“The Faces of Autism.” Oprah Winfrey, The Oprah Winfrey Show, Harpo Productions, April 5, 2007.
“Interview with Jenny McCarthy.” Larry King, Larry King Live, CNN, September 26, 2007.
“Jenny McCarthy’s Autism Fight.” Larry King, Larry Ling Live, CNN, April 2, 2008.
“Jenny McCarthy Speaks About Autism.” Greta Van Susteren, On the Record with Greta Van Susteren, Fox News, June 6, 2008.
“Jenny McCarthy’s Warrior Spirit.” Oprah Winfrey, The Oprah Winfrey Show, Harpo Productions, September 24, 2008.
“Medical Mystery: Morgellons Disease.” Nightline, ABC January 16, 2008.
“MMR: Every Parent’s Choice’.” Sarah Barclay, Panorama, BBC, February 2, 2002.
“Morgellon’s Disease Remains Controversial.” House Call with Doctor Sanjay Gupta, CNN, September 30, 2006.
“Mothers Battle Autism.” Oprah Winfrey, The Oprah Winfrey Show, Harpo Productions, September 18, 2007.
“A Mother’s Journey: Star Fights for Son.” Diane Sawyer, Good Morning America, ABC, September 24, 2007.
“A Mother’s Mission: McCarthy and Carrey Search for Autism Answers.” Diane Sawyer, Good Morning America, ABC, June 4, 2008.
“Mysterious Skin Disease Causes Itching, Loose Fibers, Morgellons Has Plenty of Skeptics.” Cynthia McFadden, Good Morning America, ABC, July 28, 2006.
“The Vaccine Wars.” Frontline, WGBH (Boston), Public Broadcasting System, April 27, 2010.
“What Is Your Body Telling You?” Oprah Winfrey, The Oprah Winfrey Show, Harpo Productions, January 1, 2006.
Radio
“Asperger’s Officially Placed Inside Autism Spectrum.” Jon Hamilton, Morning Edition, National Public Radio, February 10, 2010.
“David Kirby Interviewed by Don Imus.” Don Imus, Imus in the Morning, WFAN-AM 660 and MSNBC, March 10, 2005.
“Measles Resurgence Tied to Parents’ Vaccine Fears.” Richard Knox, National Public Radio, April 5, 2010; Web, May 17, 2010.
“Vaccines and Their Link to Autism.” Jon Hamilton, Morning Edition, National Public Radio, November 11, 2002.
Web Video
“Chicago Anti-Vax Rally—Andrew Wakefield 5-26-10.” Bruce Critelli, Vimeo, http://vimeo.com/12079650.
“David Kirby Interviews Katie Wright!” David Kirby, Foundation for Autism Information and Research, April 19. 2007, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IUNO25l1zFs, dHYsK_MP7w, tTVoJIVqu2Q, and l_lPuYf98uF.
“Frontline Interview: J. B. Handley.” Frontline, WGBH (Boston), Public Broadcasting System, http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/vaccines/interviews/handley.html.
“Frontline Interview: Jenny McCarthy.” Frontline, WGBH (Boston), Public Broadcasting System, http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/vaccines/interviews/mccarthy.html.
“Frontline Interview: Paul Offit, MD.” Frontline, WGBH (Boston), Public Broadcasting System, http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/vaccines/interviews/offit.html.
“Frontline Interview: Robert W. Sears, MD.” Frontline, WGBH (Boston), Public Broadcasting System, http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/vaccines/interviews/sears.html.
“Jenny McCarthy’s Webcast.” Oprah.com, September 26, 2008, http://www.oprah.com/relationships/Watch-Jenny-McCarthys-Webcast-on-Oprahcom.
REPORTS
With Author
Bernard, Sallie. “Analysis of the Danish Autism Registry Data Base in Response to the Hviid et al Paper on Thimerosal in JAMA (October, 2003).” SafeMinds, October 2003.
Blaxill, Mark. “Danish Thimerosal-Autism Study in Pediatrics: Misleading and Uninformative on Autism-Mercury Link.” SafeMinds, September 2, 2003.
Hargreaves, Ian, Justin Lewis, and Tammy Speers. “Towards a Better Map: Science, the Public and the Media.” Economic and Social Research Council (U.K.), 2003.
Without Author
“Acrodynia, a Form of Mercury Poisoning in Childhood, and Its Similarities to Autism and Other Neurological and Learning Disorders of Children.” SafeMinds, 2001.
