Re: Re: Autism mortality stats

September 5, 2001

Respectfully disagree. My Jenna is not " medically sick " . She has a, I

don't know, " condition " (?) that prevents her from doing things in an

expected fashion. But you will rarely find a healthier child. My

husband and I have discussed this on several occasions. Maybe it's the

vitiams; maybe it's that she does not feel pain the way others do, who

knows.

But in our house at least, the ASD individual is the healthy one.

Valeri

Re: Autism mortality stats

For what ever reason few are looking at autism beyond behavior.We

don't have children that are normal beyond brain issues.These are

medically sick kids ,everytime someone remarks on the fact their

autistic kid is never sick when every other member of the family is

sick I recognize it as a huge red flag.That was my kid who is now

rolling one autoimmune disease into another and one regression after

another.We have been taking a serious look at autism with my

daughters ped.neuro who is involved in clinical research locally.What

she is finding is a level of dysautonomia.What we thought of as

seizure behavior are periods of her blood pressure dropping suddenly

and dangerously.She is looking for similarities in other autistics

and finding them.Agnes

> Oh my God! Me too, in the dark, I mean. Never thought about this

issue. I

> would like to hear more on this topic as well. Like there isn't

enough to

> worry about already, but I would like to know more. Are there

things to watch

> for? Or things to avoid? Or things to do to decrease the risks? Why

would the

> mortality rate be an issue at all? Thanks for any and all info.

September 5, 2001

high percentages of people with autism get seizures, I can explain why but

twould make a couple of emails to explain, to be more succint, go to

www.ccid.org

Kathy

Re: Autism mortality

> > > > stats

> > > >

> > > > I'm interested too. really this is the first I've

> > > > heard this

> > > > mentioned.

> > > > Have I been in the dark on this issue?

> > > >

September 5, 2001

in total agreement, would like to see Jyonouchis study, this speaks volumes

of the stealth virus! (could you send them to me :0)

www.ccid.org

Kathy

Re: Autism mortality stats

> I respectfully disagree.Children with autism have something that is

> wrong with the body causing the brain effects.If autism was merely

> brain damage that child might actually be healthy.

> Not feeling pain in the way others do is a symptom of

> dysautonomia.This and ten other things are common in autistics and

> are considered symptoms of autism.Another of the most common findings

> of autistics is atypical immune findings.Everything from Tcells to

> Bcells and complement systems are reved up to high or too low.What

> Immunologist have found is both ends of a pendulem.Jyonouchi's study

> which is most recent includes well over 100 autistics and you can

> diferentiate autistics from normal healthy siblings.She is only

> looking at cytokines.Agnes

> > > Oh my God! Me too, in the dark, I mean. Never thought about this

> > issue. I

> > > would like to hear more on this topic as well. Like there isn't

> > enough to

> > > worry about already, but I would like to know more. Are there

> > things to watch

> > > for? Or things to avoid? Or things to do to decrease the risks?

> Why

> > would the

> > > mortality rate be an issue at all? Thanks for any and all info.

> >

September 5, 2001

My child is a healthy one too. she gets head colds like everyone else. she

is a fussy eater, and does not eat vegies, but i try to get her to eat fruit

and things on bread, and give her an iron supplement throughout the week. I

don't know, i don't wish to " stay in the dark " where autism is concerned,

but i don't want to sit here and worry about things that may or may not ever

happen with my child. I have enough to think about at present, just getting

her through each day at school, maybe i'm sticking my head in the sand. i'm

not going to take on too much here at present. I don't understand autism, i

don;t understand how my daughters brain works, {i wish the heck i did!!},

but i just have to deal with it the best way i know how. i'm sounding a bit

depressed aren't I. I guess, i've come to a conclusion that if we just

concentrated more on our kids than trying to find a reason for everything

all the time, our kids might be better off. No we should not put everything

down the the fact that they are autistic, as i think being autistic should

not mean your daughter is going to have heavier periods,[why should it]. I

guess i want to try and treat Hannah as " normal " as possible as she does

have an older sister and younger brother. i'll finish as i'm raving now. can

anyone see what i'm saying???? or doesn't any of it make any sense??? cheryl