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Autism battlefront

Submitted by magpie on 7 July, 2009 - 23:14

Sunday Business Post
28 June 2009

When the letters, e-mails and phone calls began to pour in, Dr Paul A Offit presumed the worst. In the past, the chief of infectious diseases at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia had received a death threat due to his defence of the safety of childhood vaccines.

He had been criticised for his defence of the vaccine industry by Robert F Kennedy Jr, the nephew of John F Kennedy and a lawyer specialising in environmental litigation.

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Autism Prevalence study in Ireland

Submitted by magpie on 9 April, 2009 - 11:26

Irish Autism Action along with partners from UCC, DCU and Muintearas Lettermore Galway, will be conducting the prevalence study.The group will be using the prevalence protocol which has been developed from the European Autism information Systems (EAIS) project..

Regions that the study will be concentrated in are Dublin, Cork and the Gaeltacht in Galway.

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Autism Epidemiology Network

Submitted by admin on 30 June, 2009 - 18:16
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"Autism Speaks and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) are co-sponsoring an initiative to explore possible scientific opportunities in an international collaborative effort in autism epidemiology.

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Is there really an Autism Epidemic? (sciam)

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"A closer look at the statistics suggests something more than a simple rise in incidence." [source: Scientific American, Dec 2007]

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Intro to BioMed - The multiple hit hypothesis - Jepson

Submitted by admin on 16 April, 2009 - 18:52
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Presentation by Dr Jepson titled "The Autism Tsunami" which looks at environmental and genetic factors in the incidence of ASD. Environmental factors are considered causitive in some cases autism as a trigger due to existance of genetic susceptabilties to ASD in some people.

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The Autism File

Submitted by admin on 16 April, 2009 - 18:27
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The Autism File is a quarterly magazine dedicated to "give as much information as possible, with medical updates including: vaccination coverage, diet and nutrition, recipe pages .. and problems solved,

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Age of Autism - Daily Web Newspaper of the Autism Epidemic

Submitted by admin on 16 April, 2009 - 18:18
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Hardhitting articles regarding Autism as an Epidemic.

1 in 60 on Autism Spectrum (study)

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Far more children have autism than previously thought according to new study by respected Cambridge University's Autism Study Centre. The study shows as many as one in 60 children has some form of the condition. [Source: dailymail]

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