53% surge in Canadian autism

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Delayed report shows surge in autism cases Province reluctantly releases

details of 55% jump in 2 years

by Orwen

social policy reporter

The numbers of Ontario children diagnosed with autism are soaring, says a

government study.

In 1998, nearly 800 kids younger than 6 were newly diagnosed with the

neurological disorder, a 53 per cent jump over the same period two years

earlier.

The study, completed in March, 2000, by the provincial health ministry, was

released at a news conference yesterday at Queen's Park hosted by Liberal

community and social services critic Gravelle.

" We don't know why we're seeing this explosion, but we do know that it's a

dramatic one and it has people worried ... if the numbers keep escalating

and we don't treat these kids, the results will be tragic, " said Dr. Ari

Zaretsky, an assistant professor of psychiatry at Sunnybrook hospital.

" This is a shocking number, and the government is going to have to commit

more money to treatment, " said Gravelle, adding that the province has

consistently refused to give him any statistics on autism. The 2-year-old

report probably would never have become public without the persistence of

University of Toronto

professor , Gravelle added.

Ofner-Agostini, the mother of a 2-year-old autistic child, began calling

the provincial health ministry in January, asking for the report. The

epidemiologist had learned through colleagues that the ministry had done a

review of autism on OHIP databases.

" After several weeks of me phoning them five times a day asking for it, I

finally got a call. I was told (by a senior ministry official) that I

couldn't have the report and I couldn't ask any questions about it, "

Ofner-Agostini said.

She finally obtained a copy from a researcher at Queen's University.

" The government has refused to release this report and downplayed the

numbers of children with this disorder because they don't want to fund the

treatment, " Gravelle said.

The study found that 2,863 children younger than 7 were diagnosed with

autism between 1991 and 1998. The province is spending $39 million for

intensive one-on-one therapy known as applied behavioural analysis for 500

children. Some 900 are waiting.

But once they turn 6, these children will no longer be eligible for the

treatment, which costs $50,000 a year. At least a dozen families have filed

human rights complaints.

Health ministry spokesperson Jensen offered no explanation yesterday

as to why anyone would have had difficulty obtaining the report.

He referred questions on treatment to the Ministry of Community and Social

Services. Officials there weren't available, but former minister Baird

has said Ontario's treatment program " is the best in Canada. "

Zaretsky said treatment is fully covered in the U.S. because of guarantees

under the Americans with Disabilities Act.

He said researchers are seeing a similar surge in autism in other

countries, but what environmental factors may be involved is unknown.

Ofner-Agostini was told it would take two years to get her daughter, Nadia,

accepted for the ABA program.

" We have no choice but to pay for the therapy ourselves, " she said.

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Dear ,

It is a real shame that three relatively inexpensive and overlooked techniques

are effective and efficient for childrem with autism.

Hyperbaric therapy,

lysates and

homotoxicological preparations

may dramatically change the condition(s), depending on its variety and

ethiology.

In this South American sophisticated city,

a combined treatment for such a condition would cost around

$100-150 a month, plus the required HBO sessions (another $800 in the first

month).

All in all, a maximum of $1000, and sharply plummeting after the first course,

as oxygen requirement decline.

At variance with the mentioned Canadian figures, isn´t it?

Thank you for making us aware of the extent of the upsurge, and of the boreal

costs of treating,

but unfortunately, not curing it.

Any hints about the reasons?

Best regards.

Ignacio

Ignacio Fojgel, M.D

Buenos Aires, Argentina.

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Dear Dr Fojgel, Please tell me about these other treatments. I am very

interested in learning and giving the information to the parents of the

children we treat.

Sincerely

Re: [ ] 53% surge in Canadian autism

Dear ,

It is a real shame that three relatively inexpensive and overlooked

techniques

are effective and efficient for childrem with autism.

Hyperbaric therapy,

lysates and

homotoxicological preparations

may dramatically change the condition(s), depending on its variety and

ethiology.

In this South American sophisticated city,

a combined treatment for such a condition would cost around

$100-150 a month, plus the required HBO sessions (another $800 in the first

month).

All in all, a maximum of $1000, and sharply plummeting after the first

course, as oxygen requirement decline.

At variance with the mentioned Canadian figures, isn´t it?

Thank you for making us aware of the extent of the upsurge, and of the

boreal costs of treating,

but unfortunately, not curing it.

Any hints about the reasons?

Best regards.

Ignacio

Ignacio Fojgel, M.D

Buenos Aires, Argentina.

