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A study on chelation, a controversial biomedical treatment for autism, has been put on hold, today’s Associated Press reports. Chelation, in which heavy metals are removed from the body, is based on the notion that mercury in vaccines can be linked to autism; an autistic boy, Abubakar Tariq Nadama, died in 2005 after receiving chelation […]
If you’re interested in listening in on a meeting of the Strategic Plan Workgroup of the Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee (IACC) under the Combating Autism Act of 2006 (P.L. 109-416), go to the end of this post.
For the past several months, insurance—as in having insurance companies pay for treatments for autistic children—-has been a regular […]
Speculation is rife about the environment, pollution, chemicals, etc., etc., etc., and the risk of autism—but could it all just be the effect of too much green noise (greening even the vaccines)?
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The great autism rip-off is a story in the May 31st Daily Mail about the numerous alternative medicine/biomedical treatments that parents of autistic children turn to—-and how this has become a “huge industry” that “feeds on parents desperate to cure their children.” The Daily Mail cites an article in the Journal Of Developmental And Behavioural […]
Here’s another one, with a reference to an article from the Autism Research Institute.
Don’t think we’ll be trying it.
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The April 14th St. Louis Post-Dispatch makes a case for the need for insurance coverage for autism treatment. SB 1122 would allow for insurance coverage “for the treatment of autism under certain conditions”: Autistic children who are “less than 16 years of age” would qualify for up to $50,000 per year of behavior therapy. […]
Almost everyone had something to say about Autism: The Musical which can still be seen on HBO’s website. I’m wondering when someone will make Autism: The Comedy—enough already about “the tragedy of autism”!
Drinking While Pregnant Linked to Autism
Dr Maggie Watts, vice chairman on alcohol for the Scottish Association of Alcohol and Drug Action Teams, suggests […]
Last Friday, Arizona Governor Janet Napolitano signed House Bill 2847 into law, requiring private health- and disability-insurance plans to cover the diagnosis and treatment of autism. As the March 22nd Arizona Republic notes, the legislation specifically provides families with “better access to behavioral therapy.” Children up to the age of 8 can receive up to […]
I recently got a message about a local meeting of an autism organization that supports “immediate” alternative treatments for autistic children. I’m not able to attend the meeting and have been thinking about that word “immediate.”
It’s not hard to understand why a parent would want some way to stop a child from head-banging (as my […]
That’s how much Sally Leiverman of Eden Prairie (MN) says that her sister has spent on therapies (”special education and detoxification”) for 6-year-old Ana, who has autism. Sally Leiverman is organizing a fundraiser to raise $89,130 for Ana and also for a non-profit organization that provides services for special needs children, the Eden Prairie News […]
Autism mother gets on her soapbox.
Written by Kristina Chew, PhD [email] for b5media.
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