I’ve just spent two days in a workshop on Autism (and related spectrum disorders). Nice to have some new resources, information (like did you know that the original article that claimed a link between the MMR vaccination and ASD was not only discredited many times over, but actually retracted? And yet people still go on about a link?) There are so many expensive and unproven “cures” out there, it’s scary :(
Now I need to try and apply my new info to my caseload. Starting … Tuesday I think I have my next kid with a PDD in… provided I don’t succumb to this sore throat/cold that’s been hanging around these two days… a weekend in Newcastle will either fix me or wear me down right??
(I can’t get the new DMB single out of my head. You can download it here free atm… My hard drive has died so I can’t replace it with a new song in my head right now)
(oh and I’m having a nephew apparently. waiting for the first baby pics to appear on facebook!)
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Not just retracted, that could be for one of a number of reasons, but the data was specifically found to be false. As in he made it up. I don’t understand why this wasn’t more widely publicized, the anti-vaccination movement has an actual body count, children actually die because of this bullshit.
*LOL* hell funny re: vaccination stunt report dealie.
The media simply aren’t interested in reporting after the fact if it’s not as shocking as the first statement.
“News Headlines: Outrageous claim that shocked you all is actually not all that accurate and you can go back to living your day to day lives.”
If you have half a brain you may be interested to know, but if it’s not sensationalised and surrounded by flashing lights the masses won’t be drawn to it. We’re living in an age where news is entertainment, not information.
A lot of the things we were hearing about were just making be angry. There’s some summary leaflets for parents on the different interventions that’s online… I can’t find right now, but basically it broke it down into what was shown to have benefits, what had no evidence, and what had no evidence but also had evidence of causing harm. I have the link at work…