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Handbook of Reading Research | Michael L. Kamil, P. David Pearson, Elizabeth Birr Moje, Peter Afflerbach

#ranttime As the WH is about to announce the “cause” of Autism like it‘s some f-in game show contestant. Reminder that Causation does not equal Correlation. Just because a pregnant woman might have taken Tylenol (the one safe pain reliever during pregnancy) does not mean that it caused Autism. Then recklessly recommending Leucorovin (a cancer drug) as the treatment is not science. My husband (a geneticist) read the study that they are basing their

ncsufoxes recommendations on. It was done on an extremely small sample size. Additionally the children in the study had a specific genetic marker, which is why the drug possibly helped some. There are over 100 genes associated with Autism. You‘d be hard pressed to find most drs to push for genetic testing, much less getting your insurance company to pay for it. Drs will be bombarded with calls to have this drug given to their child. It just makes the job of 7d

ncsufoxes Drs more complicated. It continues to sow distrust in drs & the science community. Families of Autistic kids need: better supports, better training for drs & therapists (oh the stories I could tell), better access to Medicaid, community supports/programs, better access to education/IEP goals, waiting lists that aren‘t years long to get evaluated, better job supports after high school/college…the list goes on & on. Ugh, this mom is tired 7d

TheBookHippie So so tired. 😵‍💫 7d

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AmyG All I can say is this administration needs to make up these theories and paint them as truth. Then they can proceed to make America healthy by protecting people from made up situations. It‘s all insanity. (edited) 7d

IriDas @ncsufoxes Yes, families need support and a radical shift in society so we don‘t have to spend our lives wondering what will happen to our children when we die. This culture is just so awful while simultaneously being so self-righteous (“America is the greatest” blah blah). It is exhausting just to function each day in this place. 7d

lil1inblue I'm so tired. I can't even write a coherent response. But I'm right there with you. This is infuriating. 😡 7d

AllDebooks Well said. ✊️ 7d

ncsufoxes In case anyone is interested, there was a paper written last year by JAMA & published on NIHs website. They analyzed the Swiss study that was done over 25 years studying 2.5 million children. Guess what JAMA & the study both concluded- Tylenol does not cause Autism or ADHD or other neurodevelopmental disorders. 7d

ncsufoxes https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38592388/ Read it before they pull it 7d

dabbe Just when you think it can't get weirder, or more chaotic, or more dangerous, or more ANYTHING ... this. I stand with you on very wobbly, tired legs, but I'm still standing! 💙✊🏻💙 7d

ncsufoxes We had a discussion about this last night at dinner. We went over Causation, Correlation, Confounding variables, longitudinal studies, sample size with our 10 & 16 year old. Teaching them young. 7d

CBee I saw the news about this but couldn‘t bring myself to read it. Not today, anyway. Thanks for summing it up for me 💚😢 7d

TheBookHippie @ncsufoxes I read that too. Sigh. 7d

TheBookHippie @ncsufoxes 💯 7d

ncsufoxes Stepping back up on my soapbox: what continues to be one of the most effective tools to assist families & Autistic children is access to early intervention. I have friends that still work in EI in NC & they have posted recently that due to cuts to Medicaid EI is set to lose up to $800,000. What that means is that the qualifications for eligibility will raise, which means more kids fall through the cracks. I have a kid that was missed. I worked in 7d

ncsufoxes EI for many years. When we moved to CA my middle child was 2. The first thing I did was refer him to EI because he wasn‘t saying many words. In 2011 in CA a child needed to have a 50% delay in order to receive EI services (my kid had 33%, he would have qualified in NC). He was missed & then our pediatrician wouldn‘t listen to me. I knew that there was something & I screamed into the void. I always advocate for EI because it can make a difference 7d

AnnCrystal
🥺😢😘💝. (edited) 6d

Chrissyreadit yes 100% - the reduction in EI has been purely financial even though research has demonstrated the significance of it. I have so many drs here who will not consider autism as a dx- (instead prefer ODD- but that is another soapbox) We will continue to just share accurate information. My own anger over the ignorance of people in this country and purposeful damage by this administration is exhausting but every time i see posts like yours i reme we 6d

Chrissyreadit are each others community and that is vital in these times! 6d

ncsufoxes @Chrissyreadit yes ODD is a favorite of drs instead of Autism. We were told Intermittent Explosive Disorder, not Autism (because our son due to anxiety & flight/fight would run out of drs offices). Again better consistent training across psych & drs is needed. Delaying access to vital services & supports costs more money in the long run, as well as denies families the help they need. It‘s a story that many families share all over the US, sadly 6d

ncsufoxes All ODD does is basically label the child as the problem (not saying that children are the problem but this is the perception that drs & schools will take away). Drs don‘t think about the further stigmatization that labels like ODD/IED add to the child & family. I had many discussions with my son‘s IEP team about changing his area of eligibility due to stigmas. I pushed for a different category because I didn‘t want the negative to define him. 6d

