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Oxidative Stress and Down Syndrome: A Route toward Alzheimer-Like Dementia

Friday, December 30th, 2011

A recent paper on Down Syndrome and dementia shows some similarities to some recent trends in autism research. Beyond that, it points out the type of knowledge that is missing about autistic adults. The type of research which begs the question of why there is relatively little effort ongoing into autistic adults. Oxidative Stress and [...]

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Los Angeles Times: Discovering Autism

Friday, December 23rd, 2011

The Los Angeles Times produced a series of articles called “Discovering Autism”. The series is in four parts and represents was researched for years. The articles are: Autism boom: an epidemic of disease or of discovery? Autism rates have increased twentyfold in a generation, stirring parents’ deepest fears and prompting a search for answers. But [...]

Posted in Adults, Advocacy, Autism, Autism Epidemic, News, Peter Bearman | 29 Comments »

Happy Holidays from the Autistic Self Advocacy Network

Thursday, December 22nd, 2011

Below is an email I received from the Autistic Self Advocacy Network. Their end-of-year letter: As we approach the end of the year, many of you will be getting ready to spend the holiday season with your families. As you do, we hope you’ll take a moment to remember all that we’ve accomplished together this [...]

Posted in ASAN, Advocacy, Ari Ne'eman, Autism, Orgs | 6 Comments »

XMRV paper withdrawn

Thursday, December 22nd, 2011

The paper that started the idea that XMRV (Xenotropic murine leukemia virus) might be linked to chronic fatigue syndrome (also called myalgic encephalomyelitis) has been fully withdrawn by the journal, Science. In a rare move, the journal has withdrawn the article in an “editorial” retraction. I.e. the editor, not the authors, have retracted the article. [...]

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