Unfortunately, in modern times, many marriages end in divorce or separation. This statistic rises even higher when you mix in an autistic child. No matter how loving and understanding you both may be towards your child, [...]
Unfortunately, in modern times, many marriages end in divorce or separation. This statistic rises even higher when you mix in an autistic child. No matter how loving and understanding you both may be towards your child, [...]
In Food, Inc., filmmaker Robert Kenner lifts the veil on our nation’s food industry, exposing the highly mechanized underbelly that has been hidden from the American consumer with the consent of our government’s regulatory agencies, USDA and FDA. Our nation’s food supply is now controlled by a handful of corporations [...]
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Source: AofA: A Simple Plan by By Kent Heckenlively, Esq.
Proposal Ideas and Areas for Inclusion in Green [...]
The following was in the news today and makes me wonder exactly what has to happen before the CDC would consider a case of GBS related to the vaccine?
In the [...]
Teaching Reading to Children with ASD. What’s The Best Way?
There is no one way to teach reading to children with ASD. Learning styles vary between children so a range of strategies should be [...]
Chicken-pox Vaccine & Death – New US Government Study - November 6, 2009
A newly published study from the US Centers for Disease Control is further formal confirmation chickenpox vaccine damages natural immunity and causes the more serious highly painful potentially fatal condition [...]
This makes me very sad because I Love(d) Wired Magazine: A Short History of Vaccine Panic by Amy Wallace.
Amy, the MMR vaccine does not equal all vaccines!
All I do know is that our lives changed on September 27, 2001 when our daughter had her 4 month vaccines. That’s [...]
A few months ago this appeared in Dear Abby and got my blood boiling, Dear Abby, I’m frickin’ clueless … Autism Aunt Raises Money and Autism Dad’s Blood Pressure. Hopefully, clueless aunt got the picture and realized that the number one thing she can do to [...]
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Autism: Recovery Against All Odds by Kristi Chrysler
Book By N. Texas Mom Details Son’s Autism Recovery
NORTH TEXAS (CBS 11 / TXA 21)It was a diagnosis that a Burleson mother just wouldn’t accept. Doctors said her five-year-old son was so severely [...]
New York State Issues Order for Forced Seasonal Flu Shots, H1N1 Next
In an unprecedented power grab, Richard Daines, the Commissioner of the New York State Department of Health has issued an order requiring all healthcare workers to get the seasonal flu shot by [...]
Yesterday, I blogged about the new digital Thomas the Tank Engine, Thomas the Tank Engine goes Digital and gets a voice!
Today, I purchased it (along with some expansion track for our Thomas train set) and I must say that they maintained they look of the show to a tee. [...]
From a great speech by the late / great, Michael Crichton.
I want to pause here and talk about this notion of consensus, and the rise of what has been called consensus science. I regard consensus science as an extremely pernicious development [...]
I’ve read a lot lately about Google Trends tracking the flu at Google Flu. It is pretty amazing. Google Flu has not only been able to track Flu outbreaks, they have consistently done so weeks ahead of the [...]
I am posting these links here because 1) I have been thinking a lot about autism and seizures of late (thanks to more seizures) and 2) I want to know more about this stuff and if it stares at me from my own blog maybe that will motivate me to [...]
If any of you are educated on Gulf War Syndrome to help the guy you left a comment on this topic:Â Vaccine Ingredient of the Day: Squalene (from Shark Liver Oil)
It very much appears that our federal government used our brave men and women of the [...]
How Much Longer, CDC?
Ask the CDC how much longer until they’re pro-safety for America’s children.
How Much Longer, FDA
Ask the FDA how much longer they will treat America’s children as guinea pigs.
A study released this week showed that 67% of Americans were “confused about health care reform”. I must admit that I am one of the ignorant masses on this topic and I have tried to keep up. At [...]
Related:
Lack of Fear Shifts Sensationalistic Swine Flu Vaccination … Why Won’t Healthcare Workers Take The Swine Flu Vaccine? Readying Americans for Dangerous, Mandatory Vaccinations A third of nurses will refuse to have the swine flu jab Flu Resisters Vow: ” We’re Not Going to Take It!” GULF WAR TOXINS [...]
This “Autism Czar” would have been a great position to fill BEFORE the healthcare debate.
Candidate Obama on Autism …
“Many insurance companies have failed to assume their responsibilities. Individuals with autism are routinely denied insurance benefits for their treatments. As President, I will appoint a Federal ASD Coordinator, [...]