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Greetings! Dr. Fojgel, it is good to see you back! I pray things are

going well for you. A while back on the other list (shut down by " big

brother " ((UHMS guard dog)) ) an article on Mycotoxins used in

test/science projects by the US military was offered as a possible

reason why so many since the 1950's are coming down with auto-immune

dis-ease. The concept has been brought forward many times by retired

head of the World Health Org.Center for Mycotoxins in Food, Dr. A.V.

Constantini, that fungal mycotoxins, of which anti-biotics is

included, in fact, are the culprits for much of our di-ease and genetic

altered health problems. Mycotoxins are living organisms that can

overcome cells at the DNA level and alter them. I don't think you can

find a person in the civilized world that hasn't had an anti-biotic.

Some of these Autistic, ADD, ADHD kiddos have had since birth high

exposure to anti-biotic therapies. Immunizations (which are meant to

keep us from communicanble disease and philosophically are needed) are

mycotoxins swimming in themerisol (in most countries) as the delivery

agent. Themerisol is mercury.

It doesn't stop there, Dr. Constantini sees that our food supply is full

of mycotoxins for a number of reasons. Anti-biotics are injected in

meats and poultry. What is not known to most vegetarians is that most

vegetables have their own mycotoxins. Wheat and corn have the major

culprits, but these foods permeate our S.A.D. diets The nutritional

triangle with fruits, vegetables, grains, and complex carbs suggested as

being the food groups that our bodies need the most of only work if they

are non-toxic.

Before I go any further, I would like to say that what works for one

does not necessarily work for all.

I have recently been studying a book called The Fungus Link, by Doug A.

Kaufmann. I would like to post a short section on What the Experts Say

about Fungal Diseases.

There is certainly no shortage of scientific literature

about fungal symptoms

and diseases. And the twentieth century holds nothing

as far as knowledge of the

many diseases caused by fungus. Just open a Bible and

go directly to Leviticus 14:

34-35. This talk of fungus causing health problems is

not new.

As far as twentieth century fungal experts, consider Dr.

Lida Mattman, a

professor emeritus at Wayne State University. In her

excellent book Stealth Path-

ogens, Dr. Mattman asks, " Are fungi in blood smears

overlooked because they

are confused with blood cells? " She answers a

resounding " Yes! " From that

one statement alone, just imagine how many blood

conditions are misdiagnosed

because machines or laboratory technologists just can't

differentiate between

spores and cells.

Another bold statement is made on the same page. This

one by Dr. M. G. Rinaldi,

who says, " Given the right immunocompromised host,

virtually any fungus can kill

a human being. "

Holland, M. D., has a book in his office called

Medical Mycology by C.C. Kibbler.

(Mycology is the study of fungus.) In this book,

published in 1995, 18 prominent

physicians from large universities like Duke, Texas

University, and Stanford expound

on the serious health threats that fungi pose. Here are

some of the chapters in

Medical Mycology: Fungal Disease of the Bone and

Joint; Fungal Diseases of the

Cardiovascular System; Mycoses [fungi] causing mass

lesions of the Central

Nervous System; Fungal Diseases in Dermatology; Fungal

Infestons of the Ear,

Nose, and Throat; Fungal Infections of the

Gastrointestinal Tract; Fungal Infections

of the Respiratory Tract; and even Fungal Diseases in

Opthalmology. Wouldn't you

think every doctor in the world would understand that

these microorganism

might cause disease? Why don't they? I'm glad you

asked!

Most doctors believe that fungus only infects

immonucompromised (lowered

immunity) patients. If this were true, then San Joaquin

Valley Fever, caused by

breathing the fungi Coccidioides immitus, could not have

possibly killed young,

healthy military men. What about the ABC episode of

Primetime aired April 9,

1997, dealing with infants who are sick and dying from

fungal exposure in their

homes? Or are women who suffer from vaginal yeast

infections immununo-

compromised? In each of these instances, the integrity

of the immune system

was only challenged AFTER fungal exposure - not before.

So, who is immuno-

compromised? Are the air we breathe and the water we

drink compromising

our immune systems? How about the medicines that most

Americans take?

Since antibiotics are mycotoxins (fungal poisons),

perhaps we can now define

compromised immunity as applying to anyone who has ever

taken an antibiotic!

That is certainly a lot of people, but while you ponder

that potential statistic, the

following may put it in perspective for you.

