Archive for November, 2008

Autism: High Rate of Autism Among Somali Immigrants

Wednesday, November 26th, 2008 Posted in autism | No Comments »

From Mark Blaxill's article Out of Africa and Into Autism: More Evidence Illuminates the Somali Anomaly in Minnesota. 1) Autism has always been rare in Africa, with low rates that have surprised researchers. 2) Most autism in Africa occurred in elite families ...

Autism: Chemical Exposures May Be the Cause

Tuesday, November 25th, 2008 Posted in autism | No Comments »

David Kirby's article entitled Autism May Be Caused By "Chemical Exposures" uncovers a shocking statement from the CDC. From the article: Here is the question I posed to CDC: "If it is determined that Somali children in Minnesota do in fact have higher ...

Autism: Gulf War Illness

Monday, November 24th, 2008 Posted in autism | No Comments »

Kent Heckenlively writes about the correlation found in the number of vaccines given and the incidence of Gulf War Illness in his article If You Let the Idiots Talk They'll Tell You What You Want to Know. From the article: The congressionally ...

Autism: Why Don’t They Care?

Thursday, November 20th, 2008 Posted in autism | 2 Comments »

I'm not angry.  I'm not surprised.  I'm just kind of numb.  Why doesn't the US government and medical establishment care?  Are we throwing a generation of children away?  Seriously, is that the outcome here in the United States?  Autism is more prevalent ...

TDAH - Playing Games - Post Habit Update

Tuesday, November 18th, 2008 Posted in Playing Games | No Comments »

I just wanted to write a quick update about the results of last month's Test Drive a Habit challenge of playing games with the kids everyday.  There have been two great consequences from the habit. The first thing is ...

Test Drive a Habit - Eating a Salad

Monday, November 17th, 2008 Posted in Eating Salad | No Comments »

I am way, way late with announcing this month's Test Drive a Habit challenge.  It isn't because I don't have a habit this month.  I have just been incredibly busy and haven't posted an update. The habit this month ...