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Sullivan outs himself

Wednesday, April 27th, 2011

Back in 2010, Age of Autism’s Inspector Clouseau, summed up the following about Sullivan: 1) Female 2) American 3) A doctor or scientist 4) Not the parent of an autistic child. 5) Is actually Paul Offit’s wife Bonnie. And followed up with this promise: If you can produce a dad with a child with autism [...]

Posted in Age of Autism, Autism, JB Handley, News, Paul Offit, This Blog | 25 Comments »

People can’t change?

Friday, April 22nd, 2011

Today, JB Handley, founder of Generation Rescue became the latest person at Age of Autism to abuse a man with a psychiatric disorder. Shouldn’t we celebrate that Mr. Mnookin claims to be sober? Sure we should. Beating a heroin addiction is a laudable outcome. That being said, I sure wouldn’t hire Mr. Mnookin in one [...]

Posted in Age of Autism, Autism, JB Handley, Panic Virus, Seth Mnookin | 48 Comments »

Reconsidering the Nature of Autism

Friday, April 8th, 2011

Todd Drezner has a new piece up on the Huffington Post: Reconsidering the Nature of Autism. He starts out by quoting the forward to one of Jenny McCarthy’s books. The forward is by alternative medical practitioner Jerry Kartzinel. Here is what Mr. Drezner wrote in his introduction: “Autism … steals the soul from a child; [...]

Posted in Age of Autism, Autism, Blogging, Books, Countering Age of Autism, Dan Olmsted, Jenny McCarthy, Jerry Kartzinel, Mark Blaxill, Mercury, Vaccines | 28 Comments »

Jake Crosby abuses man with psychiatric disorder

Monday, March 21st, 2011

Today at Age of Autism Jake Crosby – man who has a psychiatric disorder himself – took it upon himself to disparage a man who also has a psychiatric disorder and encourage the Age of Autism readers to do the same: Seth Mnookin – a former drug dealer and burglar who bit a police officer… [...]

Posted in Age of Autism, Autism, Autism Books, Jake Crosby, Panic Virus, Seth Mnookin | 45 Comments »