Re: ASA Expresses Support to HELP Committee (CAA Bill)

[Guest guest]

There was a 3 year Congressional Sub-Committee Investigation into the

use of thimerosal in vaccines and autism. We all know what the result

of that investigation was. I have NO DOUBT that the HELP Committee

knows what the conclusion was as well. It is COMPLETELY UNACCEPTABLE

for the language regarding vaccines/environmental factors to be

removed from the CAA. Period. I do believe that any legislator with

half a brain can see the writing on the wall when they are being

pressured by vaccine manufacturers to drop the language. They are

cowards and they should be held accountable for allowing the cherade

to continue. They are prolonging the suffering of many innocent

people. Those that don't even have thimerosal or vaccines on their

radar screen have been purposely misled for years now. It is wrong,

no way around it.

[Guest guest]

There was a 3 year Congressional Sub-Committee Investigation into the

use of thimerosal in vaccines and autism. We all know what the result

of that investigation was. I have NO DOUBT that the HELP Committee

knows what the conclusion was as well. It is COMPLETELY UNACCEPTABLE

for the language regarding vaccines/environmental factors to be

removed from the CAA. Period. I do believe that any legislator with

half a brain can see the writing on the wall when they are being

pressured by vaccine manufacturers to drop the language. They are

cowards and they should be held accountable for allowing the cherade

to continue. They are prolonging the suffering of many innocent

people. Those that don't even have thimerosal or vaccines on their

radar screen have been purposely misled for years now. It is wrong,

no way around it.

[Guest guest]

wrote: There was a 3 year Congressional Sub-Committee Investigation into the use of thimerosal in vaccines and autism. We all know what the result of that investigation was. Please give more details regarding the result of the 3-year Congressional Sub-Committee Investigation into the use of thimerosal in vaccines and autism. I believe that I did read some of the submissions, but am in the dark about the actual result of this investigation. Thanks in advance, Aasa McDonough <kevntimmcd@...> wrote: There was a 3 year Congressional Sub-Committee Investigation into the use of thimerosal in vaccines and autism. We all know what the result of that investigation was. I have NO DOUBT that the HELP Committee knows what the conclusion was as well. It is COMPLETELY UNACCEPTABLE for the language regarding vaccines/environmental factors to be removed from the CAA. Period. I do believe that any legislator with half a brain can see the writing on the wall when they are being pressured by vaccine manufacturers to drop the language. They are cowards and they should be held accountable for allowing the cherade to continue. They are prolonging the suffering of many innocent people. Those that don't even have thimerosal or vaccines on their radar screen have been purposely misled for years now. It is wrong, no way around

it.

[Guest guest]

wrote: There was a 3 year Congressional Sub-Committee Investigation into the use of thimerosal in vaccines and autism. We all know what the result of that investigation was. Please give more details regarding the result of the 3-year Congressional Sub-Committee Investigation into the use of thimerosal in vaccines and autism. I believe that I did read some of the submissions, but am in the dark about the actual result of this investigation. Thanks in advance, Aasa McDonough <kevntimmcd@...> wrote: There was a 3 year Congressional Sub-Committee Investigation into the use of thimerosal in vaccines and autism. We all know what the result of that investigation was. I have NO DOUBT that the HELP Committee knows what the conclusion was as well. It is COMPLETELY UNACCEPTABLE for the language regarding vaccines/environmental factors to be removed from the CAA. Period. I do believe that any legislator with half a brain can see the writing on the wall when they are being pressured by vaccine manufacturers to drop the language. They are cowards and they should be held accountable for allowing the cherade to continue. They are prolonging the suffering of many innocent people. Those that don't even have thimerosal or vaccines on their radar screen have been purposely misled for years now. It is wrong, no way around

it.

[Guest guest]

It's the Mercury in Medicine report

http://www.vaccinationnews.com/DailyNews/2003/May/05/MercuryMed5.htm

> There was a 3 year Congressional Sub-Committee

Investigation into the

> use of thimerosal in vaccines and autism. We all know what the result

> of that investigation was. I have NO DOUBT that the HELP Committee

> knows what the conclusion was as well. It is COMPLETELY UNACCEPTABLE

> for the language regarding vaccines/environmental factors to be

> removed from the CAA. Period. I do believe that any legislator with

> half a brain can see the writing on the wall when they are being

> pressured by vaccine manufacturers to drop the language. They are

> cowards and they should be held accountable for allowing the cherade

> to continue. They are prolonging the suffering of many innocent

> people. Those that don't even have thimerosal or vaccines on their

> radar screen have been purposely misled for years now. It is wrong,

> no way around it.

