Minneapolis Star Tribune

"Gianni looks like a normal teenager, but he is not. Over the years he has been diagnosed with psychotic disorder, bipolar disorder and pervasive development disorder. He and his 4-year-old brother both have autism."

"Superintendent Connie Hayes said the problem has reached 'crisis' proportions even at schools such as hers in Intermediate District 916 in the northeast metro that are designed to handle children with the worst behavioral problems. A decade ago, she said, students with mental illness were rare. Now 75 percent of her students have mental health issues...."
 
You'll notice that no one is asking why this is happening.  This is the future and I guess we'll all just be living with it--no questions asked.
 
UK Telegraph

"Now there is little doubt GlaxoSmithKline is embroiled in one of the biggest criminal inquiries into bribery ever conducted in China and its executives in the UK capital are poring over the details.
Like any approaching tidal wave, it started with just a few ripples. The first came in February, when Chinese authorities called around the world's drug giants demanding information about their pricing practices in the country.

At the same time, GSK was dealing with a separate investigation prompted by whistle-blower claims that sales executives were plying Chinese doctors with extravagant gifts in return for prescribing its products.

UK Telegraph

"The chief executive of GlaxoSmithKline, Sir Andrew Witty, is to admit major failings in the pharmaceutical giant's Chinese operations following allegations by the country's security ministry that the company took kickbacks and paid bribes to government officials."

Wall Street Journal

"The Lancet retracted Dr. Wakefield's paper in 2010 after the U.K.'s General Medical Council concluded that his work was "irresponsible and dishonest." The council that year stripped him of his medical license, saying in a report that he had engaged in "serious professional misconduct."
"Dr. Wakefield says he questioned MMR's safety but strongly urged parents to continue with a measles-only vaccine. 'MMR doesn't protect against measles,' he says. 'Measles vaccine protects against measles.' He says he stands by his work despite contrary conclusions by other scientists. He didn't respond to subsequent requests for comment on his license revocation...."

As I remember it, Andrew Wakefield has talked to people lots of times about the GMC ruling. No matter, the WSJ is out to destroy his reputation.
 
Forbes

"The study authors suggest that autistic people might benefit from career supports and career counseling. Because these authors didn't write about vaccines or genes or air pollution and autism, unfortunately, the possibility that anyone will heed these suggestions is relatively limited. And that's too bad because autistic people are underemployed or unemployed at rates much higher than the general population, yet increasingly, research suggests that autism can bring with it many desirable traits in an employee. When we ignore this potential and siphon money away from better understanding and supporting autistic people for the sake of research red herrings, everyone loses."
 
Could someone explain how group homes make autistic people LESS EMPLOYABLE?
What a fraud this is. Willingham writes like there are thousands of autistic adults out there. They're living independently, with their parents or in group homes. NOT A WORD ABOUT THE LARGE NUMBER OF AUTISTIC ADULTS WHO WILL NEVER BE EMPLOYABLE. MOSTLY EMILY WILLINGHAM LAMENTS THE FACT THAT WE'RE NOT DOING ENOUGH FOR ADULTS BECAUSE WE'RE WASTING OUR TIME AND MONEY LOOKING AT VACCINES. I'm sure she'll shortly be telling I'm a terrible person.

I posted comments.
 
St. Louis Dispatch

"Make no mistake: Those who advise against vaccinations to prevent the spread of diseases and illnesses would hurt you and your children and don't care that they are creating a public health menace.

"People who listen to bogus science and deny facts from legitimate scientific studies are pushing an agenda that a wise parent should back away from. In fact, backing away is too slow. Turn and run."
Editorial writers like this are a disgrace to their profession. Defending vaccines without looking into the issue, is sloppy journalism.  I'm am going to ask each person who does this why they're not writing editorials demanding a vaxed/non-vaxed study to settle this issue once and for all. If children are dying because of a false claim of a link between vaccines and autism........let's prove it's false. I'm going to do it over and over. I posted 11 comments.