A Shitty Comedy of Errors

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January 27, 2016 This is a bit of a departure from the usual TMR blogs. I am going to share a personal story that still makes me laugh to this day. We could all use a little comic relief from … Continue reading

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Don’t Leave Resources on the Table

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January 25, 2016 When my son first regressed, one of the pieces of information that I got from a fellow mom was to get on the waitlist for a Medicaid waiver immediately because the waitlist was astronomically long. I didn’t listen … Continue reading

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Go Green or Go Home!

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January 25, 2016 Years ago when I started delving into eating a more healthy diet, I came across the work of the Boutenko family. Victoria Boutenko has been a champion of the Green Smoothie Movement for a very long time. … Continue reading

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Hospital Overreach? Amber McCullough’s Story

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January 22, 2016 There are few experiences we fear more in our role of parent than the death of a child, the absence of a child (due to kidnapping, removal by Child Protection Service, the child running away or “wandering,” … Continue reading

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Vaccines: Allergy, Autoimmunity, Autism, and More

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January 21, 2016  “The conception that antibodies, which should protect against disease, are also responsible for disease, sounds at first absurd.” — Clemens von Pirquet, 1906 A while back I wrote a blog stating that, while my own views on … Continue reading

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WHO: Accusations of Misconduct Over HPV Vaccine Safety Inquiry

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January 15, 2016 With each new Gardasil scandal (I should say “new revelation”) released to the world, people ask me, “Why isn’t this off the market yet?” or “How many injured girls will it take for the government to act?” … Continue reading

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IACC, January 2106: TMR President Megan Davenhall’s Written Testimony

January 13, 2016 Yesterday, the Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee met for only the second time since September of 2014. The IACC is the closest thing the federal government has to oversight on the exploding incidence of autism. Unfortunately, though the … Continue reading

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Federal Autism Policy: Big News and Action Alert!

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January 12, 2016 Spring of 2014, I sat in a conference room in Washington, D.C. with two other representatives of the newly formed Autism Policy Reform Coalition (APRC) and five highly paid lobbyists from Autism Speaks. We were there in … Continue reading

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Follow Your Own Path

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January 11, 2016 Truth be told, I can’t take full credit for this blog. The great Rev is the inspiration behind it. She wrote something the other day that really resonated with me, and I believe it may be helpful … Continue reading

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10 Years of Love, Acceptance and Survival

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Ten years on Autism Road will take a lot out of you if you let it. It will completely suck you up, rip you to threads, and spit you back out. You have to fight your way through the darkness … Continue reading

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