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Five-percent of nothing

Friday, December 25th, 2009

To paraphrase Mark Twain, a phony statistic will travel half way around the world before the truth can get its boots on – and even further when the phony statistic is hitched to the wagon of vaccine denialism. A case in point: last June, blogger Amy Lutz launched a broadside against neurodiversity with the following [...]

Posted in Ari Ne'eman, Autism, Autism Myths, Neurodiversity | 21 Comments »

My “hostile” or “threatening” messages to the Age of Autism editors

Wednesday, December 23rd, 2009

I’m critical of the Age of Autism blog and their so called “editors”. That comes as no news to anyone who has read this blog, I’m sure. But I found an odd bit in David N. Brown’s recent piece, Paul Offit’s Mythical Millions (v. 2), when he noted that Mr. Mark Blaxill and Mr. Dan [...]

Posted in Age of Autism, Autism, Dan Olmsted, Mark Blaxill, Paul Offit | 47 Comments »

Ari Ne’eman on disability

Wednesday, December 23rd, 2009

There is a myth that is spreading around the internet. The myth that neurodiversity means denying that autism is a disability. I see this over and over on this blog in the comments. I see it elsewhere in blogs that put truth second to promoting their messages. I have assumed that most people see the [...]

Posted in ASAN, Ari Ne'eman, Autism | 49 Comments »

Paul Offit’s Mythical Millions (v. 2)

Tuesday, December 22nd, 2009

This is a PUBLIC DOMAIN document (dated 12/11/09, revised 12/12). It may be copied, forwarded, cited, circulated or posted elsewhere. The author requests only that it not be altered from its current form. Breaking news: Dan Olmsted and AoA have finally admitted that CHOP paid Paul Offit $6 million, not $29M, $45 or $55M, for [...]

Posted in Age of Autism, Autism, Dan Olmsted, Mark Blaxill, Paul Offit, Vaccines | 8 Comments »