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Monday, March 1, 2010

Bad Editing at Newsweek

A Newsweek article about oxytocin is titled "The ‘Bonding Hormone’ That Might Cure Autism." The title is irresponsible. Although the drug may or may not be a useful treatment, nobody has found a cure. The article also has a line referring to "`high-functioning autism' (a.k.a. Asperger syndrome)." Many people at the high-functioning end of the spectrum do indeed have Asperger, but many others do not. It is misleading to equate Asperger and HFA.