Why I have not commented about the Eastwood debacle until now.

I will give it to you straight. Even though I am very interested in American politics as it affects the autistic and enforcement of their basic Human rights, unfortunately that same interest also makes me reluctant to read news about the Republican party and their doings. Maybe at some point, I will write my own commentary about how the Republican party that exists now, and existed during my lifetime so far, is a very different beast to the Republican party that Baby Boomers and such grew up with. But for now, I thought I would add my observations concerning Clint Eastwood and the debacle he made for his fellow Republicans a matter of weeks ago now.

Infantalisation (why?)

Infantalisation is a word that I use with some frequency, especially in recent years. It has a very specific meaning to me. Specifically, it denotes trying to reduce a person to the living level or function of an infant. There are other connotations, such as trying to make a person see themselves as an infant or in a way commensurate with a lower age. I also have a couple of synonyms I use when speaking aloud. Baby-fication or kiddy-fication are ones I utter aloud, usually to others.

Vorya Yarow’s letter to the so-called Autism Advisory Task Force

Vorya Yarow has written a letter to what is called the Autism Advisory Task Force. I do not know if this task force was the same bunch of delusional morons who brought us such great beats as the Combatting Autism Act or Helping Children With Autism (in Australia), but I will give them the benefit of the doubt this time and say they are not.