“Autism and Vaccines Around the World: Vaccine Schedules, Autism Rates, and Under 5 Mortality.” Generation Rescue, April 2009.
“Celebrities vs. Science.” American Council on Science and Health, 2007.
“Fourteen Studies.” Generation Rescue, 2009.
“Global Elimination of Measles.” World Health Organization, report by the Secretariat, April 16, 2009.
“Public Praises Science; Scientists Fault Public, Media. Scientific Achievements Less Prominent than a Decade Ago.” Pew Research Center for the People and the Press, July 9, 2009.
Governmental
“Autism Spectrum Disorders (Pervasive Developmental Disorders).” National Institute of Mental Health, July 22, 2009.
“Childhood Vaccines: Ensuring an Adequate Supply Poses Continuing Challenges.” U.S. General Accounting Office, GAO-02-987, Washington, D.C., September 13, 2002.
“Claims Filed and Compensated or Dismissed by Vaccine.” National Vaccine Compensation Program, November 3, 2009.
“Compensation for Vaccine-Related Injuries: A Technical Memorandum.” Congress of the United States Office of Technology Assessment, November 1980.
“Conflicts of Interest in Vaccine Policy Making: Majority Staff Report.” Committee on Government Reform, U.S. House of Representatives, August 21, 2000.
“DRAFT: Brief SWOT [Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats] Analysis and Vaccine Safety Communication/Media Strategy.” Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2008.
“Fitness to Practise Panel Hearing.” General Medical Council (U.K.), January 28, 2010.
“Group Concluded No Reason for Change in MMR vaccine Policy.” Medical Research Council (U.K.), March 24, 1998.
“Measles and Crohn’s Disease.” Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (U.K.), 1995.
“National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program: Claims Filed and Compensated or Dismissed by Disease.” Health Resources and Services Administration, November 3, 2009.
“National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program Post-1988 Statistics Report.” Health Resources and Services Administration, April 1, 2010.
“Number of Influenza-Associated Pediatric Deaths by Week of Death: 2006–07 Season to Present.” Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, n.d.
“Parents’ Guide to Childhood Immunization.” Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, n.d.
“Report of the Strategy Development Group Subgroup on Research into Inflammatory Bowel Disorders and Autism.” Medical Research Council (U.K.), 2000.
“Review of Autism Research.” Medical Research Council (U.K.), December 2001.
“Some Common Misconceptions About Vaccines and How to Respond to Them.” Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, n.d.
“Vaccine Injury Compensation: Program Challenged to Settle Claims Quickly and Easily.” Government Accounting Office, Washington D.C., 1999.
“Vaccine Injury Table.” Health Resources and Services Administration, n.d.
OTHER
With Author
Fisher, Barbara Loe. “Statement to the IOM Immunization Safety Committee,” January 11, 2001.
Ford, Gerald. “Remarks Announcing the National Swine Flu Immunization Program,” March 24, 1976, Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library and Museum.
Halsey, Neal, and Susan Hyman. “Measles-Mumps-Rubella Vaccine and Autistic Spectrum Disorder.” Childhood Immunizations Conference, Oak Brook, Illinois, June 12–13, 2000.
Hilleman, Maurice R. “Vaccine Task Force Assignment Thimerosal (Merthiolate) Preservative—Problems, Analysis, Suggestions for Resolution.” Memo to Gordon Douglas, Merck Pharmaceuticals, Whitehouse Station, New Jersey, 1991.
Wakefield, Andrew. “Handout to Parent(s)/Guardian.” Royal Free Hospital (U.K.), September 16, 1996.
Without Author
“Joint Statement of AAFP, AAP, ACIP, and the USPHS on Thimerosal in Childhood Vaccines.” Institute for Vaccine Safety, June 22, 2000.
“The Limited Support NAAR Has Rece
ived from Pharmaceutical Companies That Make Childhood Vaccines.” National Alliance for Autism Research, March 11, 2003.
“New Research Links Autism and Bowel Disease.” Press release from the Royal Free Hospital School of Medicine (U.K.), February 26, 1998.
“Poliomyelitis: Fact Sheet #114.” World Health Organization, January 2008.
“Responding to 7 Common Parental Concerns About Vaccines and Vaccine Safety.” American Academy of Pediatrics Practice Management Online, April 2005.
“Scientific Review of Vaccine Safety Datalink Information.” Simpsonwood Retreat Center, Norcross, Georgia, July 7–8, 2000, unpublished transcript.
“Something Is Rotten in Denmark.” SafeMinds, May 2004.
