If anything, MMR may decrease risk.

Fantastic David Bowie story.

A rebuttal to @normanlamb by @HickeyWriter.

Good thoughts.

@united scores again!

Autism research at Boston University

Half a century on. (Piece from 2011)

Yep, had all of these.

I defy you not to cry after reading this.

Rings a lot of bells for me.

George W. Bush and Bill Clinton helping out on autism.

ASA stands up for science.

With thanks to @Paul_Cornell.

On being diagnosed with Asperger's Syndrome at the age of 46.

The difference one TV programme can make.

Probably not, but it is worth trying.

"When I was nineteen years old, my psychologist told me that I was not a real adult... He also told me that I would never be allowed to make adult decisions."

Good to see some journalists still have professional standards.

Great but sobering piece in NRC Handelsblad by Ingrid Robeyns

Q: Do you like being autistic?A: Yes. Q: What do you think about autism?A: I think it’s sort of a good thing.

Researcher writing book about Doctor Who and autism.

[Wakefield’s work] was published. People critiqued it. They looked carefully at the findings in the paper to see if they stood up. Other researchers tried to look for the relationship he suggested between autism and MMR vaccination in other kinds of studies.... And the answer? None of Wakefield’s work stood up. None of it.

The medical journal which originally published the discredited research linking autism and MMR has now issued a full retraction of the paper - and how many children have died as a result?

Charlotte Moore talks sense.