Viewpoint: Autism on the rise because of vaccines
Viewpoint: Autism on the rise because of vaccines
Herald Bulletin | December 14, 2005
By MELISSA R. TROUTMAN
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As a mother of four wonderful blessings from God, and the last being diagnosed as having ??regressive autism,? I am truly amazed at how, and I quote, ??our parents, schools and the medical community? have been apparently such a insensitive society in the past to not spotting autism sooner in life.
In the article ??Special ed enrollment grew by more than a third over decade? by Ken Kusmer, an Associated Press writer, on Nov. 17 stated that Richard Burden (executive director of the Indiana Resource Center for Families with Special Needs) had said ??the growing number of students identified as autistic may be attributable to a more sensitive society ?? including parents, schools and the medical community ?? spotting the disability sooner in life.? By this statement, Mr. Burden seems to imply that we all were/are dense, even the school professionals/psychologists and those in the medical arena as well. He is correct in stating ??that??s a national phenomenon? referring to the national increase in autism cases, but it is not attributable to being a now ??sensitive society.?
Not only has an increase in autism been on the rise in Indiana, but nationally as well. Looking back, the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices at the CDC changed the protocol for vaccinations (increasing the amount and frequency to a total of 32 vaccinations on their childhood immunization schedule by the time the child is 2 years old) approximately 10 years ago. Along with the change in protocol in quantity and frequency of these vaccinations was the introduction to the mercury-laden preservative Thirmerosal. Coincidence? I don??t think so.
As a parent of a mercury-induced autistic child, I find these type of blatant denials of what truly is causing the epidemic of autism, PDD-NOS, ADD, and ADHD a travesty. I must agree with Pat Sullivan, author of ??Wellness Piece by Piece,? who poses the question from his Internet blog: ?If there is 1.5 million with autism today, then show me the millions of adults who have autistic traits who were simply missed and NOT labeled autistic! Where are they? Do you know any? If you have ever been around a child or an adult with autism, it would be IMPOSSIBLE to miss. The symptoms are NOT subtle!!? How true this is.
I knew when my son was around the age of 15 to 16 months that something was wrong. By Mr. Burden??s opinion I am just a member of a now ??sensitive society?! Is it a coincidence that California, the state with the best methods of tracking cases of autism, and which recently outlaw Thirmerosal in vaccines has, over the past two years seen the first reversal in the trend of the autism epidemic? Indiana now is noted for the same as well. This will continue to be true, but the government agencies and the pharmaceutical companies will be the ones with the most to lose with this trend and occurrence. That??s why there are presently 10 different bills on Capitol Hill ?? S3, S975, S1437, S1828, S1873, S1880, HR650, HR3154, HR3970, HR4245 ?? that contain provisions which will let drug companies off the hook for injuries resulting from vaccines and other products.
Please, please, stop this insanity. Stop the denial. The research is there, the studies are available, but the government and the pharmaceutical companies do not want that to be known. They have the most to lose. It??s all about the money. Mercury is a neurotoxin, and autism, PDD-NOS, ADD and ADHD are all neurological disorders. Therefore, it is absolutely obvious the correlation between the two.
Is this a more sensitive society? No, it??s the result of corrupt big businesses wanting to make more money at the expense of our little defenseless babies whose parents have made the most costly mistake: Trusting the FDA, CDC and the pharmaceutical companies, and believing they were doing the right thing by getting their babies vaccinated with this poison and their protocol.
