Mercury Poisoning on The Shield
The excellent and challenging drama “The Shield” is featuring a story-line on vaccine based mercury poisoning. Vik Mackey, one of the lead characters, has an autistic son and the family is approached by an attorney about a class action suit against the manufacture of the vaccine.
Its good to see this sort of issue on mainstream TV but there is always a danger of over-simplifing this issue. For more on the claims and counter claims of this difficult issue, see mercury and autism.
Previous coverage of autism in The Shield: Tomatis Method in The Shield.
Find Out More:
Books:
- Right from the Start: Behavioral Intervention for Young Children With Autism : A Guide for Parents and Professionals (Topics in Autism)
- 4-Way Coordination: A Method Book for the Development of Complete Independence on the Drum Set
- Autism in the School-Aged Child
- Running on Dreams
- Reaching Out, Joining in: Teaching Social Skills to Young Children With Autism (Topics in Autism)
August 10th, 2005
Autism and Mercury, Television
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