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Why is Autism Speaks sponsoring a conference featuring Andrew Wakefield?

Thursday, August 18th, 2011

It’s no secret that the National Autism Association is a staunch supporter of Andrew Wakefield. Mr. Wakefield, of course, is the researcher whose work on MMR and autistic children promoted the vaccine/autism link. Mr. Wakefield’s work was fraught with ethical lapses and research fraud. In short, from my perspective, Mr. Wakefield may rank as the [...]

Posted in Autism, Autism Speaks, National Autism Association, Orgs | 44 Comments »

Why are some autism groups silent on the Combating Autism Reauthorization Act?

Sunday, May 29th, 2011

Last week, the Combating Autism Reathorization Act was introduced into the U.S. legislature last week. Many organizations were ready with quick responses: the Autism Science Foundation, ASAN, and Autism Speaks to name a few. How about the organizations which promote the idea that autism is a vaccine injury? Organizations like Generation Rescue, the National Autism [...]

Posted in ASAN, Advocacy, Autism, Autism Science Foundation, Autism Speaks, Generation Rescue, Jenny McCarthy, National Autism Association, Orgs | 6 Comments »

What I did with your money

Wednesday, May 18th, 2011

Now LBRB is successfully moved (with a few little bits of tidying needed her and there) I need to tell you what I did with the nearly $1000 so generously donated. First and foremost of course I bought some new hosting. I think you’ll agree that the site feels much faster and slicker as a [...]

Posted in Action Groups, Autism, Autism Science Foundation, Blogging, National Autism Association, Speur Ghlan, This Blog | 16 Comments »

Perusing the IRS form 990′s for some autism organizations

Friday, March 18th, 2011

How big are more outspoken autism organizations? How much do they support research? How much do they pay their executives? This became a big question about a year ago when it became public how much Autism Speaks pays their top people. Since the 2009 form 990 (IRS forms from non-profit organizations) are now public, I [...]

Posted in Age of Autism, Autism, Autism Speaks, Generation Rescue, National Autism Association, Orgs, TACA | 3 Comments »