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Autism Science Foundation are blogging

Thursday, May 28th, 2009

Just a quickie. Autism Science Foundation are now blogging. So far there’s only one post up but already our very own Sullivan has got in there to comment. I’d love to see some autie opinion making a splash on there! ASF also have their own Facebook Group for those who like to get their social [...]

Posted in Autism, Autism Science Foundation, Blogging, Science | 18 Comments »

Autism/vaccine activists likened to AIDS denialists

Thursday, May 28th, 2009

One of my big worries is that the public will someday turn against the autism community. We, and all segments of the disability community, all rely heavily on the public’s good will. One way we could lose that is if epidemics of infectious disease return and people point the fingers at “autism spokesperson” Jenny McCarthy. [...]

Posted in Autism, Autism Myths, Autism's False Prophets, Paul Offit | 21 Comments »

Bravo Huffington Post

Thursday, May 28th, 2009

Yep, you read correctly. I’m not even sarcastic. Guess who the new Huffington Post blogger is? Ari Ne’eman of the Autistic Self Advocacy Network. Ari’s first post is a good one, Health Care Reform and the Disability Community. Ari has done an excellent job of keeping focus on the real issues facing the disability community [...]

Posted in ASAN, Adults, Advocacy, Ari Ne'eman, Autism, Blogging | No Comments »

Lessons from the Vaccine–Autism Wars

Wednesday, May 27th, 2009

A very interesting (and long) read from Public Library of Science (PLoS) entitiled A Broken Trust: Lessons from the Vaccine–Autism Wars was published today. It takes apart the history of the vaccine/autism wars and tries to involve scientists on why they think – or what their particular discipline leads them to conclude – the autism/vaccine [...]

Posted in Autism, Blogging, News, PLoS, Parenting, Vaccines, Whooping cough | 11 Comments »