I hope I didn’t lose too many people with that title–A lot of people might be thinking this will be more of the recent wave of autism on talkshows.

Instead, let me talk about an hour of Autism (yes, an entire hour, not just an interview/book-plug). Yes, there were celebrities: Joe Mantenga and Didi Conn.

http://autismlibrary.org/blog/wp-admin/post-new.php

In my book, Ari Brown is a bit of a celebrity…but I’m weird that way. GMA (Good Morning America) also had Ken Reibel (autism parent and journalist) and Dr. Lou Cooper (former head of the American Academy of Pediatrics).

The show was hosted by ABC news medical correspondent Dr. Timothy Johnson. The show was pretty good. No one shouting insults at others…none of what I’ve come to fear from talkshows about autism.

The show was split into six segments–here they are:

Segment 1: Autism Up Close (introducing the subject and the people)

Segment 2: Autism Stories from the Spotlight (where they get the parent’s stories)

Segment 3: More Stories from the Spotlight (more from the parent’s view)

Segment 4: The Autism-Vaccine debate (looking at “the elephant in the room”)

Segment 5: Treating Autism (without a long discussion of diets, antifungals, chelation…thank god)

Segment 6: Autism Advancements

A good set of videos for someone starting out and looking for some good information.