Talk:Autism

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G'day,

Have imported the Autism article from Wikipedia--it was a decent article at one time but has become a dumping ground for POVs and advocates. I am in a slash and burn mode, deleting large sections of unsourced and not infrequently inane prose. I need help with the data box on the right uppper hand corner if anyone here would like to give me a hand. Let me know what you think we should do with it. Thomas Simmons 13:32, 20 March, 2007 (EPT)

Sources

RE: Thomas Kelly's contribution to section on treatment:

"Removal of heavy metals, like mercury, is one treatments that has been proposed as beneficial to autistic patients."

I have heard of this but have not had a chance to run it down. Do we have a sources for this? Thomas Simmons 13:26, 21 March, 2007 (EPT)

http://www.drhirani.com/weblog2/stories/2005/01/10/autismBiomedicalApproachesToAutism.html I don't have time for more hunting it down. I heard about it originally by her, by mouth. I have not read the paper yet - I am too busy. -Tom Kelly (Talk) 22:49, 20 March 2007 (CDT)