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‘Acceptance Therapy’ In Action

Thursday, April 27th, 2006

I was sent a newly published paper today and for one it was a total joy to read from start to finish. Usually I have to wade through mercury, MMR, epidemics etc. Today there was none of that. The paper is entitled: A qualitative investigation of changes in the belief systems of families of children [...]

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Of Rashid Buttar and Stephen Hawking

Sunday, April 23rd, 2006

I was recently sent the following link (thank you JNB ;o) ) which announces the creation of the ‘Cutler Hawking Project’. At first I suspected the formation of some soft rock combo but a quick glance at the site in question soon alleviated my doubts. The majority of people need very strong evidence before they [...]

Posted in Mercury, Thimerosal | 231 Comments »

Using A Website

Thursday, April 20th, 2006

As you may know I occasionally write posts that touch on web design/development. Even more infrequently I sometimes write posts that touch on autism and web design/dev issues. This will be one. One of the core skills any halfway decent web designer/developer should have is that of making a site accessible. A lot of sites [...]

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Conflicted

Wednesday, April 19th, 2006

Four days ago, a mother and her autistic son died after jumping into the River Ouse. One dark figure is seen leaping from the walkway into the River Ouse, near Hull, followed eight seconds later by the second person. Ryan’s (12) body was recovered from the river on Sunday. Alison (40), who was suffering from [...]

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