“Honestly, we didn’t actually know what to expect,” admitted “Lion King” cast member Ben Jeffrey, who plays the supporting lead role of Pumbaa, the warthog. “There was a pretty constant amount of noise — sort of a sensory overload for everyone. But you really got feedback during the performance. You could see that the music, in particular, seemed to have a very strong effect. You could actually hear the hush coming over the house when it started to play,” he said.
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In one example, someone intended to put sugar in a friend’s coffee, but it turned out to be poison. In another, two friends are kayaking in jellyfish-infested ocean waters. One friend had just read that the jellyfish were harmless and suggested they go for a swim. But then the other was stung and died.
People with autism came down harder on the person whose actions caused the harm, while those without autism put more emphasis on the person’s good intentions.
"According to the second in a three-part investigative series in the medical journal
BMJ, Dr. Andrew Wakefield was retained by a lawyer seeking to extract money from vaccine manufacturers as his research was just beginning. He also allegedly applied for a patent for an alternative vaccine, set up a business to profit from that vaccine as well as diagnostic kits and other products, and worked with the Royal Free Medical School in London on these business ventures.
"Closely spaced pregnancies may raise the risk of autism, suggests new research published in Pediatrics. Babies born within a year of a sibling were three times more likely to be diagnosed with autism than those born after three years or more; children born less than two years after an older sibling had nearly twice the risk."
— Health Buzz: Autism Risk Increases With Close Pregnancies, Study Suggests
"It’s a very, very sad story. It was sad enough that the data in this paper was published and influenced scientists and governments and families to make decisions that just weren’t right. But now to find out that the data was actually falsified makes it even worse."
— Doctor Behind Study Linking Vaccine to Autism Accused of ‘Deliberate Fraud’
"Researchers examined nearly 600 children ages 2 to 5—roughly half of whom had autism— in Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Sacramento. Those whose homes were within 1,000 feet of a freeway at birth appeared to be twice as likely to have autism, though the association didn’t extend to major roads."
