2.24.2010

Autism: A Redux And A Regard

The Lancet has retracted the study that caused the hysterical vaccines=autism scare.

Science definitively corrected itself: the study was poor and has been countermanded by numerous better ones. Will the anti-vaccine crowd correct themselves? I'll give you 3 guesses, and the first 2 don't count.

I had the pleasure of watching half of HBO's Temple Grandin the other night. I can't recommend this movie enough. Dr. Grandin not only changed how we treat cattle ("Nature is cruel, but we don't have to be."); she changed how we understand, accept, and embrace those unique and beautiful humans with autism. Her story is far more enlightening than the sickening bewilderments and primitive fancies of pseudo-scientific simpletons, and she is to be celebrated for her courage and fortitude.

Dr. Temple Grandin

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