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Archive for July, 2009

The kid’s autistic: the Generation Rescue website says so

Thursday, July 30th, 2009

If I were good at being respectfully insolent, I might try to make a joke out of how Generation Rescue has changed into Generate Revenue over the past year or so. Generation Rescue’s website now offers multiple ways for people to spend money. From “let’s go shopping” to the multiple “shopping affiliates”, a portion of [...]

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IACC seeking input on the Strategic Plan

Wednesday, July 29th, 2009

If you are interested in how the U.S. government pays for autism research, you should be following the Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee (IACC). They are, well, coordinating the research efforts of the various U.S. government funding agencies. A big piece of this effort is their “Strategic Plan”. That is a document that outlines what research [...]

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Autism Omnibus: Hazelhurst appeal denied

Wednesday, July 29th, 2009

The Autism Omnibus Proceedings is, for better or worse, one of the big stories in the world of autism news. Hearings have been held, using the best science and arguments that could be brought to bear. The two theories were (1) does MMR cause autism and (2) does thimerosal cause autism. Each theory was tested [...]

Posted in Autism, Autism Omnibus, Autistic Enterocolitis, Legal, MMR, Measles, Omnibus Experts, Vaccines, Wakefield | 6 Comments »

Autism and Gastrointestinal symptoms: two new studies

Tuesday, July 28th, 2009

Autism and poop. You hear those two words in the same sentence a lot on the net. People have been asking for studies on whether autistics have a higher incidence of gastrointestinal (GI) problems for a long time. Well, two papers came out in the last week with answers…and many parents are not happy. The [...]

Posted in Autism, Autistic Enterocolitis, David Mandell, MMR, Vaccines, Wakefield | 16 Comments »