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Celebrating Halloween at Asylums: What Messages Do We Send?

“Come to the Asylum Ball,” and join us for a “costume contest and party.”  Pictured along with this ad are people in straitjackets, pictures of signs including Psych Ward, Morgue, Amputation, and Genetics, bottles of various medications, and a warning … Continue reading

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Autism:  Isolation and Loneliness?

“Sometimes I’m grateful for his autism.  That may sound like a terrible thing to say, but in some ways I think, I hope it shields him.”  Mom continues, “He doesn’t seem to notice that he doesn’t get invited to birthday … Continue reading

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