Monday, May 11, 2009

Professor Baron-Cohen and ethical concerns about prenatal testing for autism - some fairly old articles from January 2009



Baron-Cohen, Simon (2009) Professor Simon Baron-Cohen: Autism is not cancer. Communitycare.co.uk January 14th 2009.http://www.communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2009/01/14/110412/professor-simon-baron-cohen-autism-is-not-cancer.html


Baron-Cohen, Simon (2009) Autism test 'could hit maths skills'. BBC News. January 7th 2009.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7736196.stm
[with link to audio of interview of Prof. Baron-Cohen on BBC radio show Today, and also a link to many thoughtful readers' comments on the article]

Randerson, James (2009) A prenatal test for autism would deprive the world of future geniuses. Science Blog. Guardian.co.uk January 7th 2009.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/blog/2009/jan/07/autism-test-genius-dirac
[About the probable autism of genius physicist Paul Dirac and the ethical concerns re an autism prenatal test, has many readers' comments]

Rudy, Lisa Jo (2009) Dr. Simon Baron-Cohen on autism and prenatal testing. About.com January 17th 2009.
http://autism.about.com/b/2009/01/17/dr-simon-baron-cohen-on-autism-and-prenatal-testing.htm
[has some readers' comments]


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