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In reply to the discussion: Asperger's dropped from revised diagnosis manual [View all]proverbialwisdom
(4,959 posts)112. Nonsense and about those 'criminal fraud charges,' just give it a little time.
Meanwhile, see #4 for a cogent up-to-date summary.
http://canaryparty.org/index.php/the-news/118-open-letter-to-the-sponsors-of-brian-deers-lectures-at-the-university-of-wisconsin-la-crosse-october-2012-
OPEN LETTER to the Sponsors of Brian Deers Lectures at The University of Wisconsin, La Crosse, October 2012
My name is Jennifer VanDerHorst-Larson, and my open letter to university officials was singled out by Brian Deer for response. As you know, Mr. Deer recently lectured at the university about the Wakefield/MMR vaccine controversy... I am the mother of a boy with autism...
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People who criticize vaccine safety are not cranks, flat-earthers, conspiracy theorists, cult members, anti-vaccinationists or desperate-parents-looking-for-something-to-blame, as people like Mr. Deer describe us. We are doctors, lawyers, teachers, nurses, police officers, scientists, business owners, students, professors people from all walks of life who consider the current, one-size-fits-all vaccine program insufficiently tested and demonstrably unsafe. The number of vaccines has exploded in a generation as has autism. Little wonder the vaccine makers and doctors sought and received total indemnification from lawsuits for vaccine injury, an exemption from typical liability that has been in effect since 1988.
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4. Wakefield's co-author in the Lancet Paper, Dr. John Walker Smith, was recently exonerated and had his license to practice medicine restored, showing that Deer's allegations against Wakefield and Walker Smith, which were rubber stamped by the General Medical Council, had no foundation. ENORMOUS DETAIL FOLLOWS.
By Jennifer VanDerHorst Larson, Co-founder, President, The Canary Party
Owner/CEO Vibrant Technologies; Owner, Founder, CEO Holland Autism Center and Clinic; Founding Board Chair of Children with Autism Deserve Education (CADE); Board member of Autism Recovery Foundation; Co-Founder of the Vaccine Safety Council of Minnesota; 2012 National Republican delegate for Minnesota
The Holland Center is a pediatric rehabilitation treatment center. Opened in 2004, it was created to provide an integrated treatment approach to children with autism. Holland integrates ABA, speech, occupational therapy alongside biomedical treatments for children in a chemical-free, gluten/casein/peanut-free environment.
Honors: "25 Women to Watch" Minneapolis/St.Paul Business Journal 2008, "40 Under Forty" Minneapolis/St.Paul Business Journal 2007, "Best Places to Work- 2007, 2008 and "Fast 50 Private Companies"- 2006.
OPEN LETTER to the Sponsors of Brian Deers Lectures at The University of Wisconsin, La Crosse, October 2012
My name is Jennifer VanDerHorst-Larson, and my open letter to university officials was singled out by Brian Deer for response. As you know, Mr. Deer recently lectured at the university about the Wakefield/MMR vaccine controversy... I am the mother of a boy with autism...
<>
People who criticize vaccine safety are not cranks, flat-earthers, conspiracy theorists, cult members, anti-vaccinationists or desperate-parents-looking-for-something-to-blame, as people like Mr. Deer describe us. We are doctors, lawyers, teachers, nurses, police officers, scientists, business owners, students, professors people from all walks of life who consider the current, one-size-fits-all vaccine program insufficiently tested and demonstrably unsafe. The number of vaccines has exploded in a generation as has autism. Little wonder the vaccine makers and doctors sought and received total indemnification from lawsuits for vaccine injury, an exemption from typical liability that has been in effect since 1988.
<>
4. Wakefield's co-author in the Lancet Paper, Dr. John Walker Smith, was recently exonerated and had his license to practice medicine restored, showing that Deer's allegations against Wakefield and Walker Smith, which were rubber stamped by the General Medical Council, had no foundation. ENORMOUS DETAIL FOLLOWS.
By Jennifer VanDerHorst Larson, Co-founder, President, The Canary Party
Owner/CEO Vibrant Technologies; Owner, Founder, CEO Holland Autism Center and Clinic; Founding Board Chair of Children with Autism Deserve Education (CADE); Board member of Autism Recovery Foundation; Co-Founder of the Vaccine Safety Council of Minnesota; 2012 National Republican delegate for Minnesota
The Holland Center is a pediatric rehabilitation treatment center. Opened in 2004, it was created to provide an integrated treatment approach to children with autism. Holland integrates ABA, speech, occupational therapy alongside biomedical treatments for children in a chemical-free, gluten/casein/peanut-free environment.
