When Bruno Bettelheim proposed his theory, inspired by Leo Kanner, of the refridgerator mother, predictably, therapies were devised to “thaw” … More
Category: Science
The Patriot Nurse
The world of made up science is full of colourful characters. Perhaps this is why their nonsense gets so much … More
Wakefield, MMR and Peer Review
This is an article I wrote last year examining how the fallacy that MMR vaccine causes autism gained traction: Reviewers … More
Wakefield’s back – a rant
Sweaty Andrew Wakefield is suing the British medical journal for claiming his research into MMR and autism to be fraudulent.
No Science in Scientology
A Letter to the Editor, S. Wales Echo The original letter from Brian Daniels is STILL not on Walesonline. Sorry! … More
Back to school – not too soon
Half term is officially over. Aidan is back at the college where he works and all my teacher friends are … More
The Fail on Sunday
Thanks Chris McKee for pointing me in the direction of this piece in one of the Mail on Sunday’s pull-outs. … More
Vaccine Reactions – OW!
Rugby is a big deal in our house. It has to be – I live there. The Rugby Union World … More
TV causes autism says “expert”
Aric Sigman is riding Susan Greenfield’s coat-tails again! BBC Won’t Take its Own Medicine You can read more of my … More
Autismum
By day the full time mother of an autistic toddler. By night the full time mother of autistic toddler. I … More
My 1st Post!
When I decided to make this site I wasn’t entirely sure if I wanted to blog or not. It always … More