Tag Archive: Disorders

Feb 08 2012

Forced Sterilization: Not Just for Pets

I fuckin' flew all that way...

Some crackheaded Massachusetts judge – Christina Harms –  ordered that a mentally ill woman abort her fetus and then undergo forced sterilization. No, seriously. She did. Harms said that the woman’s parents should trick her into having an abortion, and during the procedure, that the woman should be sterilized. Why? Because the woman is schizophrenic. But …

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Jan 20 2012

Changing the definition of Autism

Apparently a great deal of work is going into rethinking the definition of Autism and people are angry.  The definition is currently being reassessed by a panel (referred to as the DSM-5 Task Force) assembled under the instruction of the American Psychiatric Association. Parents with children that have disorders like Aspergers are fearful that a new definition will …

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