http:\/\/www.chicagotribune.com\/health\/chi-autism-science-nov23,0,2618338<\/a><\/p>\nAutism attracts frauds and quacks eager to take money from panicked parents. Serious research is dismissed because it doesn’t give the easy answers parents want. High-functioning autistics are dismissed as fakes. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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