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…
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Autism Stem Cell Treatment Research: Who is the Real Quack? Gorski (ORAC) or the FDA?
Real Quackery: Duck Flapping and Splashing Photos by HLDoherty In any commentary in which I dare question the self appointed protector of all things scientific, the ORACle known as Dr.…
Neurodiversity Author and Ideologue Steve Silberman ALMOST Acknowledges Low Functioning vs High Functioning Autism Reality
Neurodiversity autism author and ideologue Steve Silberman ALMOST acknowledged the common sense reality of differences in autism function levels but at the last minute he turned and walked away once…
8535 Autistic New Brunswickers and the Need for NB Liberal Leadership Debates
NB Liberal Leadership Candidates Dear Sirs Re: Should Liberal Leadership Candidates Debate? I would like to see a debate which included discussion of policies for autistic children and adults in…
Experienced Clinical Child Psychologist On Increases in Autism Diagnoses, Importance of ABA Treatment
From the Medicare for Autism Now! web site: Dr. Glen Davies is a clinical child psychologist who has practiced in the Vancouver area for over 25 years. Today, over two-thirds…
Autism Research Community’s Failing Grades: Vocational Interventions Research
“In the end, the researchers found only five studies that focused on vocational interventions. While this handful of studies looked at certain on-the-job programs designed to support young adults with…
Guilty! Autism Blame from Cold Moms to Old Dads
Breaking Science News: Guilty! Old Dads convicted of causing children’s autism disorders, all charges dropped against environmental toxins! Once upon a time the medical community accepted without critical analysis the…
12 Years Later: Environmental Causes of Autism Still Unexplored
“The Environment as an etiologic factor in autism: a new direction for research” by EA London was published online by ehp, Environmental Health Perspectives, in 2000. Today, 12 years later,…
Autism Reality Check: Where Are The IACC Results?
I have previously written about the importance of the IACC and in a 2009 blog comment expressly thanked the IACC for its role in advancing autism research. With the passage…
Hall’s Harbour Fun for Conor and Family
Autism, severe autism, brings many challenges on a regular basis for those affected, including family members. Today was a day though when Conor was at his very best, when his…
Australian Familiy’s Harsh Autism Reality
The mainstream media, the blogosphere and Twitter are full of dreamy commentaries telling the world that autism is not really a disorder, it is a beautiful culture, a different way…
Barry Hudson: Ontario and Canada Are Failing Our Autistic Children and Adults
Barry Hudson is a very well informed, articulate father of an autistic son in Ontario, autism advocate and director with Medicare for Autism Now! Barry describes his family life with…
Great Autism News in New Brunswick!
Great autism news in New Brunswick as the UNB-CEL Autism Intervention Training Program is being made available for the public. (Applications available online.) The college program has previously been recommended…
The Aurora Horror and Michelle Dawson’s Bizarre Anti Autism Advocacy Rhetoric
As an autism advocate in Canada I am very familiar with Michelle Dawson’s angry rhetoric in which she attacks autism organizations advocating for autism treatment for autistic children. She has…
Invisible Real Autistics Suffer While Self Promoters Peddle False View of Autism Disorder As An Alternative, Superior Way of Thinking
Some self promoting, self proclaimed “geeks” are pushing a distorted view of autism disorders as being the domain of different, even superior, thinkers. Historical geniuses long dead are often cited…
Medicare’s Orphans: Dr. Melvin DeLevie On Canada’s Archaic Approach To Autism Treatment
Medicare for Autism Now! is featuring a series of interviews in connection with the Medicare’s Orphans series. Interview 3 features Dr. Melvin DeLevie a practicing British Columbia physician with extensive…
Happy Canada Day! Now Let’s Start Addressing Canada’s Autism Crisis
Happy Canada Day EVERYONE! Including Canadians With Autism Disorders! I can not imagine living in any other country in the world. As much as I love our great neighbors to…
Are Autism Disorders Morphing Into Einstein Turing Syndrome?
Autism disorders are misrepresented in the mainstream media, on the internet and, as has been confirmed many times, in autism research which excludes those with severe autism disorders simply because…
Building a Bigger Tent Is A Badly Needed Critical Analysis of New Brunswick Inclusive Education Policies and the Porter Aucoin Report
The New Brunswick government needs to do a critical analysis of the Porter Aucoin inclusive education report. Porter Aucoin is not an arms length objective review of NB inclusion practice…
New Brunswick STILL Needs a Modern Adult Autism Residential Care and Treatment Facility
Restigouche Regional Hospital, Campbellton New Brunswick Centracare Long Term Mental Health Services Center, Saint John New Brunswick New Brunswick adults with severe autism disorders need an alternative to the Centracare…