Kirby on HuffPo: NIH Agency Head Backs Vaccine-Autism Research on Friday; Resigns from Federal Autism Panel on Saturday

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Kirby on HuffPo: NIH Agency Head Backs Vaccine-Autism Research

on Friday; Resigns from Federal Autism Panel on Saturday

Managing Editor's Note: Read the

Age of Autism post,

Dr. Story Landis: Autism not a multi-symptom disease but a money making

scheme? to which Dr. Landis refers in her resignation. Read

's full post and comment at HuffPo

HERE.

By Kirby

Story Landis, PhD, director of the National Institute of

Neurodevelopmental Disorders and Stroke (NINDS), an NIH agency, surprised

many parents on Friday by stating that autism researchers should study

" the children who have been most profoundly affected " by

adverse reactions to vaccination.

On Saturday, Dr. Landis abruptly resigned from the powerful Interagency

Autism Coordinating Committee (IACC), which helps direct hundreds of

millions in federal tax dollars to autism research, treatment, care and

services.

In her letter of resignation, Dr. Landis cited embarrassing notes she had

left behind after a recent meeting of the IACC that " triggered

frustration and anger " among many autism parents; and for having

" inadvertently introduced a distraction " from autism research.

She did not mention her newfound support for vaccine-autism

investigations in the letter.

Over the weekend, Dr. Landis wrote to IACC committee members:

I am very sorry that I passed notes to a colleague during the September

30 IACC meeting. It was unprofessional of me and I should not have done

it. These notes were recovered after the meeting and posted on the Age of

Autism blog. I understand how my comments triggered frustration and

anger. Further, I inadvertently introduced a distraction from focusing on

the important questions at hand. Therefore, I have decided to resign from

the IACC effectively immediately. Again, my apologies to the other

members of the IACC and to the autism community. I regret that my actions

have eroded trust at a time when we need to build stronger ties across

government and the community. Although I will no longer be a member of

the IACC, I remain committed to finding the causes of and effective

treatments for autism.

Kirby is author of

Evidence of Harm, a founding

contributor to

Huffington Post

and a contributor to Age of

Autism. His next book, Animal Factory: The Looming Threat

of Industrial Pig, Dairy, and Poultry Farms to Humans and the

Environment will be released within the year and is available now

for pre-order at

Amazon.

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Homeopath

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