Comments on: Vaccine court, the “epidemic,” and autism education

By: The New McCarthyism

The New McCarthyism — Sun, 28 Oct 2007 05:15:10 +0000

[...] Proceedsings is scheduled for November in Orlando; the second was in Charlotte, North Carolina; the first was held in [...]

By: Mercurys Rising in Nature Medicine

Mercurys Rising in Nature Medicine — Fri, 03 Aug 2007 04:31:31 +0000

[...] the World of Autism) and, too, at how the criteria for special education have changed (as noted by Paul Shattuck). I have received some quite tartly worded comments and emails, though neither as many nor as full [...]

By: On the possible fallout from vaccine court

On the possible fallout from vaccine court — Sun, 24 Jun 2007 18:31:23 +0000

[...] New York Times editorial highlights the direct result of the verdict of the “vaccine court“—-and also the wider effect of this judgement on parents’ views towards [...]

By: Autism Vox

Autism Vox — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 15:15:31 +0000

[...] letter by Peter Weinberger published in today’s New York Times in response to Monday’s op-ed by Paul Shattuck and Maureen Durkin on the dispute about whether or not there is an “epidemic of autism”: Any parent of [...]

By: Kristina Chew, PhD

Kristina Chew, PhD — Tue, 12 Jun 2007 03:39:34 +0000

An educational epidemic—-would that mean that education is a sort of sickness (not what was intended, I would think!), or that the school system is in need of a wellness program—-

By: Joeymom

Joeymom — Tue, 12 Jun 2007 03:36:43 +0000

Although schools are supposed to base educational services ont ehindividual child, and not the label they carry, in practice, this is often not the case. The label of autism can make a huge difference in the kinds of services a child can (or can’t) get. Teachers are looking for very different kinds of progress and response from an autistic student than from an MR or even an ED student. Having the label can be a blessing, if you have a system prepared to deal with ASD, or a curse (especially if you’re tossed aside as “high functioning.”) There is a rather heated local debate here abotu whether or not to push for diagnosis and ASD categorization at all, since sensory issues are ignored anyway, and there is an attitude that “high functioning” ASD students don’t require support that they WOULD get if categoized DD or LD. The result? More parents talking about rising numbers and epidemics, to get their point across, instead of sticking to truths, or skewing the terms: “We have an educational epidemic!” which raises the specter of disease while keeping it on school terms. Very strange.

By: Leila

Leila — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 20:05:40 +0000

“Children with autism get day in court” is already one of the most popular news on Yahoo/AP for the day.

By: Kristina Chew, PhD

Kristina Chew, PhD — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 18:31:56 +0000

I hadn’t been planning on posting more about John Travolta who is now, via his lawyers, said to be “[firing] back” at those who say he and his wife are “lying about his son’s alleged autism” due to their Scientologist views [source] — a mention here is as good as anyway else.

By: Kev

Kev — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 18:21:50 +0000

CCHR is a Scientology front organisation.