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Archive for October, 2010

Wakefield’s callous introduction

Thursday, October 28th, 2010

Below is a section of Andrew Wakefield’s book, “Callous Disregard”. This section is available as part of the free sample of the book. It is Mr. Wakefield’s semi-fictionalized account of a mother’s murder/suicide. A news account can be found here. Another north-easterly wind insinuated its futile energies between the massive brick piers of Hounds Ghyll [...]

Stakeholder meeting October 29: Study of Health Outcomes in Children with ASD and Their Families

Tuesday, October 26th, 2010

The United States National Institute of Mental Health has called a meeting to discuss a study on health outcomes on children with ASD and their families. The meeting will also be a chance for community input. I don’t see an easy way to provide input in advance of the meeting. There are many topics I [...]

A correction

Saturday, October 23rd, 2010

A commenter noted a mistake I made in a recent post, Mental health problems in youths committed to juvenile institutions: prevalences and treatment needs. As noted in the post, I assumed that “coercive institutional care” was a term for criminal incarceration. This assumption was incorrect and I apologize for the error. Share

Reading Age of Autism Part 6 – everything old is new again

Thursday, October 21st, 2010

If I had to take a guess I’d say Part I of Age of Autism was written primarily by Dan Olmsted and (so far) Part II is written primarily by Mark Blaxill. Why? Well, Part I is well written bullshit with a decent narrative flow and is full of new (if wrong) ideas. Part II [...]

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