Autism Diva Goes Conferencing
Wednesday, December 14, 2005
Dr. Eric Fombonne at the MIND
Dr. Fombonne debunked the autism epidemic myth, and MMR and thimerosal autism causation myths at the UCD MIND institute this evening.
What a guy. (sigh)
This photo was taken after his first presentation (during the intermission, before his second presentation). The woman came to listen to the presentation, the man on the right apparently works for the MIND institute, he introduced Dr. Fombonne's presentations, but Autism Diva doesn't recognize him, and missed the parts where he introduced himself.
Dr. Fombonne's presentations should be available online in streaming video format in a month or two on the MIND institute's website.
If they don't decide to clip the question session from the video of his second presentation, you may get to hear Autism Diva. There was a mercury dad there who decided to do an advertisement for an upcoming conference in Sacramento featuring David Kirby and Dr. Kartzinel and some of what appears to be anti-vax agitprop. After the dad's promoting of the upcoming conference and mentioning that he had distributed fliers with information about the "biomedical" conference right there in the MIND's conference room ... he started to preach thimerosal mythology in a quite rude and righteous-indignation-filled manner ... typical.
After Fombonne nicely answered his points and told the dad he was wrong, Autism Diva took her turn for asking a "question from the audience" and added some more reasons why mercury dad was wrong. Then another parent asked a question and Autism Diva packed her cool red backpack with laptop compartment (in a huff) and walked out (in a huff) in her red, silk brocade Converse high-tops (in a huff).
Autism Diva took this photo to make sure that the camera's flash feature was off so she could get pictures of Fombonne speaking without disrupting the presentation ... but those sure are some pretty shoes. :-)
Thanks, Dr. Fombonne. Thanks MIND institute for hosting him (even though you are part of the problem).
Dr. Eric Fombonne at the MIND
Dr. Fombonne debunked the autism epidemic myth, and MMR and thimerosal autism causation myths at the UCD MIND institute this evening.
What a guy. (sigh)
This photo was taken after his first presentation (during the intermission, before his second presentation). The woman came to listen to the presentation, the man on the right apparently works for the MIND institute, he introduced Dr. Fombonne's presentations, but Autism Diva doesn't recognize him, and missed the parts where he introduced himself.
Dr. Fombonne's presentations should be available online in streaming video format in a month or two on the MIND institute's website.
If they don't decide to clip the question session from the video of his second presentation, you may get to hear Autism Diva. There was a mercury dad there who decided to do an advertisement for an upcoming conference in Sacramento featuring David Kirby and Dr. Kartzinel and some of what appears to be anti-vax agitprop. After the dad's promoting of the upcoming conference and mentioning that he had distributed fliers with information about the "biomedical" conference right there in the MIND's conference room ... he started to preach thimerosal mythology in a quite rude and righteous-indignation-filled manner ... typical.
After Fombonne nicely answered his points and told the dad he was wrong, Autism Diva took her turn for asking a "question from the audience" and added some more reasons why mercury dad was wrong. Then another parent asked a question and Autism Diva packed her cool red backpack with laptop compartment (in a huff) and walked out (in a huff) in her red, silk brocade Converse high-tops (in a huff).
Autism Diva took this photo to make sure that the camera's flash feature was off so she could get pictures of Fombonne speaking without disrupting the presentation ... but those sure are some pretty shoes. :-)
Thanks, Dr. Fombonne. Thanks MIND institute for hosting him (even though you are part of the problem).
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