Re: U-M Leading National Effort To Find The Cause Of Autism

[Guest guest]

Among the $10million Autism Speaks grants (all characterized as

" biomedical researchl " on their web site –

http://www.autismspeaks.org./science/december_2006_funding.php)

announced on 12/7/06 there is this grant to some of the same

researchers who recently produced the San Francisco study showing an

association between heavy metals/mercury in air pollution and autism:

Croen, Ph.D.

Kaiser Permanente Division of Research, CA

$200,000.00 for one year

Augmentation of CA CADDRE Studies

Since 2001, the California Center for Autism and Developmental

Disabilities Research and Epidemiology (CA CADDRE) has been one of the

largest, most extensive datasets of information on children with autism

living in California. CA CADDRE, funded by the Centers for Disease

Control and Prevention, is run collaboratively by Dr. Croen from Kaiser

Permanente's Division of Research and Drs. Grether and Windham from the

Department of Health Services. The CA CADDRE center has also used

Kaiser Permanente medical records to investigate autism risk factors

during pregnancy and early childhood.

This grant will fund several new analyses of this rich dataset to

examine risk factors for autism that have been speculated about in the

literature. For example, Dr. Croen and her colleagues will investigate

the risk of autism from:

* prenatal exposure to the immunization RhoGAM, which is given to

women who deliver a Rh+ baby;

* maternal illnesses such as infections, inflammation and endocrine

disorders;

* maternal hormone use, ultrasound exams and maternal use of the

asthma drug terbutaline;

* maternal exposure to environmental chemicals, including airborne

chemicals and workplace exposure.

What this means for people with autism:Data from this study will fill

important gaps in understanding environmental risk factors for autism

spectrum disorders. Researchers will be able to use the results from

these analyses to design future autism studies and, potentially, to

design strategies to prevent autism spectrum disorders.

On Jan 8, 2007, at 6:12 PM, schaferatsprynet wrote:

>

> Hey, what's another $100 million down the genetic/eugenics rathole?

> And while we're on the subject, Autism Speaks just announced their

> grants of $10 million for autism research. Early examination indicates

> nothing there for biomedical/enviornmental related treatment or cause.

> Ho-hum, another month ticks off, another 1,000 new children with

> autism to identify with early intervention. . .

>

> -Lenny

>

> U-M Leading National Effort To Find The Cause Of Autism

>

> http://www.ns.umich.edu/htdocs/releases/story.php?id=3085

>

> University of Michigan researchers are leading an 11-university

> consortium to gather and bank DNA samples from 3,000 autism patients

> over the next three years.

> The Simons Simplex Collection Autism Research Initiative,

> expected to cost $10 million over its first two years, is being

> spearheaded by Lord, director of the U-M Autism and

> Communication Disorders Center.

> The consortium also includes: Yale University, Harvard

> University, Boston University, Columbia University, Washington

> University, the University of Washington, the University of

> Illinois-Chicago, Emory University, McGill University in Montreal and

> the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA).

> " It's an exciting opportunity, " Lord said. " Collecting this data

> will greatly speed up the process of finding the causes of autism. "

> The Simons initiative, begun by billionaire money manager Jim

> Simons and his wife, Marilyn, was set up with the goal of investing

> $100 million toward finding a cure for the developmental disorder. The

> Center for Disease Control estimates that between one and three of

> every 500 children contract some form of the disease.

> While there are core deficits that define Autism Spectrum

> Disorders (ASD) there is also a great deal of heterogeneity among

> children and adults with ASD in terms of behaviors, level of

> functioning and co-morbid conditions such as mental retardation or

> obsessive compulsive disorder.

> Recent findings in the molecular genetics of autism and in

> family transmission patterns suggest that there are likely several, if

> not many, autisms. Researchers say it is important to identify

> subtypes of autism that are associated with risk factors or etiologies

> in order to develop appropriate treatments or prevention strategies.

> The Simons Initiative to create a collection of simplex

> (families with just one child with autism) is aimed to support

> research across a range of areas with an adequate sample to address

> different sub-types.

> The Simons Initiative consists of both senior and junior

> investigator support as well as the creation of a bank of cell lines

> and phenotypic data that will be available for scientists around the

> world.

> The concept of a publicly available (through application by

> scientists) databank builds on the example of the Autism Genetic

> Recourse Exchange (AGRE), created by Cure Autism Now several years ago

> as well as large scale research projects such as the Women's Health

> Initiative.

> The Cure Autism Now effort focused on families where two or more

> siblings have autism but the 11-university effort will tackle the 90

> percent of autism cases where the patient is the only member of the

> family with autism.

> Families will be recruited to participate in an initial

> assessment and then invited into other research projects as work

> continues. The Simons Initiative will be carried out in existing

> university-based clinics by individual investigators from different

> universities throughout North America.

> The goal is to collect well-defined, carefully characterized

> samples of families with one child with Autistim Spectrum Disorder and

> at least one typically developing child.

> Lord, a nationally known pioneer in autism research, played a

> key role in learning how to properly diagnose two-year-olds a decade

> ago and is making new gains diagnosing young children at the U-M

> center.

> While medications have helped with related conditions such as

> depression and hyperactivity, the best way to deal with autism is to

> intervene as early as possible to treat the condition, she said.

> Children who developed even some very simple speech skills prior to

> the first time they were evaluated at age two were far more likely to

> overcome the disorder that is now found in one out of every 200

> children, she said.

> Autism is a complex developmental disability that typically

> appears during the first three years of life. Autistic spectrum

> disorders impact the normal development of the brain processes related

> to social interaction and communication skills. Children and adults

> with autism typically have difficulties with verbal and non-verbal

> communication, social interaction and leisure or play activities.

