About Autism Watch

• Mission Statement

About Dr. Barrett

• Biographical Sketch and Contact Information
• Curriculum Vitae

General Information

• 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)
• 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)
• How the "Urine Toxic Metals" Test Is Used to Defraud Patients (link to Quackwatch)

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)
• Lancet Retracts Wakefield Paper (posted 2/4/10)

Well-Settled Therapies

• Applied Behavior Analysis (link to ASAT)

Unsettled or Investigational Treatments

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

Doubtful or Discredited Methods

• Antiviral Drugs (acyclovir, valacyclovir)
• Auditory Integration Training (link to ASHA)
• DMSA Chelation
• Dore Treatment (link to Mental Health Watch)
• EDTA Chelation Therapy (link to Chelation Watch)
• Homeopathy (link to Quackwatch)
• Facilitated Communication (posted 9/16/04)
• Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT)
• Intravenous Immunoglobulin (IVIG) (link to Chcago Tribune)
• Irlen Method (link to ASAT)
• Lupron (link to Autism Library)
• OSR#1
  • Link to Chicago Tribune
  • Adverse Effects (link to Neurodiversity Weblog)
• Packing therapy (link to Lancet article)
• Secretin
• Sensory Integration (link to ASAT)
• Stem cell treatments
• Tomatis Method
• Urine Toxic Metals Test (link to Quackwatch)

The Autism Omnibus Proceeding

• Court Rules against Vaccine-Autism Link (updated 3/13/10)
• Index to Hearing Transcripts (updated 3/11/10)
• Index to Expert Reports 9poted 3/25/09)
• Cedillo Decision (posted 2/12/09)
• Dwyer decision (posted 3/11/10)
• Hazelhurst Decision (posted 2/12/09
• King decision (posted 3/11/10)
• Mead decision (posted 3/11/10)
• Snyder Decision (posted 2/12/09)
• Docket

Investigative Reports

• Be Wary of CARE Clinics and the Center for Autistic Spectrum Disorders (CASD) (updated 11/25/08)
• Be Wary of "Board Certification" in Clinical Metal Toxicology (link to Quackwatch)
• Defeating Autism: A Damaging Delusion (book by Michael Fitzpatrick)
• My Involvement with Autism Quackery (James Laidler, M.D.) (posted 12/7/04)

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)
• What the Poling Autism Case Means (posted 3/14/08)
• Boyd Haley Ordered to Stop Illegal Marketing of OSR#1 (posted 6/24/10)
• Statement in Response to Defamation Suit by Andrew Wakefield (1/8/12)

Miscellaneous News

• NIMH Chelation Trial for Autism Spectrum Disorders Cancelled (posted 5/24/11)

Recommended Information Sources

• Association for Science in Autism Treatment (ASAT)
• Autism Diva Weblog
• Autism Legislation Database
• Autism Library
• Autism Science Foundation
• 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
• Age of Autism
• American Chiropractic Autism Board (ACAB)
• Autism File Magazine
• Autism Recovery Network
• Austism Society of America
• Autism Today
• Autism Treatment Trust (formrly Action Against Autism)
• AutismOne
• David Kirby
• Defeat Autism Now (DAN)
• Forum on Alternative and Innovative Therapies (Lewis Mehl-Madrona, MD, PhD)
• Foundation for Autism Information and Research (FAIR)
• Generation Rescue
• Genetic Centers of America (Mark R. Geier, MD, PhD)
• Good News Doctor Foundation
• Jay Gordon, MD
• Boyd E. Haley
• Institute for Chronic Illnesses
• Jennifer McCarthy
• 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
• Robert Sears, MD
• 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)
• Vital Interventions Accessible
• Vitamin D Council
• Dr. Andrew Wakefield
• Whole Child Network
• Nonrecommended Books (posted 5/13/05)

Ring Membership

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