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Disappointing! Simplistic! Misleading?
My last article on DSM-5 looked at the loss of one important diagnosis - that of Disintegrative Disorder. And yet reviewing the situation there is another aspect of...

THE AUTISM WARS Part Four: Pros and Cons
Time now to turn our attention to the USA where the arguments surround one particular vaccine additive - thimerosal - rather than the vaccines themselves. This mercury based product has been used as...

Data Sadly Missed: Childhood Disintegrative Disorder
My last article looked at the effects of the changes in the DSM one year on, focusing on the deletion of Asperger's syndrome but, of course, there was also another omission that attracted...

TAKING THE MYTH AND MYSTERY OUT OF THE HISTORY - Part ...
One of Dr Down's contemporaries was Dr Isaac Kerlin, then considered a leader in the field of 'mental retardation'. He was the superintendent of the Pennsylvania Institute for Feeble-Minded Children in the US for many...

AUTISM AWARENESS Part Two: Shadows On The Soul
The last article assessed the impact of referring to ASD as a learning 'difference' or even a 'personality trait.' As I said then, I believe that both terms can potentially cause ...

THE AUTISM WARS: Part Three: Jabbed
There are two different aspects to this so I'll begin with the ongoing saga of the MMR a triple vaccination against measles, mumps and...

WHAT NEXT? AFTER WINTERBOURNE
For those of you not based in the UK I should just explain the meaning of this title. It arose from a disturbing report aired in 2012 by the BBC Panorama program on an investigation into a place called...

The Strange Case Of Kasper Hauser
A different tale this time: of mystery, child abuse, deprivation, political intrigue and murder all rolled into one. A tale of a young man who suddenly appeared in Nuremberg in 1828; walking painfully and...