AspenTimes - (Liz Birt) Accident victim was an advocate for autistic kids

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Also prayers and concern for Felt, also injured, evidently Liz's

fiance's son.

Love and condolences for Felt, her fiance, also. I can't imagine

the pain he is feeling. So tragic.

Sheri

http://www.aspentimes.com/article/20051230/NEWS/112300047

Accident victim was an advocate for autistic kids

By Colson

December 30, 2005

Birt, who died in a two-car collision near Aspen on Wednesday,

" was not just another tourist " but a nationally known advocate for autistic

children, according to letters to The Aspen Times.

Birt, 49 - a Chicago-area attorney with three children, one of whom is

autistic - had been cited in congressional reports on autism and in a book

on the subject, her associates say.

A resident of Wilmette, Ill., she was in Aspen visiting friends this week.

The 2006 Ford Taurus she was in - which her fiance, Felt, 52, also

of Wilmette, was driving - allegedly ran a red turn-light at Brush Creek

Road and Highway 82, into the path of an oncoming truck.

The Colorado State Patrol does not believe either alcohol or speeding

played a role in the accident.

The occupants of the truck, and Blake of Snowmass Village,

both 31, suffered minor injuries in the collision and drove themselves to

Aspen Valley Hospital later in the day.

Badly injured in the wreck was the driver's son, Felt, 13, who was

sitting in the back seat of the Taurus. All three were taken to Aspen

Valley Hospital, and was transferred to Children's Hospital in

Denver, where he was in critical condition Thursday evening.

Friends of Birt and the Felt family who contacted The Aspen Times about the

accident said the impact of the truck crushed 's chest. He also

suffered a broken thigh, friends said, and there are concerns about

possible brain damage.

Several e-mails from associates of Birt referred to her work in the field

of autism.

According to the letters, which have come from various parts of the

country, Birt was a founder of two national organizations dealing with

autism - Medical Interventions for Autism, a nonprofit investigating the

links between inflammatory bowel disease, immune system disorders, viruses

from vaccines and autism; and an advocacy group called SafeMinds, for which

she was general counsel.

A book by Kirby titled " Evidence of Harm, " about the presence of

mercury in vaccines and its theoretical link to autism, profiled her life

and work, according to a letter from Kara Friedman of Chicago.

" Liz is a hero in the autism community worldwide, " said Becky Simpson,

secretary of the land Autism Recovery Coalition. " She is greatly loved,

and she will be greatly missed. "

Colson's e-mail address is jcolson@...

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