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Redwood City teacher accused of slapping, kicking special needs students

Tuesday, February 7th, 2012

This by way of the Sam Jose Mercury News: Redwood City teacher accused of slapping, kicking special needs students If the title of the news story isn’t enough, here are some details: A Redwood City special needs teacher faces nine misdemeanor charges for allegedly slapping, kicking and refusing food and drink to two developmentally disabled [...]

Posted in Civil Rights | 3 Comments »

Transcripts from the GMC hearings

Thursday, February 2nd, 2012

With the defamation suit by Mr. Wakefield filed in Texas there is the strong possibility that the discussions will ensue again about what actually happened during Mr. Wakefield’s research at the Royal Free hospital. The one record of this is in the transcripts for the GMC hearings. These can be found online in a few [...]

Posted in Autism, GMC, Legal, MMR, Vaccines, Wakefield | 2 Comments »

The Omnibus Autism Proceeding: effectively over

Saturday, January 21st, 2012

The Omnibus Autism Proceeding (OAP) was held in the U.S. Court of Federal Claims to group the large number of claims filed involving autism and vaccines. The Docket was opened on July 3, 2002, nearly 10 years ago. The last entry was placed 1 year ago. Since then many cases have been dismissed. About half [...]

Posted in Autism, Autism Omnibus, Hannah Poling, Legal, MMR, Mercury, Mito, Vaccines | 21 Comments »

Trying to avoid bullying: like a groundhog trying to run from its shadow

Saturday, January 21st, 2012

Kids get bullied, and special needs kids even more so. Doesn’t make it right. But what happens when people are so proud of it that they want it recorded to video and posted to the web? That’s what happens in this video. A group of kids are bullying an autistic kid. Only one throws the [...]

Posted in Autism, Civil Rights | 4 Comments »

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