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An open letter to Jenny McCarthy

Tuesday, March 9th, 2010

Dear Jenny McCarthy, You start a recent HuffPo post by stating: Parents of recovered children, and I’ve met hundreds, all share the same experience of doubters and deniers telling us our child must have never even had autism or that the recovery was simply nature’s course. We all know better, and frankly we’re too busy [...]

Posted in Advocacy, Autism, Blogging, Generation Rescue, Indigo, Jenny McCarthy, Opinion, badscience | 25 Comments »

McCarthygeddon begins

Wednesday, April 1st, 2009

Only yesterday Orac warned people of the upcoming wave of stupid about to break over us all. His only mistake in my view was confining it to the US. Well today the wave breaks. In an interview with Time described by that publication as: McCarthy and TIME science editor Jeffrey Kluger sparred over the causes [...]

Posted in Autism, Indigo, Jenny McCarthy, Jerry Kartzinel, MMR, Mercury, Parenting | 7 Comments »

Jenny McCarthy’s Mother Warriors

Wednesday, September 24th, 2008

Jenny McCarthy’s bullshit-fest starts up again today. Look forward to her and Jim Carrey on various US talk shows. Her new book is called ‘Mother Warriors: A Nation of Parents Healing Autism Against All Odds’ which is equally amusing (mother warriors?) and, well, bollocks. A nation of parents healing autism? Really? Where? I’ve been having [...]

Posted in ARI, Autism, Chelation, DAN!, Extreme biomed, Indigo, Jenny McCarthy, Mercury, Parenting, Porphyrin, Thimerosal, badscience | 46 Comments »

When is Jenny McCarthy Honest?

Wednesday, July 9th, 2008

Is she honest in April 2008? There are some who wonder what we mean when we say “recovering” from autism. ...... ....we think there are treatments that often bring about such healing, so that the observable symptoms of the condition no longer exist. ...... We believe what helped Evan recover was starting a gluten-free, casein-free [...]

Posted in Autism, Chelation, Green our Vaccines, Indigo, Jenny McCarthy | 14 Comments »