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Deficit, Difference, or Both? Autism and Neurodiversity

Friday, May 11th, 2012

A pubmed abstract out this week Deficit, Difference, or Both? Autism and Neurodiversity brings the fourth entry in pubmed using the term “neurodiversity”. One other paper is in Portuguese, and another is from Sweden. That said, I am looking forward to reading this study. I say looking forward because when I checked the the full [...]

Autism Criteria Critics Blasted by DSM-5 Leader

Thursday, May 10th, 2012

Remember how some comments in a scientific talk about the DSM 5 in Iceland was picked up by the New York Times, leading to a media and advocate firestorm of activity? The Times article was New Definition of Autism Will Exclude Many, Study Suggests. Medpagetoday.com has another chapter in this story: Autism Criteria Critics Blasted [...]

Arc action alert: Don’t Cut Our Lifeline Medicaid Toolkit

Wednesday, May 9th, 2012

In the U.S. (and I assume elsewhere) budget cuts are pending on state and federal levels. The Arc is warning of potential cuts which can make a major impact on funding for the intellectually disabled and the developmentally disabled. The full action alert can be found on the ARC website. Don’t Cut Our Lifeline Medicaid [...]

Andrew Wakefield’s many statements that MMR causes autism

Tuesday, May 8th, 2012

One of the themes that has grown in the past couple of years that Andrew Wakefield never said MMR causes autism. Rather, the story goes, he was a cautious researcher who merely reported what parents told him and called for more research to be done. Here is an example by Mr. Dan Olmsted of the [...]

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