Outline of Autism - Controversies

Controversies

• Autism rights movement – a social movement that encourages autistic people, their caregivers and society to adopt a position of neurodiversity, accepting autism as a variation in functioning rather than a mental disorder to be cured.
• Autism's False Prophets – written by vaccine expert Paul Offit.
• Autism Speaks – the world's largest autism advocacy organization that sponsors autism research and conducts awareness and outreach activities aimed at families, governments, and the public.
• Chelation therapy – the administration of chelating agents to remove heavy metals from the body.
• Controversies in autism – encompass the disagreement over the exact nature of autism, its causes and manifestations.
• Gluten-free, casein-free diet – diet that eliminates dietary intake of gluten and casein.
• Hyperbaric oxygen therapy – the medical use of oxygen at a level higher than atmospheric pressure.
• MMR vaccine controversy – was a case of scientific misconduct which triggered a health scare.
• Mother Warriors – written by New York Times bestselling author Jenny McCarthy.
• Neurodiversity – the standpoint that atypical neurological development is a normal human difference.
• Refrigerator mother – an accusing label for mothers of children diagnosed with autism or schizophrenia
• Thiomersal controversy – describing claims that vaccines containing the mercury-based preservative thiomersal contribute to the development of autism and other brain development disorders
• Vaccine controversy – a dispute over the morality, ethics, effectiveness, or safety of vaccinations