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BY JULIAN MUNOZ

My name is Julian Munoz, and I am sane. Why I am starting with that declaration: I have that kind of sense that tells me that people tend to equate autism with insanity. Autism affects my ability to control my body with my mind. The thinking part of my mind works perfectly. Unfortunately, that thinking part is not in control. We, the nonspeaking, get lumped in with the insane too often. Our outward appearance throws people. Were they to spend time with us, they would realize we are rational. What rationally has me writing this blog is the desire to set people straight.

11/25/2024 1 Comment

2024 and Me

This year I am especially thankful to my parents for not giving up on me. People often want to be rid of their difficult autistic child. Maybe they can’t take the aggression or the screaming anymore. Maybe they have no patience left. Whatever the reason, by the time their child is 30, they are no longer trying to improve their child’s life.

My parents brought me to see Judy when I was thirty. I had no voice for three decades. And now I not only can talk, I have a whole community of people who know me, and therefore know I am not cognitively disabled.

My parents continue to try to help me with the bursts of aggression that I cannot control. They limit my ability to join many groups and classes. I want them gone; I want to be included in things. In the next year, that is my goal. It is a resolution, I suppose.

This past year, since I started talking, has been the best of my life. May next year totally continue to see my life improve even more.

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11/18/2024 1 Comment

A Cure for Autism

I have thoroughly considered my thoughts on the fanaticism on the causes of autism. The fanatics get in the way of real progress. Being over thirty means that I have been around the block a few times. And there has been mostly zero progress on finding the causes and devising new treatments. Given that the numbers of people being diagnosed has continued to rise, you’d think that there would be money poured into research. But that is not the case…and worse, there are the fanatics.

In my lifetime, there have been so many different groups of fanatics all of whom claim to know the cause and the cure. There were the anti-vaccine people, and the worms people. There were the genetics people and the gluten/casein people. There were the vitamin B12 people and the retrovirus people. There were the heavy metals people and the oxalates people. And there were so many more.

While there may be some validity to some of these, none are THE cause. Powerful voices championed some of these, and that led people to chase these things, more often than not, to no avail. Let me say that feeling the way forward takes being totally innovative. Utterly acting in good faith takes honesty and passion. Many who forwarded these causes, believed in them. What makes me angry though is the blindness that so many demonstrate.

The way to make progress is through real science. Dispassionate logic. Gave this thought: AIDS was practically cured in three decades. Autism has been increasing exponentially for decades, and there are no new treatments. It needs to be a priority and it needs to be a priority NOW.

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