After McCarthy: Autism quackery on the rise

Remember how Jenny McCarthy became an autism expert?  Sigh. Now: go read what Leelo's mom said.  And then go read what Charlie's mom said:

Hope for me doesn’t start because some other person has told us “do this and he will stop flapping his arms and will make eye contact.” Hope for me starts with Charlie, my son who has autism; a great kid, a patient and sensitive kid, who has taught me to listen to things I didn’t know were being said to me, to see that I can be most wrong when I think I am most right, who tries the hardest of all to do what is asked of him.

And Orac recounts the damage celebrity credulity can do, in The "Jenny McCarthy effect": More credulity towards autism quackery.

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[Maddy]

What? You mean that you're wrong? [occasionally!] You and me both dearie.
Cheers