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ScienceBlogs Book Club by Kev Leitch Healthy Living ProfessionalHealth Maven I was very honoured to be asked to participate in the latest round of the ScienceBlogs Book Club.The ScienceBlogs Book Club is exactly as it sounds – a discussion round ... Read on »
Respond Now to the IACC Request for Information (Please) by Kev Leitch Healthy Living ProfessionalHealth Maven Here is a link to an email form that will help you to respond to the Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee. It is the “long form.”Go ahead.Really.Check it out. ... Read on »
Mitochondrial disease discussion in Indianapolis by Kev Leitch Healthy Living ProfessionalHealth Maven You may recall that there was a panel discussion on Mitochondrial Disease and Autism following the United Mitochondrial Disease Foundation’s (UMDF) meeting in Indianapol ... Read on »
Broken Families, Not Broken Children by Kev Leitch Healthy Living ProfessionalHealth Maven Introduction – This is a Guest Blogged piece, written by a father in what is a far from unique situation and yet a situation we hardly ever discuss. Its humbling, touchi ... Read on »
Sunday Solutions - No. 2 by Kev Leitch Healthy Living ProfessionalHealth Maven 1 Comment Social Stories are short descriptions of very particular situations. Some autistic people find them very useful for grasping new situations, as strategies and as tools to assi ... Read on »
Hey, “Big Autism”. This is what a PSA looks like. by Kev Leitch Healthy Living ProfessionalHealth Maven This is a PSA from the National Down Syndrome Society. Big Autism is a term coined by the blogger Prometheus. I believe he had in mind “ Autism Speaks ” (which co ... Read on »
Vaccines on the Hill III by Kev Leitch Healthy Living ProfessionalHealth Maven Somehow I never thought there would be a “Vaccines on the Hill II”, much less III. That said, a question from Lisa (from about.autism.com ) got me thinking and, w ... Read on »
Mother Warriors - the cost by Kev Leitch Healthy Living ProfessionalHealth Maven I recently posted an entry about the health costs being one of Jenny McCarthy’s Mother Warriors can exact on the Mother Warrior in questions kids. It was a pretty horrif ... Read on »
U.S. Ammends the Americans with Disability Act (ADA) by Kev Leitch Healthy Living ProfessionalHealth Maven Almost lost in all the discussions of $700B bailouts, president Bush today signed the ADAAA (lets hope they don’t have to amend that—the ADAAAAA ).The Americans wi ... Read on »
Autism’s False Prophets selling well by Kev Leitch Healthy Living ProfessionalHealth Maven “ Autism’s False Prophets ” has caused quite a stir in the autism-vaccine advocacy community. They started early and they worked somewhat hard to defuse the ... Read on »