>

>

J. Krakow

Attorney At Law

2001 Marcus Avenue, Suite N125

Lake Success, New York 11042

(516) 354-3300

(646) 349-1771 (fax)

(212) 227-0600 (NYC telephone)

[Guest guest]

Lenny, You state this so well.Thanks.... It makes me sick... schaferatsprynet <schafer@...> wrote: Hey, what's another $100 million down the genetic/eugenics rathole?And while we're on the subject, Autism Speaks just announced theirgrants of $10 million for autism research. Early examination indicatesnothing there for biomedical/enviornmental related treatment or cause.Ho-hum, another month ticks off, another 1,000 new children withautism to identify with early

intervention. . .-LennyU-M Leading National Effort To Find The Cause Of Autismhttp://www.ns.umich.edu/htdocs/releases/story.php?id=3085University of Michigan researchers are leading an 11-universityconsortium to gather and bank DNA samples from 3,000 autism patientsover the next three years.The Simons Simplex Collection Autism Research Initiative,expected to cost $10 million over its first two years, is beingspearheaded by Lord, director of the U-M Autism andCommunication Disorders Center.The consortium also includes: Yale University, HarvardUniversity, Boston University, Columbia University, WashingtonUniversity, the University of Washington, the University ofIllinois-Chicago, Emory University, McGill University in Montreal andthe University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)."It's an exciting

opportunity," Lord said. "Collecting this datawill greatly speed up the process of finding the causes of autism."The Simons initiative, begun by billionaire money manager JimSimons and his wife, Marilyn, was set up with the goal of investing$100 million toward finding a cure for the developmental disorder. TheCenter for Disease Control estimates that between one and three ofevery 500 children contract some form of the disease.While there are core deficits that define Autism SpectrumDisorders (ASD) there is also a great deal of heterogeneity amongchildren and adults with ASD in terms of behaviors, level offunctioning and co-morbid conditions such as mental retardation orobsessive compulsive disorder.Recent findings in the molecular genetics of autism and infamily transmission patterns suggest that there are likely several, ifnot many, autisms. Researchers say it is important to identifysubtypes of autism that

are associated with risk factors or etiologiesin order to develop appropriate treatments or prevention strategies.The Simons Initiative to create a collection of simplex(families with just one child with autism) is aimed to supportresearch across a range of areas with an adequate sample to addressdifferent sub-types.The Simons Initiative consists of both senior and juniorinvestigator support as well as the creation of a bank of cell linesand phenotypic data that will be available for scientists around theworld.The concept of a publicly available (through application byscientists) databank builds on the example of the Autism GeneticRecourse Exchange (AGRE), created by Cure Autism Now several years agoas well as large scale research projects such as the Women's HealthInitiative.The Cure Autism Now effort focused on families where two or moresiblings have autism but the 11-university effort will tackle the

90percent of autism cases where the patient is the only member of thefamily with autism.Families will be recruited to participate in an initialassessment and then invited into other research projects as workcontinues. The Simons Initiative will be carried out in existinguniversity-based clinics by individual investigators from differentuniversities throughout North America.The goal is to collect well-defined, carefully characterizedsamples of families with one child with Autistim Spectrum Disorder andat least one typically developing child.Lord, a nationally known pioneer in autism research, played akey role in learning how to properly diagnose two-year-olds a decadeago and is making new gains diagnosing young children at the U-M center.While medications have helped with related conditions such asdepression and hyperactivity, the best way to deal with autism is tointervene as early as possible to treat the

condition, she said.Children who developed even some very simple speech skills prior tothe first time they were evaluated at age two were far more likely toovercome the disorder that is now found in one out of every 200children, she said.Autism is a complex developmental disability that typicallyappears during the first three years of life. Autistic spectrumdisorders impact the normal development of the brain processes relatedto social interaction and communication skills. Children and adultswith autism typically have difficulties with verbal and non-verbalcommunication, social interaction and leisure or play activities. __________________________________________________

[Guest guest]

Yea, I read through their list of funded

research studies this morning and tried not to vomit. While I realize that we

needed yet another study on gaze cues in autism, just how many studies can we

fund on social deficits? Yea, they got em. We get that. Let’s move on

already. Cripes. They didn’t fund one decent fricking piece of research this

round either. Bastards. The next round is in June, right? That is after the

NAAR scientific moronic board is due to leave (in march) so that will be their

critical time with our community. There will be no more excuses from the

’s about funding shit research. It’s put up or shut up time for them.

From:

EOHarm [mailto:EOHarm ] On Behalf Of J. Krakow

Sent: Monday, January 08, 2007

6:57 PM

EOHarm

Subject: Re: U-M Leading

National Effort To Find The Cause Of Autism

Among the $10million

Autism Speaks grants (all characterized as " biomedical researchl " on

their web site –

http://www.autismspeaks.org./science/december_2006_funding.php) announced on

12/7/06 there is this grant to some of the same researchers who recently

produced the San Francisco study showing an association between heavy

metals/mercury in air pollution and autism:

Croen, Ph.D.

Kaiser Permanente Division of Research, CA

$200,000.00 for one year

Augmentation of CA CADDRE Studies

Since 2001, the California Center for Autism and Developmental Disabilities

Research and Epidemiology (CA CADDRE) has been one of the largest, most

extensive datasets of information on children with autism living in California. CA CADDRE,

funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, is run

collaboratively by Dr. Croen from Kaiser Permanente's Division of Research and

Drs. Grether and Windham

from the Department of Health Services. The CA CADDRE center has also used Kaiser

Permanente medical records to investigate autism risk factors during pregnancy

and early childhood.

This grant will fund several new analyses of this rich dataset to examine risk

factors for autism that have been speculated about in the literature. For

example, Dr. Croen and her colleagues will investigate the risk of autism from:

* prenatal exposure to the immunization RhoGAM, which is given to women who

deliver a Rh+ baby;

* maternal illnesses such as infections, inflammation and endocrine disorders;

* maternal hormone use, ultrasound exams and maternal use of the asthma drug

terbutaline;

* maternal exposure to environmental chemicals, including airborne chemicals

and workplace exposure.

What this means for people with autism:Data from this study will fill important

gaps in understanding environmental risk factors for autism spectrum disorders.

Researchers will be able to use the results from these analyses to design

future autism studies and, potentially, to design strategies to prevent autism spectrum

disorders.

On Jan 8, 2007, at 6:12 PM, schaferatsprynet wrote:

Hey, what's another $100 million

down the genetic/eugenics rathole?

And

while we're on the subject, Autism Speaks just announced their

grants

of $10 million for autism research. Early examination indicates

nothing

there for biomedical/enviornmental related treatment or cause.

Ho-hum,

another month ticks off, another 1,000 new children with

autism

to identify with early intervention. . .

-Lenny

U-M Leading National Effort To Find

The Cause Of Autism

http://www.ns.umich.edu/htdocs/releases/story.php?id=3085

University

of Michigan researchers

are leading an 11-university

consortium

to gather and bank DNA samples from 3,000 autism patients

over

the next three years.

The

Simons Simplex Collection Autism Research Initiative,

expected

to cost $10 million over its first two years, is being

spearheaded

by Lord, director of the U-M Autism and

Communication

Disorders Center.

The

consortium also includes: Yale

University, Harvard

University,

Boston University,

Columbia University, Washington

University,

the University of

Washington, the

University of

Illinois-Chicago,

Emory University,

McGill University

in Montreal and

the University of California,

Los Angeles

(UCLA).

