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DeafDigest Gold – August 3, 2014 Gold Edition Barry Strassler, Editor http://deafdigest.com – updated every Monday America’s Unique Deaf Stories; subscription at no cost to you Serving the Deaf Community since 1996; 18th year -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-...

Marc Rivest was surrounded by police offers, their guns drawn. “Drop your weapon,” yelled one big cop. Rivest looked at the steel pipe in his hand, then started to walk toward the officer. “Drop your weapon, Marc. You need to drop it now.” Rivest...

By Louise Kinross Several years ago Chris Beesley wrote a BLOOM piece about how raising his son Mitchell, who has Fragile X and autism, had changed his life and career aspirations. I met Chris last week in his new role as CEO of Community Living Ontario...

Selecting a school for an autistic child, especially one who is not high-functioning, is a heavy responsibility. The decision may have a profound and long-lasting impact on the child’s life and family. Because autism is so heart-rending, parents...

Editor’s Note: This post was originally written for a Canadian audience but the information is still relevant for the United States and other parts of the world. This post discusses applied behaviour analysis (ABA) as an autism “therapy” and includes...