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Archive for April, 2010

Who deserves a seat on the IACC?

Thursday, April 29th, 2010

There is a lot of lobbying for a seat on the Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee. This committee’s job is to plan and coordinate research efforts in autism amongst the various U.S. governmental agencies involved. Membership in the IACC is split between government employees representing these agencies and public members. It is the public membership that [...]

Just how big is the National Autism Association anyway?

Thursday, April 29th, 2010

The Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee (IACC) is meeting tomorrow. On the agenda is “Welcome and Introductions of IACC Members”. It is no secret that many groups have wanted a seat at the IACC table. Autism Speaks was previously represented by Alison Singer, but she left Autism Speaks to form her own organization, the Autism Science [...]

Review of Frontline’s The Vaccine War

Thursday, April 29th, 2010

The Vaccine War has aired. Judging by the responses, one might consider it a success. Pro vaccine groups like Every Child By Two were telling people to watch it. The Autism Science Foundation “highly recommends” watching it. On the other side, the organizations represented by the Age of Autism blog (Generation Rescue, the National Autism [...]

Watch Frontline’s Vaccine War online

Wednesday, April 28th, 2010

I’ve only been able to watch the first few minutes so far, but I wanted to make this available. (I’ve emailed asking if there is a captioned version) If you want to read—written interviews: Jenny McCarthy She’s an actress, celebrity and activist. Her son was diagnosed with autism following a series of vaccinations, and she’s [...]

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