Day: June 2, 2020

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Divergent News

Partial List of #Antivaxxer #BleachCult #QuackCult Members Pushing Propaganda & Hate On Autistic People

Lisa AckermanJim Adams, PhDJulianne Adams, DSH-PTim Adams, Esq.Laurie AhernCorinne Allen, PhDLynne ArnoldNicole BeurkensMichael Biamonte, CCNMark Blaxill, MBATom BohagerHolly BortfeldJodi Bouer, Esq.Jeff Bradstreet, MDSally Brockett, MSAmber BrooksGregory Brown, MDDan Burns, PhDMegan Carrick, MOTR/LManuel Casanova, MDCharles Chapple, DCLillian Chen-ByerlyCathy Purple CherryKristi ChryslerRob Coben, PhDLisa Colin, Esq.Paul Connett, PhDLouis ConteJudy Converse, MPH, RD, LDMadeleine Cunningham, PhDKaren DanaDorinne Davis, […]

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Divergent News Healthcare & Wellness

America’s New Normal: Propaganda About the Unhealthiest Generation – VAXOPEDIA | Circa April 18, 2018

Some folks say that our kids are part of the unhealthiest generation ever. Are they right? My son started to have migraines when he was about 11 years old. Must be stress, BPA, poor eating habits, all of the screen time, or vaccines, right? “Americans spend the least on food, the most on health care, […]

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Advocates & Activists BS & The Quackery Divergent News

Worst Vaccine Books – VAXOPEDIA | Circa July 2017

These vaccine books, many of which are featured on Amazon, mostly rely on the same arguments that vaccines are full of toxins, vaccines don’t work, and vaccines aren’t even necessary. Source: Worst Vaccine Books – VAXOPEDIA

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Advocates & Activists Aging & Disability Culture & Community Divergent News Healthcare & Wellness Parenting

THINKING PERSON’S GUIDE TO AUTISM: Finding the Right Speech-Language Pathologist (SLP) For Your Autistic Child

Julie Roberts, M.S., CCC-SLPwww.TherapistNDC.org After your loved one receives a diagnosis of Autism, your physician, school, family members, friends and possibly even total strangers may bombard you with (possibly unsolicited) advice for the next steps to take. One such step your family may actually want to consider is to seek the services of a Speech-Language […]

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Aging & Disability Culture & Community Divergent News

THINKING PERSON’S GUIDE TO AUTISM: “Our Own Little Worlds”

Devin S. Turk twitter.com/AuroralAutistic   As I have become more involved with the autistic self-advocacy movement, I’ve found myself paying more and more attention to how non-autistic populations talk about us. I have often heard my beautiful, vibrant community described by non-autistics with words like “disease” and “epidemic.” Even if it’s not as blatant, the language […]

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Aging & Disability Divergent News Parenting

New Animated PBS Series ‘Hero Elementary’ Features Autistic Science Superhero

A new series on PBS Kids titled “Hero Elementary” features four science-loving super heroes, including a boy on the autism spectrum, AJ Gadgets.   NEW YORK – PBS Kids announced they are launching a new kids superhero series that features a diverse group of charactes. The animated series, named ‘Hero Elementary’, will feature four superhero […]

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U.S. Ambassador Friedman ‘saddened’ by killing of autistic Palestinian by Israeli police – Israel News – Haaretz.com

*** U.S. Ambassador to the United States David Friedman expressed his condolences Tuesday over the killing of an unarmed disabled Palestinian by the Israeli police in Jerusalem’s Old City. Eyad Hallaq, 32, resided in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Wadi Joz. He attended and worked in a special needs school in the Old City, just meters away from […]