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Today's Fresh Blogs...| An Open Letter to the CIHR Concering the New Autism Symposium |
| Published: September 27, 2007, 1:50 am |
| Tags: Cihr, Autism Symposium, Autism Disorder, Autism Society New Brunswick |
| 27, 2007CIHR Institute of Neurosciences, Mental Health and AddictionScientific DirectorDr. R mi Quirion Assistant Director, OttawaDr. Barbara Beckett Project Officer Asimina SaikaleyDear CIHR DirectorsI have been active in autism advocacy in New Brunswick, and federally, for 9 years, since my son was diagnosed with Autism Disorder at |
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| Autism Society Canada Letter to Health Minister Clement re CIHR Autism Symposium |
| Published: October 4, 2007, 6:42 am |
| Tags: Cihr, Autism Symposium, Autism Disorder, Tony Clement, Autism Society Canada, Autism Community |
| They have requested that CIHR, if it has not already done so, ensure that each member society of ASC is invited to put forward a representative of their choosing to this research symposium.Quite a number of people have made enquiries of CIHR about representation and have been told by CIHR that this is a complex scientific meeting the |
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| CIHR's Invisible National Autism Symposium |
| Published: October 8, 2007, 7:06 pm |
| Tags: Cihr, Stephen Harper, National Autism Symposium, Autism Disorder |
| of the Harper GovernmentCIHR National Autism Symposium. The Autism Symposium was touted as ABOVE ALL an exercise in .... community building. Except that the community reps were all hand picked by the CIHR, without input from the provincial Autism Societies or FEAT organizations.The agenda, list of speakers, and list of invited guests, are |
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| National Autism Symposium Script Released |
| Published: October 21, 2007, 5:49 am |
| Tags: Cihr, Stephen Harper, National Autism Symposium, Pay Now Pay Later, Autism Disorder, Research Autism |
| actors pre-selected by the CIHR will test their acting skills by pretending that they are representative of provincial autism communities, whose organizations were not actually consulted and did not pick their own delegates. Actors must be able to portray real delegates earnestly engaged in discussion of autism issues. The audience will see |
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| CIHR Autism "Partnerships" and "Community Building" LOL |
| Published: October 26, 2007, 6:28 am |
| Tags: Cihr, National Autism Symposium, Autis Awareness, Autism Disorders |
| 8 and 9 in Toronto the CIHR bragged that the symposium was "above all ... an exercise in community building". On the CIHR web site the claim is made that:Partnerships From its beginning, CIHR has developed a very broad, inclusive approach to partnership. |
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| Autism Research Conference in Wales November 9 |
| Published: October 27, 2007, 2:23 am |
| Tags: Cihr, Autism Research, Autism Disorders, Autism Cymru, Autism Awareness, Autism Speaks |
| back in Canada, the CIHR will also be holding an Autism Research Symposium in Toronto on November 8 and 9. This event is by invitation only, with no list of speakers and no list of topics to be discussed. Only in Canada you say? |
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| Autism's Gold Standard Intervention - A Note to Dr. R mi Quirion |
| Published: October 31, 2007, 4:25 am |
| Tags: Cihr, Autism Interventions, Nova Scotia, Dr Barbara Beckett, Autism Disorders, Aba, Applied Behavior Analysis, Dr R Mi Quirion, American Academy Of Pediatrics |
| Dr. R mi QuirionScientific DirectorInstitute of Neurosciences, Mental Health and Addiction (INMHA)Canadian Institutes for Health ResearchDear Dr. QuirionRe: Autism's Gold Standard Intervention and the National Autism SymposiumI am a parent of an 11 1/2 year old boy with Autism Disorder. He is profoundly autistic. By profoundly I mean that he has |
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| Tony Clement's Invisible Autism Symposium |
| Published: December 2, 2007, 5:10 am |
| Tags: Cihr, Invisible Autism Symposium, Stephen Harper, Michelle Dawson, Autism Research, Autism Disorders, Tony Clement |
| Health Minister Tony ClementCanada, courtesy of the federal government of Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Health Minister Tony Clement, has offered one of the weakest responses by any national government to the world autism crisis. To date it consists of a mediocre autism web site and an invisible national autism research symposium held on |
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| Autism Consultation: US (Transparent) v Canada (Secretive) |
| Published: December 20, 2007, 11:05 am |
| Tags: Cihr, National Autism Symposium, Autism Research, Autism Disorders, Nih, Autism Awareness, Autism Advocacy |
| Research. In Canada the CIHR cancelled a planned National Autism Symposium when it found out that autism parent advocates wanted to play a real part in the symposium. It was rescheduled and described as a "research" symposium, with secretive, limited invitees, and with the implication that the parents who live 24/7, 52 weeks a year with |
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| Canadian Autism Prevalence Rates Different Than US Rates? |
| Published: December 21, 2007, 4:45 am |
| Tags: Cihr, Stephen Harper, Autism Crisis, Autism Disorders, Autism Prevalence, Autism Awareness, Cdc |
| the United States.2) The CIHR may simply be using the old CDC estimate, unaware that the CDC revised its estimates of autism prevalence almost one year ago.3) The CIHR may be aware that the CDC has changed its estimate but disagrees with the new estimate.4) The CIHR may be aware of the newer CDC estimate and may agree with it; but can't be |
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| Autism, Environment and Genetic Mutations: Hamilton Steel Mills and Conor's Autism Disorder |
| Published: January 19, 2008, 8:34 am |
| Tags: Steel Mills, Cihr, Autism Disorder, Toronto Star, Genes, Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences, Burlington, Rod Mcinnes, Hamilton, Genetic Mutation, Carole Yauk |
| The dark smokestacks and olive green buildings on the left are part of the Stelco steel mill, the mint green ones in front of that and to the right are Dofasco. The skyway bridge (8 lanes wide!) that runs between connects east Hamilton to west Burlington over the Hamilton Habour (the western end of Lake Ontario.) Photo and information above from |
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| Canada's Sham Autism Symposium Failure and the Need for a REAL National Autism Strategy |
| Published: March 20, 2008, 7:52 am |
| Tags: Cihr, National Autism Symposium, National Autism Strategy, Autism Disorders, Tony Clement, Autism Society New Brunswick, Dr R Mi Quirion, Asd, Autism |
| to find as published on the CIHR web site by Dr. R mi Quirion, OC, PhD, FRSC, CQ, Scientific Director of the CIHR's Institute of Neurosciences, Mental Health and Addiction (INMHA):National Autism Research SymposiumToronto, November 8-9, 2007 CIHR had been tasked by the Hon. Tony Clement, Minister of Health, with organizing this event and |
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