Facing Autism in New Brunswick

• Stephanie Lynn Keil on Curing Autism

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  I most definitely want a cure for those most profoundly disabled; I want a cure for my most disabling aspects. Autism has ruined my life, like it has ruined many others: I can't lie.
  
  And no, I don't believe the self-diagnosed have any right to speak for the most [...]
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  Posted: November 30, 2009, 4:41am EST
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• November 29, Unbelievable Weather! Conor and Dad Take Advantage

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  This has been an unusually warm November. Today the temperature is starting to drop but it is still warm for late November. With some sunshine Conor and Dad decided to go for a good hike across the bridge to downtown Fredericton and home. A great outing but near the end [...]
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  Posted: November 29, 2009, 10:45am EST
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• An Open Letter to Dr. Steven Novella Concerning His Positions on Vaccines and Autism

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  UPDATE: See end of this comment for Dr. Novella's reply
  Dear Dr. Novella
  
  I am a parent of a 13 year old boy with Autistic Disorder. I also have a blog site on which I commented unfavorably on your response to the possibility that the IACC might recommend some' [...]
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  Posted: November 27, 2009, 4:40am EST
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• Autism Rising or Not? Mercury Disproved as Autism Cause or Not?

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  In an exchange at About.com: Autism AutismNewsBeat, the host of a blog which claims to serve as an evidence based autism resource for journalists, (it is really more of an ideologically driven Neurodiversity blog), has taken the position that there has been no real increase in autism over the [...]
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  Posted: November 25, 2009, 8:27am EST
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• Autism Research, Treatment and Cure

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  My son Conor is 13 and has a diagnosis of Autistic Disorder. He is assessed with profound developmental delays. His initial diagnosis of PDD-NOS at age 2 was changed to Autistic Disorder a short time later. In the 11 years since his diagnosis there have been significant changes in autism [...]
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  Posted: November 25, 2009, 5:35am EST
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• Kevin Leitch Goes Overboard, Opposes Interests of Children with Autism

  Number of comments: 13
  Yup Kevin Leitch opposes the interests and well being of autistic children.That is the logical conclusion of the false dichotomy Kevin Leitch creates when he accuses Bob Wright of opposing the interests ofautistic adults. Mr. Leitch has his knickers in a knot because Mr. Wright commented on the activities [...]
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  Posted: November 24, 2009, 5:37am EST
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• Conor Returns to the Circle Place

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  Conor returned to the Circle Place, the Nashwaaksis Commons, today for the first time in almost two years. He used to love going to the Circle Place and then he just stopped and refused to go back.
  
  Today though we were in the area anyway and with some gentle [...]
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  Posted: November 23, 2009, 8:29pm EST
  by Autism Reality NB

• Autism Speaks' Bob Wright Speaks Autism Truths

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  "The protesters are lucky. They're well off enough, healthy enough, to do it. I wish my grandson were able to join them."
  Bob Wright, New York Post, November 19, 2009
  
  Bob Wright of Autism Speaks has called out the handful of protesters, barely autistic members or followers of' [...]
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  Posted: November 22, 2009, 12:49pm EST
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• Chicago Tribune Says Autism Treatment Uneccessary, Just Let It Be

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  Apparently the Chicago Tribune is of the view that the only real concern facing autistic children and their families is the risks faced by treatments, and DAN doctors in particular. In two very superficial articles, yesterday's Autism treatments: Risky alternative therapies have little basis in science and an [...]
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  Posted: November 22, 2009, 3:30am EST
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• Autism Rising in Chicago: Tribune Investigation Determines Autism Increase is Real

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  For the most part the article Autism treatments: Risky alternative therapies have little basis in science goes over old ground in attacking alternative autism therapies. At times it appears that the article is actually going to send current autism knowledge back to 1999 when Teresa Binstock outed the [...]
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  Posted: November 21, 2009, 11:46am EST
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• Homeostasis Model of Autism Causation - Is Autism Triggered By Glutamite and Glycine Imbalance?

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  In a press release from PR Newswire, a New Jersey based business oriented think tank, The Center for Modeling Optimal Outcomes® LLC, outlines what it believes is a model of autism causation discovered while researching neuroscientific principles in business. The think tank members themselves are not scientists but had [...]
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  Posted: November 19, 2009, 3:00am EST
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• Adult Autism Care in New Brunswick Is Our Top Autism Priority

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  The Daily Gleaner makes brief mention of the Oscars for Autism event held Saturday Night at the Delta Fredericton.
  
