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Autisms Poor Excretors

Thursday, January 31st, 2008

Pediatrics released a study refuting the autism/thiomersal hypothesis early yesterday. They said that they did it to counter the upcoming Eli Stone pilot (of which there will be more to speak of soon). If that’s true then we need to thank the creators of Eli Stone for prompting the early release of more science debunking [...]

Posted in Autism, Mercury, Thimerosal | 12 Comments »

Ah, what the hell

Wednesday, January 30th, 2008

It may be temporary, it may be less frequently updated but for now you can consider LB/RB open for business.

EDIT:

When I closed in October 2007 (well spotted Kristjan!) I got literally inundated with email expressing sorrow, frustration, remonstration that I was giving in and lots of warm wishes. I hope I managed to reply to [...]

Posted in This Blog | 45 Comments »

From Mike McCarron to the Autism Hub

Sunday, January 27th, 2008

What follows is the text of an open letter, Mike McCarron, grandpa of Katie McCarron wishes to pass on to Autism Hub members.

An open letter to members of the Autism Hub.

I wish to thank each of you for your words; both about Katie and about people with special needs in general. In a world [...]

Posted in Advocacy, Autism, Autism Hub, Personal | 17 Comments »

Justice

Friday, January 18th, 2008

Yesterday, the 12 jurors of Tazewell County returned a guilty verdict on all counts to the murderer of Katie McCarron.

Happiness is the wrong word for how I feel about this. I am glad for the McCarron’s that this aspect of their association with Karen McCarron is over and I am relieved that the jurors were [...]

Posted in Autism, Katie | 4 Comments »