The American Psychiatric Association’s passage of the DSM5 and its New Autism Spectrum Disorder was passed Saturday December 1, 2012 without any of the mainstream media taking noting of the real targets, the real victims of the new Autism de…
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Facing Autism Disorders in New Brunswick: Medicare’s Orphans: Autism and Civil Rights Activist David Marley and The Fight For a National Autism Strategy
Medicare for Autism Now! has released episode 10 of our “Medicare’s Orphans” web-series. This episode features Medicare for Autism Now, Civil Rights Now and co-producer of “Medicare’s Orphans”, David Marley.
David is a former trial lawyer and lo…
Continue readingFacing Autism Disorders in New Brunswick: Wright Is Right: Autism Has Become An Epidemic
Bob Wright co-founder of Autism Speaks testified before ta US National Congress committee and made a number of important points including what is obvious to those who are actually paying attention to autism realities: autism has become an ep…
Continue readingFacing Autism Disorders in New Brunswick: Autism and Conor’s Grand Mal Seizure: What Lies Ahead?
I know very little about seizures except that they are associated generally with epilepsy, that they are common in people with autism disorders and that they can be absolutely terrifying to a parent, even one whose personal conceits mislead him in…
Continue readingFacing Autism Disorders in New Brunswick: Vaccine Autism Shocker: Study Reports Strong Evidence of Autism Connection to Aluminum and Acetaminophen Exposure
It is quite possible that a paper published by researchers and authors of a paper claiming that empirical data confirm autism symptoms are related to Aluminum and Acetaminophen exposure, and possibly to the MMR vaccine,m could put their resear…
Continue readingFacing Autism Disorders in New Brunswick: ABC News Brian Ross Reports On Harsh Restraints Of Children With Special Needs Thursday November 29
As set out in the following ABC News Release:
November 29, 2012
BRIAN ROSS INVESTIGATES:
Moms Fight Back Against Harsh Methods to Restrain Students with Special Needs
Advocates say Thousands Injured and Many Killed after Poo…
Continue readingFacing Autism Disorders in New Brunswick: Conor, Autism Disorders and Traffic-Related Air Pollution
Photo by Harold L Doherty, Toronto, CN Tower, 2008
Conor Doherty, 1 Day Old, February 20, 1996
Joseph Brant Memorial Hospital, Burlington
Photo by Dad
A new study Traffic-Related Air Pollution, Particulate Matter, a…
Continue readingFacing Autism Disorders in New Brunswick: One Grand Mal Seizure Later Conor Is Back
Conor was happy and full of life on our trail walk today.
At times his feet didn’t even touch the ground.
The Grand Mal seizure Conor experienced Saturday morning took him down pretty hard (and scared the bejeebers out of his Dad).  …
Continue readingFacing Autism Disorders in New Brunswick: No Autism. Today, Conor’s Grand Mal Seizure Scared The Hell Out Of Me
The Joy of Conor
Every day with my buddy Conor is a joy because of who he is. Every day with Conor requires extra concern and attention to his well being because of the autism disorder that restricts his life and presents serious cha…
Continue readingFacing Autism Disorders in New Brunswick: Autism Is An Epidemic: Time To Stop Pretending Otherwise
Autism Speaks, commenting on and citing an article from the Boston Globe, reports that American Academy of Pediatrics President Elect James Perrin, M.D., F.A.A.P., has called autism an epidemic:
“James Perrin, M.D., F.A.A.P., president…
Continue readingFacing Autism Disorders in New Brunswick: Lia Marinoiu On Life With Simon; Her Brother With Severe Autism Disorder
“Lia Marinoiu lives in the Toronto area. She is an extremely mature and articulate 19 year old sister of her untreated, severely autistic younger brother. She describes the impact on every facet of her life, currently and in the future, of growing…
Continue readingFacing Autism Disorders in New Brunswick: DSM5 Autism Exclusion of ID? Study Finds Single Gene Mutation Known To Cause Intellectual Disability Increases Risk of Autism Disorders
If you believe the DSM5 Neurodevelopmental committee responsible for expressly removing those with Intellectual Disability from the new, oversimplified Autism Spectrum Disorder when they claim that exclusion is based on current science you may wan…
Continue readingFacing Autism Disorders in New Brunswick: Autism 2013: Insel’s Autisms or the Oversimplified DSM5 Autism Spectrum Disorder?
“If you’ve met one person with autism – you’ve met one person with autism.” Stephen Shore
The succinct and famous quote by Stephen Shore about the variation and complexity of autism disorders is cited often and just as often ig…
Continue readingFacing Autism Disorders in New Brunswick: Autism Research Bias, Autism’s Outcasts And The DSM5 Autism Do-Over: Shame on the APA
Four years ago, in Autism’s Outcasts, I wrote about the exclusion from public consciousness, and from autism research, of those with autism and intellectual disabilities. I am re-posting the research portion of Autism’s Outcasts below. The comment overall talks about the media tendency, as demonstrated at that time by CBC and CNN,
Continue readingFacing Autism Disorders in New Brunswick: York University Study Joins Ranks Of Those Raising Questions About The DSM5 Autism Do-Over
In Autism diagnosis change questioned by York University study Toronto Star Science & Technology Reporter Kate Allen interviews Dr. Adrienne Perry and York University undergraduate student, Azin Taheri, about a study designed by Taheri, with assistance from Dr. Perry, which had been intended to look at how the new DSM-5
Continue readingFacing Autism Disorders in New Brunswick: Sawyer Adams Your Family Worries, Wants You Home
Sawyer Adams is a fine young man whose grandparents live next door to us here in Fredericton, New Brunswick. Sawyer and his parents are there often. It is a very close, caring family and Sawyer has been missing for one full week now. Sawyer if you, or anyone you
Continue readingFacing Autism Disorders in New Brunswick: Medicare for Autism Now: Shelley Davis Behavioural Consultant and Attorney
From the Medicare for Autism Now web site and the film Medicare’s Orphans: A Film About the Fight to Get Healthcare for Children with Autism in Canada an interview with Shelley Davis: Shelley Davis is a US based Behavioural Consultant who has consulted to BC families for the last 15 years.
Continue readingFacing Autism Disorders in New Brunswick: DSM5 Autism’s Targeted Exclusion Of Intellectually Disabled Is NOT Based on Research Evidence
Dr. Catherine Lord has attempted to sell her DSM5 New Autism Spectrum Disorder in a comment at the Huffington Post by telling the ignorant, unwashed public that we have nothing to fear from the DSM5 Autism changes. Dr. Lord is trying to paint those who disagree with the DSM5 Autism
Continue readingFacing Autism Disorders in New Brunswick: Is All Genetic Autism Research Fundamentally Flawed?
The assumption in traditional genetic expression analysis that mRNA content is similar between cells (represented by orange and black dots) does not affect the final results when the cells in fact do have equivalent mRNA content, as in Figure A. In Figure B, the cell represented by the orange dots
Continue readingFacing Autism Disorders in New Brunswick: Questioning Answers – An Excellent Autism Research Blog
My favorite blog dedicated to autism research is Questioning Answers, by researcher Paul Whiteley, and I recommend it for anyone interested in the subject. Whiteley presents autism research information in a manner that can be digested by this humble autism dad and is not condescending. The content is broad,
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