SFARI looks back at 2012 autism research

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• Why autism at 2.5% isn’t surprising.

  Let’s get one thing out right away–autism prevalence studies undercount. Not all autistics are diagnosed. That’s just a fact. Consider the recent CDC study. They look at school and medical records. In many cases, they find children are autistic based on their records–but the schools and doctors hadn’t diagnosed those children. Combining data from all […]

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• VAXXED pulled in over $1.3M in donations, and most of it went to Wakefield and Tommey’s company

  A few years ago Andrew Wakefield (one of Time Magazine’s Great Science Frauds) headed a team promoting a faux documentary called “Vaxxed”. I wrote about this film a great deal at the time, but suffice it to say it exemplified much of what is wrong with the way the anti-vaccine community uses and abuses the […]

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• Proud of You

  I had the privilege of presenting a second piece on KQED Radio’s Perspectives. The piece, Proud of You, aired earlier this week. The audio is on KQED’s site. When we were expecting our son a doctor told us he would be very disabled. I had feared hearing that and yet I had never prepared myself. […]

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• Want to understand acceptance? Listen to I am what I am

  This weekend I saw another production of La Cage Aux Folles. The song “I am what I am” has long been one of my favorites, and the lyrics are posted in my kid’s room. I’ve posted this before, with some explanation. This time, I invite you to listen, read the lyrics and, if you don’t […]

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• One line from the CDC Autism Prevalence report you will likely never see quoted

  The CDC came out with an autism prevalence estimate a few days ago. There have been a number of news stories on the subject and the usual attempts by credulous websites to use this to claim that vaccines cause autism. It’s right there at the top, in the interpretations section of the abstract: Because the […]

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