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The Big Autism Cover-Up: How and Why the Media Is Lying to the American Public
An unflinching look at the truth behind the media’s lies about autism.
Autism now affects two percent of U.S. children. A once rare disorder is now so common that everyone knows someone with an affected child. Yet neither mainstream doctors nor government officials can tell the American public what is behind the staggering rise in diagnoses.
The Big Autism Cover-Up explores how news outlets downplay the impact of autism while backing the official denial of any link between the disorder and vaccines. Despite never honestly and thoroughly investigating the link, mainstream news sources continue to challenge those who question the safety of vaccines and the mounting evidence that an unchecked, unsafe vaccination schedule is behind the exponential increase in autism.
Anne Dachel has spent the last ten years monitoring how the press covers autism. She’s seen the media promote the unrelenting message from health officials that autism hasn’t really increased, that it is simply a matter of better diagnosing of a disorder that’s always been around. Meanwhile, autism remains a perpetual mystery and scientists continue to guess at the genetic and environmental triggers.
Officially there is no known cause or cure for autism. There’s nothing a new mother can do to prevent a baby that was born healthy and is developing normally from regressing into autism by the age of two. Despite this, officials rarely express concern and adamantly refuse to call autism a crisis. The Big Autism Cover-Up exposes this controversy in searing detail.
Autism now affects two percent of U.S. children. A once rare disorder is now so common that everyone knows someone with an affected child. Yet neither mainstream doctors nor government officials can tell the American public what is behind the staggering rise in diagnoses.
The Big Autism Cover-Up explores how news outlets downplay the impact of autism while backing the official denial of any link between the disorder and vaccines. Despite never honestly and thoroughly investigating the link, mainstream news sources continue to challenge those who question the safety of vaccines and the mounting evidence that an unchecked, unsafe vaccination schedule is behind the exponential increase in autism.
Anne Dachel has spent the last ten years monitoring how the press covers autism. She’s seen the media promote the unrelenting message from health officials that autism hasn’t really increased, that it is simply a matter of better diagnosing of a disorder that’s always been around. Meanwhile, autism remains a perpetual mystery and scientists continue to guess at the genetic and environmental triggers.
Officially there is no known cause or cure for autism. There’s nothing a new mother can do to prevent a baby that was born healthy and is developing normally from regressing into autism by the age of two. Despite this, officials rarely express concern and adamantly refuse to call autism a crisis. The Big Autism Cover-Up exposes this controversy in searing detail.
336 pages, Hardcover
First published October 7, 2014
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January 1, 2015
Fascinating and terrifying at the same time, this book shows the other side of the vaccine / autism controversy that you don't hear about in the media. This book contains hundreds of facts about how the media portrays autism falsely and covers up true scientific research about hundreds of children who got autism after receiving routine vaccinations. The only reason why I didn't give this book 5 stars is because of the repetitive nature of the writing...you know the author's main point after chapter one. I still devoured this book in a few days! Highly recommended if you care about today's children and the growing epidemic of autism.
October 28, 2014
Well, i learned a fair amount about vaccines. And i am bothered by the accusations that eveidence has been severely compromised/withheld from the general public by the media. I also think these are fairly shocking statistics of the rising numbers of autistic children.
February 17, 2015
It's hard to ignore the information in this book. The research is impeccable; a compelling read,
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