Comments on: Dr. Insel on “Autism: What do we know? What do we need?”

By: Vivre La Différence » The MMR Vaccine and Autism

Vivre La Différence » The MMR Vaccine and Autism — Mon, 29 May 2006 16:44:06 +0000

[...] On the MMR autism link Autism Vox has a couple of pieces. I should have known when I saw that the news had broken in the Mail. This isn’t a new paper, it isn’t peer reviewed and it hasn’t been published. It’s a poster presentation at a conference. There is no control group. This is about the lowest level of “science” there is, one step above a blog post. autism link character traits measles mumps rubella measles mumps rubella vaccine MMR personality tests simon baron cohen [...]

By: Joseph

Joseph — Sun, 28 May 2006 22:25:56 +0000

…Autism is a developmental brain disease

That might be why they can’t figure it out. Some thinking outside the box is needed. (Perhaps hire some autistic scientists like Michelle Dawson to figure it out

By: Joseph

Joseph — Sun, 28 May 2006 22:22:08 +0000

Do you think autism is the new cash cow for medicine?

Some “scientists” (I won’t mention names, but they patent dubious and dangerous “treatments”) seem to see autism as a potential cash cow. They don’t realize there are people in the autism community who don’t appreciate this and are watching very closely.

By: Kristina Chew, PhD

Kristina Chew, PhD — Sun, 28 May 2006 21:30:18 +0000

“Insel” is German for island—Dr “talking to himself,” perhaps.

By: laurentius

laurentius — Sun, 28 May 2006 20:43:17 +0000

The guy is a biomedical nark

one of the idiot persuasion who supposes you can develop a magic bullet single hit for everything without “collateral damage”

increased prevelence indeed.

There is I believe a constant amount of autism as much as there is a constant amount of background radiation, however what you see of it depends upon the instruments you use to detect it.

Patient to Dr “I am cured of my blindness yet I still see men as trees walking”
Dr “take this pill and they will look normal to you”

By: Kristina Chew, PhD

Kristina Chew, PhD — Sun, 28 May 2006 18:09:43 +0000

It does seem that most of the research funding that is being raised is going towards science and esp. medical science—-even while there are so many kids here and now who are getting older, and who need the best education they can get.

Autism has become a cash cow for “treatments” of all sorts.

By: Rose

Rose — Sun, 28 May 2006 17:20:22 +0000

Do you think autism is the new cash cow for medicine? All kinds of people could make a living trying to rid the world of autism!

I have a lot to learn, but I am growing by leaps and bounds since being introduced to autism-hub.
In refusing to see autism as a seperate entity imposed on my child, I see it as a way of being.
I hope one day we will spend as much money doing for our children, as we are in attempting to get rid of autism.

I hope it comes soon.