Autism Omnibus - MMR the evidence

Political abuse and the abuse of autism
“Political autism” has emerged again in a row within the European Union (EU). Despite taking Britain into the EEC (the forerunner of the EU) in 1973, the Conservatives have always been vulnerable to disputes between their pro-European wing and the euro-sceptics who are mistrustful of European federalism and keen to defend British independence. The Labour [...]

Mitochondrial disorder and autism
When Hannah Poling won her claim for an adverse vaccine reaction that triggered a pre-existing mitochondrial disorder and caused her to develop autistic symptoms it created quite a flurry in the autism world. The strange thing was there were at least 5000 families in the Autism Omnibus Proceedings who believed that vaccines had caused their child’s [...]

Congratulations to Dr Offit
Liz Ditz at I speak of Dreams has just blogged the news that Paul Offit has been recognized with an award from the American Association of Pediatrics. Congratulations to Paul Offit, M.D. Paul Offit was one of the co-inventors of the rotavirus vaccine, Rotateq. He has written a number of books relating to vaccine issues, most [...]

Autism Act 2009
Yes! The House of Lords gave The Autism Bill its third reading today. It now becomes The Autism Act 2009. I have posted the full story on LBRB. It is also up on the National Autistic Society site.

Don’t Write Me Off
This is the slogan of the latest campaign from the National Autistic Society. It launched today at  a reception in Parliament where over100 MPs heard NAS Council member Thomas Madar talk about his experience as an autistic adult and saw the latest campaign video. The campaign  addresses the lack of support adults with autism face when looking for [...]