Honors: "25 Women to Watch" Minneapolis/St.Paul Business Journal 2008, "40 Under Forty" Minneapolis/St.Paul Business Journal 2007, "Best Places to Work- 2007, 2008 and "Fast 50 Private Companies"- 2006.
I just read about something called the Zimmerman Report: http://thinkingmomsrevolution.com/how-the-zimmerman-report-affects-us-all/
More scientific progress. Developing.
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PREDICTION: "Autism isn’t a separate mental condition, it is a medical disorder. Big difference."
proverbialwisdom
Dec 2012
#49
Check it out. Wouldn't you like to know whether his input ended after this came to light?
proverbialwisdom
Dec 2012
#2
I'm sorry, the guy's indictment for fraud isn't woo, nor his involvement in redefining autism. nt
proverbialwisdom
Dec 2012
#6
Treating this guy's wrong-doing as evidence for anti-vax BS is a red herring...
Odin2005
Dec 2012
#9
Meanwhile, largely thanks to antivac woo, pertussis is on the rise and killing people.
Warren Stupidity
Dec 2012
#55
Off-topic, sorry, but that's inaccurate according to JAMA. Please research it.
proverbialwisdom
Dec 2012
#69
If you had any scientific evidence of a link, you wouldn't have to rely on character assassination.
jeff47
Dec 2012
#82
Three are leading establishment autism researchers. Why don't you look for their publications?
proverbialwisdom
Dec 2012
#99
Obfuscate all you want, but it's clear answers are forthcoming. Start with confusing 2 with 21.
proverbialwisdom
Dec 2012
#103
On the contrary, AoA writers are ALL adamant no study has ever been done comparing the two groups.
proverbialwisdom
Dec 2012
#104
"WE HAVE NOT STUDIED VACCINATED VS UNVACCINATED," CDC's Dr. Coleen A. Boyle @ minute 2:34.
proverbialwisdom
Dec 2012
#106
Nope. I'm providing analyses by experts for the layperson, and it's absurd to require otherwise.
proverbialwisdom
Dec 2012
#110
Nonsense and about those 'criminal fraud charges,' just give it a little time.
proverbialwisdom
Dec 2012
#112
'Trifles make perfection, but perfection is no trifle.' -Michelangelo.
proverbialwisdom
Dec 2012
#114
So true Odin2005- and some of the comments are SO inappropriate and insensitive.
BeHereNow
Dec 2012
#32
psychiatry and psychology are a very inexact studies - they really cannot be called science
Douglas Carpenter
Dec 2012
#10
How is this late breaking news. This change has been known to the mental health profession for years
olddad56
Dec 2012
#18
Talk about a branch of idiocy based on non-science. The scientific method is NEVER used
LittlestStar
Dec 2012
#21
"Any single person could walk into a shrinks office and get diagnosed with anything..."
greiner3
Dec 2012
#22
(Off topic) Seen this? Rare, but really ugly relatively recent allegations supporting tama's post.
proverbialwisdom
Dec 2012
#97
Scientific method never used? Tell that to B.F. Skinner or Roger Sperry (Nobel laureate)
NoodleyAppendage
Dec 2012
#33
The real problem is that doctors who are NOT QUALIFIED to make mental health diagnoses...
slackmaster
Dec 2012
#43
Same is true for any doctor. If I insist to my GP I have pain in my back, he'll give me meds
Happyhippychick
Dec 2012
#46
No, anti-vaxers deserve summary dismissal based on previously established lack of scientific merit
Occulus
Dec 2012
#80
It may seem like a social construction to you, but if you ever have the misfortune of being in...
slackmaster
Dec 2012
#45
Neither Race nor Gender Constitute an Intrinsic Threat to Survival of the Individual
Demeter
Dec 2012
#48
so true. it is this medical model that prevents people from going into this career field...
olddad56
Dec 2012
#66
I doubt very much that you will lose any benefits because of your son's condition being re-named
slackmaster
Dec 2012
#89