This blog entry first appeared at Respectful Insolence. It is reproduced here with permission.
A bad day for antivaccinationists: Yet another study fails to support an association between vaccines and neurodevelopmental disorders
By Orac.
I’m almost beginning to feel sorry for the mercury militia.
Think about it. They’ve been claiming for the past several years that the mercury in [...]
We sit on the bench, the noise of the people moving around us making it difficult for me to even attempt rudimentary explanations of where we are. Pictures should have been thought of, of course, yet this event seemed to arrive so quickly. I do not know any of the signs, I cannot think of [...]
The Dore programme is an interesting ‘cure’ for all kinds of things: as Dorothy Bishop puts it, “Dore Achievement Centres are springing up world-wide with a mission to cure cerebellar developmental delay, thought to be the cause of dyslexia, attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, dyspraxia and Asperger’s syndrome. Remarkable success is claimed for an exercise-based treatment that [...]
Research Autism – a UK website that takes an evidence based view of autism research – discusses a report recently released by New Philanthropy Capital. The report, entitled A Life Less Ordinary, is one of the most thorough and thoughtful pieces of Philanthropy I have read on the subject of autism.
The take home statistic is [...]
