This and Last Week’s Top Posts
September 13, 2008 by Kristina Chew, PhD
Filed under Health
It’s possible (possible) that Sarah Palin was a bigger topic around here than the usual suspects (vaccines……). The Nation and Foreign Policy have listed some questions for her: What’s yours?
Questions about disability policy and legislation for supports, services, and research preferred.
- About the Two Babies in the Palin Family
As the mother of a special needs son, it’s not what choices about vaccines that Sarah Palin and her husband make that is my main concern, but how to make sure that Trig gets the right, and the very best, therapies and services for his medical and educational needs. - (Special Needs) Mommy Wars
Update on the Mommy Wars: Special Campaign Edition. - Something(s) To Comment About
I respond to a commenter’s thought experiment about prenatal genetic testing. - MMR Vaccine Does Not Cause Autism (not that you didn’t know that already)
new study in PLoS One by scientists at Columbia University and from the CDC has found no link between the measles vaccine and autism. - Disabled Woman Dies at Camp After Given Wrong Medication
Peggy Hjelseth, the camp founder’s daughter, gave 49-year-old Shirley Meade the wrong medication. - “I get a lot of hate mail”: Autism’s False Prophets by Paul Offit
Dr. Paul Offit writes the history of the alleged MMR-autism link in Autism’s False Prophets: Bad Science, Risky Medicine, and the Search for a Cure. - More about Gov.Palin on Disabilities
What Gov. Palin has done done and not done for disabled children in Alaska. - Autistic Man Loses His Job Over YouTube Videos
An autistic man, Karl Tilcock, who also has two autistic children, lost his job at Foster’s brewer in Queensland (Australia) over YouTube videos made under the name AustDingo that offended his employer. - Sarah Palin and her baby Trig
Without Trig, Governor Sarah Palin’s infant son who has Down Syndrome, what might discussions about her being Senator John McCain’s running mate be like? - Coming Your Way: Too Good by Jenny
A whole new line of non-toxic products and gluten-free food from Jenny McCarthy. - Hope Can Be Expensive
Does any “result” justify handing over the dollars? - Chocolate for Autism
I guess this could be a candidate for the above-mentioned “Too Good” product line. - Saying No to Timeout Rooms
Two families are suing the Waukee (Iowa) school district for the way that timeout rooms were used to “discipline” their children. - Suspended; Need Suggestions and Support
A mother comments about her 5-year-old autistic son getting suspended from school for the day: Readers have lots to say.
Does it matter you are totally wrong totally misguided if you think this is important, Americentric colonialist supreme,
You would think from the news that the only banks were American (scary cos I have credit from one of them)
I do hope Kristina, that you do know where I am coming from and are not like some of the Americentric my country right or wrong crypto fascists,
But for Effs sake there is whole world out there besides the USA, China for instance
Gawd and I say this from the ex British Empire.
Don’t misunderstand me anyone but there is a world beyond US politics, the US is no longer the dominant economic power and will in this century cease to be the dominant military power, this much we former imperialists can tell you.
I completely agree with you.
But since I live in this country (for better or for worse), I have some strong concerns about the country’s leaders.
Well so far as I see it Shakespeare has the last word “a plague on both your houses”
and that applies equally to the UK.
Will we ever see a genuine leader, if we do it will not be in any party system, Blair betrayed us brits, and Obama will betray you.
I suppose there are some I’d rather be betrayed by then…….