" It's

an exciting opportunity, " Lord said. " Collecting this data

will

greatly speed up the process of finding the causes of autism. "

The

Simons initiative, begun by billionaire money manager Jim

Simons

and his wife, Marilyn, was set up with the goal of investing

$100

million toward finding a cure for the developmental disorder. The

Center

for Disease Control estimates that between one and three of

every

500 children contract some form of the disease.

While

there are core deficits that define Autism Spectrum

Disorders

(ASD) there is also a great deal of heterogeneity among

children

and adults with ASD in terms of behaviors, level of

functioning

and co-morbid conditions such as mental retardation or

obsessive

compulsive disorder.

Recent

findings in the molecular genetics of autism and in

family

transmission patterns suggest that there are likely several, if

not

many, autisms. Researchers say it is important to identify

subtypes

of autism that are associated with risk factors or etiologies

in

order to develop appropriate treatments or prevention strategies.

The

Simons Initiative to create a collection of simplex

(families

with just one child with autism) is aimed to support

research

across a range of areas with an adequate sample to address

different

sub-types.

The

Simons Initiative consists of both senior and junior

investigator

support as well as the creation of a bank of cell lines

and

phenotypic data that will be available for scientists around the

world.

The

concept of a publicly available (through application by

scientists)

databank builds on the example of the Autism Genetic

Recourse

Exchange (AGRE), created by Cure Autism Now several years ago

as

well as large scale research projects such as the Women's Health

Initiative.

The

Cure Autism Now effort focused on families where two or more

siblings

have autism but the 11-university effort will tackle the 90

percent

of autism cases where the patient is the only member of the

family

with autism.

Families

will be recruited to participate in an initial

assessment

and then invited into other research projects as work

continues.

The Simons Initiative will be carried out in existing

university-based

clinics by individual investigators from different

universities

throughout North America.

The

goal is to collect well-defined, carefully characterized

samples

of families with one child with Autistim Spectrum Disorder and

at

least one typically developing child.

Lord,

a nationally known pioneer in autism research, played a

key

role in learning how to properly diagnose two-year-olds a decade

ago

and is making new gains diagnosing young children at the U-M center.

While

medications have helped with related conditions such as

depression

and hyperactivity, the best way to deal with autism is to

intervene

as early as possible to treat the condition, she said.

Children

who developed even some very simple speech skills prior to

the

first time they were evaluated at age two were far more likely to

overcome

the disorder that is now found in one out of every 200

children,

she said.

Autism

is a complex developmental disability that typically

appears

during the first three years of life. Autistic spectrum

disorders

impact the normal development of the brain processes related

to

social interaction and communication skills. Children and adults

with

autism typically have difficulties with verbal and non-verbal

communication,

social interaction and leisure or play activities.

J. Krakow

Attorney At Law

2001 Marcus Avenue, Suite N125

Lake Success, New York 11042

(516) 354-3300

(646) 349-1771 (fax)

(212) 227-0600 (NYC telephone)

[Guest guest]

In my make-believe world, they cannot get 3,000 DNA sampoles because everyone will refuse to give samples. schaferatsprynet <schafer@...> wrote: Hey, what's another $100 million down the genetic/eugenics rathole?And while we're on the subject, Autism Speaks just announced theirgrants of $10 million for autism research. Early examination indicatesnothing there for biomedical/enviornmental related treatment or cause.Ho-hum, another month ticks off, another 1,000 new children

withautism to identify with early intervention. . .-LennyU-M Leading National Effort To Find The Cause Of Autismhttp://www.ns.umich.edu/htdocs/releases/story.php?id=3085University of Michigan researchers are leading an 11-universityconsortium to gather and bank DNA samples from 3,000 autism patientsover the next three years.The Simons Simplex Collection Autism Research Initiative,expected to cost $10 million over its first two years, is beingspearheaded by Lord, director of the U-M Autism andCommunication Disorders Center.The consortium also includes: Yale University, HarvardUniversity, Boston University, Columbia University, WashingtonUniversity, the University of Washington, the University ofIllinois-Chicago, Emory University, McGill University in Montreal andthe University of California, Los

Angeles (UCLA)."It's an exciting opportunity," Lord said. "Collecting this datawill greatly speed up the process of finding the causes of autism."The Simons initiative, begun by billionaire money manager JimSimons and his wife, Marilyn, was set up with the goal of investing$100 million toward finding a cure for the developmental disorder. TheCenter for Disease Control estimates that between one and three ofevery 500 children contract some form of the disease.While there are core deficits that define Autism SpectrumDisorders (ASD) there is also a great deal of heterogeneity amongchildren and adults with ASD in terms of behaviors, level offunctioning and co-morbid conditions such as mental retardation orobsessive compulsive disorder.Recent findings in the molecular genetics of autism and infamily transmission patterns suggest that there are likely several, ifnot many, autisms. Researchers say it is important to

identifysubtypes of autism that are associated with risk factors or etiologiesin order to develop appropriate treatments or prevention strategies.The Simons Initiative to create a collection of simplex(families with just one child with autism) is aimed to supportresearch across a range of areas with an adequate sample to addressdifferent sub-types.The Simons Initiative consists of both senior and juniorinvestigator support as well as the creation of a bank of cell linesand phenotypic data that will be available for scientists around theworld.The concept of a publicly available (through application byscientists) databank builds on the example of the Autism GeneticRecourse Exchange (AGRE), created by Cure Autism Now several years agoas well as large scale research projects such as the Women's HealthInitiative.The Cure Autism Now effort focused on families where two or moresiblings have autism but the

11-university effort will tackle the 90percent of autism cases where the patient is the only member of thefamily with autism.Families will be recruited to participate in an initialassessment and then invited into other research projects as workcontinues. The Simons Initiative will be carried out in existinguniversity-based clinics by individual investigators from differentuniversities throughout North America.The goal is to collect well-defined, carefully characterizedsamples of families with one child with Autistim Spectrum Disorder andat least one typically developing child.Lord, a nationally known pioneer in autism research, played akey role in learning how to properly diagnose two-year-olds a decadeago and is making new gains diagnosing young children at the U-M center.While medications have helped with related conditions such asdepression and hyperactivity, the best way to deal with autism is tointervene

as early as possible to treat the condition, she said.Children who developed even some very simple speech skills prior tothe first time they were evaluated at age two were far more likely toovercome the disorder that is now found in one out of every 200children, she said.Autism is a complex developmental disability that typicallyappears during the first three years of life. Autistic spectrumdisorders impact the normal development of the brain processes relatedto social interaction and communication skills. Children and adultswith autism typically have difficulties with verbal and non-verbalcommunication, social interaction and leisure or play activities. __________________________________________________

[Guest guest]

>

> In my make-believe world, they cannot get 3,000 DNA sampoles because

everyone will refuse to give samples.