“299.00: Autistic Disorder. Proposed Revision.” DSM-5 Development. American Psychiatric Association, n.d., http://www.dsm5.org/ProposedRevisions/Pages/proposedrevision.aspx?rid=94.
ADVERTISEMENTS
“Are we over-vaccinating our kids?” Generation Rescue. The Oregonian and Orange County Register, September 25, 2007.
“Are we poisoning our kids?” Generation Rescue. USA Today, February 12, 2008.
“Autism and mercury poisoning: not a coincidence.” Generation Rescue. New York Times, June 8, 2005.
“Autism is preventable and reversible.” Generation Rescue. USA Today, May 24, 2005.
“If you caused A 6,000% Increase In Autism.” Generation Rescue. USA Today, April 6, 2006.
“A Little Boy Shouldn’t Have To Take on an Entire Industry Alone.” Generation Rescue. USA Today, February 23, 2009.
INDEX
A number followed by an n refers to a footnote on that page.
Aaronovitch, David, 237
Ackerman, Lisa, 229, 252–53, 256, 258
at AutismOne conference (2009), 16, 263–64
adrenaline (epinephrine), 93
Ageless (Somers), 269
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, 124
Age of Autism (blog), 217–18, 248, 292, 304
Allen, Arthur, 34, 38, 165–66, 285–86
aluminum, 218
Amazon.com, 214
American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 81
American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), 34, 70, 195, 257, 281, 305, 308
1999 recommendations on thimerosal and, 6, 124–127, 129, 130, 140
Geiers’ 2003 paper and, 209–10
vaccine compensation system and, 147
American Medical Association (AMA), 10, 34, 45, 47, 53, 72, 128, 308
ethics guidelines of, 175–76
American Psychiatric Association (APA), 80
American Revolution, 27–29, 33
Ampleforth, 100
Amsterdam, 197n
anaphylactic shock, 178
anchoring effect, 194
antibiotics, 5, 90
antibodies, 30–31, 32
antifungals, 260
antigens, 30
anti-inflammatory medication, 235
antimony, 264
antioxidants, 260
anti-vaccine, use of term, 14n
anti-vaccine movement, 14–17, 32–35, 56, 71, 75, 166, 229–30, 265–67, 271–73
cognitive biases and, 195
conspiracy theories and, 237
Geiers’ tracing of, 174–75
Kirby and, 205–6, 208, 211–12
McCarthy and, 255–57
MMR vaccine and, 101, 112
Semmelweis and, 94n
antivirals, 260
Aposhian, H. Vasken, 286–88, 290, 294
applied behavioral analysis (ABA), 259n
Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, 166–67
Aristotle, 155
Arnold, Benedict, 28
Arranga, Ed, 229
Arranga, Teri, 229
Asher, John Mallory, 250
Ashland, Ore., 305
askdrsears.com, 272
Asperger’s disorder, 81, 227
Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS), 128, 210–11
Association of Parents of Vaccine-Damaged Children, 61, 71
attachment parenting, 266
attention deficit disorders (ADD), 151–52, 167, 213
attraction, law of, 269, 270
Austin, Tex., 10, 238, 303
Australia, 19, 118–19, 156
Australian Vaccine Network, 35
autism, 6, 11–14, 76–86, 133–45, 160–69, 179–91, 203–21, 227–48, 253–64
alternative treatments for, 13, 16, 182–83, 210, 229, 234–35, 252, 259–63
age of onset of, 176
causes of, 76–79, 153, 170–71, 228, 229, 264
coining of word, 76
DSM’s handling of, 80–81
environmental factors and, 240–43
environmental research into causes of, 233
extreme end of spectrum of, 13
first-generation advocacy movement for, 82, 228
genetics and, 135, 136, 242, 243
gluten-free diet as treatment for, 13, 235, 261, 262
gut disorders and, 5, 234, 254
increase in diagnosis of (1990–1994), 83–84, 176
infantile vs. autistic disorder, 176
intravenous immunoglobulin and, 182
Lupron protocol for, 16–17
McCarthy and, 253–61
as neurological condition, 136
opioid excess theory of, 107
repetitive behavior and, 7, 144, 263
