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Ari Ne'eman, President of The Autistic Self Advocacy Network writes..."Recently, the organization People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) launched a new ad campaign entitled, "Got Autism?", misleadingly implying that the consumption of milk is associated with the cause of the autism spectrum.

It’s challenging to report on an illness such as autism, which scientists and doctors are only beginning to understand (the disease was described in the 1940s) and over which there is so much debate. There is even disagreement around the question of whether or not there has been a real increase in the number of children being diagnosed with autism in California.

I was surprised to read about neuroscience and the brain considered from a particularly intelligent general perspective in the politician Al Gore’s recently published The Assault on Reason (now a Penguin soft-cover).

If someone feels they are an Indigo and they believe in this concept, that is one thing. I don't agree, but who am I to judge? However, if your beliefs are in any way detrimental to children, I take issue. Major issue. Here is the start of my concerns over the Indigo concept.

Why am I concerned as to whether or not Jenny's son really is autistic? Why have I bothered to spend a few hours researching various conditions for these related posts? There are several reasons. First, I am not attacking Ms. McCarthy, I am simply trying to put some pieces together and ponder some possibilities (perhaps even offer insight).

On Autism and Diagnosis: A final point on whether or not Jenny's son truly did have autism is on how his diagnosis came to be. Apparently, he was diagnosed by the "best doctor" in town or some such. Even the best doctors can make misdiagnoses, and even mistakes.

A Look At Auditory Processing, Allergies, and Autism: Aside from, or in addition to, the possibility of epilepsy being the cause of developmental delays (and hence leading to a wrong diagnosis of autism) in Jenny's son, we can also look at auditory processing symptoms being similar to those of autism.

A Look At Epilepsy, Speech Delay, and Autism: THIS IS ALL HYPOTHETICAL FOOD FOR THOUGHT. Jenny proclaims herself as the "Autism Mom" who speaks for all other "autism moms" and the "autism community." But, what if her son never really had autism? It's a fair question to ask, as Jenny herself has said in recent interviews: neurologists who see him now for epilepsy say he never had autism.

From Jim Carrey's speech during the "Green Our Vaccines" really. Autism is everywhere. It's on every street, in every town. It's a warning from the universe that there is a serious imbalance in our environment and that immediate changes must be made.Woah--almost sounds like some of that new-age Indigo type of talk.

That's the title of a book I recently read and strongly recommend for those who have questions about vaccines. In "Do Vaccines Cause That?" the authors Martin G. Myers, MD and Diego Pineda, MS explain every facet of the vaccine debate. To be honest, I was skeptical about this book prior to reading it.