Why people recommend it
Defeating Autism by Michael Fitzpatrick is a critical examination of the biomedical movement surrounding autism and the diagnostic shifts that have occurred over recent decades. On an episode of Behind the Bastards titled Part One: The Grifters Behind The Fake Autism 'Cure' Industry, released on April 1, 2025, host Robert Evans referenced the book while investigating questionable medical practices and grifts. Evans cited Michael Fitzpatrick's work to highlight how the broadening definition of autism has caused the term to lose a clear sense of coherence. Evans explained that Fitzpatrick, who is both an author and a doctor, wrote a great book about the biomedical movement titled Defeating Autism: A Damaging Delusion. By drawing upon Fitzpatrick's insights, Evans illustrated how vulnerable families are often targeted by unscientific and potentially harmful interventions propagated by the fake autism cure industry. The podcast used Fitzpatrick's expert critique to dismantle misleading medical claims and expose the financial motivations driving predatory health trends. Through this detailed discussion, listeners were introduced to a vital piece of critical medical literature that champions evidence-based understanding and protects vulnerable communities from exploitative pseudoscientific movements.
Who recommended it
- Robert Evans Recommended
Robert Evans — 2 mentions
“Feeding into this complex churn is the fact that as the term autism grows to Encompass more people it loses what author and Doctor Michael Fitzpatrick describes as a sense of coherence Michael wrote a great book about the biomedical movement titled defeating autism a damaging delusion and in it he writes”
“Michael wrote a great book about the biomedical movement titled defeating autism a damaging delusion”