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That Shouldn't Happen: The Just World Fallacy and Autism

Everyday, we hear about tragedies, some that hit too close to home for comfort, and our reactions...

Heaviness: Euthanasia For Expediency

It's all over the internet now, the story of the twin brothers in Belgium who were deaf and going...

What's the Harm: When Reality and Wishful Thinking Clash

I'm digging around for posts people have written on what to say/what not to say to autistic people...

Facilitated Communication: Same As It Ever Was (Same As It Ever Was)

In the past couple years, I’ve written over a dozen articles examining facilitated communication...

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Instructor of English and psychology and mother to three on the autism spectrum.

Writer of the site countering.us (where most of these articles will have first appeared) and co-administrator

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Mercola: Truer Words Were Never Written?

Mercola: Truer Words Were Never Written?

Jul 06 2010 | comment(s)

Mercola, webster of woo, he of the get your vitamin D through our tanning bed fame, has a new post up at Huffington Post.
Facilitated Communication Quackery Gets Journalistic Promotion In Annapolis

Facilitated Communication Quackery Gets Journalistic Promotion In Annapolis

Jul 01 2010 | comment(s)

Lest you think that the AoAers have a hold on promoting woo or, just as bad, think that the mainstream media had potentially wised up (Kudos, Tsouderos!), a local reporter in
Monkeys and Mice: A Literature Review the Anti-Vaccine Folks Should Embrace But Won't

Monkeys and Mice: A Literature Review the Anti-Vaccine Folks Should Embrace But Won't

Jun 27 2010 | comment(s)

Aschner and Ceccatelli (2010) review the relevant data for thimerosal as a cause of autism. They conclude there is "no reliable data indicating that administration of vaccines containing thimerosal is a primary cause of autism.