Measles Infections Up Due to Autism Fears Authorities (other than Amanda Peet) are blaming parents' fear of autism for a recent surge in measles. The rate of measle infections this year beats every other year since 1996.
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Authorities (other than Amanda Peet) are blaming parents' fear of autism for a recent surge in measles. The rate of measle infections this year beats every other year since 1996.
Parents increasingly opt out of vaccination because they believe vaccines cause autism.
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Telling Cookie magazine that parents who don't vaccinate their children are parasites has brought a lot of negative press to Amanda Peet. The mother of 18–month–old Frankie denies any connection between autism and vaccines. In a star war of sorts, actress Jenny McCarthy, mother to autistic son Evan, is in the opposite camp that believes the two are linked.
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Gail Martin was about to order lunch with her two daughters at a cafe in South Carolina when one of them started crying. A police chief who happened to be in the restaurant yelled: "You need to take that screaming child outta here now!" The upset four-year-old is autistic, and Gail is now demanding an apology from the police chief, who she says embarrassed her whole family.
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Actress and mama Amanda Peet published an apology in Cookie for calling parents who don’t vaccinate their kids “parasites” during an interview. The mother of 18-month-old Frances said: I believe in my heart that my use of the word "parasites" was mean and divisive; I completely understand why it offended some parents, and in particular, parents of children with autism who feel that vaccines caused their illness. For this I am truly sorry.
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Amanda Peet's comments advocating vaccinations in Cookie magazine sparked debate among lilsugar readers. And that heated conversation wasn't limited to our website. Cookie's forum was also full of comments from passionate parents.
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Autism is difficult to detect in infants and toddlers, but treating it at an early age can improve a child's language and IQ scores.
Researchers from Yale and Canada's McMaster University are studying eye movement in young children with the hope of learning more about diagnosing the disease, according to the Wall Street Journal. They want to figure out how to diagnose and treat autism earlier and believe learning more about what interests and motivates the autistic mind will help them do so.
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Maybe I have sympathy for this situation because I am a mother, but I feel for Janice Farrell and Jarrett, her son with special needs. The mother and her autistic two-year-old were escorted off an American Airlines flight on Monday in North Carolina. An ABC report said:
"The child had been crying and screaming uncontrollably, to the point where the child's well being was in question," American Airlines, the parent company of American Eagle, said in a statement.
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Who said that everyone was supposed to be the same? While many parents stress about getting their children vaccinated or advocate for funds to find the cause and cure for autism, others are taking a different approach. A group of people who have been diagnosed with the developmental disorder and some parents of autistic kids are saying that more energy should go to setting up services to accommodate those who have already accepted their circumstances and wouldn't have it any other way.
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Jenny McCarthy and Jim Carrey aren't the only ones advocating for families affected by autism. John LeSieur noticed his six-year-old grandson, Zac had a hard time navigating the web with all its sights and sounds and decided to lessen the autistic child's hardship. He designed the Zac Browser, a free software that according to the Associated Press, "essentially takes over the computer and reduces the controls available" making it easier for a child with the developmental disorder to focus.
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