http://www.drumsnwhistles.com/2007/12/14/no-hostages-no-ransom/ ...politics, pictures, pugs and all that jazz Fri, 03 Feb 2012 08:24:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.drumsnwhistles.com/2007/12/14/no-hostages-no-ransom/comment-page-1/#comment-40746 Starting Up a Dialogue about the Ransom Notes Ad Campaign Sat, 15 Dec 2007 16:45:23 +0000 http://www.drumsnwhistles.com/2007/12/14/no-hostages-no-ransom/#comment-40746 [...] Odd Time Signatures notes that there are No Hostages, No Ransom. My sister autism mom-blogger Mothers Vox posts about Hostage Negotiations and asks, what would an “ad campaign to raise awareness of childhood neurological differences and social integration issues” look like if put together by the “autism parenting and autism advocacy community”? The December 13th New York Daily News looks at the “fury” over the campaign (”‘I was offended. It’s not a helpful way to think about a disorder,’” I am quoted; see this forum on Wrong Planet in response). Furious Seasons also comments on parents’ anger. Political Gateway writes about how the “ads anger parents of autistic children” with its Derangierter Nachwuchs—”deranged generation”—as Werbeblogger posts. In northern Ireland, Family Voyage comments on the dangers of stigmatising mental illness. Sister special needs mother (or “mama”) writes about the NYTimes article in Speak Softly. Saint Nobody and autism mother Susan Senator also speak out; Lisa Jo Rudy at About.com considers some different perspectives about the campaign and an autism father in New Brunswick (not the home of the Scarlet Knights, but in Canada) offers a critique of me. [...] [...] Odd Time Signatures notes that there are No Hostages, No Ransom. My sister autism mom-blogger Mothers Vox posts about Hostage Negotiations and asks, what would an “ad campaign to raise awareness of childhood neurological differences and social integration issues” look like if put together by the “autism parenting and autism advocacy community”? The December 13th New York Daily News looks at the “fury” over the campaign (”‘I was offended. It’s not a helpful way to think about a disorder,’” I am quoted; see this forum on Wrong Planet in response). Furious Seasons also comments on parents’ anger. Political Gateway writes about how the “ads anger parents of autistic children” with its Derangierter Nachwuchs—”deranged generation”—as Werbeblogger posts. In northern Ireland, Family Voyage comments on the dangers of stigmatising mental illness. Sister special needs mother (or “mama”) writes about the NYTimes article in Speak Softly. Saint Nobody and autism mother Susan Senator also speak out; Lisa Jo Rudy at About.com considers some different perspectives about the campaign and an autism father in New Brunswick (not the home of the Scarlet Knights, but in Canada) offers a critique of me. [...]

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