Autism and Vaccines - Getting information

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Autism and Vaccines – Getting information Sunday, May 13th, 2012 at 9:12 pm If you are one of those people who want more information on this topic, there is a resource.Coursera, a new company founded by two Stanford professors, is offering a free course on Vaccines (read about them in the New York Times here). They’re launching (from Penn’s Medical School) in June.The Vaccines course is free, and open to anyone to join. It will last 4-5 weeks starting this June, and cover the history and science of vaccines, benefits and risks, controversies surrounding vaccines, and answers to common questions that parents have about them.Courses consist of video lectures with quizzes, discussion forums, and weekly assignments. Check out more details about the course and a quick intro video on Coursera.org here: https://www.coursera.org/course/vaccinesDr. Offit, MD, Chief of the Division of Infectious Diseases and the Director of the Vaccine Education Center at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia is teaching the course.Dr. Offit is one of the most public faces of the scientific consensus against the vaccines/autism link.. His books, “Autism’s False Prophets: Bad Science, Risky Medicine, and the Search for a Cure,” and “Deadly Choices: How the Anti-Vaccine Movement Threatens Us All” have produced their own share of interest and controversy.I have not taken this courseUnfortunately, I can’t report on it or evaluate the details. But, if you are interested in becoming more educated on the topic of autism and vaccinations, this could be a great resource.How much information do YOU need?Some people are highly interested in the topic of autism and vaccines. This may be too much information for others. Their focus has shifted toward therapy and treatment options.One of the challenges of autismWhen your life is touched by autism you are challenged to learn. That is what is required. If you need to educate yourself more on the topic of autism and vaccines, this appears to be a useful option. Hodgdon, M.Ed., CCC-SLPSpeech-Language PathologistCommunication Specialisthttp://lindahodgdonblog.com/