Woman Allegedly Shoots and Kills Autistic Son, Then Self
Elizabeth Hodgins allegedly shot and killed her 22-year-old autistic son and then herself last night in Sunnyvale, California. According to neighbors, Hodgins was overwhelmed by trying to care for...
View ArticleIn Memory Of George Hodgins: A Plea For Autistic Personhood
Click here to watch on YouTube.George Hodgins was apparently shot and killed by his mother Elizabeth, who then killed herself. He was 22 years old and autistic. This video explains why we need to...
View ArticleWhere We Must Go After the Hodgins Tragedy
I hoped that Shannon Des Roches Rosa of The Thinking Person's Guide to Autism would write about the deaths of George and Elizabeth Hodgins, because her son attends the same school that George recently...
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Autism Education: 25 Is Not Enough
Not Done at 21: Special Education for Life Another reliably wise writer points us to what we need to do if we want to prevent tragedies like the murder-suicide that apparently claimed the lives of...
View ArticleWhat Not to Write When Autistic People Are Murdered By Our Parents
Click here to watch on YouTube.An article by Lisa Fernandez and Joe Rodriguez for The San Jose Mercury News demonstrates most of the things reporters should try not to do when writing about the murder...
View ArticleLoving and Devoted Parents Do Not Shoot and Kill Their Sons
Click here to watch on YouTube. The video above and blog post below both discuss this article:Guest Opinion: Death by Legislature Even the description of the author is troubling:Nicki Pecchenino is a...
View ArticleCrackpots Suggest That Elizabeth Hodgins' Choice to Kill Her Son Means You...
Cheryl and Ellis Levinson have written a book called Enough of Us which promotes the idea that people should think twice before having children. They also keep a blog with the same name, which...
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Remembering George Hodgins But Forgetting His Name
Remember George Hodgins Video version of this blog post:Click here to watch on YouTube Update: I have changed the title of this post because the Autism Society of America has apologized, and this...
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