I am Phyllis Wheeler, mother of two kids with Asperger's: "Mike" and "Shannon."
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Phyllis | January 25, 2009
I think that because of his genetics, he will probably always need this big collection of supplements to keep equilibrium. I am guessing that if you took them all away, he would be way off center and could hardly function. So I have to plan how to make sure someone is available who can keep track of them and order more, as he grows older. Also that there is money available for that.
Phyllis | January 23, 2009
I am so proud of Mike. He got an A+ on his world history final exam. This is not a special ed class, but a regular class at Webster Groves High School, a respected high school. His handwriting is so much better than before we started the biomedical protocol.
Phyllis | January 16, 2009
Kirby said he figures there is a small subset of the population whose autism is genetic, such as people with Asperger’s. That would fit my family pretty well. It’s obviously genetic, occuring in two generations with two in the second generation. For the rest, the environment is the biggest factor. It’s just the logical conclusion.
Phyllis | January 14, 2009
Blogger Harold L. Doherty on his blog, Facing Autism in New Brunswick, has a list of reasons why he is deciding to change his mind. He now thinks a connection between autism and vaccines is possible.
Phyllis | January 13, 2009
How about the argument that vaccines overwhelm babies’ immune systems? They New York Times says, “Dr. Offit notes that current shots against 14 diseases contain 153 proteins, while babies cope with thousands of new foreign proteins daily in food, dirt and animal hair, and that the smallpox vaccine that nearly every American over age 30 got as a child contained 200 proteins.”
This seems to me to be unrelated information. We are not talking about harmful proteins. We are talking about harmful viruses.
Phyllis | January 10, 2009
I found this collection of autism-related videos on Technorati:
http://technorati.com/videos/youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3D-fouye8Y4bg
It’s an eye-opener to see before and after videos of recovered children.
Phyllis | January 10, 2009
How can I tell my daughter I want to “cure” her when she is doing so well in so many ways, at age 21, finishing up pharmacy tech school soon, working as a theater usher …
Phyllis | January 8, 2009
The original safety study for thimerosal ended with the death of the participants. Yet my children were given this compound in their shots. Your kids are getting it in their flu shots.
Phyllis | January 6, 2009
But that approval was flawed, Jepson argues. “The pre-licensure safety studies on the various forms of MMR were grossly inadequate in terms of methodology, presence of a good control group, and duration of active follow-up (all follow-ups were less than 28 days; the latent period of the virus is known to last up to 21 days),” wrote Jepson (p. 80). After this short period, doctors were asked to self-report adverse reactions, a system known to severely under-estimate incidence of reactions. “All of the adverse reactions were either dismisssed by authorities as coincidental or accepted as an unavoidable element of an overall risk/benefit analysis, a ratio that has never been adequately established through appropriate research studies.”
Phyllis | January 4, 2009
So someone with a genetically weak immune system (family history of allergies) is exposed to a level of toxins that causes the immune system to become damaged. Then the body reacts toward most antigens with the Th2 response, whether that’s appropriate or not. As a result, the individual may get a lot of allergies, particularly food allergies. In addition, a virus (from a vaccine?) may not be dealt with by the immune system, and could be causing autism according to some theorists.