In 1963, Dr. Harold T. Hyman published in The Complete

Home Medical Ency-

clopedia that appoximately one-half of the population of

the United States had,

at one time or another, suffered from a fungal disorder

that had been " unrec-

ognized. " Now, my question for you is: has medical

science really progressed

since 1963? Or are 125,000,000 Americans still

suffering from " unrecog-

nized " fungal disorders?

Is it possible that the reason why these kiddos are being helped by HBOT

because oxygen is an environment in which these mycotoxins cannot

survive? Can it be that HBOT provides the extra push that these little

bodies need to heal themselves, not only the injury to the brain, but

also the other symptoms that are promulgated by the process of brain

injury and dis-ease? Is it possible that probiotics and anti-fungal

suppplements and meds in tandem with HBOT is the best chance of reversal

of symptoms?

I know that I am probably not using the right terminoloy, and that I am

a layman, but it seems that as an Argentinian Dr. schooled all over the

world, you have an expertise that our conventional US physicians don't

learn in our medical schools. Most Microbiologists understand these

concepts, but they usually don't become MD's, they usually end up in a

research facility concentrating on how a certain drug affects the cells.

Just thinking out loud.

With Much Respect,

Marlena

" Ignacio Fojgel, M.D. " wrote:

> Dear ,

> It is a real shame that three relatively inexpensive and overlooked

> techniques

> are effective and efficient for childrem with autism.

> Hyperbaric therapy,

> lysates and

> homotoxicological preparations

> may dramatically change the condition(s), depending on its variety and

> ethiology.

> In this South American sophisticated city,

> a combined treatment for such a condition would cost around

> $100-150 a month, plus the required HBO sessions (another $800 in the

> first month).

> All in all, a maximum of $1000, and sharply plummeting after the first

> course, as oxygen requirement decline.

> At variance with the mentioned Canadian figures, isn´t it?

> Thank you for making us aware of the extent of the upsurge, and of the

> boreal costs of treating,

> but unfortunately, not curing it.

> Any hints about the reasons?

> Best regards.

> Ignacio

> Ignacio Fojgel, M.D

> Buenos Aires, Argentina.

>

>

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>

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> http://www.geocities.com/HotSprings/Villa/1029/medicaid.html

>

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Dear Orwen:

Here is California, we probably have one of the largest populations with

autism. It is probably so because we have a very large population, and so

many naiive doctors, who naturally do as they were trained to do; i.e.,

vaccinate, vaccinate and continue to vaccinate. Male children are more

vulnerable due to their slower maturation of the nervous system. As to why

some get it and some don't, you need to look further. Usually, you will find

that the infant may have had a traumatic birth; i.e., some lack of oxygen,

forceps and don't forget the damages of anesthesia given to the mother.

Anesthesia crosses the placenta within 90 seconds which will cause the

lowering of oxygen to baby. (I read that many years ago while I was doing my

own small research - before any Internet was available, and during the era

when parents or any client had access to their own medical records.) Or the

infant may have some very, very weak immune system due to genetic factors.

In any event, all of the aforementioned, simply sets the infant up for

tragedy when they receive those early shots. When my son (with autism)

received his first DPT shot he was 2 months old, but he was one of those

youngsters that had been delivered with suction forceps, sustaining a very

large hematoma. He had been full term, and was so beautiful, so he was sent

home as being " perfect. " His early hyperactivity and even precociousness

were never looked upon by his pediatrician as probablamatical. In any event

by age 2-1/2 he collapsed and regressed in many areas. My story is too long

for this discourse, but it is important that parents-to-be and the social

service agencies look carefully at the demands of the medical and

governmental institutions are making of them. When a child is so young, and

his own liver does not yet have the enzynes to detoxify the elements in the

vaccinations, particularly when more than one is administered, it is an

abomination to force parents to allow those procedures. It's like playing

Russian Roulette.

There is a great deal of information now available about autism. From my own

experiences, I regard the disorder as one that involves difficulties with the

processing of the senses, particularly vision, hearing and tactile. The

olefacotry seems to be least affected, probably because it has good

regenerative capability. As for taste, that is a question mark for me.

Also, the fine motor, particularly the upper region, arms and fingers have

very poor fine motor coordination. The behaviors seem to come from

subclinical seizures, although, many have epilepsy, particularly starting at

puberty. The bi-polar element (seizure in primitive area) is one of the more

difficult to manage without medication. Thanks for caring, and with God's

help and more awareness, we may deter further mutilation of our children.

Sincerely,

Marie Perelló (armarie)