DITTO!!

Who are these families who are conned into providing the DNA samples?

Have they not thought about what the DNA samples may actually be used

for now or in the future? I find it so sad that these families are so

naive and gullible. I know that some of the neurodiverse crowd are

even leery of becoming involved with these studies since they are

happy with the way they are.

[Guest guest]

Did they fund a study to count the kids one more time? I don't think we have done that enough either......

From: "Holly Bortfeld" <maximom@...>Reply-EOHarm To: <EOHarm >Subject: RE: U-M Leading National Effort To Find The Cause Of AutismDate: Mon, 8 Jan 2007 19:13:39 -0500

Yea, I read through their list of funded research studies this morning and tried not to vomit. While I realize that we needed yet another study on gaze cues in autism, just how many studies can we fund on social deficits? Yea, they got em. We get that. Let’s move on already. Cripes. They didn’t fund one decent fricking piece of research this round either. Bastards. The next round is in June, right? That is after the NAAR scientific moronic board is due to leave (in march) so that will be their critical time with our community. There will be no more excuses from the ’s about funding shit research. It’s put up or shut up time for them.

From: EOHarm [mailto:EOHarm ] On Behalf Of J. KrakowSent: Monday, January 08, 2007 6:57 PMEOHarm Subject: Re: U-M Leading National Effort To Find The Cause Of Autism

Among the $10million Autism Speaks grants (all characterized as "biomedical researchl" on their web site – http://www.autismspeaks.org./science/december_2006_funding.php) announced on 12/7/06 there is this grant to some of the same researchers who recently produced the San Francisco study showing an association between heavy metals/mercury in air pollution and autism: Croen, Ph.D.Kaiser Permanente Division of Research, CA$200,000.00 for one yearAugmentation of CA CADDRE StudiesSince 2001, the California Center for Autism and Developmental Disabilities Research and Epidemiology (CA CADDRE) has been one of the largest, most extensive datasets of information on children with autism living in California. CA CADDRE, funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, is run collaboratively by Dr. Croen from Kaiser Permanente's Division of Research and Drs. Grether and Windham from the Department of Health Services. The CA CADDRE center has also used Kaiser Permanente medical records to investigate autism risk factors during pregnancy and early childhood.This grant will fund several new analyses of this rich dataset to examine risk factors for autism that have been speculated about in the literature. For example, Dr. Croen and her colleagues will investigate the risk of autism from:* prenatal exposure to the immunization RhoGAM, which is given to women who deliver a Rh+ baby;* maternal illnesses such as infections, inflammation and endocrine disorders;* maternal hormone use, ultrasound exams and maternal use of the asthma drug terbutaline;* maternal exposure to environmental chemicals, including airborne chemicals and workplace exposure.What this means for people with autism:Data from this study will fill important gaps in understanding environmental risk factors for autism spectrum disorders. Researchers will be able to use the results from these analyses to design future autism studies and, potentially, to design strategies to prevent autism spectrum disorders.On Jan 8, 2007, at 6:12 PM, schaferatsprynet wrote:

Hey, what's another $100 million down the genetic/eugenics rathole?And while we're on the subject, Autism Speaks just announced theirgrants of $10 million for autism research. Early examination indicatesnothing there for biomedical/enviornmental related treatment or cause.Ho-hum, another month ticks off, another 1,000 new children withautism to identify with early intervention. . .-LennyU-M Leading National Effort To Find The Cause Of Autismhttp://www.ns.umich.edu/htdocs/releases/story.php?id=3085University of Michigan researchers are leading an 11-universityconsortium to gather and bank DNA samples from 3,000 autism patientsover the next three years.The Simons Simplex Collection Autism Research Initiative,expected to cost $10 million over its first two years, is beingspearheaded by Lord, director of the U-M Autism andCommunication Disorders Center.The consortium also includes: Yale University, HarvardUniversity, Boston University, Columbia University, WashingtonUniversity, the University of Washington, the University ofIllinois-Chicago, Emory University, McGill University in Montreal andthe University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)."It's an exciting opportunity," Lord said. "Collecting this datawill greatly speed up the process of finding the causes of autism."The Simons initiative, begun by billionaire money manager JimSimons and his wife, Marilyn, was set up with the goal of investing$100 million toward finding a cure for the developmental disorder. TheCenter for Disease Control estimates that between one and three ofevery 500 children contract some form of the disease.While there are core deficits that define Autism SpectrumDisorders (ASD) there is also a great deal of heterogeneity amongchildren and adults with ASD in terms of behaviors, level offunctioning and co-morbid conditions such as mental retardation orobsessive compulsive disorder.Recent findings in the molecular genetics of autism and infamily transmission patterns suggest that there are likely several, ifnot many, autisms. Researchers say it is important to identifysubtypes of autism that are associated with risk factors or etiologiesin order to develop appropriate treatments or prevention strategies.The Simons Initiative to create a collection of simplex(families with just one child with autism) is aimed to supportresearch across a range of areas with an adequate sample to addressdifferent sub-types.The Simons Initiative consists of both senior and juniorinvestigator support as well as the creation of a bank of cell linesand phenotypic data that will be available for scientists around theworld.The concept of a publicly available (through application byscientists) databank builds on the example of the Autism GeneticRecourse Exchange (AGRE), created by Cure Autism Now several years agoas well as large scale research projects such as the Women's HealthInitiative.The Cure Autism Now effort focused on families where two or moresiblings have autism but the 11-university effort will tackle the 90percent of autism cases where the patient is the only member of thefamily with autism.Families will be recruited to participate in an initialassessment and then invited into other research projects as workcontinues. The Simons Initiative will be carried out in existinguniversity-based clinics by individual investigators from differentuniversities throughout North America.The goal is to collect well-defined, carefully characterizedsamples of families with one child with Autistim Spectrum Disorder andat least one typically developing child.Lord, a nationally known pioneer in autism research, played akey role in learning how to properly diagnose two-year-olds a decadeago and is making new gains diagnosing young children at the U-M center.While medications have helped with related conditions such asdepression and hyperactivity, the best way to deal with autism is tointervene as early as possible to treat the condition, she said.Children who developed even some very simple speech skills prior tothe first time they were evaluated at age two were far more likely toovercome the disorder that is now found in one out of every 200children, she said.Autism is a complex developmental disability that typicallyappears during the first three years of life. Autistic spectrumdisorders impact the normal development of the brain processes relatedto social interaction and communication skills. Children and adultswith autism typically have difficulties with verbal and non-verbalcommunication, social interaction and leisure or play activities.

