Rush Limbaugh: Pre-Existing Condition is Welfare

Rush Limbaugh: Pre-Existing Condition is Welfare

Reid to Angle on Autism: Prove it, Quantify it …

Reid to Angle on Autism: Prove it, Quantify it …

Curebies vs Neurodiversity

Curebies vs NDs: Division witnessed in the Autism Community

I have read posts on here similar to this one. I have also recently witnessed attacks on Twitter, both against those for neurodiversity and against those for cure. By both sides.

One tweet I read said "If u hate autism then u hate ur son." *sigh*

Do I hate my son if I hate it when he spits at me?

Do I hate my son if I hate it when he hits me?

Do I hate my son if I hate it when he punches holes in the wall?

Do I hate my son if he spills milk and cries and screams for TWO HOURS because he spilled milk because I hate the feeling it produces in my head when he does so?

Do I hate my son because I hate it when he refuses to wear a perfectly good pair of sneakers that I just bought?

Do I hate my son because I hate having to cook the same meal, again and again?

Do I hate my son because I hate the fact that he doesn't have *any* friends?

No. The answer to all of these are NO. I can, however, hate the cause of all these things, which is autism.

However, I know there are those and I mostly agree with, that will say autism is a part of him. Therefore if you hate autism you hate him. Autism is not necessarily a part of us. It is the reason we are the way we are. Would I hate a person who has exhibited poor behavior? No. I'd hate the bad behavior.

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Autism Wars: Bernadine Healy vs. Nancy Snyderman

The Contenders:

Bernadine Patricia Healy (b. August 4, 1944) is a Harvard and Johns Hopkins educated physician and cardiologist and a former head of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). She has been a professor of medicine at Johns Hopkins, professor and dean of the College of Medicine and Public Health at the Ohio State University, and served as president of the American Red Cross. Currently she is health editor and columnist for U.S. News & World Report. She has become a well-known commentator in the media on health issues. {More at Wikipedia: Bernadine Healy}

Nancy L. Snyderman, MD, (b. 1952 St. Louis, Missouri) is an American physician and broadcast journalist. Dr. Snyderman is currently the chief medical editor for NBC News, and frequently appears on NBC's Today Show in various medicine-related features. Snyderman is on the staff of the otolaryngology-head and neck surgery department at the University of Pennsylvania. She hosts Dr. Nancy airing weekdays 12-1 p.m. ET. on MSNBC. {More at Wikipedia: Nancy Snyderman}

Video vs Video: While the Dr. Snyderman video presented here relates to the H1N1 (Swine Flu) vaccine, it pretty much sums up her views of vaccines in general. She is forever telling us basically that the scientists have all the answers, quit questioning it, vaccines are safe and not related to autism, so shut the f*@% up and get the vaccines. It seems that she must have missed the discussion on "informed consent" in medical school.

Bernadine Healy:

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Nancy Snyderman:



Key Quotes:

Bernadine Healy:

• "The nature of medicine is having humility."
• "It's not necessarily humble to say 'We have all the answers. Don't ask any questions, just do what I say."

Nancy Snyderman:

• "Listen to our government agencies. These guys are telling the truth. Just get your damn vaccine"

Related:

• Nancy Snyderman says the Gardasil Vaccine is safe, shut up and get it.

Autism Wars: Thomas Insel vs Pissed Autism Mom

Adventures in Autism: Autism Chair Thomas Insel Refuses to Ride in an Elevator With an Autistic Child

Autism Wars: NAA vs. LB/RB (Round 2)

The Contenders:

The NAA (National Autism Association) vs LB/RB (Left Brain / Right Brain). For more detailed information on the contenders, see Autism Wars: NAA vs. LB/RB Round 1.

Article vs Article

• The National Autism Association’s embarrassing spitefulness , which is rebuttal to the Age of Autism piece Offit’s Failure to Disclose Jeopardizes Swine Flu Vaccine Program (NAA Press Release). Another key article in this one is Age of Autism: Voting Himself Rich: CDC Vaccine Adviser Made $29 Million Or More After Using Role to Create Market.
  

I am not going to touch the underlying vaccine issue here (NBC Dateline: A Dose of Controversy) , but the claim made by LB/RB that the NAA has their facts wrong. So, did Ofitt make $29 to $50 million on the Rotateq vaccine as the NAA states (original source for thus number looks to be the AoA article) or closer to the $6 million estimated by LB/RB? It would certainly appear that the NAA based their number on the AofA blog, which does look to be a little confused on this issue.

LB/RB states ...

The real honorable thing to do is to not only correct their error, but to correct the error wherever it has propagated.

I do think the NAA has a good point about the level of disclosure by Mr. Ofitt that made it to the NBC broadcast. However, the point is lost by the fact that the NAA has the appearance of their own conflict in relying on the AoA numbers considering they sponsor the AoA site. If the numbers are wrong, issuing a correction is the honorable thing to do. Not doing so, just gives the opposition more ammunition.

Short of a rebuttal by the NAA, I am chalking this one up as a LB/RB win. That puts LB/RB leading this series at 1 win, 0 Loses, and 1 tie.

Autism Warrior: Congressman Dan Burton (R)

The Politics of Autism

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