Great post. If I can add a corroboration, I was born before the MMR was available, and my mom caught rubella while she was pregnant with me. I am what happens when you avoid the MMR vaccine.

ALSO - from a person with a severe immunodeficiency - thanks to all who vaccinate. Along with keeping yourself safe, you keep me safe too.

So you think that we Autistic women don’t exist?

Anti-vaxx movement stands against Autistic people by pushing harmful propaganda that promotes fear and prejudice towards Autistic people, the anti-vaxx movement has also seen a sea of money being used to disprove the myth of a connection between vaccines and autism -…

I’m going to just repost what I said yesterday over on Gawker’s article. I’ve highlighted the part that any anti-vaxxer reading this should pay close attention to.

I’m so sorry you had to go through all that. I did the same thing; figured I was safer if I waited to leave until he was locked up. But, thanks to the $1200/hr attorney he had, the ATTEMPTED MURDER and KIDNAPPING charges were reduced to aggravated assault/serious bodily injury, false restraint, unlawful imprisonment,…

RRS Cold Miser

Awesome comment and your username is to die for!!!!

This is a more common request than people realise. I once saw a mother bring a librarian almost to tears because she was outraged that the library had a copy of ‘The Little Match Girl’ which had upset her daughter because it sent the message that society didn’t care about homeless children and would let them die on…

We are all born scientists. Life beats us into working for the MTA.

It’s less “weirdly coincidental name for a doctor” than “fucking most metal name ever for a doctor,” but there’s a thoracic surgeon in Missouri named Dr. Loki Skylizard.

You need a neurologist. Not a family physician. I also take topamax to prevent migraines (which is actually an anti seizure drug) which works wonders but has a lot of side effects and I also take Imitrex when I have a full-blown attack after it’s started. You need a specialist who is invested in your care. You should…

What I meant is that I could see myself being in a LTR without sex and not suffering. She obviously is, and they have no plans to marry, so I agree that it's messed up.

I agree to an extent except this is a slave revolt and rebellion story that is either not told or mis-told in history every where and in every school in this country. I know some folks who saw it at Sundance and they went into it feeling as you described and came out feeling empowered and validated. As a mother who…

I really appreciate this, because it intelligently, logically, and yet emotionally deals with questions that I know I certainly ask myself. The line about “becoming we” underscores the need for solidarity and dialogue, rather than commenting or inserting oneself.

He’ll get criticism for this, but I really love it as a conversation starter for white people who are afraid or don’t know how to talk about white privilege. There’s always 10 different opinions on how and when it should be done, but kudos to him and these awesome ladies for opening a dialogue.

It plays on the Vita and vita TV. Doesn't require a psp.

All the stars for this! Ableism is strong in this culture, even among supposedly liberal, progressive, open minded people.

Thank you for this post. I’m legitimately baffled that there are people on here who are pissed at commenters who don’t feel sympathetic to this mother. If she had murdered a non-disabled child because she was low-income or couldn’t “handle” raising him alone anymore, no one would be sympathetic. But he had cerebral…

I <3 you, bae.