J. KrakowAttorney At Law2001 Marcus Avenue, Suite N125Lake Success, New York 11042(516) 354-3300 (646) 349-1771 (fax)(212) 227-0600 (NYC telephone)

[Guest guest]

Um, you mean like this one:

This project will provide important information about

the number of young children with ASDs as well as how well service providers

are executing early detection. This information can be used for planning and

implementation of ASD-related services.

PUKE!!!!

From: EOHarm [mailto:EOHarm ] On Behalf Of elevatordance

Sent: Monday, January 08, 2007

9:48 PM

EOHarm

Subject: RE: U-M Leading

National Effort To Find The Cause Of Autism

Did they

fund a study to count the kids one more time? I don't think we have done

that enough either......

From: " Holly Bortfeld " <maximomcomcast (DOT) net>

Reply-EOHarm

<EOHarm >

Subject: RE: U-M Leading National

Effort To Find The Cause Of Autism

Date: Mon, 8 Jan 2007 19:13:39 -0500

Yea, I read through their list of funded research studies this

morning and tried not to vomit. While I realize that we needed yet

another study on gaze cues in autism, just how many studies can we fund on

social deficits? Yea, they got em. We get that. Let’s

move on already. Cripes. They didn’t fund one decent fricking

piece of research this round either. Bastards. The next round is in

June, right? That is after the NAAR scientific moronic board is due to

leave (in march) so that will be their critical time with our community.

There will be no more excuses from the ’s about funding shit

research. It’s put up or shut up time for them.

From: EOHarm

[mailto:EOHarm ]

On Behalf Of J. Krakow

Sent: Monday, January 08, 2007

6:57 PM

EOHarm

Subject: Re: U-M Leading

National Effort To Find The Cause Of Autism

Among the $10million

Autism Speaks grants (all characterized as " biomedical researchl " on

their web site – http://www.autismspeaks.org./science/december_2006_funding.php)

announced on 12/7/06 there is this grant to some of the same researchers who

recently produced the San Francisco study showing an association between heavy

metals/mercury in air pollution and autism:

Croen, Ph.D.

Kaiser Permanente Division of Research, CA

$200,000.00 for one year

Augmentation of CA CADDRE Studies

Since 2001, the California Center for Autism and Developmental Disabilities

Research and Epidemiology (CA CADDRE) has been one of the largest, most

extensive datasets of information on children with autism living in California. CA CADDRE,

funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, is run

collaboratively by Dr. Croen from Kaiser Permanente's Division of Research and

Drs. Grether and Windham

from the Department of Health Services. The CA CADDRE center has also used

Kaiser Permanente medical records to investigate autism risk factors during

pregnancy and early childhood.

This grant will fund several new analyses of this rich dataset to examine risk

factors for autism that have been speculated about in the literature. For

example, Dr. Croen and her colleagues will investigate the risk of autism from:

* prenatal exposure to the immunization RhoGAM, which is given to women who

deliver a Rh+ baby;

* maternal illnesses such as infections, inflammation and endocrine disorders;

* maternal hormone use, ultrasound exams and maternal use of the asthma drug

terbutaline;

* maternal exposure to environmental chemicals, including airborne chemicals

and workplace exposure.

What this means for people with autism:Data from this study will fill important

gaps in understanding environmental risk factors for autism spectrum disorders.

Researchers will be able to use the results from these analyses to design

future autism studies and, potentially, to design strategies to prevent autism

spectrum disorders.

On Jan 8, 2007, at 6:12 PM, schaferatsprynet wrote:

Hey, what's another $100 million down the genetic/eugenics rathole?

And while we're on the subject, Autism Speaks just announced their

grants of $10 million for autism research. Early examination indicates

nothing there for biomedical/enviornmental related treatment or cause.

Ho-hum, another month ticks off, another 1,000 new children with

autism to identify with early intervention. . .

-Lenny

U-M Leading National Effort To Find The Cause Of Autism

http://www.ns.umich.edu/htdocs/releases/story.php?id=3085

University of Michigan researchers are leading an

11-university

consortium to gather and bank DNA samples from 3,000 autism patients

over the next three years.

The Simons Simplex Collection Autism Research Initiative,

expected to cost $10 million over its first two years, is being

spearheaded by Lord, director of the U-M Autism and

Communication Disorders Center.

The consortium also includes: Yale

University, Harvard

University, Boston University, Columbia

University, Washington

University, the University

of Washington, the

University of

Illinois-Chicago, Emory University, McGill

University in Montreal and

the University of California, Los

Angeles (UCLA).

" It's an exciting opportunity, " Lord said. " Collecting this

data

will greatly speed up the process of finding the causes of autism. "

The Simons initiative, begun by billionaire money manager Jim

Simons and his wife, Marilyn, was set up with the goal of investing

$100 million toward finding a cure for the developmental disorder. The

Center for Disease Control estimates that between one and three of

every 500 children contract some form of the disease.

While there are core deficits that define Autism Spectrum

Disorders (ASD) there is also a great deal of heterogeneity among

children and adults with ASD in terms of behaviors, level of

functioning and co-morbid conditions such as mental retardation or

obsessive compulsive disorder.

Recent findings in the molecular genetics of autism and in

family transmission patterns suggest that there are likely several, if

not many, autisms. Researchers say it is important to identify

subtypes of autism that are associated with risk factors or etiologies

in order to develop appropriate treatments or prevention strategies.

The Simons Initiative to create a collection of simplex

(families with just one child with autism) is aimed to support

research across a range of areas with an adequate sample to address

different sub-types.

The Simons Initiative consists of both senior and junior

investigator support as well as the creation of a bank of cell lines

and phenotypic data that will be available for scientists around the

world.

The concept of a publicly available (through application by

scientists) databank builds on the example of the Autism Genetic

Recourse Exchange (AGRE), created by Cure Autism Now several years ago

as well as large scale research projects such as the Women's Health

Initiative.

The Cure Autism Now effort focused on families where two or more

siblings have autism but the 11-university effort will tackle the 90

percent of autism cases where the patient is the only member of the

family with autism.

Families will be recruited to participate in an initial

assessment and then invited into other research projects as work

continues. The Simons Initiative will be carried out in existing

university-based clinics by individual investigators from different

universities throughout North America.

The goal is to collect well-defined, carefully characterized

samples of families with one child with Autistim Spectrum Disorder and

at least one typically developing child.

Lord, a nationally known pioneer in autism research, played a

key role in learning how to properly diagnose two-year-olds a decade

ago and is making new gains diagnosing young children at the U-M center.

While medications have helped with related conditions such as

depression and hyperactivity, the best way to deal with autism is to

intervene as early as possible to treat the condition, she said.

