Paul Offit Recieves AAP Outstanding Service Award

The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) presented Paul Offit, MD, FAAP, with the President’s Certificate for Outstanding Service at the National Conference and Exhibition of the AAP earlier this week.  The award recognizes an individual’s outstanding service and long-term, personal dedication to the mission of the AAP and to the health, safety and well-being of [...]

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Autism Proceedings: End of Story

By Jonathan Rabinovitz Stanford Medical School Advocacy groups can play a vital role in advancing treatment of a disease, but a small but vocal group of parents of children with autism may be hindering as much as helping the latest efforts to promote research on the disorder. Case in point: when the Interagency Autism Coordinating [...]

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Misplaced Fear: Resolving the Fear Around Vaccines and Autism

By Lydia McCoy Executive Director of the Colorado Children’s Immunization Coalition. Thimerosal and the MMR vaccine do not cause autism.   There I said it.   I know parents are scared. I know parents just want to do what is best for their children. I also know that vaccines are not the thing to fear, [...]

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H1N1 Influenza Virus, H1N1 Vaccine and Mitochondrial Disease

…influenza poses more of a health risk to a person with mitochondrial disease than to an otherwise healthy person.

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Wired Magazine Publishes Cover Story and Series of Articles on Vaccines, Autism

Wired Magazine  (November 2009) has published a cover story and several additional sidebar stories on the anti vaccine crusade.  They all well worth reading. Cover Story: An Epidemic of Fear: How Panicked Parents Skipping Shots Endangers Us All http://www.wired.com/magazine/2009/10/ff_waronscience/ The MisInformants: Prominent Voices in the AntiVaccine Crusade (list includes Jenny McCarthy, Jim Carrey, Joe Lieberman, [...]

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AAP’s “The Kid’s Doctor: Your Partner in Parenting” Radio Show, Oct 11, 2009

This week’s show focused on the new study in Pediatrics indicating autism prevalence rates are now 1 in 91. Autism Science Foundation President Alison Singer discusses the data, describes what the autism community really needs, and answers the question of whether autism is caused by vaccines.

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BlogHer Posts Interview with Autism Science Foundation President Alison Singer

by Shannon Des Roches Rosa Autism Science Foundation president Alison Singer is well known in the autism community for her formative role at Autism Speaks and for leaving Autism Speaks to found the Autism Science Foundation.   Read the post

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