I have blogged about Autism and Dave Ramsey in the past, but a recent call to Dave’s show really drives home the point [...]
Almost a third of nurses will refuse the offer of immunisation against swine flu because they have fears about the vaccine’s safety, according to a new survey.
The initial response from frontline health staff, one of the government’s priority groups for vaccination this autumn, was dismissed by the Department of [...]
Facebook Autism Friends: Please Share this Link!
First of all, WOW on the production value of this guy’s program. While the topic is a tad scary [...]
Dear Abby was a tad nicer than I would have been to “Raising Money.” That name alone sums up the ignorance of Aunt Raising Money.
DEAR ABBY: My 8-year-old nephew was diagnosed with autism at the age of 3. He has made amazing progress with therapy and has [...]
CNN has a story detailing the new H1N1 trials being done on children, Kids roll up sleeves for H1N1 clinical trial. It seems that there is no shortage of parents willing to sign up their little guinea pigs kids for the clinical trials. The mom in [...]
If Job were alive today, I am fairly certain that God would give him a kid with an Autism Spectrum Disorder to potty train. Anyone who has attempted to accomplish this feat knows exactly what I am talking about with this subject. There have literally been [...]
A hearing was held on progress made since the subcommittee’s April 17, 2007 hearing on autism. Dr. Insel talked about autism research initiatives the the National Institutes of Health and various statistical analyses associated with research. He was followed by a panel of parents who testified about [...]
6 months into the Obama administration, no “Autism Czar”. To add insult to injury, it appears that autism has been excluded from the president’s spend-a-thon, AKA: Health Care Reform. Given the trillions already dropped into the laps of greedy bankers with no strings or oversight attached, autism [...]
We are in the same old Catch 22 with the seizure meds. We removed one of the two anticonvulsants, Topamax; because of the low dose, the fact that we still have seizures occassionally, and the side effects.
Less seizure meds = more verbal and fewer autism-ism symptoms. However, [...]
On a trip to New York City this week, we visited The Jekyll and Hyde Club. Touted as family fun, the place was over-stimulation city. We didn’t have a lot of problems, other than when [...]
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GAO report: Special-needs kids abused in schools
Investigators in Utah say a teacher left Garrett Peck in an isolation cubicle for [...]
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Emily Perl Kingsley.
I am often asked to describe the experience of raising a child with a disability - to try to help people who have not shared that unique experience to understand it, to imagine how it would feel. It’s like this……
When you’re going [...]
My parents sent me to this nice autism school and all I got was the lousy swine flu!
Autism Parents in NYC get a taste of the Swine Flu to go with that Autism …
The new virus also showed [...]
I sometimes wonder if those who feel that autism is related to vaccines created their own red herring with mercury. If it’s not mercury, does that mean vaccines are automatically off the hook? I have no clue and don’t claim to know, but it does seem like [...]
From The Autism Retort …
Top 20 - Fun Sites for Kids with Autism!
Below is my revised list of some of the best games/fun sites for kids with autism. My daughter loves these sites. Poisson Rouge [...]
The mission of the Yates Foundation is to empower parents and advocate on behalf of parents, so they never lose hope in their journey of helping their loved ones reach their full potential.
Related:
Gala goal: Help ‘break the silence’ of autism Yates Foundation Fund Donates to the Star Center [...]
World Autism Awareness Day would have been a great time to name the new “autism czar” considering it was 1 year ago that then candidate Obama said the following on autism.
Obama on Autism …
“Many insurance companies have failed to assume their responsibilities. Individuals with autism are routinely [...]
Gala goal: Help ‘break the silence’ of autism
If you haven’t purchased tickets yet for “Breaking the Silence,” the second annual Yates Foundation Gala coming up Saturday, you still have time.
“We’re not going to turn anybody away,” said Angela Hazlehurst, gala chair, [...]
I received the following via email and am posting in full, with Mr. Bruce’s permission.
is possible for the following conditions to contribute to retinal and subdural hemmoraging:
Medical Conditions of our child Cameron Bruce:
Born 8 weeks early for labor induced out of fear that he would pass if we waited any [...]New Theory Of Autism Suggests Symptoms Or Disorder May Be Reversible
ScienceDaily (Apr. 1, 2009) — Scientists at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University have proposed a sweeping new theory of autism that suggests that the brains of people with autism are structurally normal but dysregulated, meaning symptoms [...]
