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Dachel Media Update: Measles Mania, DSM-5 Worries
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By Anne Dachel May 20, 2013, Fox News: Measles surge in Britain years after vaccine/autism scare May 18, 2013, Midland (MI) Daily Review: Benefit at CMU to showcase local talent, raise autism awareness May 18, 2013, Santa Cruz Sentinel: Dr.... Continue reading
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Second Child with Autism Wanders, Drowns in One Week
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(Note: This comment came in today - "Make that three. We had a 2 yo boy who has autism drown over the weekend at his family's cottage (we live in Akron, OH). He got away from his mother and went... Continue reading
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Chicago Bound For Autism One
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Mark, Cat and Dan smile for a photo op. (Note: we''ll be live blogging from Autism One on Friday and Saturday to bring the conference to our readers.) By Cathy Jameson I wait all year for this week to arrive.... Continue reading
Posted 2 days ago at AGE OF AUTISM
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Weekly Wrap: Gag Me
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By Dan Olmsted There's a moment in the 1950 movie Born Yesterday where the malaprop-prone Judy Holliday says, "This country and its institutions belong to the people who inhibit it." I'm starting to think Judy got that exactly right. It's... Continue reading
Posted 3 days ago at AGE OF AUTISM
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Congratulations to Sam Wessels 10 year old CNN iReport Award Winner for Autism
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Many of you know Lin Wessels, a tireless advocate for people with autism - who by virtue of living in Iowa was able to meet all of the Presidential candidates, along with her son, to introduce them to autism. Lin... Continue reading
Posted 3 days ago at AGE OF AUTISM
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Autism and MMR before the Lancet Paper? Mumps, Marketing, and Monopoly!
Below is a new video from Dr. Andrew Wakefield. You can view the full series of videos at Autism Channel. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HYcxIrs4oyk Continue reading
Posted 3 days ago at AGE OF AUTISM
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Safeminds: Impact of the DSM-5 Criteria for ASD – Community Update - May 2013
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By Katie Weisman, for the SafeMinds Research Committee Introduction This month, the American Psychiatric Association will publish the latest edition of its Diagnostic and Statistical Manual – the DSM-5. The manual contains significant changes to the diagnostic criteria for individuals... Continue reading
Posted 4 days ago at AGE OF AUTISM
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Barbara Loe Fisher: Desperate Times for Vaccine Risk Denialism
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Note: This post is from the NVIC site, please add them to your favorites and check frequently for up to date vaccination facts, data and news. Their vaccine exemption chart by state has helped countless families learn their personal healthcare... Continue reading
Posted 4 days ago at AGE OF AUTISM
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Dr. Jeff Bradstreet to Speak On Stem Cell Outcomes at Autism One
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Furthering observations of Stem Cell Outcomes in ASD, Stem cells are a powerful source of natural healing, but are still inadequately understood and challenges remain is ways to optimize the outcomes from cell therapies. This lecture will provide new insights... Continue reading
Posted 4 days ago at AGE OF AUTISM
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Columbia Journalism Review (CJR) Was For Free Speech Before They Were Against It
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Editor's Note: Yesterday, Anne Dachel took apart the recent piece in the Columbia Journalism Review that trashed "balanced" coverage of the autism-vaccines link. Back in 2005, they were much more tolerant of that hoary old first amendment thingee -- "Both... Continue reading
Posted 5 days ago at AGE OF AUTISM
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Another Child with Autism Wanders. Drowns. Where is the Outcry?
