Subject: Disappointed in autismspeaks.org: Where's the mercury and biomed?

If some parent or grandparent who is trying to cope with the desperate problems they face in the here and now with an autistic child goes to Bob Wright's site autismspeaks.org they will be heading into a dead end. The web site links and two books listed are almost all celebrity oriented or gene-study related. They are of no real help for the child suffering the tragic consequences of autism today.Even the First Signs site is of no real education value unless you are willing to purchase expensive materials to diagnose your child. How difficult would it have been to include the CHAT and a one page list of warning signs? Why isn't there a reference to Andy's book or Dr.McCandless's book? Why aren't there links to safeminds.org or nomercury.org, or to NAA? Or to the Autism Research Institute? Or a list of DAN! doctors? We should write to Bob Wright at his site "info@autismmspeaks.org" and let him know the links and books that have helped us, and the resources that will help the desperate families and victimized children who deal with the autism epidemic 24-7.I am going to email him now: info@autismspeaks.org I hope you do too.

Virginia