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Sally Kirk: Hope for the Autism Spectrum: A Mother and Son Journey of Insight and Biomedical Intervention

Jessica Kingsley Publishers, London & Philadelphia, 2008, 431 pp, ISBN 978-1-84310-894-8, $24.95 (hard cover)

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  1. David Kirby’ book, Evidence of Harm, is a journalist’s conspiracy theory, implicating CDS and other governmental officials in covering up a link between thimerosal and autism.

  2. Paul Offit is a professor of vaccinology and pediatrics in University of Pennsylvania. In his book, Autism’s False Prophets, he details the events that have lead to the vaccine controversy in autism.

  3. Andrew Wakefield’s study published in Lancet in 1998 claimed MMR caused autism. Wakefield’s study has been discredited for conflict of interest and a lack of appropriate scientific protocol.

  4. Mark and David Geier wrote one of the first papers linking thimerosal to autism. Their study has been discredited for poor epidemiological quality, and weak scientific methodology.

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Bayat, M. Sally Kirk: Hope for the Autism Spectrum: A Mother and Son Journey of Insight and Biomedical Intervention. J Autism Dev Disord 40, 130–131 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-009-0779-3

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