Do you remember, @JayGordonMDFAAP, how @JennyMcCarthy described her son's diagnosis? I (and this link) will remind you of what she said to @Oprah. 2/http://www.oprah.com/oprahshow/mothers-battle-autism/5 …
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Quoth Jenny: "Right before his MMR shot, I said to the doctor, 'I have a very bad feeling about this shot. This is the autism shot, isn't it?' And he said, 'No, that is ridiculous. It is a mother's desperate attempt to blame something,' and he swore at me..." 3/
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"..., and then the nurse gave [Evan] the shot," she says. "And I remember going, 'Oh, God, I hope he's right.' And soon thereafter—boom—the soul's gone from his eyes." Seriously,
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"The soul's gone from his eyes"? Is that description the "respect" that autistic people "deserve"? 5/
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Let's also not forget,
@JayGordonMDFAAP, that@JennyMcCarthy's antivaccine activism also contributed to the view that the families of children with autism are largely antivaccine when they are not. 6/Show this thread -
No,
@JayGordonMDFAAP.@JennyMcCarthy might have done many things regarding autistic children and their families, but getting them the respect they deserve was definitely not one of them. 7/7Show this thread
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As the mother of a 28 year old with autism, I’m shocked by the number of adults who actually took medical advice from a former Playmate
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Jay wants autistic people gone. Think of how many autistic people who contribute to science and the arts would be gone look how many of Jenny showbusiness peers she wants gone because they are autistic
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Does the American Academy of Pediatrics rescind fellowships? Just wondering if they would want to be associated with this person at all....
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It's not the membership, it's the "Fellowship" in the
@AmerAcadPeds. https://www.aap.org/en-us/Pages/FAAP-Designation.aspx …
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