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I am Bonnie Offit!!
AoA have a hilariouslybizarre post up this morning. Is Dr. Bonnie Offit masquerading on the web as an autism parent and prolific blogger named “Sullivan”? And why do AoA think this? The primary answer...
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Deadly Choices: How the Anti-Vaccine Movement Threatens Us All
I mentioned in a previous post that I was reading Deadly Choices and used it as the basis for a post on how much of a myth the idea of there being ‘mild’ diseases is. I’ve (literally) just finished...
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Loving Lampposts video clips
Loving Lampposts is a new documentary film by filmaker and autism parent Todd Drezner. Here’s a blurb from their website to give you an idea about the film: What would you call a four year old who...
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Loving Lampposts, a review
Loving Lampposts is a new film about autism by filmmaker and autism parent Todd Drezner. You get a good idea of the direction of the movie from the subtitle–Loving Lampposts, living autistic. I...
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Making Sense of Autistic Spectrum Disorders
There are so many “autism” books out there for parents new to the diagnosis. Unfortunately many are just not good. We’ve spent a lot of time here discussing the problems with books that promote “mommy...
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Researchers track down autism rates across the globe
The Simons Foundation blog, SFARI, has always had a good quality of articles. Lately it appears to me that the frequency of articles has increased. One recent article hits a subject that has been a...
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Reconsidering the Nature of Autism
Todd Drezner has a new piece up on the Huffington Post: Reconsidering the Nature of Autism. He starts out by quoting the forward to one of Jenny McCarthy’s books. The forward is by alternative medical...
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Loving Lampposts: now on Netflix
Been putting of watching Loving Lamposts, Todd Drezner’s film? Well, it’s now available for streaming on Netflix (possibly for DVD delivery too, I can’t tell for sure). I discussed the film a number of...
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The Thinking Person’s Guide to Autism: The Book
I was fortunate to attend IMFAR (the International Meeting For Autism Research) this year. One big part of what made that experience valuable to me was the opportunity to spend time with Shannon Des...
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The Autism Vaccine Controversy and the Need for Responsible Science Journalism
The Huffington Post has a new section on science. One of the first articles discusses the “Autism Vaccine Controversy”. In The Autism Vaccine Controversy and the Need for Responsible Science...
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Book review: Neurotribes by Steve Silberman
A book I have been waiting literally years for comes out tomorrow. I’m speaking of Neurotribes (Amazon link), a book by Steve Silberman. I was lucky enough to obtain an advance copy to review. First...
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