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Archive for December, 2008

Two new blogs you need to read this new year

Wednesday, December 31st, 2008

You may recall, Dear Reader, that earlier this year Change.org made a big splash when they advertised for an autism blogger for their increasingly popular social action network website. From blogs all over the autism blogosphere, readers and potential authors were urged to apply, apply, apply. Of course it goes without saying that this was [...]

Posted in ASAN, Age of Autism, Ari Ne'eman, Autism, Autism Speaks, Blogging | 31 Comments »

New MMR and autism study: no correlation

Monday, December 29th, 2008

OK so its not the greatest idea to blog about just an abstract but I hope to have more to bring you soon. This new study states (again) that there’s no correlation between MMR and autism. In fact, the abstract in its entirety reads: The MMR vaccination coverage in Malopolskie voivodeship improved rapidly and finally [...]

Posted in Age of Autism, Autism, Ben Goldacre, MMR, Measles, badscience | 22 Comments »

Why?

Wednesday, December 24th, 2008

You know me, I will tell you what I think and why I think it. But there is a line. A few lines in fact. These lines shouldn’t be crossed. Do not attack children. Do not make threats of violence. In the now infamous EoH, doing these things is seen as ‘venting’. So here’s some [...]

Posted in Age of Autism, Autism, Jenny McCarthy | 12 Comments »

Autism Speaks endorsed by the United Nations

Monday, December 22nd, 2008

Its no secret that whilst there are many supporters in the US of Autism Speaks, there are equally as many who are not that keen in both the US and the rest of the world. I’m of the ‘not that keen’ persuasion personally. I think their history of attempting to silence that voices of autistic [...]

Posted in Autism, Autism Speaks, Bob Wright, Suzanne Wright | 25 Comments »