>

[Guest guest]

Carolyn;

My son has brain damage. It was caused by mercury. The thing I

find offensive is the doctors who caused the damage giving it the

wrong name, Autism.

I agree with your attitude of saying it's not your choice to

decide if one should use a cure or not. The neurodiverse are not so

liberal minded. In their eyes, if you are using biomed, you are a

murderer. They are vicious little bastards. Just ask anyone here

who has had one of their moles who hide on this list harvest their

quotes to display on their blogs. They mock us daily on their

multitude of blogs.

It's a shame that most of these people have also had their brains

damaged by mercury. Calling it by a nicer name plays into the hands

of those who want to hide their crimes. If these neurodiverse appear

reasonably functional on the surface while they call themselves

autistic, it makes it easier for the politicians to slough it all off.

As far as IQ goes, they have their own IQ test that makes them

look more intelligent than they truly are. It's like inventing an IQ

test catering to horse manure shovelers that would make them look

like rocket scientists because they would know a lot about horse

manure.

So, I'll stick with the term " brain damage " . I think it's in my

son's best interest.

> > > >

> > > > ,

> > > >

> > > > I agree that we need to establish the cause of any disorder,

> any

> > > > disease in hopes of finding a cure. However there are folks

> with

> > > > ASD that have voiced they don't want to be cured, that can't

> be

> > > > ignored.

> > > >

> > > > As I've said thought none of us has a right to be a voice for

> all

> > of

> > > > the ASD community and individuals affected. But why is

autism

> > > > research so underfunding overall? Why do we have to carry

> this

> > > > burden as parents, doesn't make sense to me and I haven't

seen

> > much

> > > > change in the twelve years we've been involved in this.

> > > >

> > > > Too I'm not discrediting anything anyone else is doing,

> nor

> > the

> > > > support we given to any other organization, but I'm

personally

> > tired

> > > > of ASD not getting parity in general across the board.

> > > >

> > > > Carolyn

> > > >

> > >

> >

>

[Guest guest]

I admire all of you for actually pushing for this legislation. I guess

I'm rather bitter after the politicians in TN chose to poison

children, but I don't know why any of you thought it would actually be

passed. Are we not asking them once again to fess up to their poison?

What part of me should be surprised that everyone else is surprised

that the national ASA would not support it and that the gov won't

allow it?

Debi, who never followed this from the beginning 'cause I figured it

was a pipe dream.

[Guest guest]

I admire all of you for actually pushing for this legislation. I guess

I'm rather bitter after the politicians in TN chose to poison

children, but I don't know why any of you thought it would actually be

passed. Are we not asking them once again to fess up to their poison?

What part of me should be surprised that everyone else is surprised

that the national ASA would not support it and that the gov won't

allow it?

Debi, who never followed this from the beginning 'cause I figured it

was a pipe dream.

[Guest guest]

I'm a board member of our local ASA. I only speak for myself, and that

is to say you'd have to ask 22,000 members to know the thoughts of

22,000 members. In our local org alone we have parents who are

extremely focused on biological invterventions, some who tell us we're

nuts, that it's genes plain and simple, and may more who are varying

degrees in between. but our local org isn't focused on lobbying

efforts, we're focused on how to get the school system to come to our

conferences on how to educate the kids, as well as hosting a

biological-focused conference at least once a year. It's not the

mission statement of our local ASA to deem the cause/treatment of

autism, it's our mission to get the info out from those qualified to

deem such statement.

I personally have seen some parents do every biological intervention

they can, with absolutely no or very little success. I've also seen

other kids essentially recover. This tells me that there are different

issues for different kids. I've seen one kid who essentially recovered

give gfcf and td-dmps the credit. I've seen another kid, whose mom was

definitely exposed to mercury several times during preg at her job say

the td-dmps did nothing. It's possible it's the same root cause but

they need diff treatments, and it's possible it's from two different

causes. Why did Maurice's kids recover from ABA alone? Why

did Karyn Seroussi's son recover from diet alone? Why do other kids

recover from chelation? Why do some kids stay hopelessly severe with

all of the above and more? I don't know of any ASD expert who can

answer that, much less the ASA, and it's not their job to. It is their

job to push for advocacy, which is what they fail to do when they fail

to push for legislation that can answer some of these questions.

Debi, speaking personally and not ASA capacity.

