If you are using California data to claim an autism epidemic, you’re doing it wrong. Or:The great anti-epidemic of intellectual disability in California.
Intellectual disability counts in California have dropped dramatically in the past 20 years. Is this real? Obviously not. But people use the same data to claim that autism is an "epidemic".
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... Meer weergevenI was provided with the William Thompson documents and I made them public and discussed them here.
http://leftbrainrightbrain.co.uk/…/the-william-thompson-do…/
Steve Silberman's book Neurotribes is a New York Times bestseller. #8 in nonfiction hard backs.
http://leftbrainrightbrain.co.uk/…/neurotribes-8-on-the-ne…/
Got quoted in Congressman Posey's hometown newspaper.
Finally someone is taking a look at Posey's association with the "vaccines-cause-autism" groups.
http://leftbrainrightbrain.co.uk/…/orlando-sentinal-rep-po…/
Gotta admit it--I was totally wrong about William Thompson. Instead of a guy who felt guilty losing a scientific argument about a subanalysis, he comes across as an angry person who doesn't understand his own studies or the importance of vaccines.
He thinks that being concerned that Polio is seeing a resurgence is a bad thing. He seems to be trading info with Brian Hooker for a chance to lash out against his coworkers at the CDC.
http://leftbrainrightbrain.co.uk/…/the-brian-hookerwilliam…/
A rather ironic (to be polite) twist in the Brian Hooker fake #cdcwhistleblower saga. Looks like Mr. Hooker decided to ignore controlling for maternal education, even though he was well aware of how important it is to his conclusion.
http://leftbrainrightbrain.co.uk/…/the-hookerthompson-conv…/
it doesn't take courage to shout fire in a crowded theater. It does take courage to step up and try to fix your mistakes.
The sort of courage that SafeMinds and Mark Blaxill lack.
http://leftbrainrightbrain.co.uk/…/safeminds-why-wont-you-…/
From http://leftbrainrightbrain.co.uk/…/the-arc-and-united-cere…/
The short version--Californians need to contact their legislators to support an increase in budget for developmental services.
One can do that quickly here...
Lees verderGiven how weak the original decision was, should we be surprised that it was overturned?
After the absolute failure of the vaccines-cause-autism arguments in the U.S. courts, two cases in Italy sparked some hope among a minority of autism parents that these ideas actually could stand up to scrutiny. The fact is, they hadn't faced real scrutiny in Italy. Until now.
I can't believe it's been eight years since Katie was murdered.
And I can't believe that we haven't stopped similar deaths.
A study that claimed to show a link between thimerosal containing vaccines and harm was called "explosive" and a "blockbuster".
The same group has now produced a larger follow on study and, guess what?
No evidence of harm.
... Meer weergevenA review of Andrew Wakefield's telling of the story of Alex Spourdalakis is up on examiner.com.
If you want to read how Alex's murderers were "saints" and how the issues of the autism community are centered on parents, go check it out.
http://leftbrainrightbrain.co.uk/…/yes-the-video-who-kille…/
I have posted a review of Andrew Wakefield's "Who Killed Alex Spourdalakis"
There was an important story to tell there. It is a shame (seriously a shame) that the story was left to Mr. Wakefield to tell.
http://leftbrainrightbrain.co.uk/…/movie-review-who-killed…/
If MMS, CD, chlorine dioxide, “parasite protocol” is safe, why does ClO2 dissolve tissue?
I decided to see how research has addressed the question of whether MMS/Chlorine dioxide reacts with tissue. The claim by the MMS proponents is that it doesn't--it only interacts with parasites, bacteria, viruses, etc.
The MMS proponents are making a bogus claim. I'm sure you are stunned. Chlorine dioxide solution dissolves tissues. Dissolves.
... Meer weergevenhttp://leftbrainrightbrain.co.uk/…/yes-it-may-be-illegal-t…/
A team is facing charges for importing the basic materials to make MMS and packaging and selling it.
I found it very interesting that the raw material can be had for a few hundred dollars a ton, but it's sold for $20 a four ounce bottle.
...MMS is a scam. Plain and simple. It's a well marketed scam and smart people are being fooled. But it's still a scam.
Anju Usman has been given a wrist slap for unethical behavior.
Dr. Usman is an alternative-to-medicine practitioner who has, for example, subjected disabled children to chelation. Chelation is a procedure to remove heavy metals from the body. Except that autism is not caused by mercury in vaccines and, well, one patient referred by Dr. Usman to a chelationist died.
http://leftbrainrightbrain.co.uk/…/unethical-dan-doctor-to…/
One member of the previous Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee (and I hope a member of the next IACC) is Sally Burton-Hoyle. Or to be more accurate, Prof. Sally-Burton Hoyle, as she teaches at Eastern Michigan University and holds the title Associate Professor. In the last full IACC meeting, Prof. Burton-Hoyle gave a presentation on the “Teen Transition”. I apologize that the closed captioning is not present in this video. One can find the video with the closed captioni...ng at the NIH videocast website, here (http://videocast.nih.gov/summary.asp?Live=14144&bhcp=1). Click on chapter 14 and you will go straight to her presentation.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SbEhhBB2yKo
She presents on the program to support autistics at Eastern Michigan University. The program seems like an excellent support system for autistics in college.
All to often, we in the autism communities seem to present our advocacy groups as primarily divided between adult self-advocates and parents of young kids with a very different set of challenges. And by this point in the article I suspect many people have put Prof. Burton-Hoyle in the category of “advocating for adult self-advocates”. And that would be a mistake. OK, sure, she is doing great work advocating for adults in college, but she is also the sister of an adult autistic who was not a self advocate. An adult who passed away early. And Prof. Burton-Hoyle brought that breadth of experience to the table at the IACC. And in my opinion that breadth of experience and breadth of advocacy is much needed on the IACC. There is a place for advocates with a more narrow focus, but with so few seats and such a varied autism community we need people on the IACC who will advocate for multiple sub-communities within the broader autism community.
A recent study shows that autistics are sedated or restrained in 23% of visits to the ER. I discuss the paper at length at Left Brain/Right Brain and below.
Autism, emergency rooms, sedation and restraints
When I saw this abstract in my daily summary from pubmed I was saddened to see how serious this problem is. In addition, I was glad to see a paper exposing this great need. The problem in short: autistics are heavy users of the emergency room and are too often subjected to...
Lees verderThe fourth and final part of the ASAN series "JRC Survivor Speaks Out"
http://autisticadvocacy.org/…/jrc-survivor-speaks-out-part…/
Another look at the whole Seinfeld/autism story.
http://leftbrainrightbrain.co.uk/…/jerry-seinfeld-still-no…/
My short take: the problem isn't whether Jerry Seinfeld could have become the "face of autism", but the fact that no one can be the "face of autism". The autism population is extremely varied and we need to present to the public all the faces of autism.
...And it serves no one to ignore or downplay the challenges of those whose challenges are less obvious than others.