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Managing Editor's Note: This story below brings into focus the reason AofA exists. For the children (of any age) with autism and their parents, families, who live with a reality few Americans acknowledge having been fed an ever increasing diet... Continue reading
Posted 5 days ago at AGE OF AUTISM
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Dachel Media Update: Purdue, DSM-5, NVIC
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By Anne Dachel May 15, 2013, WISH-TV, Indianapolis, IN: Purdue seeks infants for child autism study May 14, 2013, TV8 Grand Rapids, MI: More autism, less special education--Fewer kids in special ed despite rise in diagnoses May 14, 2013, Albert... Continue reading
Posted 6 days ago at AGE OF AUTISM
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Columbia Journalism Review Casts Eye on Vaccine Safety Writers
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By Anne Dachel May 1, 2013, the Columbia Journalism Review published the story, Sticking with the truth--How 'balanced' coverage helped sustain the bogus claim that childhood vaccines can cause autism by Curtis Brainard From the title of the article, it... Continue reading
Posted 6 days ago at AGE OF AUTISM
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Autism One Presents Age of Autism: Year in Review & Debut of an Important New Video
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Join us at 8:30am on Saturday, May 25th at Autism One in the Louvre room. Mark, Kim, and Dan will review the year and then? We are going to debut a new 9-minute video, "How Mercury Triggered the Age of... Continue reading
Posted 6 days ago at AGE OF AUTISM
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Dachel Media Update: Screenings, Services
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By Anne Dachel Read Anne's comments after the jump: May 13, 2013, Wayne County (NY) Post: Wayne ARC leads the way in autism services May 13, 2013, Wall Street Journal: Autism Center Is Set to Target Need---A New Mental-Health Campus... Continue reading
Posted 7 days ago at AGE OF AUTISM
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Protocol 007: Merck Denies Fraud, But Feds Seek New Mumps Vaccine as Cases Spread
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By Dan Olmsted and Mark Blaxill Scattered mumps outbreaks – possibly underreported by the CDC – are reinforcing longstanding concern that Merck’s mumps vaccine is failing far more often than it should. The outbreaks come as Merck defends itself in... Continue reading
Posted 7 days ago at AGE OF AUTISM
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Dachel Media Update: Mother's Day, DSM-V
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By Anne Dachel Read Anne's comments after the jump. May 14, 2013, Telegraph (Australia): Crackpot crusaders putting our kids at risk May 12, 2013, Rock Hill (SC) Herald: Mother's Day difficult for SC mom with autistic son May 12, 2013,... Continue reading
Posted May 13, 2013 at AGE OF AUTISM
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Polish Study: Neurologic Adverse Events Following Vaccination
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Prog Health Sci 2012, Vol 2 , No1 Neurologic adverse events vaccination 129 Neurologic adverse events following vaccination Sienkiewicz D.*, Kułak W., Okurowska-Zawada B., Paszko-Patej G. Department of Pediatric Rehabilitation of the Medical University of Bialystok, Poland The present review... Continue reading
Posted May 13, 2013 at AGE OF AUTISM
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Did Paul Offit Link Vaccine Exemption Rights To Pedophilia?
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By Anne Dachel I was angry to see Paul Offit's name under the May 9, 2013, Philadelphia Inquirer headline , "End religious exemption." I was furious to realize that there was a subtle implication that exempting parents are on a... Continue reading
Posted May 13, 2013 at AGE OF AUTISM
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Ten Little Fingers
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By Cathy Jameson While anticipating the birth of my first child, someone told me that new moms shouldn't worry while pregnant. It isn’t healthy for the pregnancy or for the baby. As long as the baby has ten little fingers... Continue reading
Posted May 12, 2013 at AGE OF AUTISM
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Autism and Motherhood It's 1998 Every Day
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By Kim Stagliano My 18 year old daughter Mia made me this pin in preschool, 1998. I wear it every Mother's Day with pride. Little did I know that my three year old daughter would remain very much a child,... Continue reading
Posted May 12, 2013 at AGE OF AUTISM
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Natalie Palumbo's Gripping Autism Public Service Announcement Wins First Place
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Natalie's PSA took FIRST PLACE in the Notre Dame High School National Film competition. Congratulations, Natalie. You're an inspiration and you represent autism siblings and Age of Autism in an artistic and professional manner that will take you far. Kim... Continue reading
Posted May 11, 2013 at AGE OF AUTISM
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Team Zoccoli Presidential Traverse 23 Mile White Mountains Hike For Autism Action
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On June 15, Nick, Nicholas and Jonathan Zoccoli are going to hike through New Hampshire's White Mountains in a 26 mile Presidential Traverse to raise money for autism action through Age of Autism. Nick is uncle, and Jonathan and Nicky... Continue reading
Posted May 11, 2013 at AGE OF AUTISM
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By Anne Dachel May 10, 2013, Toronto Globe and...
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By Anne Dachel May 10, 2013, Toronto Globe and Mail: Here's an autism statistic: family May 9, 2013, WCSH-TV Portland ME: Autism training preparing first responders May 9, 2013, WLBZ2 Bangor ME: Keeping people with autism safe Toronto Globe and... Continue reading
Posted May 10, 2013 at AGE OF AUTISM
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Best of: Wakefield vs. Brian Deer, Fiona Godlee and the BMJ: Dispatches from the Front
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Managing Editor's Note: We ran this post by Dan Burns last March. Here it is as again as a complement to the post we ran yesterday, Andy Wakefield's Day In Court. By Dan E. Burns This is Chapter One in... Continue reading
Posted May 10, 2013 at AGE OF AUTISM
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