  Neil Lacroix and Kim Gahan of Autism Connections Fredericton, and Brian Jones of TD Waterhouse, deserve applause for their hard work in making the Oscars for Autism event a [...]
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  Posted: November 17, 2009, 4:56am EST
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• Saskatchewan Still Canada's Autism Wasteland

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  More than two years since I described Saskatchewan as Canada's Autism Wasteland the government of Saskatchewan is still dithering, and delaying instead of putting a quality system of autism services in place to help that province's autistic children.
  
  In all fairness to Saskatchewan's political and public service [...]
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  Posted: November 16, 2009, 4:33am EST
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• An Autism Honor I Truly Value

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  Last night I was honored with an award, for autism parent advocacy, as part of the Autism Connections Fredericton fundraiser and autism awareness event Oscars for Autism. I have in the past expressly avoided such recognition for fear it would be a distraction that would prevent me from doing [...]
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  Posted: November 15, 2009, 2:13pm EST
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• IACC Autism Research Plan: Dr. Steven Novella Throws a Tantrum

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  Steven Novella MD, author of the NEUROLOGICA blog, doesn't like the recent IACC Statement on Autism Research and is throwing a tantrum. In IACC Statement on Autism Research Dr. Novella objects to the inclusion of research into possible links between vaccines and autism. Specifically he objects to language, [...]
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  Posted: November 13, 2009, 4:25am EST
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• Ontario Health Official Calls H1N1 A Dud Pandemic

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  CBC interviewed Dr. Richard Schabas chief medical officer of health for Hastings and Prince Edward counties in eastern Ontario and former chief medical officer of health for the Province of Ontario about the H1N1 Pandemic and he called it a Dud:
  ""It's really not causing — and is not' [...]
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  Posted: November 12, 2009, 10:29pm EST
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• Coincidence Says CDC When Young Athlete Suffers Guillain-Barre Syndrome After H1N1 Shot

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  MSNBC reports that a 14 year old high school athlete in Virginia is struggling to walk after coming down with Guillain-Barré Syndrome within 18 hours after receiving an H1N1 flu shot:
  Jordan McFarland, a high school athlete from Alexandria, Va., left Inova Fairfax Hospital for Children Tuesday night in [...]
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  Posted: November 12, 2009, 4:50am EST
  by Autism Reality NB

• Remembering, Giving Thanks and Enjoying What We Have Today

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  This morning I remembered, in the comfort of my home, the sacrifices of those who have risked, and in too many cases given, their lives for our freedom. I am thankful and I am grateful for all that they have given and for all that they continue to give so [...]
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  Posted: November 11, 2009, 8:17pm EST
  by Autism Reality NB

• FEAT BC Autism Rally Update Friday, November 13

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  Parents of autistic children and their supporters will rally outside Premier Gordon Campbell’s constituency office this Friday, November the 13th at noon to protest the provincial government’s attempt to begin to dismantle individualized treatment funding and to mark the 5th anniversary of the Supreme Court of [...]
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  Posted: November 11, 2009, 11:04am EST
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• Neurodiversity's Extremist Autism Cure Opponents - By What Right Do They Object?

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  The declaration has been made by celebrity "autists"or "autistics" like Michelle Dawson, Amanda Baggs, Ari Ne'eman and various Neurodiversity bloggers that ""We", persons with autism spectrum disorders, do not want to be cured".
  
  These persons with mild autism spectrum disorders, including Aspergers, routinely declare that "autistics" do not want' [...]
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  Posted: November 11, 2009, 8:40am EST
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• FEAT BC Autism Rally At Premier Campbell's Office Friday November 13 at 12 Noon

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  FEAT Rally

  Friday, November 13th, 2009

  12:00 Noon

  Premier Gordon Campbell’s Constituency Office

  3615 West 4th Ave

  Vancouver, BC

  
  

  
  

  Why should you attend?

