need some help

[Guest guest]

Dear Friends,

First of all...sorry for the cross-post for those of you on multiple groups.

Most of you know that my son is autistic and both him and I were

diagnosed with Lyme Disease several months ago. We don't know how we got Lyme

Disease because neither of us have any history of a tick bite.

With this whole process, we stumbled upon other families that have the same

situation and feel that the Lyme Disease actually CAUSED the autism in a

subset of children. We've started a foundation called the Lyme Induced Autism

Foundation in which we bring awareness and education to families and

physicians, create treatment and testing options, and fund research studies.

In

January, we are holding a physician's think tank where doctors from across the

country are coming to try to come up with these treatment options for the kids.

Currently we are planning our first fundraiser to fund a research study

that will determine exactly what % of autistic kids are infected with lyme

disease. (several doctors have estimated that it could be as high as 90% of

the

kids) This is staggering since 1 out of 166 children in the U.S. have

autism.

This is where I need some help. We're doing an event called " Laughter for

Healing " at the Irvine Improv comedy club on Saturday, February 24th from

11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m in Irvine, CA. I have 300 tickets to sell and would

really love it if you could come. Tickets are $40 each and that includes

lunch. We'll also have a silent auction. Donations are tax deductible. If

you

can't come due to scheduling or geography but want to help, you can purchase

a ticket and donate it back to the foundation so that a parent of an

autistic child can come and enjoy a fun and relaxing day out. (I just read a

statistic that it costs an average of 75K per year to raise an autistic child)

To purchase tickets, just click on:

_http://www.lymeinducedautism.com/fundraisingevents.html_

(http://www.lymeinducedautism.com/fundraisingevents.html)

Thank you so much in advance for your support! Also..could you please

forward this to your buddy list, it would be much appreciated

Tami Duncan

President and Co-Founder

_www.lymeinducedautism.com_ (http://www.lymeinducedautism.com/)

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