About Autism Watch

• Mission Statement
• FAQs
• Cheers and Jeers

About Dr. Laidler

• Biographical Sketch (posted 12/7/04)
• Curriculum Vitae (posted 12/7/04)
• My Involvement with Autism Quackery (posted 12/7/04)

General Information

• History of Autism
• NIMH Booklet on Autism Spectrum Disorders (posted 8/21/04)
• NINDS Autism Fact Sheet (posted 8/21/04)
• NIDCD Information of Autism and Communication (posted 8/21/04)
• Questions and Answers
• Genetic Factors
• Significant Journal Reports

Diagnostic Considerations

• DSM-IV Criteria for Diagnosing Autism (posted 8/13/04)
• Oregon Administrative Rule (posted 8/31/04)
• Minnesota Rules for Autism Spectrum Disorders (posted 8/31/04)
• Washington Definition and Eligibility Criteria for Special Services for Autism (posted 8/31/04)
• How Educational Assessments Skew Autism Rates (updated 9/16/04)
• Problems with Autism as a Diagnosis

Discredited Theories

• "Refrigerator Mother" Hypothesis
• Thimerosal Is Not Responsible for Autism (posted 1/31/04)
• Thimerosal and Autism: Reviewing the Evidence (2007) (posted 7/12/07)
• Thimerosal and Autism: Updated Statement from Canada's Public Health Agency (posted 7/31/07)
• Other Vaccines
• Dubious Metabolic Derangements

Well-Settled Therapies

• Applied Behavior Analysis (link to ASAT)
• FDA-Approved Drugs

Unsettled or Investigational Treatments

• Clinical Trials Index
• "Floor Time" (Greenspan) (link to ASAT)

Doubtful or Discredited Treatments

• Auditory Integrated Training (link to ASAT)
• Chelation Therapy (link to Chelation Watch)
• Dietary Supplements
• Dore treatment (link to Mental Health Watch)
• Homeopathy (link to Quackwatch)
• Facilitated Communication (posted 9/16/04)
• Hyperbaric oxygen
• Irlen Method (link to ASAT)
• Lupron (link to Autism Library)
• Secretin
• Sensory Integration (link to ASAT)
• Stem cell treatments
• Tomatis Method

Investigative Reports

• Be Wary of CARE Clinics and the Center for Autistic Spectrum Disorders (CASD) (updated 11/25/08)

Legal and Regulatory Actions

• Disciplinary Actions against Stephen B. Edelson, MD
• Disciplinary Action against Robert Sinaiko, MD
• Facilitated Communication Device Marketers Settle FTC Charges (posted 9/16/04)
• FDA Seizes Taurine Capsules (posted 10/11/04)
• Docket of Omnibus Autism Proceeding
• What the Poling Autism Case Means (posted 3/14/08)

Recommended Information Sources

• Association for Science in Autism Treatment (ASAT)
• Autism Diva Weblog
• Autism Legislation Database
• Autism Library
• Bartholomew Cubbins Weblog
• Book: MMR and Autism, by Dr. Michael Fitzpatrick
• MAAP Services for Autism and Asperger Spectrum
• The MADSEC Autism Task Force Report (2000)
• National Alliance for Autism Research
• National Institute of Mental Health
• Neurodiversity Weblog
• Autism Quackery Search Engine (searches 18 sites)
• Recommended Books (to be posted)

Nonrecommended Information Sources

• A-CHAMP
• Autism Recovery Network
• Austism Society of America
• Autism Treatment Trust (formrly Action Against Autism)
• AutismOne
• Defeat Autism Now (DAN)
• Forum on Alternative and Innovative Therapies (Lewis Mehl-Madrona, MD, PhD)
• Generation Rescue
• Genetic Centers of America (Mark R. Geier, MD, PhD)
• Good News Doctor Foundation
• Institute for Chronic Illnesses
• Moms Against Mercury
• National Autism Association
• National Autistic Society (United Kingdom)
• National Vaccine Information Center
• Neuro Immuno Therapeutics Foundation (Hugh Fudenberg, MD)
• NoMercury
• Safe Minds
• Talk about Curing Autism (TACA)
• The Autism Autoimmunity Project (TAAP)
• Unlocking Autism
• US Autism & Asperger Association (USAAA)
• Vaccine Autoimmunity Project for Research and Education (VAP)
• Whole Child Network
• Nonrecommended Books (posted 5/13/05)

Ring Membership

• Anti-Quackery Ring (health-related frauds, myths, fads, and fallacies)
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