Florida Institute of Technology (FIT) has commissioned what is described as the “first national survey of attitudes toward autism.” Today’s Physorg notes some highlights of the report; more results of the survey will be revealed at an autism conference to be held at FIT this weekend. The Scott Center for Autism Treatment is located at FIT. Its College of Psychology and Liberal Arts, which commissioned the survey, offers a graduate program in Applied Behavior Analysis.
Looking at what Physorg reports about the survey’s result, there’s a lot of confusion out there about what causes autism and what it is. 1000 men …read more

It’s Day 3 of the Science Blogs Book Club on Dr. Paul Offit’s Autism’s False Prophets: Bad Science, Risky Medicine, and the Search for a Cure. Dr. Offit has been posting and responding to questions (yesterday he noted that “anti-vaccine forces have taken the autism story hostage,” and I agree). Kev of Left Brain/Right Brain writes about how autism has become a secondary concern, Orac posts about framing vaccines, and I have a post up about mercury rising and falling and Lyn Redwood.
You can also read other reviews of Dr. Offit’s book in the Kansas City Star and on …read more