From a recent tweet of Ms. McCarthy:

Stories circulating online, claiming that I said my son Evan may not have autism after all, are blatantly inaccurate and completely ridiculous. Evan was diagnosed with autism by the Autism Evaluation Clinic at the UCLA Neuropsychiatric Hospital and was confirmed by the State of California (through their Regional ( Read more... )

I know you guys sometimes post articles on this topic, but I never read them, so sorry if this is a repeat :/

I found this because my aunt posted this in her facebook status this morning. (Her 7-year-old is autistic.)

http://www.cnn.com/2011/HEALTH/01/05/autism.vaccines/index.html

A 1998 study that unleashed a major health scare by linking childhood autism to a triple vaccine was "an elaborate fraud," the British Medical Journal (BMJ) said.

“The BMJ says Sunday Times investigative journalist Brian Deer has "unearthed clear evidence of falsification".”

Edit: The BMJ article, and A BMJ editorial on the matter(xposted ( Read more... )

I have an NT friend who is otherwise really cool but I just found out she doesn't immunize her kids, and she still thinks the risk of autism from vaccines is greater than the risk of catching the diseases they should have been immunized against... What are some good sources I can point her at? I know this has been a widely discussed topic here ( Read more... )

Seems like Penn & Teller is going to send an anti-anti-vaccination moment show. (The clip contain some "bad" language, and I want to comment more, but I'm too lazy to write more.)

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Latest autism figures should dispel any fears about the MMR jab being linked to the condition

BBC News article about recent research on the extent of autism in adults. I havent gone into the quality of the science but basically they dont see any rise in autism rates after the introduction of the MMR jab 30 years ago.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/health/article5683671.ece

It seems that the link between MMR Vaccine and Autism is based on a fraudulent paper.

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/M/MED_VACCINE_SAFETY?SITE=CASRP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULTRead more... )

I thought this might be of interest to people in our community ( Read more... )

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