Chrissyreadit i completely agree!!! 6d

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kspenmoll

I Seek a Kind Person: My Father, Seven Children, and the Adverts that Helped Them Escape the Holocaust | Julian Borger

My library hold came in today. Sadly enough Ruth Hargrove wrote this in 2020 during the first Trump administration. She was trying to stop deportations of some Cameroonians because they would probably be killed” if returned to their country in the midst of a brutal evil conflict”(8). #ranttime

Susanita 😡😓 1w

dabbe 🥺😢🤬 1w

AnnCrystal
😢🥺🤨🤬. 1w

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kspenmoll

The Daily Show with Jon Stewart Presents Earth (The Book): A Visitor's Guide to the Human Race | Jon Stewart

I could not resist posting this. Laugh out loud funny of course. Warning: #ranttime

https://youtu.be/_GXNJ3V9lzg

JenReadsAlot I so needed that laugh when I watched it earlier! 1w

dabbe Lordy be, did I need this! 😂💙😂 1w

TheBookHippie @JenReadsAlot same!!! 1w

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Susanita 😂😂😂 1w

Jadams89 I cackled when I saw it earlier - so good 🤣🤣 1w

ShelleyBooksie It was so good! 1w

CoffeeAndABook So so good! 😂 also sad, I cannot believe this is our reality now 🤦🏼‍♀️ 1w

KadaGul My mom was a big fan of Jon Stewart on The Daily Show. She was pretty upset when he left, but excited to see him back on Mondays. 1w

AnnCrystal 👏🏼😂😢🥲✊🏼. 1w

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Susanita

Lucky Loser: How Donald Trump Squandered His Father's Fortune and Created the Illusion of Success | Russ Buettner, Susanne Craig

We do not care who you are. Why do you sue everyone in sight for saying (true) things about you that you don‘t like? For a book that was published a YEAR AGO and obviously (unfortunately) did not harm your last “quest,” or we wouldn‘t be in the mess we are today. And for $15 billion? #getoveryourself #ranttime #wdncw

dabbe

ncsufoxes I had to go back & check the publication dates to understand why he‘s suing a year after the book was released. My guess is now he‘s prez & thinks he can sue everyone & they‘ll bow down. Or the SC will find things in his favor. He of course filed in FL, which he hopes to get a judge that is sympathetic to him. Someone said the brief filed was laughable. I avoid reading things about him but I just might have to buy the paperback copy. 2w

lil1inblue He doesn't give a fig about the book. He's trying to scare news outlets into silence. It's a fear and control tactic. 2w

dabbe Everything about this man is beyond despicable. And I despise him for tainting our lives with his mere presence. 🤬 2w

Susanita @dabbe @ncsufoxes @lil1inblue It‘s exhausting. 2w

AnnCrystal I agree with @lil1inblue, even the New York Times is getting sued... 2w

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dabbe

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#mondaymood
@Deblovestoread

Same story, different day. Beyond tired of the useless rhetoric re: this topic. No Joe Citizen should have an assault weapon or access to one. Period. And I have two words for the NRA: FUCK YOU! #ranttime

lil1inblue 🙌 🙌 🙌 🙌 🙌 2w

dabbe @lil1inblue 💙✊🏻💙 2w

Deblovestoread 🎯💯🎯💯🎯💯🎯 2w

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Amiable So very emotionally exhausted 😩 2w

Suet624 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 2w

dabbe @Deblovestoread 💙✊🏻💙 2w

dabbe @Amiable 💙✊🏻💙 2w

dabbe @Suet624 💙✊🏻💙 2w

Susanita 🧡🧡🧡 2w

dabbe @Susanita 💙✊🏻💙 2w

AnnCrystal 🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯👏🏼😢✊🏼🤨💝💝💝. 2w

dabbe @AnnCrystal 💙✊🏻💙 2w

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Susanita

Charity Administration Handbook | Don Bawtree, Kate Kirkland

In the spirit of #ranttime and #longtimefed journalistic integrity, here‘s an update on the Combined Federal Campaign (CFC) situation I mentioned last week.

The campaign will take place this year after all, though there‘s still uncertainty about the future.

https://federalnewsnetwork.com/management/2025/09/charitable-donation-campaign-f...

marleed I absolutely don‘t understand taking away this super easy way for government employees to make (or not) charitable donations of their choice. 2w

AmyG 😩 2w

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ncsufoxes

She Persisted: Sonia Sotomayor | Meg Medina, Chelsea Clinton

#Shero I can‘t imagine what it was like for her to know that 6 of her fellow justices basically crapped all over the 14th Amendment today. For her as a Latina woman to know the racism that is permeating in the halls of the Supreme Court. It‘s just sickening. #ranttime

TheBookHippie Makes my blood boil … so maddening. 3w

Librarybelle Agreed. 3w

BkClubCare No words, many feelings, stronger resolve. 3w

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dabbe 🎯🎯🎯 3w

Amiable It‘s downright disgusting. 3w

AnnCrystal 🔔🔨✊🏼🫂⚖️. 3w

AnnCrystal This administration is seemingly ignoring all Our Amendments... (edited) 3w

