Re: Re: Best wishes Jawahar & child

[Guest guest]

Jawahar,

I wish you the best with your child. I believe that each of us makes his or her

decisions and take actions based on what we consider best for ourselves and

those we love. Many of us believe autism has numerous causes and a variety of

subgroups. Many of us count heavy metal poisoning among those causes and one we

can potentially identify and do something about. As you may have realized many

on the list also do ABA, gfcf diet, Son-Rise, NAET, or any of a number of other

approaches in addition to exploring the heavy metals issue, and most began the

other therapy prior to exploring heavy metals.

As an adult recovering from mercury poisoning, I know first hand the damage

heavy metals can do (I also had issues with silver, copper, tin, cadmium, lead,

antimony, nickel, etc.) I also know that I benefitted from alternative

treatment and that the traditional medicine folks only wanted to treat the

symptoms rather than the causes. I can but prefer not to imagine where I'd have

ended up if I had followed their advice.

I also have a 9 y.o. nephew with autism who developed normally until he had the

DPT vaccine and then went totally aphasic (no speech) for a year, lost his

receptive communication skills, social skills, and more.

My grandmother had Alzheimer's Disease. I called the pathologist who did the

autopsy and complained because he hadn't checked for aluminum toxicity. He

stated that as a pathologist he had more concerns about mercury and considered

it so toxic that he and his wife and children had their dental fillings

replaced.

My mother has nickel toxicity manifesting as Alzheimer's Disease and choses not

to do anything about it. That's her choice and I can't do anything about it

other than provide information. I feel that by choosing to do nothing about it

and not even explore the options, she has chosen to steal my father's retirement

since he will does and will serve as her primary caregiver for as long as he

can.

I also work as Program Manager at a group home for youth with autism. One of

whom gets extremely assaultive and injured a staff member so severely she had to

have an ambulance take her to the emergency room. One and a half months after he

assaulted her, she still needs physical therapy and cannot yet return to full

duty at work. Because of the funding he receives and his medical coverage we go

to the traditional doctors first. Now the pediatrcian says, " I don't know, ask

the neurologist " and the neurologist says, " I don't know, ask the pediatrician " .

I have taken him to and consulted many specialists, both traditional and

alternative, and will continue to do so in search of someone who can help him,

because if we can't serve him and keep him, the other participants, and staff

safe, then he has nowhere else to go.

Regardless of whether mercury causes autism, I consider heavy metal toxicity

unhealthy and the intentional exposure of another human being to known toxins as

criminal. I offer the following as reasons mainstream doctors have difficulty

with the heavy metals issue in connection with autism.

1) They often have and still do administer vaccines which contain thimersol

(mercury).

2) They don't understand or recognize the symptoms of heavy metal poisoning.

3) They receive research grants from or sit on the boards of the vaccine

manufacturers

4) They would have to admit that they and their cohorts in the ADA have poisoned

the public for many years. Would it look worse to admit that they know of

mercury's toxic nature and used it anyway or to say they never knew it had toxic

properties?

5) Most mainstream doctors know very little about autism spectrum disorders.

Hope you discover and pursue whatever helps your child reach his or her highest

potential..

S