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Archive for July, 2009

Obama to sign the International Treaty On The Rights Of Persons With Disabilities

Friday, July 24th, 2009

I am one of the many people who feels that America is a place where civil rights are the core of our identity. I also agree with the many people who believe that the key questions facing the autism community are also civil rights oriented. I am thus of mixed emotions with this announcement: President [...]

Posted in ASAN, Ari Ne'eman, Autism | 3 Comments »

More non-autism blogs critical of the vaccine-autism story

Thursday, July 23rd, 2009

There is a substantial public relations push to get the vaccines-cause-autism idea in front of the public’s eye. High end, expensive PR firms have been hired, and, let’s face it, they got a big free boost from Jenny McCarthy and Oprah. The cost to public health is obvious. Declining vaccination rates have already had a [...]

Posted in Autism, Blogging, David Kirby, Jenny McCarthy | 26 Comments »

IACC services subcommittee meeting tomorrow

Thursday, July 23rd, 2009

The services subcommittee doesn’t get the blogging attention as the full committee meeting. No chance for a discussion of “epidemics” or vaccines. It is well worth the time to listen in, for whatever time you can, to see how this process works. Even more, it is well worth being informed so that you can get [...]

Posted in Autism, IACC | No Comments »

Autism research funding: who is paying and how much?

Tuesday, July 21st, 2009

Ever wonder who is funding autism research and where the money is being spent? If you were watching/listening to the IACC meeting this week, you would have answers to a lot of these questions. To answer the most basic question, the current annual expenditure on autism research in the U.S. is $225,000,000. Most of us [...]

Posted in Adults, Autism, IACC, Science, Simons Foundation | 22 Comments »