Posts
I am hesitant to write this. Not hesitant because I have any doubts that the actions of Cinema Libre Studios and Andrew Wakefield’s team are wrong. No, hesitant because it has all the hallmar…
leftbrainrightbrain.co.uk

Cinema Libre Studios and Andrew Wakefield’s Vaxxed team threaten autistic autism mom.

I am not surprised that Wakefield's team (including Polly Tommey and Del Bigtree) can stoop this low. I'm just surprised at the new ways they seem to always find to keep stooping so low.

https://leftbrainrightbrain.co.uk/…/cinema-libre-studios-a…/

I am hesitant to write this. Not hesitant because I have any doubts that the actions of Cinema Libre Studios and Andrew Wakefield’s team are wrong. No, hesitant because it has all the hallmar…
leftbrainrightbrain.co.uk
Posts

Del Bigtree, just admit your mistake and apologize.

https://leftbrainrightbrain.co.uk/…/del-bigtree-comes-so-c…/

I recently wrote about an incredibly irresponsible statement made by a Mr. Del Bigtree (Del Bigtree crosses the line: tells Vaxxed audience “Now’s the time” for guns.) The problematic statement I f…
leftbrainrightbrain.co.uk

Court cases and documents give us a chance to check the facts against the stories we are told.

Brian Hooker tells us one story in Vaxxed. The medical records tell us something very different.

People ask why I don't accept the "parents are all telling the same story" argument. First, parents don't all tell the same story. Second, time after time, when the facts come out we see that the parents' memories recalled something quite different than what happened.

... See More
One of the arguments so often given for “vaccines cause autism” is that of “then why do so many parents tell exactly the same story?” Well, they don’t. As we saw with …
leftbrainrightbrain.co.uk

Doing it wrong: People who claim that the Hannah Poling Case means the Court or some other part of the government admitted that vaccines cause autism.

https://leftbrainrightbrain.co.uk/…/court-clarifies-hannah…/

One of the most common arguments in the “vaccines-cause-autism” discussion involves the case of Hannah Poling. Miss Poling is autistic and was compensated by the government through the …
leftbrainrightbrain.co.uk

Polly Tommey states she will not judge parents who murder their disabled children.

This is an example of the huge problem that she presents to the autism communities.

https://leftbrainrightbrain.co.uk/…/polly-tommey-wont-judg…/

Let’s just jump right to the video clip. Because it needs no introduction, it is just so wrong: The speaker is Polly Tommey. Polly Tommey has a long history of bad autism advocacy. When peopl…
leftbrainrightbrain.co.uk

Del Bigtree, who is working with Andrew Wakefield on a fake documentary, made this comment to a screening audience:

“Anyone who believes in the right to bear arms. To stand up against your government. I don’t know what you were saving that gun for then. I don’t know when you planned on using it if they were going to take control of your own body away.

It’s now. Now’s the time.”

...

Incredibly irresponsible.

And no one, not Polly Tommey sitting next to him, not anyone in the audience, had the guts to stand up to him and say he was out of line.

https://leftbrainrightbrain.co.uk/…/del-bigtree-crosses-th…/

See More
Del Bigtree helped Andrew Wakefield produce a faux documentary called Vaxxed. Vaxxed has been discussed here and elsewhere a great deal, but here is a review from Science Based Medicine if you are …
leftbrainrightbrain.co.uk
One of the main talking points for the idea that autism is a “vaccine induced epidemic” is the case of Hannah Poling. Hannah Poling was chosen as one of the test cases for the Omnibus A…
leftbrainrightbrain.co.uk
As many readers here may recall, I spent a few years as a public member to the Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee (IACC). The IACC is mandated by the same law that commits the government to …
leftbrainrightbrain.co.uk
An excellent article came out on the Thinking Person’s Guide to Autism last month: Black and Autistic – Is There Room at the Advocacy Table? This article speaks to me because it takes on two …
leftbrainrightbrain.co.uk
One of the arguments so often given for “vaccines cause autism” is that of “then why do so many parents tell exactly the same story?” Well, they don’t. As we saw with …
leftbrainrightbrain.co.uk
One of the most common arguments in the “vaccines-cause-autism” discussion involves the case of Hannah Poling. Miss Poling is autistic and was compensated by the government through the …
leftbrainrightbrain.co.uk

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".

https://lbrbblog.files.wordpress.com/…/cdds-including-id.png

... See More
If you’ve been reading about autism online, you have almost certainly read that autism “rates” are on the rise. But what if I told you that here in California intellectual disabil…
leftbrainrightbrain.co.uk

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…/

I (and many others) have recently reviewed Steve Silberman's book, Neurotribes. Not taking any credit for this accomplishment--that's all Steve's. It's on the New York Times best seller list. #8 in...
leftbrainrightbrain.co.uk

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…/

As many readers here will be familiar, Congressman Bill Posey has taken up the position of chamion for the "vaccines-cause-autism" groups. He's been heavily lobbied and somehow convinced that vacci...
leftbrainrightbrain.co.uk

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 year ago we learned that a CDC researcher had reached out to Brian Hooker (of all people!) and was talking about his (Thompson's) view of what goes on inside the CDC. Most especially, Thompson ap...
leftbrainrightbrain.co.uk

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…/

As a few people have written about recently, a book was recently published in which we get to read transcripts of conversations between Brian Hooker (a vocal advocate of the idea that vaccines caus...
leftbrainrightbrain.co.uk