JuniperWilde Agreed. It is also heartening to see people stand up to what‘s happening. Many are women which is significant because women are underrepresented in positions with profile and power. 3w

AmyG The Supreme Court is compromised. I don‘t know what else to say. We are at war with ourselves now. 3w

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ncsufoxes

Ideology in the Supreme Court | Lawrence Baum

#ranttime ugh, I mean seriously. How to say you‘re racist without explicitly stating you‘re a racist. Someone on Threads was saying we all need to go around shouting our old high school Spanish phrases to confuse them. My favorite always has been, “Por favor, donde esta La biblioteca?” #FRacism Someone also said that years from now John Roberts SC decisions will be seen along the same lines of Roger Taney & Dred Scott.

AnnCrystal
👏🏼🤬✊✊🏻✊🏼✊🏽✊🏾✊🏿💙. 3w

Susanita ¿Está Susana en casa? Sí, está con una amiga… 3w

Ruthiella Oh yeah. History will not look favorably on any of this. 🤬 3w

Amiable I saw a post on social media where a white woman in California put a Mexican flag sticker on the back of her truck and was almost immediately pulled over by ICE. They got annoyed because she was white and told her to remove the sticker. She posted that she‘s keeping it on to mess with them. 3w

AmyG I have no words. As a people, we need to fight harder. 3w

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Susanita

Charity Administration Handbook | Don Bawtree, Kate Kirkland

As a #longtimefed I contributed to the CFC every year. I appreciated the opportunity to distribute payments throughout the year and reach small organizations I might not have been able to reach otherwise. Now it‘s apparently one more casualty of the regime. An indefinite “pause” with no explanation. Just in time for the holidays!

WTF is wrong with these people? #ranttime

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Susanita https://wtop.com/government/2025/09/trump-administration-pauses-annual-federal-f... 3w

Susanita https://marylandmatters.org/2025/09/05/maryland-charities-concerned-over-funding... 3w

Ruthiella Awful!😞 3w

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AmyG 🤬😞 3w

ravenlee It looks like part of the Republican small-government ethos is to replace federal support with private charity (which is entirely problematic in its own right), but then this kind of crap makes it hard-to-impossible for charity to work either. Really what they‘re after is control over every aspect of our lives. 3w

Susanita @ravenlee I have wondered about that too, and yes it‘s quite problematic. It‘s possible they want to eliminate organizations whose mission they don‘t like. Also, many of the charities have incurred expenses to participate in CFC, and now they‘re in limbo. 3w

Susanita @ravenlee I mean exclude and not eliminate from existence, but… 3w

ravenlee It seems to be part of the neoliberal agenda, and it may be eliminate and not exclude. They want to police everything, and when they can‘t decide who “deserves” to receive a charity‘s services then they want that charity either gone or under their control. 3w

Tamra @ravenlee spot on, which is hypocritical. Small govt. my *ss. (edited) 3w

AnnCrystal yet funds are seemingly being continuously wasted on questionable objectives 🤬😢🤬. 3w

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ncsufoxes

Medical Terminology For Dummies | Beverley Henderson, Jennifer L. Dorsey

Someone learned a new science word & is flashing it around like he knows what it is. You can‘t see mitochondrial disorders. I don‘t know what he‘s trying to imply. Mitochondrial disorders are not very common (I worked with a handful of kids in early intervention that had these disorders & I worked with the medically complicated kids at Duke). I really wish the news would ask him to define what a mitochondrial challenge looks like. Also how

ncsufoxes creepy is it that he‘s eyeing children. Also how do you define healthy? You can‘t look at a child & determine if they‘re healthy or not. That is between the child, their parents/guardians & doctors…not you. I wouldn‘t say that he looks or sounds healthy, so he shouldn‘t be one to make judgments. #ranttime 1mo

lil1inblue 😡 😡 😡 The daughter of a dear friend has a mitochondrial disorder. It took quite some time to get a diagnosis. And they struggle constantly with it because it's an “invisible“ condition, so people don't believe them. My loathing of this man knows no bounds. 1mo

AmyG This fucking arrogant moron. 1mo

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Amiable My brother said a guy who looks like an old leather baseball glove that‘s been lying in the dirt and sun and rain for 30 years should not be making medical judgments based on appearance. 😖 And it‘s totally creepy that he‘s checking out kids!! 1mo

Deblovestoread What an ignorant ass! The harm he is causing is immeasurable. 1mo

dabbe The willingness to play with people's lives and their health is like the Olympic gods moving men as chess pieces. The unbelievable arrogance of this fucking worm-head. And yet here we are. My anger, though, doesn't lie with him. We all have known what a disaster he would be in this position. It's for the people who voted the way they did that allowed this man to be now where he is doing the irreparable damage he is doing. #ranttime 1mo

ElizaMarie UGH! 1mo

Susanita @Amiable 🎯 1mo

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