The Autism Omnibus Proceedings (OAP) are the “Vaccine Court trial” that is deciding whether autism can be legally considered a vaccine injury. The OAP were held as a series of “test cases” which would allow the Court to consider the proposed theories of how vaccines might cause autism. Each “test case” was a [...]

The Today show did a segment this week on vaccines and autism. Along with Dr. Paul Offit, Kristina Chew (AutismVox) was interviewed.
As an aside from the vaccine debate, I think we all need to say, “Go Charlie!!!”. I’ve read about Charlie (and dad) and the bike rides, now I’ve seen it. [...]

Let’s start with a cool comment I read early in the week. This is from Jeanette, aka mom26children.
I rest my very tired head, every night…I say my prayers and thank God for giving me the ability to be these children’s Mother. I thank God for the blessings I have received. I thank God for [...]

I should have thought about blogging this sooner. LeftBrainRightBrain has blogged it now. Also, I speak of dreams and other blogs.
Every Child by Two has asked its membership to “Please Take The Time To Contact The Oprah Winfrey Show”.  The letter is below.  Reprinted with permission–but I think they are happy to see [...]

It’s pretty clear, I think, to anyone reading the variety of blogs in the autism “community” that there are big divisions. No factor is as divisive as the vaccine/autism notion, and in a short time Jenny McCarthy has come to be the representative of it.
Blogs have been covering Jenny McCarthy since her [...]

I started this blog by doing some pieces on blogs I’ve liked–as I’ve added them to the blogroll, I gave a description of why. I haven’t done it in a while, but I’ve got a lot of blogs I’d like to add.
This addition is sWell, written by Dr. Rahul Parikh. Dr. Parikh is [...]

Imagine that childhood game were you whisper a story into one kid’s ear. He whispers it into another kid’s ear. She whispers it into another kid’s ear…
By the time the story gets back to you, it has completely changed.
Now imagine that people aren’t whispering, but instead commenting in the press or blogs. [...]

Vaccines get a lot of coverage on the autism blogs. One can claim too much
I just saw this document, Clear Answers & Smart Advice About Your Baby’s Shots by Dr. Ari Brown. This is one that is definitely going on the main autismlibrary.org website right away. It takes a huge amount of [...]

OK, ths post is late. The latest study (Hornig et al.) has been covered over and over again by blogs.
The basic idea is simple: try to recreate the work of Dr. Andrew Wakfield, whose 1998 and 2002 studies are what has really fueled the idea that MMR and autism are linked.
In the present study, [...]