Children who developed even some very simple speech skills prior to

the first time they were evaluated at age two were far more likely to

overcome the disorder that is now found in one out of every 200

children, she said.

Autism is a complex developmental disability that typically

appears during the first three years of life. Autistic spectrum

disorders impact the normal development of the brain processes related

to social interaction and communication skills. Children and adults

with autism typically have difficulties with verbal and non-verbal

communication, social interaction and leisure or play activities.

J. Krakow

Attorney At Law

2001 Marcus Avenue, Suite N125

Lake Success, New York 11042

(516) 354-3300

(646) 349-1771 (fax)

(212) 227-0600 (NYC telephone)

[Guest guest]

National Easter Egg Hunt!

RE: U-M Leading National Effort To Find The Cause Of AutismDate: Mon, 8 Jan 2007 19:13:39 -0500

Yea, I read through their list of funded research studies this morning and tried not to vomit. While I realize that we needed yet another study on gaze cues in autism, just how many studies can we fund on social deficits? Yea, they got em. We get that. Let’s move on already. Cripes. They didn’t fund one decent fricking piece of research this round either. Bastards. The next round is in June, right? That is after the NAAR scientific moronic board is due to leave (in march) so that will be their critical time with our community. There will be no more excuses from the ’s about funding shit research. It’s put up or shut up time for them.

From: EOHarm [mailto:EOHarm ] On Behalf Of J. KrakowSent: Monday, January 08, 2007 6:57 PMEOHarm Subject: Re: U-M Leading National Effort To Find The Cause Of Autism

Among the $10million Autism Speaks grants (all characterized as "biomedical researchl" on their web site – http://www.autismspeaks.org./science/december_2006_funding.php) announced on 12/7/06 there is this grant to some of the same researchers who recently produced the San Francisco study showing an association between heavy metals/mercury in air pollution and autism: Croen, Ph.D.Kaiser Permanente Division of Research, CA$200,000.00 for one yearAugmentation of CA CADDRE StudiesSince 2001, the California Center for Autism and Developmental Disabilities Research and Epidemiology (CA CADDRE) has been one of the largest, most extensive datasets of information on children with autism living in California. CA CADDRE, funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, is run collaboratively by Dr. Croen from Kaiser Permanente's Division of Research and Drs. Grether and Windham from the Department of Health Services. The CA CADDRE center has also used Kaiser Permanente medical records to investigate autism risk factors during pregnancy and early childhood.This grant will fund several new analyses of this rich dataset to examine risk factors for autism that have been speculated about in the literature. For example, Dr. Croen and her colleagues will investigate the risk of autism from:* prenatal exposure to the immunization RhoGAM, which is given to women who deliver a Rh+ baby;* maternal illnesses such as infections, inflammation and endocrine disorders;* maternal hormone use, ultrasound exams and maternal use of the asthma drug terbutaline;* maternal exposure to environmental chemicals, including airborne chemicals and workplace exposure.What this means for people with autism:Data from this study will fill important gaps in understanding environmental risk factors for autism spectrum disorders. Researchers will be able to use the results from these analyses to design future autism studies and, potentially, to design strategies to prevent autism spectrum disorders.On Jan 8, 2007, at 6:12 PM, schaferatsprynet wrote:

Hey, what's another $100 million down the genetic/eugenics rathole?And while we're on the subject, Autism Speaks just announced theirgrants of $10 million for autism research. Early examination indicatesnothing there for biomedical/enviornmental related treatment or cause.Ho-hum, another month ticks off, another 1,000 new children withautism to identify with early intervention. . .-LennyU-M Leading National Effort To Find The Cause Of Autismhttp://www.ns.umich.edu/htdocs/releases/story.php?id=3085University of Michigan researchers are leading an 11-universityconsortium to gather and bank DNA samples from 3,000 autism patientsover the next three years.The Simons Simplex Collection Autism Research Initiative,expected to cost $10 million over its first two years, is beingspearheaded by Lord, director of the U-M Autism andCommunication Disorders Center.The consortium also includes: Yale University, HarvardUniversity, Boston University, Columbia University, WashingtonUniversity, the University of Washington, the University ofIllinois-Chicago, Emory University, McGill University in Montreal andthe University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)."It's an exciting opportunity," Lord said. "Collecting this datawill greatly speed up the process of finding the causes of autism."The Simons initiative, begun by billionaire money manager JimSimons and his wife, Marilyn, was set up with the goal of investing$100 million toward finding a cure for the developmental disorder. TheCenter for Disease Control estimates that between one and three ofevery 500 children contract some form of the disease.While there are core deficits that define Autism SpectrumDisorders (ASD) there is also a great deal of heterogeneity amongchildren and adults with ASD in terms of behaviors, level offunctioning and co-morbid conditions such as mental retardation orobsessive compulsive disorder.Recent findings in the molecular genetics of autism and infamily transmission patterns suggest that there are likely several, ifnot many, autisms. Researchers say it is important to identifysubtypes of autism that are associated with risk factors or etiologiesin order to develop appropriate treatments or prevention strategies.The Simons Initiative to create a collection of simplex(families with just one child with autism) is aimed to supportresearch across a range of areas with an adequate sample to addressdifferent sub-types.The Simons Initiative consists of both senior and juniorinvestigator support as well as the creation of a bank of cell linesand phenotypic data that will be available for scientists around theworld.The concept of a publicly available (through application byscientists) databank builds on the example of the Autism GeneticRecourse Exchange (AGRE), created by Cure Autism Now several years agoas well as large scale research projects such as the Women's HealthInitiative.The Cure Autism Now effort focused on families where two or moresiblings have autism but the 11-university effort will tackle the 90percent of autism cases where the patient is the only member of thefamily with autism.Families will be recruited to participate in an initialassessment and then invited into other research projects as workcontinues. The Simons Initiative will be carried out in existinguniversity-based clinics by individual investigators from differentuniversities throughout North America.The goal is to collect well-defined, carefully characterizedsamples of families with one child with Autistim Spectrum Disorder andat least one typically developing child.Lord, a nationally known pioneer in autism research, played akey role in learning how to properly diagnose two-year-olds a decadeago and is making new gains diagnosing young children at the U-M center.While medications have helped with related conditions such asdepression and hyperactivity, the best way to deal with autism is tointervene as early as possible to treat the condition, she said.Children who developed even some very simple speech skills prior tothe first time they were evaluated at age two were far more likely toovercome the disorder that is now found in one out of every 200children, she said.Autism is a complex developmental disability that typicallyappears during the first three years of life. Autistic spectrumdisorders impact the normal development of the brain processes relatedto social interaction and communication skills. Children and adultswith autism typically have difficulties with verbal and non-verbalcommunication, social interaction and leisure or play activities.