> > > > >

> > > > >

> > > > > ASA Expresses Support to HELP Committee

> > > > > Friday, July 7, 2006

> > > > > Letter Recognizes Efforts on Combating Autism Bill

> > > > > In a letter today to the Senate Committee on Health,

> > Education,

> > > > Labor and

> > > > > Pensions (HELP), the Autism Society of America (ASA)

> > recognized the

> > > > > committee's efforts on behalf of the Combating Autism Bill

> > (CAA).

> > > > Senators

> > > > > Rick Santorum (R-PA) and Dodd (D-CT) introduced

> > the

> > > > bill last

> > > > > spring. This important legislation, currently under

> > consideration

> > > > by the

> > > > > HELP Committee, will:

> > > > >

> > > > > * Double NIH spending on autism research

> > > > >

> > > > > * Reauthorize the Federal Interagency Autism Coordinating

> > > > Committee

> > > > >

> > > > > * Require the National Institute of Environmental Health

> > > > Sciences to

> > > > > create Centers of Excellence devoted to investigating possible

> > > > environmental

> > > > > contributors to autism

> > > > >

> > > > > * Empower the director of the NIH to act as an " autism czar, "

> > > > > developing an annual research budget for autism based on the

> > best

> > > > science

> > > > > and requiring that budget be reported to Congress

> > > > >

> > > > > * Create a screening program in all 50 states for the early

> > > > > identification of children with autism; short of a cure, early

> > > > > identification leading to early intervention with behavioral

> > > > services

> > > > > provides the best available outcomes for children with autism

> > > > >

> > > > > * Fund the efforts to identify the best medical practices in

> > > > the

> > > > > treatment of children with autism

> > > > >

> > > > > * Continue funding of the epidemiological and public education

> > > > > programs on autism at the Centers for Disease Control

> > > > >

> > > > > * Authorize nearly $1.4 billion of federal spending on autism

> > > > over the

> > > > > next five years, a " multi-front war on autism " from public

> > > > awareness and

> > > > > early diagnosis to basic biomedical research

> > > > >

> > > > > Text of Letter:

> > > > > Dear Chairman Enzi and Ranking Member Kennedy:

> > > > > On behalf of the 1.5 million Americans with autism and their

> > > > families, we at

> > > > > the Autism Society of America (ASA) thank you for your efforts

> > to

> > > > enact

> > > > > comprehensive legislation to strengthen autism research and

> > > > improve autism

> > > > > related services. We strongly support your efforts, and look

> > > > forward to

> > > > > continuing to work with you on this critical legislation.

> > > > > As you know, the original version of the Combating Autism Act

> > was

> > > > introduced

> > > > > by Senator Rick Santorum (R-PA) and Senator Dodd

> > (D-

> > > > CT) in 2005.

> > > > > The ASA supported this initial draft, but working with the

> > Senate

> > > > sponsors

> > > > > and others in the autism community, submitted a revised draft

> > > > that, among

> > > > > other changes, included additional provisions to strengthen

> > > > research into

> > > > > potential environmental causes of autism.

> > > > > While we remain steadfast in our support for the revised

> > > > legislation, we

> > > > > recognize that the legislative process is one that requires

> > > > compromise and

> > > > > consensus building. We appreciate the competing interests that

> > > > Senators must

> > > > > consider, and understand that certain provision of the

> > legislation

> > > > will

> > > > > require modification in order to build support for the

> > legislation

> > > > in the

> > > > > entire Senate.

> > > > > It is our understanding from your staff that the Committee is

> > > > poised to

> > > > > consider a final bill in the coming weeks. While we must

> > reserve

> > > > final

> > > > > judgment on the legislation until we can review the draft, we

> > are

> > > > confident

> > > > > that the Committee has done its best to craft a comprehensive,

> > > > meaningful

> > > > > bill that will advance autism research, but will also gain the

> > > > support of

> > > > > the majority of the Senate, and ultimately, be signed into

> > law. We

> > > > look

> > > > > forward to working with you to advance this important

> > legislation.

> > > > > Thank you, again, for your support for people with autism and

> > their

> > > > > families.

> > > > > Sincerely,

> > > > > Pratt

> > > > > Chair, ASA Board of Directors

> > > > > cc: Senator Rick Santorum

> > > > > Senator Dodd

> > > > > Members of the Senate HELP Committee

> > > > >

> > > > >

> > > > >

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[Guest guest]

I'm a board member of our local ASA. I only speak for myself, and that

is to say you'd have to ask 22,000 members to know the thoughts of

22,000 members. In our local org alone we have parents who are

extremely focused on biological invterventions, some who tell us we're

nuts, that it's genes plain and simple, and may more who are varying

degrees in between. but our local org isn't focused on lobbying

efforts, we're focused on how to get the school system to come to our

conferences on how to educate the kids, as well as hosting a

biological-focused conference at least once a year. It's not the

mission statement of our local ASA to deem the cause/treatment of

autism, it's our mission to get the info out from those qualified to

deem such statement.

