NASPROFCONFPLENARYHIGHLIGHTS by Zanne Bell published on 2018-03-10T16:13:09Z The plenary session at the end of the NAS professional conference proved controversial. This is 100 minutes, condensed into 10. Child psychiatrist Dr Iain McClure's controversial take on autism. Clinical psychologist Dr Buchan responding from the audience (At 5'15) and his response to her. An attempt to, answer back, deliver her own talk and end the conference on an affirmative note from comedian and poet Kate Fox. Have tried to balance sound levels but they are quiet in parts and loud in parts. Comment by The Model Aircraft Museum Note the holding of formative experiences and certain 'adult maturities' as the source of his authority, let alone actual clinical work. His frame of reference sounds eugenic and as if he's paving the way for vaccines causing autism. Possible hidden agenda here? 2018-03-12T11:51:32Z Comment by The Model Aircraft Museum He says you can see a normal person in there. Wow, so he can define one eh? Please do. I'm a perfectly normal autistic myself. I find his neo facist assumptions of authority through his Neurotypical maturities merely a perspective. But McClure seems to deal in absolutes. He does not even say he's using metaphors and allegories. 2018-03-12T11:50:07Z Comment by The Model Aircraft Museum Autism as psychosis. Assuming all these immature and problematic children he's referring to are actually autistic people. Sounds more like he deals with traumatised kiddies who qualify for autistic diagnosis rather than hereditary Aspies. 2018-03-12T11:48:36Z Comment by The Model Aircraft Museum Refrigerator Mother mention is meant to be an example of a trauma at the start of life causing what he refers to as 'autism'. He does not understand this. 2018-03-12T11:47:17Z