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So I’m still waiting on my application to be reviewed and and I’m feeling less and less confidant as it goes on.� My research partner A got into the Biology Master’s program, so he’s set, ...
by Mortifyd
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on Sat Mar 23, 2024 at 04:58 PM PDT
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📦ENGIn Champions: Tutoring Ukrainians in English homepage & diary list founded 2023 by captainfactoid — Comments and stories, with tips on how to get started. It's easier than you might think - and there is more help available.
by mettle fatigue
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on Thu Feb 01, 2024 at 04:00 PM PST
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So, I'm writing about the difficulties we Autistic folks have in attempting to understand the meanings of other DK Members. I have a type of Autism called Asberger's Syndrome. So does my son and very likely other family members I never met. I'm adopted...
by Chartreuxe
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on Tue Dec 12, 2023 at 01:05 PM PST
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Greta Thunberg deleted a pro-Palestine social media post after critics claimed a stuffed octopus in the photo could be viewed as an 'anti-Semitic' symbol. The octopus is a popular plushy toy helpful in expressing feeling states nonverbally. It’s...
by annieli
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on Sat Oct 21, 2023 at 05:00 PM PDT
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It’s no news to most people that air pollution kills. A 2014 World Health Organization study found that global total is about 7 million annually. A 2021 Harvard study put that toll at 8.7 million. But there are less lethal impacts as well. A newly...
by Meteor Blades
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on Wed Sep 27, 2023 at 04:02 PM PDT
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Two librarians and two patrons are suing the Kansas town of Sterling and its public library board after the librarians claim they were fired for a display that included symbols celebrating diversity and promoting autism awareness. You read that right....
by Walter Einenkel
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on Thu Sep 14, 2023 at 04:30 PM PDT
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It seems impossible to avoid a certain take in political media today: Ron DeSantis is socially awkward and fundamentally unlikable. Just look at him, the pundits say. He's not a people person. He laughs oddly. He wears white go-go boots to a disaster...
by khaavren
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on Sat Sep 09, 2023 at 10:40 AM PDT
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A s tudy came out last week showing that a significant portion of dog owners are hesitant to get their dogs vaccinated and one reason is that they are concerned that their dogs could catch The Autism.
by Gandalfs Eyebrow
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on Thu Sep 07, 2023 at 07:30 AM PDT
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Admin note: This story, titled “Autism: the Thief of Speech,” explored autism research by Dr. Allyson Muotri, and has been removed because it made unverified and unsourced claims. This is a violation of our Rules of the Road.
by diverdonreed
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on Wed Aug 30, 2023 at 05:51 AM PDT
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So many who rail against stereotyping people with autism are the first to stereotype people with autism. Autism is not a disease, but differential developmental processing and, often, a 'crisis of instruction' Children with autism who supposedly...
by DrLou
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on Mon Jul 17, 2023 at 06:31 PM PDT
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Furry Planet, my second book about the furry community (after 2017’s Furry Nation) is due to be released August 22. The publisher’s media person asked me to write an op-ed style piece they would offer to newspapers and/or websites to help promote the...
by Miscweant
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on Sat Jul 15, 2023 at 07:03 AM PDT
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MUOTRI’S ROBOT: The California Stem Cell Program vs. Autism “Chronic diseases are defined… as conditions that last 1 year or more… they are the leading causes of death and disability in the United States… (as well as the) leading drivers of the...
by diverdonreed
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on Mon May 29, 2023 at 02:58 AM PDT
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Yes, I’m really serious. We all know that DeSantis is awkward, doesn’t want to touch voters, can’t make eye contact. He doesn’t like retail politics. He’s not relatable, doesn’t make eye contact, wears weird boots in a disaster zone. Is only forceful...
by pvlb
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on Mon May 15, 2023 at 06:31 PM PDT
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April is #AutismAcceptanceMonth, and since today is the last day of April, I wanted to share some information about how we move from autism awareness towards autism acceptance. At its most basic level, moving from awareness to acceptance, of any group,...
by Crazycab214
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on Sun Apr 30, 2023 at 06:59 AM PDT
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Cmae’s diary, Disturbing experiences in the everyday life of a female , is an amazing list of the wholly ordinary:�incident after incident of being harassed, groped, followed, and assaulted, ...
by Tara the Antisocial Social Worker
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on Sat Apr 29, 2023 at 05:00 PM PDT
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Autism, being one of the perennial boogeymen of the modern age, has been the subject of highly misleading science reporting in the past week. Last year, we had hyped up articles about Tylenol causing autism (it doesn’t) and now there’s new reporting...
by Gandalfs Eyebrow
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on Sun Feb 19, 2023 at 03:52 PM PST
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Originally published and funded by The Progressive FOR TWO DECADES, A MASSACHUSETTS SCHOOL HAS BEEN UNDER FIRE FOR TORTURING DISABLED STUDENTS WITH SHOCK DEVICES. NOW, ACTIVIST EFFORTS TO END THE PRACTICE MAY SOON PAY OFF. BY MEG HARTLEY FEBRUARY 1,...
by heymeghartley
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on Thu Feb 02, 2023 at 01:12 PM PST
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Sid High is an 18-year-old man of profound faith who was born presenting as a girl. By the time he was 12, his realization that he was a boy had crystalized to the point where he told his mother so. ...
by TheCriticalMind
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on Mon Jan 02, 2023 at 04:16 PM PST
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Here’s my postcard from the ragged end of a comics career that wasn’t I have a dog pile of anniversaries here: The 50thof the Feirds, the 40thof Captain Saucer, the 35thof InterStellar OverDrive, the 15thof Sci-Fi Guy!. So let’s walk through the...
by Stude Dude
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on Thu Dec 29, 2022 at 06:08 PM PST
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Shannon “Shay” Ruth was 17 years old when she attended the Backstreet Boys’ Black & Blue concert tour in Tacoma, Washington back in the February of 2001. After the concert, Nick Carter, who was 21 at that time, invited Ruth to the tour bus. This seemed...
by OK Dodo
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on Thu Dec 08, 2022 at 09:59 PM PST
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