I personally have seen some parents do every biological intervention

they can, with absolutely no or very little success. I've also seen

other kids essentially recover. This tells me that there are different

issues for different kids. I've seen one kid who essentially recovered

give gfcf and td-dmps the credit. I've seen another kid, whose mom was

definitely exposed to mercury several times during preg at her job say

the td-dmps did nothing. It's possible it's the same root cause but

they need diff treatments, and it's possible it's from two different

causes. Why did Maurice's kids recover from ABA alone? Why

did Karyn Seroussi's son recover from diet alone? Why do other kids

recover from chelation? Why do some kids stay hopelessly severe with

all of the above and more? I don't know of any ASD expert who can

answer that, much less the ASA, and it's not their job to. It is their

job to push for advocacy, which is what they fail to do when they fail

to push for legislation that can answer some of these questions.

Debi, speaking personally and not ASA capacity.

> > > > >

> > > > >

> > > > > ASA Expresses Support to HELP Committee

> > > > > Friday, July 7, 2006

> > > > > Letter Recognizes Efforts on Combating Autism Bill

> > > > > In a letter today to the Senate Committee on Health,

> > Education,

> > > > Labor and

> > > > > Pensions (HELP), the Autism Society of America (ASA)

> > recognized the

> > > > > committee's efforts on behalf of the Combating Autism Bill

> > (CAA).

> > > > Senators

> > > > > Rick Santorum (R-PA) and Dodd (D-CT) introduced

> > the

> > > > bill last

> > > > > spring. This important legislation, currently under

> > consideration

> > > > by the

> > > > > HELP Committee, will:

> > > > >

> > > > > * Double NIH spending on autism research

> > > > >

> > > > > * Reauthorize the Federal Interagency Autism Coordinating

> > > > Committee

> > > > >

> > > > > * Require the National Institute of Environmental Health

> > > > Sciences to

> > > > > create Centers of Excellence devoted to investigating possible

> > > > environmental

> > > > > contributors to autism

> > > > >

> > > > > * Empower the director of the NIH to act as an " autism czar, "

> > > > > developing an annual research budget for autism based on the

> > best

> > > > science

> > > > > and requiring that budget be reported to Congress

> > > > >

> > > > > * Create a screening program in all 50 states for the early

> > > > > identification of children with autism; short of a cure, early

> > > > > identification leading to early intervention with behavioral

> > > > services

> > > > > provides the best available outcomes for children with autism

> > > > >

> > > > > * Fund the efforts to identify the best medical practices in

> > > > the

> > > > > treatment of children with autism

> > > > >

> > > > > * Continue funding of the epidemiological and public education

> > > > > programs on autism at the Centers for Disease Control

> > > > >

> > > > > * Authorize nearly $1.4 billion of federal spending on autism

> > > > over the

> > > > > next five years, a " multi-front war on autism " from public

> > > > awareness and

> > > > > early diagnosis to basic biomedical research

> > > > >

> > > > > Text of Letter:

> > > > > Dear Chairman Enzi and Ranking Member Kennedy:

> > > > > On behalf of the 1.5 million Americans with autism and their

> > > > families, we at

> > > > > the Autism Society of America (ASA) thank you for your efforts

> > to

> > > > enact

> > > > > comprehensive legislation to strengthen autism research and

> > > > improve autism

> > > > > related services. We strongly support your efforts, and look

> > > > forward to

> > > > > continuing to work with you on this critical legislation.

> > > > > As you know, the original version of the Combating Autism Act

> > was

> > > > introduced

> > > > > by Senator Rick Santorum (R-PA) and Senator Dodd

> > (D-

> > > > CT) in 2005.

> > > > > The ASA supported this initial draft, but working with the

> > Senate

> > > > sponsors

> > > > > and others in the autism community, submitted a revised draft

> > > > that, among

> > > > > other changes, included additional provisions to strengthen

> > > > research into

> > > > > potential environmental causes of autism.

> > > > > While we remain steadfast in our support for the revised

> > > > legislation, we

> > > > > recognize that the legislative process is one that requires

> > > > compromise and

> > > > > consensus building. We appreciate the competing interests that

> > > > Senators must

> > > > > consider, and understand that certain provision of the

> > legislation

> > > > will

> > > > > require modification in order to build support for the

> > legislation

> > > > in the

> > > > > entire Senate.

