057/massachusetts-school-defends-use-of-electric-shock-treatments
Mom says staffers abused special needs son
https://www.khou.com/article/news/local/mom-says-staffers-abused-special-needs-son/326998611
Video shows off-duty Chicago police officer shooting unarmed autistic man
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/oct/17/video-shows-chicago-police-officer-shoot-unarmed-autistic-man
Disability Day of Mourning
https://disability-memorial.org/
A quick survey of autistic representation in popular culture.
Portrayals of autism on television don’t showcase full spectrum
https://www.spectrumnews.org/opinion/viewpoint/portrayals-autism-television-dont-showcase-full-spectrum/
ASAN Has Ended Partnership With Sesame Street
https://autisticadvocacy.org/2019/08/asan-has-ended-partnership-with-sesame-street/
Why the Team Behind Sesame Street Created a Character With Autism
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/team-sesame-street-created-character-autism-180967218/
My Autistic Opinion of Netflix's 'Atypical'
https://themighty.com/2017/08/atypical-autistic-review/
You Can’t “Culturally Appropriate” a Weighted Blanket
https://slate.com/human-interest/2019/01/weighted-blanket-appropriation-autism-controversy.html
A discussion of how autistic people are labeled and how different labels can help or hinder. Fair warning, this was recorded in a Raley's over Skype. We're still working out the kinks of this project.
This episode draws heavily on Aspergirls by Rudi Simone and the following online resources:
Let’s Unpack the Damage of Being Labeled High- or Low-Functioning
https://everydayfeminism.com/2017/03/unpacking-high-and-low-functioning/
Large study supports discarding the term ‘high-functioning autism’
https://www.spectrumnews.org/news/large-study-supports-discarding-term-high-functioning-autism/
A true story and a little lesson about functioning level
https://autisticadvocacy.org/2010/05/a-true-story-and-a-little-lesson-about-functioning-level/
He’s so functional
https://autisticadvocacy.org/2008/03/hes-so-functional/
Life Skills Aren’t What You Think: What Research Says About Raising Autistic Kids10
https://theaspergian.com/2019/07/08/life-skills/
How Dolls Helped Win Brown v. Board of Education
https://www.history.com/news/brown-v-board-of-education-doll-experiment
This secret experiment tricked psychiatrists into diagnosing sane people as having schizophrenia
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/an-experiment-fooled-psychiatrists-into-treating-sane-people-as-if-they-were-insane/2017/12/29/c6c9c3ea-d5f7-11e7-b62d-d9345ced896d_story.html
Identity-First Language
https://autisticadvocacy.org/about-asan/identity-first-language/
The high cost of "high function"
http://momnos.blogspot.com/2006/10/high-cost-of-high-function.html
An introduction to the diagnostic history of autism as well as the project and a discussion of Hans Asperger. This episode draws heavily on Neurotribes by Steve Silberman and Asperger's Children by Edith Sheffer as well as the websites below.
https://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/autism/hcp-dsm.html
https://www.spectrumnews.org/news/evolution-autism-diagnosis-explained/
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-real-reasons-autism-rates-are-up-in-the-u-s/
https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2010-aug-06-la-me-ivar-lovaas-20100806-story.html
http://neurodiversity.com/library_chance_1974.html
http://neurodiversity.com/library_screams_1965.html
https://the-art-of-autism.com/neurodiverse-a-person-a-perspective-a-movement/
https://theaspergian.com/2019/03/27/is-aba-really-dog-training-for-children-a-professional-dog-trainer-weighs-in/