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5 Easy Steps to Autism Junk Science

The latest attempt to use science to deny children with autism access to treatment came into my e-mail recently. I think this one needs to be shared. Here’s the background. The Ontario government has created…
God vs. Science

Joni Earecksen Tada's devotional arrived this morning with this line embedded, "Gut-wrenching questions honor God." How true. And good, since 15 years into our journey, there are more questions than answers. She conti…
Got Questions?

This week’s “Got Questions?” answer is from Autism Speaks Chief Science Officer Geri Dawson, Ph.D. In recent days, you may have read media stories about research showing that typically developing b…
An Avalanche of Funding for Autism Science

The Autism Science Foundation is kicking off our month-long fundraising campaign “Recipe4Hope” –www.recipe4hope.org. Every dollar donated to the campaign will go directly to fund pre- and post-doctora…
Magnetic

I walked into the kitchen one morning this summer and found James preparing to dash his wooden trains through the air and against the wall. He was frustrated that he could not push them together. I showed him the roun…
Dr. Stephen Shore on PBS science series, NOVA

Autism Today is many things to many people, but above all it is a community, characterized by a high degree of interaction, accessibility and love, shared by every one of us with one another. Over more than a decade…
AUTISM: It's Who I AM

I was reading something my friend posted on Plurk the other day, about scientists creating autistic mice. I had read about this in the paper, and wasn’t really convinced by the whole thing. However, I do find a…
Video: Vaccine pioneer admits dangerous science

Submission date: 2/20/11 Original title: Vaccine pioneer admits dangerous science Dr. Joseph Mercola, internet health guru, cues us into a video this week. In it, Dr. Maurice Hilleman, a vaccine science pioneer who died…
From Cure to Community

In March of 2010, an article by Nancy Bagatell appeared in a special issue of Ethos: Journal of the Society for Psychological Anthropology (Vol 38, Issue 1). It’s called From Cure to Community: Transforming Noti…
Social Stories and Science Camp

I’m told it’s a fifth grade rite of passage, but I can think of many other descriptions. Last year I remember “reading” about it and thinking, never in a month of Sundays.. and now it’s nea…