Yesterday I complained about a Safe Minds press release posing as a news story on News-Medical.Net
Today they have published a much better report sourced from the University of Wisconsin
I would like to think that my blog did the trick. But the reality is probably that they publish anything that is fed to them, providing it appears reputable. MAybe we in the "real autism community" ™ ought to give them more to feed on than the PR of the vaccine/epidemic brigade.
I am Mike Stanton. I live and work in the UK where I teach children with severe learning difficulties, many of whom are autistic. My adult son is diagnosed with Asperger Syndrome. I am a member of the National Autistic Society. I speak and write on autism.
My book, “Learning to Live with High Functioning Autism” is available in a Spanish translation, Convivir con el Autismo. I have also c
ontributed a chapter to Asperger Syndrome in Adolescence edited by Liane Holliday Willey.
ACTION FOR AUTISM is a reaction against names like Action Against Autism and Defeat Autism Now! Names like these suggest to autistic people that we are against them as people. You may not mean that. But if you care about autism you ought to care about the feelings of autistic people and not use language that makes them angry or upset. If you disregard the feelings of autistic people do not be surprised if you are disregarded.
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I entirely agree!
Well done for actually taking the time to write to them.
It might give them cause to think twice about what they publish.