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Autism roundtable, Part I: Angry parents, disability rights, and living in a neurotypical world

By Seth Mnookin
Posted: January 25, 2012

Category: Autism, Media, Public health, science | Tagged Amy Harmon, Apple, applied behavioral analysis, Ari Ne'eman, Asperger syndrome, autism cults, Autism Diva, Autistic Self Advocacy Network, Defeat Autism Now!, DSM, Grateful Dead, iPad, Jenny McCarthy, John Elder Robison, Kristina Chew, Left Brain/Right Brain, Loving Lampposts, Lydia Brown, Neurotribes, Paul Collins, Ralph James Savarese, Shannon Des Roches Rosa, Steve Silberman, Temple Grandin, The Huffington Post, The New York Times, The Panic Virus, The Thinking Person's Guide to Autism, Todd Drezner, Tom Lehrer, vaccines | 25 Comments

It really is bizarro day: Andrew Wakefield sues Brian Deer, BMJ

By Seth Mnookin
Posted: January 5, 2012

Category: Media, Vaccines | Tagged Amy Wallace, Andrew Wakefield, British Medical Journal, Fiona Godlee, Left Brain/Right Brain, Orac, Respectful Insolence, Sullivan | 15 Comments

So does that mean cancer patients should be suing cows?

By Seth Mnookin
Posted: September 8, 2011

Category: Autism, Media, Vaccines | Tagged anti-depressants, California, cancer, Google, Kaiser Permanente Medical Center, Left Brain/Right Brain, milk, MMR, PETA, scientific research, SSRIs, Sullivan | 1 Comment

Lessons from the shaming of chemically castrating doc who “endangers autistic children and exploits their parents”

By Seth Mnookin
Posted: May 4, 2011

Category: Autism, excerpt, Media, The Panic Virus, Vaccines | Tagged Andrew Wakefield, AutismOne, David Geier, David Kirby, Kathleen Seidel, Left Brain/Right Brain, lupron, Mark Geier, Maryland, Oprah Winfrey, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Robert MacNeil, Sullivan, Trine Tsouderos | 22 Comments