  
  

  The recent tragic deaths of two Canadian children with autism, killed at [...]
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  Posted: November 10, 2009, 7:23pm EST
  by Autism Reality NB

• End the Vaccine-Autism War Now: Do The Comparative Study and Quit Demeaning the Parents Who Actually Care for Autistic Children

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  The vaccine-autism war has continued unabated, primarily because of the actions of Dr. Paul Offit, Dr. Thomas Insel and the IACC. It will continue until a credible observational study comparing autism rates in vaccinated and unvaccinated populations is done.
  
  The IACC ventured near a possible end to the war [...]
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  Posted: November 10, 2009, 3:19am EST
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• Autism Is Rising And We Still Don't Know Why

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  “What bothers us is that we really don’t know why it [autism] is increasing"
  Dr. Alexis Reyes, November, 2009
  The above quote by Dr. Alexis Reyes, President of the Philippine Society for Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics, is taken from an article in the Manila Bulletin, Help sought as autism" [...]
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  Posted: November 08, 2009, 5:23am EST
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• CARD Study Finds Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy Ineffective Treatment for Children with Autism

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  CARD, the Center for Autism and Related Disorders, Inc., has conducted a double-blind placebo-controlled trial which found that HBOT, consisting of 24% oxygen delivered at 1.3 atmospheres of pressure, does not have a significant effect on symptoms of autism. The study is summarized on the CARD blog.
  
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  Posted: November 07, 2009, 4:19am EST
  by Autism Reality NB

• Respectful Insolence Is A "Science" Blog?

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  Respectful Insolence is reportedly a "science" blog. Orac the blog author is a medical doctor, a surgeon who uses the internet to do nothing more than trash and smear anyone who disagrees with his "scientific" views or whom he disapproves of for any reason. Most of his blog comments are [...]
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  Posted: November 06, 2009, 8:18pm EST
  by Autism Reality NB

• Up All Day and Night - Severe Autism Self Injurious Behavior Video From CDFoakley

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  The following video from CDFoakley is not easy to watch. The severely autistic youth featured is engaged in serious self injurious behavior. Those who love and care for him pay a huge price. The video talks of families struggling alone and government agencies that just don't help.
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  Posted: November 06, 2009, 9:23am EST
  by Autism Reality NB

• Autism Priorities and the DSM V: Media Ignores Invisible, Severely Autistic in DSM V Discussions

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  The invisible autistics, the severely autistic, those with Autistic Disorder, profound developmental delays, cognitive and intellectual deficits, those who can not live independently, who live on hospital wards and in large, antiquated psychiatric institutions do not make regular appearances in the New York Times and its junior Canadian [...]
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  Posted: November 06, 2009, 5:28am EST
  by Autism Reality NB

• H1N1 Vaccine, Cure or Cause? Moncton Wildcats Hockey Players Contract H1N1 AFTER Receiving H1N1 Vaccine

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  Since getting the shot, 17 Wildcats have caught mild cases of the flu. Two have confirmed cases of H1N1, and the other 15 suspected. All the sick players are quarantined, and several games have been cancelled.
  The Globe and Mail, Nov 4, 2009
  So how effective IS the H1N1 [...]
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  Posted: November 05, 2009, 1:26am EST
  by Autism Reality NB

• Autism Awareness - Ari Ne'eman Confesses

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  "My identity is attached to being on the autism spectrum"
  Ari Ne'eman, New York Times, Nov 3, 2009
  If you ever wondered why some autism self advocacy groups like ASAN, and some self advocacy leaders, like Ari Ne'eman, protest and exert pressure to prevent discussion of the harsher realities [...]
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  Posted: November 04, 2009, 4:22am EST
  by Autism Reality NB

• New York Times Examines Autism and the DSM V, From an Aspie Perspective, Of Course

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  Perhaps the New York Times is about to shock me and publish an article discussing potential changes to the "autism spectrum" of disorders in the DSM V from the perspective of the impact such changes might have on the lives of those with severe autism, from the perspective of low [...]
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  Posted: November 03, 2009, 5:31am EST
  by Autism Reality NB

• Fall is Fair in Fredericton for Conor and Dad

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  We didn't have the best of summers this year but fall, my favorite season anyway, was fair this year with lots of chances to get out and walk the excellent trails in Fredericton. I love getting outdoors on the trails; especially when my buddy Conor walks with me.
  
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  Posted: November 02, 2009, 3:21am EST
  by Autism Reality NB