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ACT Now!

Tuesday, July 27th, 2010

UK Autism campaigners are working together to ‘ACT NOW!’ about the proposed benefit cuts and assessments and have launched a petition which we intend to deliver personally to No 10 Downing Street. Please ACT NOW! and sign by accessing: http://actnow01.web.officelive.com/default.aspx The proposed benefit cuts and the assessments will begin in 2013 for those on the [...]

Posted in Action Groups, Advocacy, Autism, Parenting, Politics | 2 Comments »

ASAN Update on IACC Public Comment Deadline

Tuesday, July 27th, 2010

The Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee (IACC) has the job of creating a strategy for the U.S. government’s research in autism. They are made up of government officials, professionals, parents and, most importantly, autistics. The IACC creates their Strategic Plan with input from the public. One of the big opportunities to submit input is this week. [...]

Posted in ASAN, Autism, IACC, Politics | No Comments »

Desiree Jennings back in the news

Monday, July 26th, 2010

Remember Desiree Jennings? She was a cheerleader ambassador for the Washington Redskins who claimed that a flu shot gave her dystonia. She was highlighted by the Age of Autism blog and by Generation Rescue, who connected her with alternative medical practitioner Rashid Buttar. Mention of Desiree Jennings has been removed from the Generation Rescue website. [...]

Posted in Chelation, Extreme biomed, Mercury, Rashid Buttar, Thimerosal, Vaccines | 14 Comments »

Laura Hewitson has left the University of Pittsburgh

Monday, July 26th, 2010

Laura Hewitson is the lead researcher on a series of studies on comparing vaccinated and unvaccinated macaque monkeys. This work became public first in the 2008 IMFAR conference. At that time and since, the work from these studies has been strongly criticized. Dr. David Gorski of Science Based Medicine discussed those abstracts. It is very [...]

Posted in IMFAR, Laura Hewitson, Science, Thoughtful House, Vaccines | 111 Comments »