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Stories on Malawi (Free subscription) | 3 hours ago
A CAITHNESS teacher and her husband are currently spending their summer holidays helping to develop village schools in Malawi. Maureen Miller, head teacher at Keiss Primary School and the former head at Canisbay, and Roger Bamfield, an advisory teacher for the autism outreach service in Dingwall, decided to spend five weeks in the African country as part of the Global Teachers Programme run by the...
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ac360blog (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago
Dr. Charles Sophy Medical Director, Los Angeles County DCFS Uneducated opinions such as Mr. Savage's are truly reprehensible. There is NOTHING fraudulent about Autism! It is a real medical condition. It is like saying there's no such thing as a broken leg. It's not that there are necessarily more autistic people in the world now...
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Anorak News (Free subscription) | yesterday
SAYS Michael Savage: “My comments about autism were meant to boldly awaken parents and children to the medical community’s attempt to label too many children or adults as ‘autistic,’. Many children are being victimized by being diagnosed with an ‘illness,’ which may not exist in all cases.” “There is no definitive medical diagnosis for autism, none. It’s [...]
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JFActivist (Free subscription) | yesterday
From the Boston Herald (July 22): Savage attack on autism Some call for firing of radio talk show host By Jessica Heslam The furor over shock jock Michael Savage’s autism rant intensified yesterday as parents of autistic kids called for...
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Yeshiva World News (Free subscription) | yesterday
Governor David A. Paterson signed a bill this week that will require the Department of Health (DOH) to update the guidelines used by pediatricians to identify children with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASDs) and refer them for appropriate services. “This legislation will help pediatricians across the state quickly and comprehensively identify kids with ASDs, so that they [...]
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Net News Publisher (Free subscription) | yesterday
Jenny McCarthy and Generation Rescue will take their fight against Autism to a WWE ring during Saturday Night’s Main Event® on August 2, 2008 at 9 p.m. ET/PT on NBC. “Many of our viewers have children or friends who are affected by autism and the WWE is committed to helping fund programs for families in need [...]
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ANTI NEW WORLD ORDER (Free subscription) | yesterday
Wednesday, July 23rd, 2008 Discuss this report in the RINF forums > Children of the current generation receive 24 mandatory vaccinations . A generation ago, only 10 were required. Through vaccinations , children receive 400x the amount of mercury deemed safe by the FDA . The Hep B routinely given to newborns contains so much mercury preservative that it would normally only be considered safe under...
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Sacramento Bee (Free subscription) | yesterday
There is a family down the street whom I envy.
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Dirt Digger Squad (Free subscription) | yesterday
With the custody case finally behind her, Britney Spears took time out Saturday night and surprisingly attended Jenny McCarthy and Jim Carrey’s fundraiser for Generation Rescue, an organization dedicated to researching autism. “She looked great and seemed really happy,” says a partygoer. (read the original story)
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Get Mash (Free subscription) | yesterday
BELGRADE, Serbia, July 22 — Dragan Dabic, as he called himself, lectured on spirituality, practiced alternative medicine and promised on his Web site to vanquish afflictions ranging from impotence to autism with his “energy healing treatment.” Read the full story
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Amy Ridenour's National Center Blog (Free subscription) | yesterday
Those of us who follow talk radio and/or autism-related issues are aware that a campaign has sprung up calling for the firing of syndicated radio host Michael Savage. Speaking on his July 16 broadcast, Savage claimed that 99 percent of autism cases are fake; that they actually are examples of kids misbehaving and bad parenting. According to Media Matters , Savage said: I'll tell you what autism is....
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OTB News (Free subscription) | yesterday
BELGRADE, Serbia, July 22 — Dragan Dabic, as he called himself, lectured on spirituality, practiced alternative medicine and promised on his Web site to vanquish afflictions ranging from impotence to autism with his “energy healing treatment.”
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ConWebBlog: The Weblog of ConWebWat (Free subscription) | yesterday
A July 22 WorldNetDaily article featured Michael Savage's spin of his assault on those with autism: that "In 99 percent of the cases, it's a brat who hasn't been told to cut the act out." WND repeated without challenge that "his assertion autism is a 'fraud' and 'a racket' was 'meant to boldly awaken parents and children to the medical community's attempt to label too many children or adults as "autistic"'"...
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The West Virginia Rebel's Blog (Free subscription) | yesterday
Where would talk radio be without Michael Savage? Maybe slightly more intelligent. Michael Savage, the incendiary radio host who last week characterized nearly every child with autism as “a brat who hasn’t been told to cut the act out,” said in a telephone interview on Monday that he stood by his remarks and had no intention of apologizing to those advocates and parents who have called for his firing...
