AGE OF AUTISM

Autism Recovery Revisited: Tell the Chicago Tribune They Are Wrong

2009-11-21T11:30:00-05:00

The Chicago Tribune is running another series of articles stating that "risky" treatments are of little use to children/people with autism (HERE). (Meanwhile, the American Academy of Pediatrics, in their backyard, will tell parents to use powerful psychiatric drugs with...

Never Tried Biomedical Treatment for Autism? Apply for a Generation Rescue Grant.

2009-11-21T05:49:00-05:00

Our sponsor Generation Rescue has opened its grant application window for families who have NOT YET BEGUN any biomedical intervention. If you are already a biomed family, our sponsor NAA offers the Helping Hand Grant program, which opens in January....

Winner: One Hour of Nutritional Consulting for Autism/ADHD

2009-11-21T05:44:00-05:00

Congrats to Rosemary Arnone won the contest for a one hour phone consultation with Kathleen Reily of Autism Help at Home, a Certified Holistic Health Counselor and Nutrition Consultant with a degree in Natural Health Sciences. Here's what she does...

Age of Autism Comment of the Week: 11/21

2009-11-21T05:42:00-05:00

Cathy R. is our commenter of the week. Please email me at KimStagliano@gmail.com with your T-shirt size (M-XL) and mailing address. Congrats! Didn't win but still want a T-shirt? Taking a page from public television, we'll happily send you one...

Saving Private Abby

2009-11-20T05:45:00-05:00

By Julie Obradovic Almost a decade ago Steven Speilberg directed an Academy Award winning film most remember well: Saving Private Ryan. The story was simple and powerful. The government, having realized one family, and specifically one mother, had lost several...

The Names People Play

2009-11-20T05:40:00-05:00

By Marjorie Hansen Unfortunately, the “Pro-Vaccine” Movement Regards Shrillness as More Effective than a Rational and Civil Discussion. Anti-vaccine, anti-vaxx, anti-science, anti-vaxx denialism, fear mongering, unreasonable, irrational, panicked, crusaders who tell long debunked lies, they kill children. You don’t have...

The "Green Vaccines" Initiative

2009-11-19T05:44:00-05:00

By Kent Heckenlively, Esq. I hope you'll forgive me if I talk about this idea for the next couple weeks. I think it's the game-changer for which everybody in our community has been hoping and praying. The legal system is...

Jenny McCarthy Featured in Living Without Magazine

2009-11-19T05:43:00-05:00

Pick up a copy of the December issue of Living Without Magazine to read a terrifc interview with Generation Rescue's Jenny McCarthy about the GFCF diet. Plus this issue has gluten and casein food charts to help you learn what...

Eye on the Flu Shot from Royal Canadian Airfarce

2009-11-19T05:39:00-05:00

Here's a funny video on the flu shot from Canada's Royal Canadian Airfarce.

Age of Autism Contest: $40 from OurKidsASD.com!

2009-11-18T21:00:00-05:00

The winners are David Gerhauser, Erik Ohlsson, Melanie Vanciel and Lysa Mulloy. Thanks to our sponsor Lee Silsby compounding pharmacy for this contest. Four readers won $40 in product from OurKidsASD, your one stop source for autism-related supplements. The contest...

Children’s Hospital of Boston: Is Autism Really On the Rise?

2009-11-18T05:45:00-05:00

By Katie Wright Hmmm. I wonder? Children’s Hospital of Boston which has been the recipient of tens of millions of our hard won autism research dollars still cannot decide if 1 in 91 American children on the ASD spectrum is...

Doctors Discussing Risks and Benefits of Mammography

2009-11-18T05:42:00-05:00

By Kim Stagliano Yesterday, surprising (and controversial) new guidelines emerged regarding mammography, stating that women under the age of 50 may not need yearly mammograms, as is the current the medical recommendation. I read the article (below) in the New...

New Rule: Bill Maher Questions Vaccinations

2009-11-17T20:45:01-05:00

Bill Maher weighs in on vaccination as an infallible medical miracle, and he credits Barbara Loe Fisher and Dr. Jay Gordon for their work. Is Michael Moore next to chime in? Please read and comment on Bill Maher's post at...

Alison Singer Feeds the Hungry Lie

2009-11-17T05:46:00-05:00

By J.B. Handley The dueling press releases from Autism Speaks and the Autism Science Foundation last week regarding the IACC’s plans for studying/not studying autism were a sight to behold. Unfortunately, I think Alison Singer’s press release was more accurate,...

Olmsted on Autism: All Hail the New Normal!

2009-11-16T05:45:00-05:00

By Dan Olmsted The signs have been emerging for a while now – the idea that people with autism are just differently abled, maybe socially awkward but a wonderful raindow of diversity rather than a wounded spectrum of damage; reports...

