AGE OF AUTISM

Self Discovery

2012-06-03T05:45:00-04:00

By Cathy Jameson I’m reorganizing parts of my life. Wait. Didn’t I just do that a month ago? I think I did. I remember sitting at the dining room table with the family calendar, a notebook, stacks of bills, medical...

Age of Autism Contest: Somewhere Over The Sea by Halfdan Freihow

2012-06-02T05:45:00-04:00

A few years ago I read "Dear Gabriel" by Norway's Halfdan Freihow. And I loved it. It impressed upon me the importance of the father's point of view and voice within the maelstrom of the autism epidemic. This year Autism...

Age of Autism Contest The Anti-Romantic Child by Priscilla Gilman

2012-06-02T05:43:00-04:00

We have a copy of The Anti Romantic Child by Priscilla Gilman to give away. Please leave a comment to enter. From Harper Collins: Priscilla Gilman, a teacher of romantic poetry who embraced Wordsworth's vision of childhood's spontaneous wonder, eagerly...

Skeptics Censor Skepticism of Paul Offit's Book

2012-06-01T05:45:00-04:00

By Jake Crosby Two weeks after millionaire vaccine industrialist Paul Offit verbally abused me at the University of Pennsylvania, he gave a talk about his book “Deadly Choices” at the Washington D.C. Chapter of the Center for Inquiry – an...

Autism Ages Out into An Endless Summer

2012-05-31T05:45:00-04:00

By Natalie Palumbo My older brother Anthony is a senior this year. In our world, this means he's 21 years old, and aging out of the moderately functioning self contained special education classroom at Lexington High School. Anthony has low-verbal...

Autism One and a Young Man Going the Distance

2012-05-30T05:45:00-04:00

By Teresa Conrick Autism One is always a superb menu of speakers and presentations and this year was no exception. Listening to Dr. Luc Montagnier, co-discoverer of the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and the 2008 Nobel laureate for Medicine, was...

Doctors Still Don't Know How to Diagnose Autism

2012-05-29T05:45:00-04:00

By Anne Dachel Doctors still don’t know how to diagnose autism--- The American Academy of Pediatrics and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have a very difficult role to play when it comes to what they do about the...

TODAY: IOM Assessment of Studies of Health Outcomes Related to the Recommended Childhood Immunization Schedule May Meeting

2012-05-29T05:41:00-04:00

The third meeting of the Committee on the Assessment of Studies of Health Outcomes Related to the Childhood Immunization Schedule will be held on May 29, 2012 in Washington, DC at The Pew Charitable Trusts. If you would like to...

Boston Teacher Placed on (Paid) Leave Following Abuse of Autistic Child

2012-05-28T05:45:00-04:00

We need a Memorial Day for American boys, girls, men and women with autism. This abuse and disregard and anger toward our loved ones simply must stop. And thank you to the military men and women who are raising children...

Texas Vaccine Requirements Affect Community College Enrollment

2012-05-28T05:43:00-04:00

Administrators at the Austin Community College (ACC) admit that some 10,000 students have refused to enroll at ACC because of their vaccination requirements. Meanwhile, a Washington State rock band named The Refusers is storming Youtube with their latest hit "First...