> > > > > It is our understanding from your staff that the Committee is

> > > > poised to

> > > > > consider a final bill in the coming weeks. While we must

> > reserve

> > > > final

> > > > > judgment on the legislation until we can review the draft, we

> > are

> > > > confident

> > > > > that the Committee has done its best to craft a comprehensive,

> > > > meaningful

> > > > > bill that will advance autism research, but will also gain the

> > > > support of

> > > > > the majority of the Senate, and ultimately, be signed into

> > law. We

> > > > look

> > > > > forward to working with you to advance this important

> > legislation.

> > > > > Thank you, again, for your support for people with autism and

> > their

> > > > > families.

> > > > > Sincerely,

> > > > > Pratt

> > > > > Chair, ASA Board of Directors

> > > > > cc: Senator Rick Santorum

> > > > > Senator Dodd

> > > > > Members of the Senate HELP Committee

> > > > >

> > > > >

> > > > >

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[Guest guest]

If anyone still belongs to ASA, I hope they send a letter and

resign.

I'm not going to resign, but rather work with the ASA to let them

know that they spoke on my behalf and I didn't authorize them to.

Bernie Rimland didn't quit when the ASA took a different turn, he's

an honorary member and is always willing to help out the ASA and

work from within, which is what I plan to do and I hope anyone else

who is on this board and is a leader in the ASA will do also.

I have proudly been a huge part in running our chapter for 10 years

and have used the ASA to be instrumental in creating programs where

there were none. We can't just quit and leave behind all that we

have done as far as services go, regardless of the politics. ASA

has an Options Policy which basically says don't crap on someone

else's treatment or beliefs.

Sally Colletti, President

www.cnyasa.org

ASA Expresses

Support to HELP Committee

> Friday, July 7, 2006

> Letter Recognizes Efforts on Combating Autism Bill

> In a letter today to the Senate Committee on Health, Education,

Labor and Pensions (HELP), the Autism Society of America (ASA)

recognized the committee's efforts on behalf of the Combating Autism

Bill (CAA). Senators Rick Santorum (R-PA) and Dodd (D-

CT) introduced the bill last spring. This important legislation,

currently under consideration by the HELP Committee, will:

>

> Double NIH spending on autism research

> Reauthorize the Federal Interagency Autism Coordinating

Committee

> Require the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences

to create Centers of Excellence devoted to investigating possible

environmental contributors to autism

> Empower the director of the NIH to act as an " autism czar, "

developing an annual research budget for autism based on the best

science and requiring that budget be reported to Congress

> Create a screening program in all 50 states for the early

identification of children with autism; short of a cure, early

identification leading to early intervention with behavioral

services provides the best available outcomes for children with

autism

> Fund the efforts to identify the best medical practices in the

treatment of children with autism

> Continue funding of the epidemiological and public education

programs on autism at the Centers for Disease Control

> Authorize nearly $1.4 billion of federal spending on autism

over the next five years, a " multi-front war on autism " from public

awareness and early diagnosis to basic biomedical research

> Text of Letter:

> Dear Chairman Enzi and Ranking Member Kennedy:

> On behalf of the 1.5 million Americans with autism and their

families, we at the Autism Society of America (ASA) thank you for

your efforts to enact comprehensive legislation to strengthen autism

research and improve autism related services. We strongly support

your efforts, and look forward to continuing to work with you on

this critical legislation.

> As you know, the original version of the Combating Autism Act

was introduced by Senator Rick Santorum (R-PA) and Senator

Dodd (D-CT) in 2005. The ASA supported this initial

draft, but working with the Senate sponsors and others in the autism

community, submitted a revised draft that, among other changes,

included additional provisions to strengthen research into potential

environmental causes of autism.

> While we remain steadfast in our support for the revised

legislation, we recognize that the legislative process is one that

requires compromise and consensus building. We appreciate the

competing interests that Senators must consider, and understand that

certain provision of the legislation will require modification in

order to build support for the legislation in the entire Senate.

> It is our understanding from your staff that the Committee is

poised to consider a final bill in the coming weeks. While we must

reserve final judgment on the legislation until we can review the

draft, we are confident that the Committee has done its best to

craft a comprehensive, meaningful bill that will advance autism

research, but will also gain the support of the majority of the

Senate, and ultimately, be signed into law. We look forward to

working with you to advance this important legislation.

> Thank you, again, for your support for people with autism and

their families.

> Sincerely,

> Pratt

> Chair, ASA Board of Directors

> cc: Senator Rick Santorum

> Senator Dodd

> Members of the Senate HELP Committee

>

>

>

>

>

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