When Children Die, It’s Time to Grieve and to Reflect, Not to Scapegoat

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• So, Mr. Kennedy does cancel some speaking engagements

  I recently wrote about how Robert Kennedy Jr. is gutless (I’m an autism parent. No way I will vote for Robert Kennedy Jr.. He’s gutless).  Over the past few decades, Mr. Kennedy has spoken at many events where fake, even abusive, therapies are promoted to autism parents for use on their disabled children. As a […]

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• Four years out, let’s look back on the Shelter-In-Place order for Santa Clara County

  It’s four years since Santa Clara County (SCC) ordered shelter-in-place to limit the spread of COVD-19. This was the first such order in the country when they did this on March 16, 2020. It is a decision which gets much criticism today from some quarters. Is that criticism deserved? Let’s start with a simple metric […]

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• I’m an autism parent. No way I will vote for Robert Kennedy Jr.. He’s gutless.

  As an example, I will discuss one particularly egregious “therapy” that was used on autistic children, the so-called “Lupron protocol”. Mr. Kennedy was in a perfect spot to stop or limit this therapy, but he never did. It would have taken courage, and, in my opinion, Mr. Kennedy is gutless. Robert Kennedy (RFK Jr.) is […]

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• Before I Go

  There’s the ghost of a girl I’ll never beBefore I go, let go of the ghostJust let her disappearAnd then maybe you’ll see meWhile I’m still hereI’m still here The musical Kimberly Akimbo has been nominated for multiple Tony Awards. The show is about a 15 year old girl who has a rapid aging disease […]

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• Flu vaccine given to pregnant women doesn’t cause autism. Is anyone surprised?

  I happened to run across this study from last year: Maternal Influenza A(H1N1) Immunization During Pregnancy and Risk for Autism Spectrum Disorder in Offspring : A Cohort Study and thought it worth highlighting. The anti-vaccine movement has been good at moving goalposts and one of their lines in recent years has been that vaccines are […]

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