autism

I could not find a thread on this subject. NBC wrote about remarks he made which have not previously been reported. In 2019 he said, "'The institution, CDC and the vaccine program, is more important than the children that it’s supposed to protect.' And 'It’s the same reason we had a pedophile...

Someone called Andrew Bolt is in the news today for apparently attacking Greta Thunberg, the teenage climate change campaigner (who, I was surprised to note) has not been mentioned on this forum before - at least searching for "Thunberg" gives no results). Unfortunately Bolt's column is...

Just saw this: *95, 727 children in the sample, to be precise. From the "Discussion" section: Full article, for those interested: http://jama.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=2275444&utm_source=FBPAGE&utm_medium=social_jn&utm_term=169179337&utm_content=content_engagement

New Report Says: Jenny McCarthy's Son May Not Have Had Autism After All However, this won't stop her from speaking out, of course!

Please tell me what you think of this study: http://fullcircle.asu.edu/2013/02/study-finds-higher-levels-of-several-toxic-metals-in-children-with-autism/ And its obvious implication that toxic metals cause autism.

It recently occurred to me that the myth of "changelings" might have its roots in autism. Changelings were supposedly the result of faeries (or other human-like mythical creatures) replacing a human baby with something that looked like it, but behaviorally was horrible and sometimes inhuman. In...

Hi, good people. A recent thread about obsessive/compulsive "disorder" got me to thinking about human whackiness, in general, versus specific whackiness, and how it relates to the general consensus of opinion. I used to work with autistic kids, care-giving in a group home. Some of them may as...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-19163717 The organisation still claims though: http://www.babyjabs.co.uk/mmr.htm

The rate of diagnosed Autism Spectrum Disorders has been increasing exponentially since the 1970's. Numbers rose from circa 1 in 5000 children <diagnosis by age 8> to about 1 in 88 in 2012, as estimated by a CDC study. I don't have over 15 posts yet, so just google the number if you want to...

An idea that will probably not make a diffeeence to her, but might to some others: http://jennymccarthybodycount.com/Jenny_McCarthy_Body_Count/Home.html Is anyone here associated with that?

Hi, folks; can you offer me some help? The trouble is that my wife and I disagree on the importance of vaccines: I think children should be vaccinated, and she thinks vaccines are deadly. She so strongly opposes vaccines that she has said she would leave me before she agreed to vaccinate our...

PTSD or post traumatic stress disorder isn't an illness. It is also not a disorder, as a disorder isn't a scientific fact but a veiled social value. Researchers such as Stanislav Grof have shown that hyperventilation and flashbacks with intense emotional involvement are powerful, natural...

As a person who almost certainly falls on the autism spectrum, I am tired of various misunderstandings about this condition. The most alarming of them all is that we should be "normalized" and this can be achieved by forcing us into social situations in which we feel very uncomfortable. Although...

Apparently some genius has discovered a link between the use of human tissues in vaccinations and the rise in autism. Funny, supposedly this happened when they stopped using thimerserol in vaccinations... But I thought that was causing autism! Way to move the goal posts, go anti-vaxxers...

Just came across this at Ars Technica, I guess we kind of knew this though. http://arstechnica.com/science/news/2011/05/autism-epidemic-more-likely-were-just-better-at-diagnosis.ars

It’s April 8th now, and the ad runs on the 28th. We have 20 days, folks… a LOT can happen in 20 days. Get moving. http://skepticalteacher.wordpress.com/2011/04/09/alert-demand-that-cbs-not-air-outdoor-anti-vaccine-ad/

L.D. 694, sponsored by Rep. Andrea Boland, D-Sanford, would require health care providers to give parents a list of the ingredients in any vaccine. Federal law already requires doctors to provide a fact sheet that includes information about a vaccine, such as risks and potential reactions, but...

From CNN:

A new study has shown that pregnant women who lived 309 metres or less from a freeway were twice as likely to have a child with autism. Anti-vaxxers take note! Move far (far far far far far far) from the freeway, give away your cars, and go live in the bush to avoid the pollution.

Some very misguided people have organized a Communication Shutdown on Nov. 1st to "support" people with autism. They propose to do this by staying off of social networking sites on that day. Please read the linked blog post by a woman diagnosed with autism, particularly the quoted paragraph...

According to This Wikipedia Article, Hans Asperger was born on February 18, 1906. He is the man credited with being the first to identify Asperger's Syndrome. On that day, I intend to stay at home and contribute nothing to the economy. This is my small way of showing people what the world...

Read 'em and weep, CTists: http://health.yahoo.net/news/s/hsn/moreevidencethatvaccinesdontcauseautism I get exposed to a lot of CTs, and I'm sure you've heard them, that the government uses vaccination as some sort of evil plot to cause autism in order to achieve...something (the evil...

ETA: I've mis-spelt "China" in the heading, my bad! (If a mod would be so kind to fix this I'd be most appreciative) Hi guys. I've done a search and I can't find anything relating to this here, so here I go. This is just from a conversation I'm having on the facebook with a cousin of mine...

With the MMR vaccine theory having gone the way of the Loch Ness Monster, a void exists in the theorizing of the source of the autism "epidemic" that people are scrambling to fill. Everything from food additives to fish consumption to environmental allergens have been blamed. But at the same...

There are many amazing feats by various "savants" and autistic individuals such as portrayed in the movie Rainman, but the video below is just beyond what I consider to be in the realm of the possible. But if this is not for real, then what is the explanation? Is it a fact that he has never...

A neuroscientist who thought it would be a good idea to look at the brains of autistic children has discovered that some children diagnosed with autism (less than half, but a sizable percentage) and other behavior disorders are actually suffering small brain seizures...

Hello All, Well not 16 actually, more like 21. It seems that I was unfortunate enough to be a child at a time that the link between vaccinations and autism was being heavily publicised by the British press. My mother denied me the MMR jab (In fact I haven't had any Jabs as far as I know...

I have it on good authority that there's going to be a big anti-vaccine rally in Chicago on Wednesday... http://americanpersonalrights.org In addition, it looks as if Andrew Wakefield himself is going to be there, spreading his woo & nonsense. I do know that there's some of my fellow skeptics...

http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23837469-callous-doctor-who-claimed-mmr-jab-causes-child-autism-is-struck-off.do About time too.

Nicely summarised: http://tallguywrites.livejournal.com/148012.html