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Tomorrow: Autistics Speaking Day

Monday, October 31st, 2011

In a great response to a bad event last year, Corina Becker sparked “Autistics Speaking Day”. From her post: “On November 1, there is an Autism awareness campaign called Communitcation Shutdown, whereas people are encouraged to stay off Twitter and Facebook for the day in order to promote an awareness of the communication difficulties that [...]

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The Rituximab Story: not evidence for XMRV and NOT a potential autism therapy

Monday, October 31st, 2011

The internet is rife with bad information, some of it dangerous. This is not news. Unfortunately autism is a hotbed of bad and sometimes dangerous information. Unfortunately, in an attempt to revive the XMRV/autism link, Kent Heckenlively of the Age of Autism blog is creating a new, dangerous conclusion: perhaps Rituximab (or a similar drug) [...]

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IACC Call for Nominations Announced – October 28, 2011

Friday, October 28th, 2011

With the passing of the Combating Autism Reauthorization Act (CARA), the IACC will continue to meet and plan autism research strategy. The terms of the original members of the IACC ended with the sunset of the original Cobating Autism Act (CAA). Those members can serve again, but the nomination process is now open for the [...]

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Karen McCarron asks for new trial, claims she believed Katie would be resurrected without autism

Thursday, October 27th, 2011

Karen McCarron was the mother of a beautiful daughter. I don’t think I will ever forget the image of Katie playing with her teletubbie doll. In 2006, Karen McCarron was tried and convicted of the murder of Katie. In Convicted child killer Karen McCarron wants new trial, we find that Karen McCarron wants a new [...]

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