@Benevolent_Dictatrix (patently absurd): I will, I'm sorry.

@BrookeD: That's interesting, as my brother had glue ear before he regressed.

Finally Peta have come up with a non-sexist/sexy campaign.

@whynotshesaid: Yeah, but that's not someone else's fault. I've been getting annoyed at people claiming parents should just accept their children as they are, and I got a bit riled up.

@AgainWithFeeling: But my badly drawn face is charming :(

@whynotshesaid: You're right I jumped the gun on that comment. Sorry Empresszombie, I think I was conflating your post with things other's have said.

@la_periodista: Tourists. In the snobby south Dublin College I am currently attending people love Ambercrombie, because it shows off how cool you are, after J1ing in the States all summer. My eyes are generally rolling around my head anytime I overhear the undergrads talking when I'm getting my lunchtime coffee.

@rd2uk: They've made her face too symmetrical or something. It's disconcerting.

@lermanzo: No, I'm not saying that vaccines cause autism, I don't believe it. I was talking more generally, citing a stupid study I read years ago, to illustrate how studies, especially large environmental ones have to be read carefully. It was to discuss how we don't really know whether or not there is an…

@Cinnamoncanuck: Wow. That makes me feel even lazier about not going swimming this afternoon. I can't believe a bigger deal isn't being made of her.

@Taegre: That's remarkable. What did she win in the summer Olympics?

@lermanzo: I would argue that some of the studies into the increase in autism can be quite biased. I don't read any anymore, but you can skew results fairly easily with these kind of studies. For example regarding vaccines (I'm not saying vaccines cause autism, this is just an example) I've read papers which looked at…

@CurtCole: Yes. And not all parents are buying into the idea of a cure when they try alternative remedies, in fact I've yet to meet anyone that delusional. They are looking for ways to deal with the worst of the symptoms, and in some cases gluten and casein free diets really help digestive discomforts as well as some…

@EmpressZombie: That's fantastic. Parents of autistic children are just first world whiners. I dare you to make a similar claim on Jez about anorexia and famine and live to tell the tale.

@PrincessOfPower: It's generally about one and a half to two when symptoms manifest, although I think that some baby tests can pick up on indicators earlier. My brother had some speech before he regressed, an dnow has none. His behaviour totally changed as well.

@Benevolent_Dictatrix (patently absurd): That's a nice judgement on autistic parents. I have a severly austistic brotehr who is 29 next month and cannot speak. We are not looking for a cure, we are looking for treatments and therapies that may help him improve, mentally as well as behaviourily. If you had a child who…

@heykoukla: I think we have a winner!

I expect the model-cocaine smuggling ring to become a hilarious yet sexy movie in the near future. I just need a snappy title. Suggestions?

@BeckySharper: Yes, I'm ashamed to say my first thought was surprise that she was hired at all. I'm guessing she must be beautiful, and they thought she could just remove the headscarf when working. Asshats. The bit about not allowing the girl to help her autistic sister got to me as well. It's very difficult having…

As if there isn't anything more vanilla than the blande homogeneity Abercrombie peddles.