Re: Autism spectrum disorders healing

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Dear ,

Thanks very much for your reply.

Yes, there are flu shots that contain mercury preservative, thimerosol.

There are also some mercury-free versions. All vaccinations could have

ingredients that a person would want to be informed about in order to make

healthful decisions. Children taking steroids may be advised not to take

vaccinations due to precautionary concerns which are listed on vaccine

inserts.

Your analogy to having medically fragile children is right on in many

regards. People may not have experience with children with these kinds of

issues and may therefore shy away. They may feel some bit of fear or

uncomfortableness. What concerns me here, though, is the seeming scorn for

discussing the topic of autism. It is a stark reality for many on the list.

There are very many encouraging developments happening all the time. It

would be devastating to think that people might miss opportunities to heal.

Just today I learned of a movement underway in Portland, Oregon which will

include a variety of physicians and health providers working together in

clinics to help those with autism and to spread the word that autism is

treatable. Among one of the approaches will be one I have mentioned here

before of treating severe intestinal problems that may be related to certain

vaccines. One of the doctors is a doctor at Harvard. For many years, the

Autism Research Institute has spearheaded the concept of defeating autism.

I have attended several Defeat Autism Now! conferences in California and in

Oregon, and find the information encouraging. Not that I agree with every

proposed protocol. Not at all. But I fully believe that autism IS

treatable and that every day new findings are leading the way.

Defeat Autism Now! conferences also happen on the east coast and in other

countries. The force behind the movement is Dr. Bernard Rimland, the father

of a son who is now an adult. Dr. Rimland refused to accept the concept

that was popular when his son was born decades ago that autism was a result

of 'refrigerator' mothers. He pioneered research and protocols that have

led to tremendous success in treating autism. And it is a tribute to him

that the concept of refrigerator mothers is nearly extinct now.

To learn more about recovery from autism, look at the following site:

http://www.autismwebsite.com/ari/index.htm There are alot of recent

discoveries and treatments found among the various sections on the website.

Under publications, one can find the dvd of recovered children. Highlighted

is footage from two conferences I have attended that had presentations by

parents of children who had once had labels of autism but who healed due to

treatments aimed at the physical, behavioral and biochemical factors causing

the autism. The children who once carried the label of autism no longer do

carry it.

My boss has a child who has had this experience. Identified before age 2,

treated with intensive ABA and Verbal Behavior therapy plus biochemical

interventions, he lost his label of autism, and it was removed from his

official educational file, as he entered kindergarten.

As always, I appreciate your wise comments and sharp perception of very

intricate discussions. , I very truly appreciate your kind words of

support.

:-)

Re: Autism spectrum disorders

> Dear ,

> We know knowledge is power. I'vd worked the subject of vaccines into

> every

> conversation I've had with any perspective Mom I know. Not with an

> opinion,

> just the question " have you thought about what you want to do, are you

> familiar with the available information? "

> Did you tell me, or did I read it-that even flu vaccines contain

> suspect

> ingredients/preservatives.

> We need to exercise our rights to make informed decisions every time a

> situation allows it, and in the case of vaccines, Mom's need to have

> formulated

> their decisions very early on.

> I understand what you're saying, I think, (though not what you're feeling

> necessarily) about people's reaction to autism. But I believe its

> fear-based,

> not disdain. People have an idea, and its an overwhelming picture that

> comes

> to mind.(probably from tv). They (we) (me) don't understand degrees, and

> don't understand what it really means to the child or the family. It's

> not

> unlike what we went through twenty odd years ago when we both had

> medically

> complicated children to introduce into the world when the sight of a trach

> and

> g-tube etc. were even more shocking than today. People know its

> complicated and

> difficult, and on top of CHARGE? Both those who have a smattering of

> knowledge, and then those who have no clue, find it so much to process in

> the time

> of one breath-that nothing comes out of their mouths.

> Please forgive us our lack of response. We need you, and we benefit

> mightily

> from all your experience, and all the dedicated contributions you've made

> to

> the CHARGE organization,

> the list, the parents.

> Thanks ,

> in Ma. ( 21 yrs)

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

I love this story about your pediatrician, Ellen.

:-)

Re: Autism spectrum disorders healing

> linda wendy i have interestingly been reaidng this as my fave paed was

> acutaly a develpmental paed and looked after heaps of autisic kids i hate

> to

> use the lableel of these people but for this dicuussion they wer her main

> patients and she would often talk avout this stuff usualy if she was going

> away itd b to an autism conf probly this one that ur mentioning acutaly

> must

> tell you a sotry which you will find funny about her and one of her

> confrences she was telling us this she had her bags stolen in london and

> the

> only way she could get her passport in the space of time needed was to say

> she was going to an autism conf LOL its such a big prob that people

> understood y she needed it with in a few days if she didnt say that shed

> still wouldnt have it now lol