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Thu May 23, 2013, 04:59 PM

May 2013

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-31727_162-20049118-10391695.html

March 31, 2011 11:32 AM
By Sharyl Attkisson

...The article in the Journal of Immunotoxicology is entitled "Theoretical aspects of autism: Causes--A review." The author is Helen Ratajczak, surprisingly herself a former senior scientist at a pharmaceutical firm. Ratajczak did what nobody else apparently has bothered to do: she reviewed the body of published science since autism was first described in 1943. Not just one theory suggested by research such as the role of MMR shots, or the mercury preservative thimerosal; but all of them.

Ratajczak's article states, in part, that "Documented causes of autism include genetic mutations and/or deletions, viral infections, and encephalitis [brain damage] following vaccination. Therefore, autism is the result of genetic defects and/or inflammation of the brain."

And for those individuals happy with the condition, it's simply neurodiversity.

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The legacy of Andrew Wakefield continues [View all] SidDithers May 2013 OP

I have a son with Asperger's. SheilaT May 2013 #1

Sounds like you've got a wonderful son... SidDithers May 2013 #2

Thank you. SheilaT May 2013 #5

Great post. nt MADem May 2013 #4

Thank you! I'm also the mother of an aspie liberalhistorian May 2013 #14

It seems as if one of the main problems for an Aspie is SheilaT May 2013 #26

Amen. My local austism society chapter invited this jerk to speak AFTER his license Butterbean May 2013 #17

Speaking of AofA... SidDithers May 2013 #20

Yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeah. I noticed that after I posted. Butterbean May 2013 #27

I don't blame you... SidDithers May 2013 #28

Oy! Wakefield! longship May 2013 #3

Daytime kick...nt SidDithers May 2013 #6

big REC and KICK! n/t zappaman May 2013 #7

Info. proverbialwisdom May 2013 #8

Info. proverbialwisdom May 2013 #9

AOA Weekly Wrap: Gag Me proverbialwisdom May 2013 #10

Read for factual links only. proverbialwisdom May 2013 #11

I suspect this motivated Orac to revive the controversy. proverbialwisdom May 2013 #12

No. It was the news of 1200 cases of measles... SidDithers May 2013 #13

"Trifles make perfection (or science), but perfection is no trifle." - Michelangelo proverbialwisdom May 2013 #16

Fuck Age of Autism... SidDithers May 2013 #18

Ignore them, read their links to UK NHS data and reach your own conclusions. proverbialwisdom May 2013 #21

Kick Warren DeMontague May 2013 #15

Wakefield has his defenders... SidDithers May 2013 #19

Kick for the night shift! n/t zappaman May 2013 #22

I say this every time anti-vaxx woo is posted here. Archae May 2013 #23

When your kid is diagnosed with autism, you grasp onto any simple explanation Canuckistanian May 2013 #24

Uh, no, straw man fallacies beginning with the unflawed studies paragraph. nt proverbialwisdom May 2013 #25

We were exactly the same way with our autistic grandson... cynatnite May 2013 #60

''This is what anti-science, anti-vax, medical-woo brings us. Fuck them.'' Octafish May 2013 #29

Coming from the bizarro conspiracy world that you inhabit, octafish... SidDithers May 2013 #30

Smear away. You still haven't shown even once where I was wrong about the BFEE. Not even once. Octafish May 2013 #31

You smear yourself... SidDithers May 2013 #32

No. I didn't write that. Yet, you insist on associating me with something I did not write. Octafish May 2013 #34

You mean Naomi Wolf, right? geek tragedy May 2013 #35

Did you go to the thread? Octafish May 2013 #36

Ah, my mistake. geek tragedy May 2013 #37

Minnesota is still trying to undo the harm Wakefield did MineralMan May 2013 #33

I've read the stat that 1 in 8 children of Somali immigrants in Minnesota are diagnosed with autism. proverbialwisdom May 2013 #38

Have you now? And where did you read that? MineralMan May 2013 #40

KARE 11 TV Minneapolis: “1 in 8 kids in the local Somali community are affected” (VIDEO) proverbialwisdom May 2013 #53

This speaks for itself in correcting a few of the misrepresentations on this thread. proverbialwisdom May 2013 #39

Again, I do not accept your source. MineralMan May 2013 #41

AOA is an INTERMEDIARY between primary peer-reviewed material and the public vetted by SMART parents proverbialwisdom May 2013 #43

Kick for the fight against woo! n/t zappaman May 2013 #42

New study by Dr. Martha Herbert & Dr. Julie Buckley in Journal of Child Neurology on autism and diet proverbialwisdom May 2013 #44

You keep linking to Age of Autism... SidDithers May 2013 #45

Ok, here. proverbialwisdom May 2013 #51

I read around. proverbialwisdom Jun 2013 #66

Thanks for the kick...nt SidDithers Jun 2013 #67

Omigod. zappaman May 2013 #46

Herbert has been so thoroughly discredited that Godhumor May 2013 #47

Absolutely misleading, if true factoid, and the Journal of Child Neurology is peer-reviewed. proverbialwisdom May 2013 #48

"Nothing of value in terms of original work or trying to interpret results from other places," oh? proverbialwisdom May 2013 #49

LOL, sure AoA would be completely open to criticism Godhumor May 2013 #50

Great article and analysis. Comments to Scotsman article worthwhile. proverbialwisdom May 2013 #64

More. proverbialwisdom May 2013 #65

Wakefield lost his medical license for using kids as subjects with "callous disregard" Hekate May 2013 #52

In the '60s I knew a girl who'd had mumps encephalitis. She was blind and crippled. Hekate May 2013 #54

Exactly. These entirely preventable diseases can be very serious... SidDithers May 2013 #56

INFO, Hekate and Sid. Take it or leave it, your choice. proverbialwisdom May 2013 #57

C'mon. Give us a Generation Rescue link... SidDithers May 2013 #58

Check it out, please. Video features GR Executive Director Candace McDonald and her brother. proverbialwisdom May 2013 #62

Thanks for the kick... SidDithers May 2013 #63

I knew my daughter had some concerns about that schedule years before she had her first... Hekate May 2013 #59

Kick for the weekend crowd. n/t zappaman May 2013 #55

Test. I am unable to spot this thread in GD. proverbialwisdom May 2013 #61