Important Autism Reminder: There Are Autistic Persons Living In Institutional Care, Let Us Not Forget Them

It is a fact that does not appear to have permeated the consciousness of CBC and other mainstream media but there are autistic persons living in institutions in Canada. These autistic persons are not likely to appear on CBC television proclaiming that they do not want to be cured. They will not appear on CBC television proclaiming the joys of being Posautively Autistic. For that the CBC's autism journalism dilettantes would have to actually visit such an institution and observe these autistic souls and their actual lives. Pretty scary stuff for the CBC autism journalists who prefer to get their autism education at a Toronto art gallery autism project.

The CBC would prefer to ignore the severely autistic and feature repeated interviews on CBC TV and radio with their favorite autistic person, High Functioning Autistic, Michelle Dawson. If need be they will go to the US and speak with persons with Aspergers Disorder like Ari Ne'eman Washington Insider and self appointed spokesperson for all persons with autism even though his diagnosis is actually Aspergers Disorder. But our delicate autism journalists at the CBC will not visit the institutions in Canada or the US where severely autistic persons live out their existence when parents die or can no longer care for them.

The bottom photo is the Restigouche Regional Hospital in Campbellton, New Brunswick and the top shows the Centracare facility in Saint John New Brunswick. I have visited both facilities and seen what life means for autistic persons in institutional care. If the CBC and its intrepid journalists need directions I would be happy to provide them. I will not hold my breath waiting for the CBC to realize that Michelle and Ari and Alex and Amanda and Estee do not present a full view of the autism spectrum. I will not wait anxiously for the CBC to seek direction to the facilities shown above.

I will ask anyone reading this blog though to remember the autistic persons living in institutional care. For them life is not Posautively Autistic.

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Good Autism News: CBC Freezes Executive Salaries

In the good autism news department the CBC has announced that it is freezing salaries of its executive. Some of these CBC decision makers would have been involved over the past few years in the relentless push to promote the nonsensical, mis-representative ideology and rhetoric of Neurodiversity icons Michelle Dawson and Dr. Laurent Mottron by providing them with repeat appearances on Quirks and Quarks (CBC Radio) and CBC television. The one sided, misleading, "Posautive" special was shown again this past week. The CBC web site also recently published an editorial by Stephen Strauss in which he misrepresented the current state of scientific knowledge on possible vaccine autism connections.

Whether it be pushing the "we don't want a cure" views of the Neurodiversity camp as representing autistic children and adults, or pushing a false view of science, vaccines and autism , the CBC has pushed agendas of one side of very controversial issues without providing fair or any coverage of other views. In the case of autism the CBC now invariably ignores the views of parents seeking to help their autistic children through treatment and cure. And of course CBC journalists wouldn't think of leaving their offices to provide coverage of severely autistic persons who live in institutional care or otherwise won't or can't pose for media interviews.

I have a son who is severely autistic. Autism issues are, and will always be, of primary importance to me. With the CBC demonstrating such extreme bias and journalistic incompetence I can no longer trust this publicly funded Canadian media institution on any issues.

Freezing the salaries of CBC executives is a good start. Autism disorders are, despite the beliefs and agendas of the pro-Neurodiversity CBC decision makers, serious neurological disorders impairing the lives of 1 in 150 Canadians and their families. Actually dismantling the CBC, a one sided source of autism mis-representation, would be a great help to parents fighting to help their children overcome the challenges of autism spectrum disorders.

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