The "Green Our Vaccines" Initiative for Autism

2009-11-16T05:43:00-05:00

Managing Editor's Note: We'd like you to know that the parent volunteers of Generation Rescue are donating $50,000 to this ballot initiative effort. We are seeking additional donations, large and small, every dollar counts. You can donate by clicking HERE....

What Do We Need?

2009-11-15T05:49:00-05:00

Come by on Monday to learn more. Kent Heckenlively has something to share with you. We're going to ask you to participate. You don't need to leave the house. Or move away from your computer. See you tomorrow.

H1N1: Fact or Fiction By Barbara Loe Fisher

2009-11-15T05:43:00-05:00

By Barbara Loe Fisher It's been about six months since the Department of Health and Human Services and the Secretary of Homeland Security followed the World Health Organization and declared a very scary pandemic influenza public health emergency in the...

Mirror, Mirror on the Wall, Is Pfizer's Neurontin Effective at All?

2009-11-15T05:42:00-05:00

Editor's Note: Just when you think the drug companies can't look any worse, along comes a new analysis showing Pfizer played fast and loose with studies to make Neurontin look like it worked way better than it did. Pfizer just...

Age of Autism Comment of the Week: 11/14

2009-11-14T05:47:00-05:00

"Hands-Offit" is our commenter of the week. Please email me at KimStagliano@gmail.com with your T-shirt size (M-XL) and mailing address. Congrats! Here's the comment from Dan Olmsted's post on Michael Specter: "Are Michael Spector, Amy Wallace, and Amanda Peete happy...

Remember This?

2009-11-14T05:43:00-05:00

Learn more on Monday.

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel on Flu Vaccines

2009-11-14T05:42:00-05:00

By Anne Dachel On Oct. 23, 2009, the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel published an article titled, As swine flu shots begin, officials fear shortage (HERE) by Mark Johnson. It was a pretty typical piece promoting the flu vaccine and dismissing any adverse...

IACC Releases Request for Information Results: Respondents Demand Answers.

2009-11-13T20:13:46-05:00

By Teresa Conrick The IACC Request for Information (RFI) results were sent out today at 2:30 Chicago time. (See sample comments below the jump.) "In 2009, the IACC issued a Request for Information (RFI) to solicit public comment on the...

Holland Center for Autism Treatment in New York Times

2009-11-13T05:43:00-05:00

Congratulations to Jennifer VanDerHorst-Larson of Holland Center for the great press in the New York Times. You might recall Jennifer as the winner of the Age of Autism Post Item in the Autism One auction last May. She wrote: Is...

Will My Daughter Always Live in Elmo's World?

2009-11-13T05:40:00-05:00

By Kim Stagliano The other day a friend whose teen son has autism told me he still is interested in the Teletubbies, despite her best efforts to move him toward more age approrpriate programming. My oldest child is 14 and...

Part 2: David Kirby on HuffPo "Is Obama Ready to Take on Factory Farming?"

2009-11-12T13:15:46-05:00

Click HERE to read David Kirby's second post on factory farming. Part Two: White House Realities (Note: This is the second part of an essay adapted from David Kirby's upcoming book Animal Factory. To read PART ONE, please click here)....

Top Federal Panel Endorses Autism Research That Includes Vaccines - Dueling Press Releases Ensue

2009-11-12T00:22:16-05:00

by David Kirby On Tuesday, the Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee (IACC), Washington's leading arbiter for directing federal funds to autism research, unanimously voted to recommend studies that include investigations into possible links between autism and environmental triggers - including vaccines...

Making Healthy Babies, Raising Healthy Children: Living Well in a Toxic World Symposium

2009-11-12T00:02:00-05:00

Saturday, November 21, 2009 from 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM (PT) Berkeley, CA: Click Making Healthy Babies Symposium for more details. Dr. Andrew Wakefield is presenting. The 2009 CIA World Factbook ranks the USA 45th among nations for infant mortality—...

MSNBC Reports Teen Boy Contracted Neurological Disorder Hours After H1N1 Vaccine

2009-11-12T00:01:00-05:00

Read the full article at MSNBC HERE. A 14-year-old Virginia boy is weak and struggling to walk after coming down with a reported case of Guillain-Barre syndrome within hours after receiving the H1N1 vaccine for swine flu. Jordan McFarland, a...

Autism Coverage and The Military

2009-11-11T20:20:00-05:00

Read the full article, Military Families Battle Autism by Tisha Thompson MyFoxDC. ..Major Andy Hilmes says his son Drew was diagnosed with autism six months before his second deployment in Iraq. To help Drew learn basic skills like speaking and...