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Archive for June, 2009

Time for a cordon sanitaire?

Sunday, June 28th, 2009

The politics of autism are enmeshed in the debate about vaccine safety over the past ten years, and will take years to be disentangled. In the UK things might be changing, but in the US high profile celebrities have given a late push to fears that by now should be consigned to history. The BMJ [...]

Posted in Jane Bryant, MMR, Oneclickgroup, Wakefield | 1 Comment »

Autism and aspergers are essentially the same

Friday, June 26th, 2009

Interesting new study in the upcoming issue of Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders which examines the historical emergence of the classification of autism alongside the emergence of the classification of Aspergers. Abstract is:

The histories of autism and Asperger’s Disorder (AD), based on original contributions by Kanner and Asperger, are reviewed in relation to DSM-IV [...]

Posted in Autism, Science | 14 Comments »

Rethinking Autism

Thursday, June 25th, 2009

There have been many push-backs to Jenny McCarthy and her views on autism. There has been a lot of blogging, including right here on LeftBrainRightBrain. There is a website StopJenny. There is a Jenny McCarthy body count. Now there is a new site, Rethinking Autism. While it doesn’t directly mention Jenny [...]

Posted in Autism, Generation Rescue, Jenny McCarthy | 6 Comments »

US Supreme Court Ruling on Special Education

Wednesday, June 24th, 2009

The US Supreme Court has ruled in the case of Forest Grove School District v T.A. The question was fairly simple: can a child be granted a private placement (outside of the state educational system) if that child doesn’t receive any services from the district?

The district in question argued that the Individuals with Disabilities [...]

Posted in Advocacy, Autism, Education, IDEA, Legal | 2 Comments »