J. KrakowAttorney At Law2001 Marcus Avenue, Suite N125Lake Success, New York 11042(516) 354-3300 (646) 349-1771 (fax)(212) 227-0600 (NYC telephone)

[Guest guest]

Whew! great! I was afraid for a minute that there was no more counting........

From: "Holly Bortfeld" <maximom@...>Reply-EOHarm To: <EOHarm >Subject: RE: U-M Leading National Effort To Find The Cause Of AutismDate: Mon, 8 Jan 2007 21:58:34 -0500

Um, you mean like this one:

This project will provide important information about the number of young children with ASDs as well as how well service providers are executing early detection. This information can be used for planning and implementation of ASD-related services.

PUKE!!!!

From: EOHarm [mailto:EOHarm ] On Behalf Of elevatordance Sent: Monday, January 08, 2007 9:48 PMEOHarm Subject: RE: U-M Leading National Effort To Find The Cause Of Autism

Did they fund a study to count the kids one more time? I don't think we have done that enough either......

From: "Holly Bortfeld" <maximomcomcast (DOT) net>Reply-EOHarm To: <EOHarm >Subject: RE: U-M Leading National Effort To Find The Cause Of AutismDate: Mon, 8 Jan 2007 19:13:39 -0500

Yea, I read through their list of funded research studies this morning and tried not to vomit. While I realize that we needed yet another study on gaze cues in autism, just how many studies can we fund on social deficits? Yea, they got em. We get that. Let’s move on already. Cripes. They didn’t fund one decent fricking piece of research this round either. Bastards. The next round is in June, right? That is after the NAAR scientific moronic board is due to leave (in march) so that will be their critical time with our community. There will be no more excuses from the ’s about funding shit research. It’s put up or shut up time for them.

From: EOHarm [mailto:EOHarm ] On Behalf Of J. KrakowSent: Monday, January 08, 2007 6:57 PMEOHarm Subject: Re: U-M Leading National Effort To Find The Cause Of Autism

Among the $10million Autism Speaks grants (all characterized as "biomedical researchl" on their web site – http://www.autismspeaks.org./science/december_2006_funding.php) announced on 12/7/06 there is this grant to some of the same researchers who recently produced the San Francisco study showing an association between heavy metals/mercury in air pollution and autism: Croen, Ph.D.Kaiser Permanente Division of Research, CA$200,000.00 for one yearAugmentation of CA CADDRE StudiesSince 2001, the California Center for Autism and Developmental Disabilities Research and Epidemiology (CA CADDRE) has been one of the largest, most extensive datasets of information on children with autism living in California. CA CADDRE, funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, is run collaboratively by Dr. Croen from Kaiser Permanente's Division of Research and Drs. Grether and Windham from the Department of Health Services. The CA CADDRE center has also used Kaiser Permanente medical records to investigate autism risk factors during pregnancy and early childhood.This grant will fund several new analyses of this rich dataset to examine risk factors for autism that have been speculated about in the literature. For example, Dr. Croen and her colleagues will investigate the risk of autism from:* prenatal exposure to the immunization RhoGAM, which is given to women who deliver a Rh+ baby;* maternal illnesses such as infections, inflammation and endocrine disorders;* maternal hormone use, ultrasound exams and maternal use of the asthma drug terbutaline;* maternal exposure to environmental chemicals, including airborne chemicals and workplace exposure.What this means for people with autism:Data from this study will fill important gaps in understanding environmental risk factors for autism spectrum disorders. Researchers will be able to use the results from these analyses to design future autism studies and, potentially, to design strategies to prevent autism spectrum disorders.On Jan 8, 2007, at 6:12 PM, schaferatsprynet wrote:

Hey, what's another $100 million down the genetic/eugenics rathole?And while we're on the subject, Autism Speaks just announced theirgrants of $10 million for autism research. Early examination indicatesnothing there for biomedical/enviornmental related treatment or cause.Ho-hum, another month ticks off, another 1,000 new children withautism to identify with early intervention. . .-LennyU-M Leading National Effort To Find The Cause Of Autismhttp://www.ns.umich.edu/htdocs/releases/story.php?id=3085University of Michigan researchers are leading an 11-universityconsortium to gather and bank DNA samples from 3,000 autism patientsover the next three years.The Simons Simplex Collection Autism Research Initiative,expected to cost $10 million over its first two years, is beingspearheaded by Lord, director of the U-M Autism andCommunication Disorders Center.The consortium also includes: Yale University, HarvardUniversity, Boston University, Columbia University, WashingtonUniversity, the University of Washington, the University ofIllinois-Chicago, Emory University, McGill University in Montreal andthe University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)."It's an exciting opportunity," Lord said. "Collecting this datawill greatly speed up the process of finding the causes of autism."The Simons initiative, begun by billionaire money manager JimSimons and his wife, Marilyn, was set up with the goal of investing$100 million toward finding a cure for the developmental disorder. TheCenter for Disease Control estimates that between one and three ofevery 500 children contract some form of the disease.While there are core deficits that define Autism SpectrumDisorders (ASD) there is also a great deal of heterogeneity amongchildren and adults with ASD in terms of behaviors, level offunctioning and co-morbid conditions such as mental retardation orobsessive compulsive disorder.Recent findings in the molecular genetics of autism and infamily transmission patterns suggest that there are likely several, ifnot many, autisms. Researchers say it is important to identifysubtypes of autism that are associated with risk factors or etiologiesin order to develop appropriate treatments or prevention strategies.The Simons Initiative to create a collection of simplex(families with just one child with autism) is aimed to supportresearch across a range of areas with an adequate sample to addressdifferent sub-types.The Simons Initiative consists of both senior and juniorinvestigator support as well as the creation of a bank of cell linesand phenotypic data that will be available for scientists around theworld.The concept of a publicly available (through application byscientists) databank builds on the example of the Autism GeneticRecourse Exchange (AGRE), created by Cure Autism Now several years agoas well as large scale research projects such as the Women's HealthInitiative.The Cure Autism Now effort focused on families where two or moresiblings have autism but the 11-university effort will tackle the 90percent of autism cases where the patient is the only member of thefamily with autism.Families will be recruited to participate in an initialassessment and then invited into other research projects as workcontinues. The Simons Initiative will be carried out in existinguniversity-based clinics by individual investigators from differentuniversities throughout North America.The goal is to collect well-defined, carefully characterizedsamples of families with one child with Autistim Spectrum Disorder andat least one typically developing child.Lord, a nationally known pioneer in autism research, played akey role in learning how to properly diagnose two-year-olds a decadeago and is making new gains diagnosing young children at the U-M center.While medications have helped with related conditions such asdepression and hyperactivity, the best way to deal with autism is tointervene as early as possible to treat the condition, she said.Children who developed even some very simple speech skills prior tothe first time they were evaluated at age two were far more likely toovercome the disorder that is now found in one out of every 200children, she said.Autism is a complex developmental disability that typicallyappears during the first three years of life. Autistic spectrumdisorders impact the normal development of the brain processes relatedto social interaction and communication skills. Children and adultswith autism typically have difficulties with verbal and non-verbalcommunication, social interaction and leisure or play activities.

