NAAR Founder Eric London Resigns from Autism Speaks citing Disagreement over Vaccine Research

Dr. Eric London has announced his resignation from the Autism Speaks Scientific Affairs Committee.  London is the Director of the Autism Treatment Laboratory at the New York State Institute for Basic Research in Developmental Disabilities. He is also Chief Scientific Advisor of the New York State Autism Consortium and a member of the Autism Science Foundation’s Scientific Advisory Board.  He is [...]

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More Autism Research Funding Should Target Adults

We need far more research and financing directed at the programmatic needs of adults with autism. That means better targeted studies looking at best practices, interventions and educational protocols for teens and young adults with autism.

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Parents of two autistic sons vaccinated one but not the other

By Robin Hausman Morris   Punch drunk as I am, required to read every alert regarding vaccine injury, I was struck by the facts issued on WKRG.com News 5. Reported by Kesshia Peyton, who interviewed Dr. Paul Offit, there is a surge of parents who are very angry at the diversion that anti-vaccine activists have [...]

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Why it Took Me So Long to Write “Boy Alone”

By Karl Taro Greenfeld When I was writing Boy Alone, trying to understand the emotions, jealousies and rage of having a low-functioning autistic brother and figure out how it had dominated my family dynamic when I was a boy and shaped my adult view of the world, I found myself wondering why this hadn’t been [...]

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The Dangers of Celebrity Medicine

By Robin Hausman Morris I have been worried about the phenomenon of celebrity medicine. Every day, another actor or comedian takes a position on vaccine injury. The notion of an education procured at the “University of Google” is getting old. Not only is it tedious, it’s dangerous. Perhaps health care is being tested in this [...]

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Will The Real, Silent Majority Please Stand Up – To Oprah and Jenny McCarthy?

From: Science Based Medicine By Dr. Val Jones Much to my surprise and delight, my recent blog post about Jenny McCarthy’s  “educational” video was picked up by several other blogs and websites, resulting in a small flood of emails applauding my efforts to expose dangerous pseudoscience. I had braced myself for what I assumed would [...]

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Celexa Not Effective at Reducing Repetitive Behavior in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders

Study Still Provides Valuable Insights By Alison Singer A new multi-site clinical trial of Celexa (citalopram), a medication commonly prescribed to children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD), indicated that Celexa was no more effective than a placebo at reducing repetitive behaviors. Celexa has been widely prescribed to patients with obsessive compulsive disorder, the symptoms of which can [...]

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Hostility Towards Scientists and Jenny McCarthy’s Latest Video

From The Health Care Blog By VAL JONES, MD Val Jones, M.D., is the President and CEO of Better Health, LLC. Most recently she was the Senior Medical Director of Revolution Health, a consumer health portal with over 120 million page views per month in its network. Prior to her work with Revolution Health, Dr. [...]

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