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In the Media

What is Autism Awareness/Acceptance Month?

April 23, 2013

  Are we preaching to the choir?  Which means, are we talking about autism awareness to people already in the autism community? Granted, this creates a sense of togetherness, makes us feel good, but does it reach people we want to be aware of autism and to help them understand and accept autism?  I write [...]

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Top 30 Autism Blogs–I’m on it. Woo hoo hoo!

April 11, 2012

Inside the Autism Experience’s Rankings #2 in theParents of Teens category #4 in the Parents of Young Children category She or he wrote:  “Eileen Parker’s well-organized, well-researched, and well-written blog delves into the scientific and psychological aspects of autism spectrum disorder, all from a primary source: Parker. Not only does she know what it’s like [...]

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Autism yes, but I have learned talking scripts – WCCO interview

October 4, 2011

  WCCO-TV folks were here last week interviewing me for a story about Cozy Calm and my weighted blankets, which ended up turning to autism also. I have learned how to media interviews.  When I was in public radio, I was on the asking questions end of the microphone, so it didn’t require much interaction.  [...]

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It’s Not Every Day That ABC News Calls to Ask About Autism

June 4, 2011

Yours truly is on ABCNews.com with my photo even!  The reporter, Katie, was doing a story on the American Psychiatric Association’s proposal to remove the Asperger’s diagnosis and grouping it under the autism label for the DSM-5.  The DSM-5 is the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. In the story, the experts had their [...]

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