In the wake of Trump’s comments, the Autism Research Centre in Toronto has received calls from anxious parents asking ‘are you sure I didn’t harm my child in pregnancy, because I remember I had a cold? I remember I had an infection. I know I took Tylenol.’
I sat with a patient who’d been hit on the head during a soccer game. Two weeks later, she found herself retreating into dark rooms, avoiding restaurants, grocery stores, and wearing sunglasses indoors along with noise-cancelling headphones just to survive a conversation.
I’ll tell you what I tell my six-year-old niece and four-year-old nephew. This is a good teachable moment. Power does not mean credibility. Status does not mean credibility.
Dr. Richard Frye told The Associated Press that he’d been talking with federal regulators about developing his own customized version of the drug for children with autism, assuming more research would be required.
Dr. Raghu Venugopal, an emergency physician at University Health Network, posted on social media earlier this month that ‘Canadian MDs should never collaborate with Elon Musk.’
The University of Calgary Cumming School of Medicine is involved in the research with two other universities, leading to a rare double publication in the journals Nature and Nature Medicine.
