Well, I also just completed reading this book. However Carol, I'm not one bit surprised at the vitriolic response of folks who wish to provide clear and scientifically derived data that vaccines are not the cause of autism. Remember that this has been a life-raft for many parents to hold onto and provide them with an answer to such a tragic and still baffling illness. Folks also were and still are very angry with Elizabeth Loftus with her research that has provided persuasive support that repressed memories are likely not a scientific reality. And that women has received many death threats and angry, irrational responses. Hobbs and his research on activation-synthesis theory of dreams, when first published in the Journal of Psychiatry in the 1980's, received more negative and angry responses then ANY other journal article to date.
Just BTW, I still believe that Henry Massie, M.D. was onto something with his research in the 1970's in which he analyzed videos of the interactions between parents and children BEFORE the onset of 'autistic-like' behaviors. His analysis determined that there was a distinct lack of appropriate response to the infants' signals. However, his case studies make it extremely clear that the parents were not in anyway aware or intentionally rejecting their infants, as per Bettelheim's destructive and cruel hypothesis. I won't go any further as I am very aware of how sensitive and politically incorrect any comment on a possible relationship between early experiences and autism is. But I do wish more of you tipsters would consider reading some of Henry Massie's work. If you wish to critique his research, please focus on the data and his analysis as opposed to his particular psychological perspectives. Joan [email protected] > Interesting that you should post this when you did, Chris. I've been > reading Paul Offit's book, _Autism's False Prophets_ and I just finished > the chapter on Andrew Wakefield. I'm finding the book to be quite readable > and intended for a lay audience. I'm amazed at the passion with which some > people maintain their opinions and their hatred (naive, perhaps). Offit > has received any number of threats against him and against his family. > Carol > > > > Carol L. DeVolder, Ph.D. > Professor of Psychology > Chair, Department of Psychology > St. Ambrose University > 518 West Locust Street > Davenport, Iowa 52803 > > Phone: 563-333-6482 > e-mail: [email protected] > web: http://web.sau.edu/psychology/psychfaculty/cdevolder.htm > > The contents of this message are confidential and may not be shared with > anyone without permission of the sender. > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Christopher D. Green [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Sat 2/7/2009 4:05 PM > To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) > Subject: [tips] MMR doctor Andrew Wakefield fixed data on autism - Times > Online > > It now appears that the research that started to whole ridiculous scare > about the MMR vaccine causing autism was cooked from the start. > http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/health/article5683671.ece > > Chris > -- > > Christopher D. Green > Department of Psychology > York University > Toronto, ON M3J 1P3 > Canada > > > > 416-736-2100 ex. 66164 > [email protected] > http://www.yorku.ca/christo/ > > ========================== > > > --- > To make changes to your subscription contact: > > Bill Southerly ([email protected]) > > > --- > To make changes to your subscription contact: > > Bill Southerly ([email protected]) --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([email protected])
