Autism Expert Touring Alaska
Posted on March 15th, 2008 by blue collar scientistThe Anchorage Daily News reports that Susan Hepburn is giving a number of presentations across the state to parents and teachers on autism. Hepburn is a child psychologist and has an evidence-based view of autism, as does the Alaska Autism Resource Center, based at the SESA offices in Anchorage.
Hepburn could use some media training, to judge by the answers that the ADN printed. But she does point out the CDC and Danish data that refutes a vaccine-autism link, and correctly calls autism “highly genetic.” The delivery is a tad bungled but the message is there.
Should we expect some backlash from the Mercury Militia DAN folks biomedical people vaccines suck lobby? I don’t know. I’m just raising an FYI in case anyone is going to attend these programs. The schedule is prominent at the Alaska Autism Resource Center site.
Tags: Alaska, alaska autism resource center, anchorage, Anchorage Daily News, autism, special education services agency, susan hepburn
March 16th, 2008 at 2:05 pm
I’ve always wondered if autism is just a waste-basket term for a bunch of unrelated neurological/mental disorders. Kind of like every potential dinosaur ancestor was called a “thecodont” in the 70’s.