J. KrakowAttorney At Law2001 Marcus Avenue, Suite N125Lake Success, New York 11042(516) 354-3300 (646) 349-1771 (fax)(212) 227-0600 (NYC telephone)

[Guest guest]

Hello everyone, This is a sincere

question.

It seems to me that this Autism Speaks grant is a very good

thing, and will lead to important environmental data:

This grant will fund several

new analyses of this rich dataset to

examine risk factors for autism that have been

speculated about

in the literature. For example, Dr. Croen and her colleagues will

investigate the risk of autism from:

* prenatal exposure to the immunization RhoGAM, which is given to

women who deliver a Rh+

baby;

* maternal illnesses such as infections, inflammation

and

endocrine disorders;

* maternal hormone use, ultrasound exams and maternal

use of the

asthma drug terbutaline;

* maternal exposure to environmental chemicals,

including

airborne chemicals and workplace exposure.

I don’t see anything

wrong with funding research into Rho-GAM, viral infections, fertility drugs, and “airborne

chemicals” which by definition include mercury.

Croen

et al’s recent Bay Area study, funded by the CDC, is very interesting,

and the authors were surprised by the associated risk they found with airborne

heavy metals in the most polluted birth tracts, and especially mercury. Dr. Croen might

be remembered for publishing a paper claiming that the increase in ASD in California was attributable to “diagnostic substitution”

from mental retardation, which she said had declined as ASD increased.

But Mark Blaxill and

others pointed out certain errors in Croen’s

methodology, and she published a letter agreeing that her original study drew

incorrect conclusions. It was an honest and classy thing to do, I thought.

I want to wait and see what this

team can do with these Autism Speak funds. It may not be thimerosal-in-vaccines

research, but it seems important to me.

Just my

opinion.

And, if anyone is going to be

in the San

Diego area

this weekend, I hope you can make the debate with Arthur on Saturday at

UCSD. Arthur is the only person in the COUNTRY who has agreed to stand on a

stage with me for a live discussion of this controversy. I really look forward

to it, because it will present ALL sides of this issue and then allow members

of the audience (including those who view it on video – I believe info on

this will be made available soon) to make up their own minds.

I wrote this book in order to

spark discussion and debate. Sadly, it took two years for someone to actually

step up to the plate (though Dr. Fineberg of the IOM

is to be applauded for appearing on the albeit

well-controlled “Meet the Press” with me). I am really thankful for Art for agreeing

to do this. I look forward to a reasoned and honest debate, without any of the

emotion and name calling that sometimes surfaces in the rather anonymous world

of the Internet.

I also want to thank TACA, and

especially Becky Estepp and Ackerman, for pulling this whole thing

together, and Generation Rescue for sponsoring it.

There may well be another

debate in NYC, and Art and I welcome opportunities to bring our

counter-presentations to other groups, whether they are pro, con, or neutral

when it comes to the mercury, vaccines and autism hypothesis.

DK

[Guest guest]

I need to be in this study. I had an extra Rho-gam during the pregnancy

of my child with autism (because I spotted and it was given as a

precaution); two years prior to conception, I had inflammation that

required massive doses of prednisone and the cause of my auto-immune

syndrome was never determined; and I had an ultrasound every other week

from 8 weeks gestation during that pregnancy (because it was a twin

pregnancy). One twin has autism. One does not.

Pen

>

> This grant will fund several new analyses of this rich dataset to

> examine risk factors for autism that have been speculated about in the

> literature. For example, Dr. Croen and her colleagues will investigate

> the risk of autism from:

>

> * prenatal exposure to the immunization RhoGAM, which is given to

> women who deliver a Rh+ baby;

> * maternal illnesses such as infections, inflammation and endocrine

> disorders;

> * maternal hormone use, ultrasound exams and maternal use of the

> asthma drug terbutaline;

> * maternal exposure to environmental chemicals, including airborne

> chemicals and workplace exposure.

[Guest guest]

Hi ,

All the things you mention sound like reasonable things to look at

regarding ASD and environmental factors. However, in my case none of

those factors apply, other than just general airborne chemicals.

My concern is that by researching a bunch of other environmental

causes, and not focusing on vaccines and thimerosal specifically;

they are essentially letting vaccines off the hook (or spreading the

blame if you will, well it could be this, or it could be that, kind

of thing). I worry that children around my son's age (born in 96) are

going to be the forgotten generation in all of this. You better than

anyone should know how much mercury kids like my son got in their

childhood immunizations at that time.

I personally don't have a problem with research in the areas you

mentioned, but they better damn sure look at what they did to the

kids of the 90's via vaccines.

Also, may we distribute the portion of your post regarding your

debate in SD to other lists through out the autism community to

generate interest in attending the event?

Thank you for your continued interest and support.

>

> Hello everyone, This is a sincere question.

>

> It seems to me that this Autism Speaks grant is a very good thing,

and

> will lead to important environmental data:

>

> This grant will fund several new analyses of this rich dataset to

> examine risk factors for autism that have been speculated about

> in the literature. For example, Dr. Croen and her colleagues will

> investigate the risk of autism from:

>

> * prenatal exposure to the immunization RhoGAM, which is given to

> women who deliver a Rh+ baby;

> * maternal illnesses such as infections, inflammation and

> endocrine disorders;

> * maternal hormone use, ultrasound exams and maternal use of the

> asthma drug terbutaline;

> * maternal exposure to environmental chemicals, including

> airborne chemicals and workplace exposure.

>

[Guest guest]

Not sure why part of this post dropped, but yes, I had terbutaline twice

with what were unproductive, but unstoppable contractions. Once it was

because I was dehydrated. They gave me terbutaline, which did not stop

the contractions, until the lab work came back and showed I was

dehydrated. Once they started fluid in an IV, the contractions stopped.

> >

> > In addition to mentioning Rhogam you also mention twins. Note that

> this

> > study will also look at data related to terbutaline, which is a drug

> > sometimes given to delay labor in pregnancies with twins.

Researchers

> > have found a possible association between terbutaline and autism and

> > suspect that the mechanism is terbutaline's overstimulation of

certain

> > adrenergic receptors.