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A great article about Autism

The Chicago Tribune has started a watchdog series on autism and the quackery deployed to “treat” the disease and bilk people of their savings to do so.  The first article, a big one in last Sunday’s paper, is a solid example of good autism writing.  The reporters spend time on the controversy, cover both sides [… Read More]

A little bit of Amen

So I read some of The Brain in Love by Daniel Amen, M.D.; narrated by Patrick Lawlor.  A few thoughts: The book spends a lot of time talking about brain scans as a key diagnostic tool. At first, it sounded pretty intriguing: peoples’ brains are the root of all their problems! Defective brain patterns account [… Read More]