risk factors for, 84
second-generation advocacy movement for, 228–29
shared philosophical underpinnings of advocacy groups for, 229
symptoms of, 143–44
treatments for, 13, 16, 182–83, 216n, 229, 234–35, 259–64, 306
use of supplements and, 16, 216n, 261, 262, 264, 297, 306
autism, vaccines linked with, 2, 5–8, 11–14, 113–17, 160–74, 180–83, 192
availability cascade and, 197
Burton’s interest in, 131, 141, 142, 168
Deth’s views on, 306–7
Geiers’ 2003 paper and, 209–10, 217
Gordon’s views on, 266
IOM committee report and, 207, 213, 215, 217
Kennedy’s views on, 221
K. Wright’s views on, 233, 241–42, 247–48
mercury poisoning and, 6, 142–45, 151
MMR and, 5, 107–8, 113–14, 153, 160–63, 166–67, 170–71, 174n, 176, 181, 182, 183, 217, 255, 257, 263, 284, 285, 290, 295–96
Omnibus Proceeding and, 11–12, 180–81, 190–91, 283–97
Scarborough’s views on, 227
thimerosal and, 6, 7, 131, 144, 153, 167, 170–71, 173, 176, 177, 199, 207, 209, 210, 213, 217, 218, 227, 255, 284
Wakefield’s views on, 186
“Autism and Vaccines in the US Omnibus Hearings” (Chin-Caplan and Krigsman), 297
“Autism: A Novel Form of Mercury Poisoning” (Bernard, et al.), 142–45, 179, 214
Autism Book, The (Sears), 266–67
Autism Every Day (documentary), 244
AutismOne, 229, 297
conferences of, 13–14, 16–17, 195, 245, 258–61, 263–64, 304
Autism Research Institute (ARI), 82, 228, 264
Autism Research Institute/Defeat Autism Now! conferences, 185, 195, 196, 291, 296, 303
Autism Society of America, 82
Autism Speaks, 33, 232, 239–44, 246–47, 248
Autism Tissue Program, 230
“Autistic Disturbances of Affective Contact” (Kanner), 76–77
autistic enterocolitis, 234
autoimmune disorders, 42n
availability cascades, 196–200
availability entrepreneurs, 198
Aventis Pasteur, 116n, 150
B12 injections, 216n
baby boomers, 268
Baby Laughs (McCarthy), 250
Bacon, Francis, 155
Bailey, Helen, 19
Bailey, Stetson, 19
Barclay
, Sarah, 161–62
Barnsley Health Authority, Department of Public Health Medicine of, 114
Baron-Cohen, Simon, 17n
Barr, Richard, 101–2, 115, 236, 301
Bartlett, Josiah, 29
baseball, 197
BBC-TV, 160–63
behavioral disorders, 251, 253
behavioral medicine, 268
Bell, Alexander Graham, 209
Bell, Vaughan, 85
Belli, Melvin, 50–52
Belly Laughs (McCarthy), 250
Bernard, Bill, 135–36
Bernard, Fred, 135, 136
Bernard, Jamie, 135, 136
Bernard, Sallie McConnell, 134–36, 141, 142, 149, 206, 208
on CAN merger, 233
IOM committee review and, 170, 171
Bernard, Tom, 134–35
Bernier, Roger, 223
Bettelheim, Bruno, 77–79, 82
Bible, 25, 197n
big bang theory, 158
biowarfare, 28–29, 37
Biran, Adam, 26
Birt, Liz, 141, 142, 170, 186, 206, 208
fundraising of, 229, 238
Birt, Matthew, 141, 186, 263
birth defects, 146
“birther movement,” 8
Blaxill, Mark, 171, 174, 208, 222
Bleuler, Eugen, 76
blindness, 20, 23, 100, 153
blood plasma, 182
Blossom (cow), 31n
Boston, Mass., 25, 27, 65
Boston Globe, The, 306–7
bowel, see inflammatory bowel disease
Bowman, Brian, 267
Boxer, Barbara, 95
Boylston, Zabdiel, 25
brain, 40, 85, 89, 107, 111, 254, 280, 285
autism tissue collected from, 230
fluid in, 271
brain damage, 3, 5, 100
decision making and, 192–93
thimerosal and, 286, 287–88
vaccines and, 67, 69, 71, 73, 179n, 182, 183
brain tumor, 93, 192
Brand Sense, 258
breast cancer, 138–40, 193, 270
Brent, Jeffrey, 290
Brent, Robert, 152, 224–26
Brown University, 171
Brumback, Roger, 219
Bundaberg, Australia, 118–19
Burton, Dan, 130–31, 141, 142, 168, 205
Bush, Barbara, 110
Bush, George W., 9, 110, 204
Bush, Jenna, 110
Bush, Laura, 110
Bustin, Stephen, 290
Byers, Vera, 288, 294
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