Autism Watch Mission Statement
The purpose of Autism Watch is to provide a scientific perspective on the many aspects of autism. This Web site is for families of autistic children (including adult children), practitioners treating autistic patients, and anyone else with an interest in autism. Our goals are to: Provide basic information about autism Offer scientific analysis of autism therapies Discuss the merits of the many proposed causes of autism Identify reliable sources of help and information Report improper actions to regulatory agencies Help people seek legal redress if they have been victimized Autism Watch collects no electronic or personal data from visitors. All e-mail messages are kept confidential except that comments about the site may be posted after deleting the senderās name and e-mail address.
Continue Reading >My Involvement with Autism Quackery
Ever since I began the Herculean (some might say Quixotic) task of exposing the quackery and pseudoscience surrounding autism, I have had people ask me, āAre you the same Jim Laidler who used to talk about chelation at autism conferences?ā To them, the idea that I could once have been an impassioned supporter of the very thing I am now trying to debunk is hard to fathom. Well, everyone has something in their past that they are embarrassed aboutāand that is mine. I consider myself to be a very scientific person. While growing up, I was skeptical and inquiring and naturally gravitated to the sciences. My first brushes with pseudoscience and quackery in medical school left me convinced that āit could never happen to me.ā …
Continue Reading >
