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	<pubDate>Wed, 03 Feb 2010 23:25:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Andrew Wakefield: The Honorary Consultant</title>
		<link>http://actionforautism.co.uk/2010/02/03/andrew-wakefield-the-honorary-consultant/</link>
		<comments>http://actionforautism.co.uk/2010/02/03/andrew-wakefield-the-honorary-consultant/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Feb 2010 23:25:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Andrew Wakefield]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[MMR]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Autism]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[GMC]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[There is a mighty blog storm surrounding the announcement last week of the General Medical Council&#8217;s &#8220;finding of fact&#8221; in relation to the Fitness To Practice hearing regarding Andrew Wakefield, John Walker Smith and Simon Murch.
Liz Ditz is collating blog responses to the decision here:
Andrew Wakefield: Dishonesty, Misleading Conduct, and Serious Professional Misconduct: Blog Posts Approving [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Polly Tommey and the Autism File</title>
		<link>http://actionforautism.co.uk/2010/01/08/polly-tommey-and-the-autism-file/</link>
		<comments>http://actionforautism.co.uk/2010/01/08/polly-tommey-and-the-autism-file/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Jan 2010 00:54:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Andrew Wakefield]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[MMR]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Quackery]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[journalism]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Autism File]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Polly Tommey]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Polly Tommey is feeling the pressure. According to an article she wrote for The Age of Autism leading autism organizations in the UK, academics and celebrities are telling her that her continuing support for Andrew Wakefield is a liability. Even her advertisers are threatening to pull out.
Specifically, I have been &#8220;warned&#8221; not to print any [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gary McKinnon - campaign update</title>
		<link>http://actionforautism.co.uk/2010/01/07/gary-mckinnon-campaign-update/</link>
		<comments>http://actionforautism.co.uk/2010/01/07/gary-mckinnon-campaign-update/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Jan 2010 14:46:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Law and Order]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[campaigns]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[politics]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[aspergers]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[civil liberties]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[extradition]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Gary McKinnon]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Gary McKinnon is an autistic adult and a UK citizen with an obsessive interest in UFOs. This led him to hack into US military computer networks looking for evidence of a cover up. As a result of his actions the US government is seeking his extradition. There is an account of the whole affair on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Happy Christmas</title>
		<link>http://actionforautism.co.uk/2009/12/25/happy-christmas/</link>
		<comments>http://actionforautism.co.uk/2009/12/25/happy-christmas/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Dec 2009 12:40:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Family]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Autism]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[christmas]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[On Wednesday my son, Matthew drove my wife and I into the Lake District. We were going to buy him his Christmas present, a specialist mountain jacket. He is a keen walker and conservation volunteer. He also has a foundation degree in countryside management and is seeking a career with the National Trust or a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Political abuse and the abuse of autism</title>
		<link>http://actionforautism.co.uk/2009/11/05/political-abuse-and-the-abuse-of-autism/</link>
		<comments>http://actionforautism.co.uk/2009/11/05/political-abuse-and-the-abuse-of-autism/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 22:12:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[National Autistic Society]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[abuse]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[politics]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Autism]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[le packing]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[
&#8220;Political autism&#8221; has emerged again in a row within the European Union (EU). Despite taking Britain into the EEC (the forerunner of the EU) in 1973, the Conservatives have always been vulnerable to disputes between their pro-European wing and the euro-sceptics who are mistrustful of European federalism and keen to defend British independence. The Labour [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mitochondrial disorder and autism</title>
		<link>http://actionforautism.co.uk/2009/11/02/mitochondrial-disorder-and-autism/</link>
		<comments>http://actionforautism.co.uk/2009/11/02/mitochondrial-disorder-and-autism/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 07:48:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[research]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[vaccines]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Autism]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[mitochondrial disorders]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[When Hannah Poling won her claim for an adverse vaccine reaction that triggered a pre-existing mitochondrial disorder and caused her to develop autistic symptoms it created quite a flurry in the autism world.
The strange thing was there were at least 5000 families in the Autism Omnibus Proceedings who believed that vaccines had caused their child&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Congratulations to Dr Offit</title>
		<link>http://actionforautism.co.uk/2009/10/24/congratulations-to-dr-offit/</link>
		<comments>http://actionforautism.co.uk/2009/10/24/congratulations-to-dr-offit/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Oct 2009 09:41:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Paul Offit]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[vaccines]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[AAP]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Liz Ditz at I speak of Dreams has just blogged the news that Paul Offit has been recognized with an award from the American Association of Pediatrics.

Congratulations to Paul Offit, M.D.
Paul Offit was one of the co-inventors of the rotavirus vaccine, Rotateq.  He has written a number of books relating to vaccine issues, most [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Autism Act 2009</title>
		<link>http://actionforautism.co.uk/2009/10/22/autism-act-2009/</link>
		<comments>http://actionforautism.co.uk/2009/10/22/autism-act-2009/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 12:42:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[National Autistic Society]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[adults]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[politics]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[autism Act 2009]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Yes!
The House of Lords gave The Autism Bill its third reading today.
It now becomes The Autism Act 2009.
I have posted the full story on LBRB.
It is also up on the National Autistic Society site.
]]></description>
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		<title>Don&#8217;t Write Me Off</title>
		<link>http://actionforautism.co.uk/2009/10/13/dont-write-me-off/</link>
		<comments>http://actionforautism.co.uk/2009/10/13/dont-write-me-off/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 18:21:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[National Autistic Society]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[adults]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[autism advocacy]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[campaigns]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Autism]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[autistic adults]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[benefits and employment]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Dont write me off]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[
This is the slogan of the latest campaign from the National Autistic Society. It launched today at  a reception in Parliament where over100 MPs heard NAS Council member Thomas Madar talk about his experience as an autistic adult and saw the latest campaign video.
The campaign  addresses the lack of support adults with autism face when looking for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Blurring the boundaries</title>
		<link>http://actionforautism.co.uk/2009/10/12/blurring-the-boundaries/</link>
		<comments>http://actionforautism.co.uk/2009/10/12/blurring-the-boundaries/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2009 18:25:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Quackery]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[education]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[health]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[science]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[autism conference]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[DAN!]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Patrick holford]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Polly Tommey]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[quackademia]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[science based medicine]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Quackademia
There is an article on Science Based Medicine Crank “scientific” conferences: A parody of science-based medicine that can deceive even reputable scientists and institutions that is well worth reading, along with Infiltration of Quackademic Medicine into Mainstream: A pernicious influence.
The articles describe methods whereby practitioners of  Complementary and Alternative Medicine seek to blur the distinction between themselves [...]]]></description>
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