Episode 18: Putting the pieces together

The missing puzzle piece is not cold sperm.

Episode 17

• "New Autism Screen for Babies"
• California judge retracts murdered autistic man's compensensation for suffering between being shot by police officer and dying.
• Without citing any precedent, Judge R. Gary Klausner ruled that a $1 million award awarded the the estate of the murdered autistic man was not applicable over a California law that has been interpreted alternatively over the years.
• Celebrity lawyer defends mother accused of killing autistic son
• Alan Dershowitz, an attorney who represented both OJ Simpson and Mike Tyson, is acting as consitutional consultant for a former pharmaceutical executive, Gigi Jordan, who reportedly wrote a letter admitting her plans to kill her autistic son and then herself before successfully killing the boy, but not herself. Why did this mother feel so desperate and alone that she decided the only way out was murder and then suicide? Why, with all her connections in the pharmaceutical industry, was she unable to manage the challenges of autism? Does this speak to the efficacy of pharmaceutical interventions?
• "Autism Needs Awareness All Year Long"
• A mother of an autistic boy wrote this great article advocating for awareness campaigns beyond the month of April.