Autism

GSK Board Member On UK Education Board as GSK Wins 100 Mil HPV Vaccine Contract

2008-07-06T15:12:00Z

Ugh... Boss of drug firm behind cervical cancer jabs for schoolgirls is on board of Ofsted HT: Apple Mark...(read more)

I Love Autism Moms

2008-07-05T15:44:00Z

I love how they just don't give a crap about the usual vanities and modesties when it comes to their kids....(read more)

How to Deny the Vaccine Autism Connection: A Play in One Act

2008-07-05T14:17:00Z

Raining Pianos: A Short Course on Anecdotal Evidence By Lenny Schafer, 2003 Patient: Doctor, my son has this terrible headache. He's dizzy and he's been fainting a lot. He says his arm is numb. Dr. Steinway: What happened? Patient: We were walking down the street and a piano fell on his head. Dr. Steinway: I see. Mmmm. Anything else happen at the time that might have caused this? Patient: What do you mean, "anything else?" A PIANO FELL ON HIS HEAD! Dr. Steinway: Perhaps, but that's only a temporal...(read more)

To Lisa Ackerman and All the Moms Who Had Time for Me

2008-07-04T16:34:00Z

In the spring of 2004 on a Friday I walked into my first autism conference, a little one in Long Beach, California. Chandler had been referred to the state only a few weeks earlier and that very day Scott was with him at his first formal evaluation. It was a lonely day with an overwhelming flood of information that I barely had any context for yet, punctuated by phone calls from Scott and the speech language pathologist to ask questions, and, of course, a lot of tears. How in the world was I possibly...(read more)

Gerberding Axes 9/11 Health Official

2008-07-04T06:12:00Z

By all accounts Dr. John Howard was taking care of the people who got sick from 9/11. So of course Julie had to fire him . Can't have health professionals actually doing their job well, it will make her look bad !...(read more)

Julie Deardorff at the Chicago Tribune Annoys the AAP

2008-07-04T00:02:00Z

Julie calls out the AAP for their recent tactics: The AAP Gets Tough on Vaccine Dissenters AAP gets mad at Julie for questioning their tactics: The AAP Responds to 'Vaccine Dissenters' Uppity Julie, going off and doing your own thinking. Can you just sit down, be a good girl and write what you are told to write like that nice Shankar Vedantam over at WaPo? But seriously Julie. Thanks for using your noggin. - Ginger...(read more)

Pennsylvania Tells Autism Speaks to Stop Talking

2008-07-03T22:55:00Z

PA has spoken. Pennsylvania Tells Autism Speaks to Stop Talking...(read more)

Recent Vaccine Deaths

2008-07-03T18:27:00Z

In the last few months there have been a LOT of reports of vaccine related deaths and one death of an autistic child at school by suffocation. I have been avoiding posting these stories because, as I have mentioned before, writing about stores like these is difficult for me. I spend ten minutes writing about it and two hours recovering from it. This has only been made worse by our personal experience in the last several weeks. But I need to start reporting this stuff. Heaven knows NBC News isn't...(read more)

Doctors are Only Good And Their Ethics Should Never Questioned

2008-07-03T03:13:00Z

These doctors should be insulted, like Dr. Hotez , at the idea that vaccine professionals might be lying about vaccine risks or looking out for anything other than the health concerns of individual patients! Homeless people die after bird flu vaccine trial in Poland- questionable ethics I mean, so what if the docs lied to homeless about the bird flu vaccine they were testing on them and 21 of them died, they got paid like almost five bucks! Besides... greater good and all that. ... and don't miss...(read more)

Vaccines For Everybody!

2008-07-03T01:47:00Z

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Hey Dr. Gerberding.. What is this "Autism-Like Syndrome"

2008-07-02T17:37:00Z

"While we recognize, and have recognized, mitochondrial disorders are associated with... autism-like syndrome, there is nothing about this situation that should be generalized to the risks of vaccines for normal children," said Julie Gerberding, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. - The Washington Post Hey Julie... What is this "Autism-Like Syndrome" you speak of? How does it differ from actual "Autism"? Does my child have "Autism" or "Autism-Like Syndrome"? Where is my resource...(read more)

Top 10 Reasons NJ Needs Vaccine Exemptions

2008-07-02T13:29:00Z

Top 10 Reasons NJ Needs the Conscientious Exemption to Mandatory Vaccinations Bill A260/S1071 1. Vaccination is the only mandated medical procedure whereby adverse reactions pose significant health risks to children. Adverse reactions to one vaccine include: Encephalitis (brain damage), Diabetes, Arthritis, Anaphylaxis, nerve deafness, febrile convulsions and seizures, Pneumonia, Guillain-Barre Syndrome (GBS), Stevens-Johnson Syndrome (SJS), atypical measles and death. Source: MMR II Package Insert,...(read more)

Autism Speaks Undercuts the Children of PA

2008-06-27T20:34:00Z

What Autism Speaks is doing in PA is just another example of how they use their considerable resources to bring about the PERCEPTION that our kids are being helped, rather than giving them the ACTUAL help they need. Families who have worked on the insurance bill in PA for years are now being undercut by Autism Speaks, because they want to use the PA legislation, not in the best interests of the children of PA, but to build a national movement to get autism covered in all the states. Don't get me...(read more)

Kirby on NYC Radio: The Joan Hamburg Show

2008-06-25T03:08:00Z

Kirby on NYC Radio: The Joan Hamburg Show...(read more)

Age of Arrogance OR We Are All Going To Die

2008-06-24T15:44:00Z

Near Geneva, the EU and the US Department of Energy has just finished construction on the world’s largest supercollider. Now generally I believe in the principle that ‘science is fun’, but there is one small potential downside on pressing the start button on this mother. There is a teeny, weenie speck of a chance that… theoretically… it could open up a black hole on the surface of the earth. World’s Largest Supercollider Could Destroy the Universe – Tech Freep But don’t panic, because scientists...(read more)