Aspies For Freedom

http://www.health -reports.com/autism .html

Another "Mercury causes Autism and here's how you cure this horrible, tragic disease" site.

Some choice excerpts:

"CAUSES OF AUTISM
• Vaccinations
• Environmental Toxins
• Lack of Glutathione
• Candida Overgrowth
• Viral Infections
• Foods containing Genetically Modified Organisms
• A Hiatal Hernia that disrupts protein digestion"

"The hepatitis B vaccination given to newborns makes no sense at all because a newborn’s immune systems is not developed at all. It can’t produce an immune response to the vaccine. As vaccines are designed to stimulate the immune system, there is nothing for the vaccine to stimulate. So it does no good. All it is good for is to make plenty of money for the drug companies, the doctors who give the vaccines, and unfortunately, it seems to be a good way to create autism."

"Rebecca Carley, MD reports that "What the CDC does not list is that 13 vaccines at present (and more are in the works) are actually cultured on aborted human fetal tissues (go to http://www.cogforlife.org for more info).”

The CDC fails to mention the ethyl-mercury containing preservative thimerosol that has been in many vaccines, and still is in some. Dr. Carley points out that the "rate of occurrence of autism in the last generation became self-evident proof that vaccines are the causative factor."'

"it is also likely an initial Candida yeast infection in some children that causes the leaky gut syndrome that allows the continued flow of brain damaging toxins into the bloodstream. This combination of yeast infections with viral infections, a whacked out immune system from toxins and toxic heavy metal overload leads to autism. Toxins are one of the major underlying issues."

"Glutathione is a protein that is your main cellular detoxifier. It is also one of the two top antioxidants in your body. And acts as a viral killer in each and every cell in your body. It is deficient in children with autism. This is because the body's supply of glutathione has been used up detoxifying the the overload of toxins, and fighting cellular pathogens. And the child is not able to replenish those levels because their digestion is impaired so glutathione production has been diminished."

"One of the more insidious possible sources of bacteria and viruses that can cause intestinal malfunction is genetically modified foods. Foods containing genetically modified organisms (gmo's) have been introduced into our diets in the same time period that autism rates have exploded. There may well be a connection..."

"The single best way to detoxify brain cells is to get glutathione back into the cells. Unfortunately, even though glutathione can be purchased as a freeform amino acid at your local health food store, taking glutathione in this way basically just doesn't work. Even though it can get into the bloodstream, it doesn't get into the cells where you need to get it."

"Using Glutathione PleoLyposome is the very fastest way to detoxify brain cells of the toxic chemicals disrupting it. It may well prove to be the most important supplement to give to improve autism. Especially as the more you take, the more the myelin sheath will be repaired. (Ultra Detox is another heavy metal chelator that also supplies the right kind of phosphocholine as it helps to detoxify. You will read more about it later.)"

"TESTIMONIAL

“I am very excited to share with you some of the immediate results that your product Glutathione Pleolyposome has brought about in my four year old autistic son Corbin. The morning after I gave him the very first dose, he was intently staring me in the eyes unlike he had ever done before.

Prior to this time he would give fleeting eye contact and would stare blankly into nothing (like day-dreaming), but didn't seem to focus on another's face. Now he seems to really focus on not only other's faces but also on everything else. I am guessing it is as if things are becoming clearer to him.


“After his second dose, he amazed me even more by going into the bathroom and standing by the toilet as if to tell me that he had to use the potty. I have worked with him for over a year and he had never done that before. The best he had done previously was to lead me to the bathroom. He has been fairly consistent at walking into the bathroom and standing next to the toilet when he has to go ever since.


“The results amaze me; Corbin has spoken new words and even a few phrases since he has started taking Glutathione Pleolyposome less than on a week ago. For example, when he saw his mother's yellow car pull up, he said “yellow.” I have worked with him on a few colors, red & blue, but he barely spoke them, and I never really even tried to get him to say yellow before. Another recent development is when he stands at the door of the refrigerator and matches up the magnetic letters of the alphabet by shape.


“I have always known my son was intelligent, but I couldn't focus him or get an accurate idea of what he was able to comprehend. Now he seems to be showing me what he is able to comprehend by more than simple leading and pointing. He has been receiving 20 hours of supportive services each week, but there was never really a changed noted that resulted from the services.

“My son was advancing on par with other children his age until he was approximately 18 months old; more than coincidentally it was very soon after he had a round of vaccinations that his symptoms started. He lost most of his acquired speech, he stopped most eye contact, and he started displaying other behaviors such as spinning and inappropriate use or attachments to objects.


“From what I understand certain children are less able to detoxify when they are exposed to substances such as Thimerisol, and children diagnosed with ASD (Autism Spectrum Disorder) are known to produce lower levels of Glutathione which contributes to the detoxification process.

“Like many other parents of children with ASD, I don't expect a miracle moment where my child just snaps out of it and completely functions at a level appropriate for his age, but I do believe that much of ASD is just a label and that our children can improve or even recover from the diagnosis.

“I once compared the symptoms of mercury poisoning to the symptoms of autism. The two conditions have many similarities, but my son had a few that were not related to autism.

“I could go on and on about all of this, but I really just want to get the word out that my “autistic” son continues to display very positive results in the short-time he has been taking Glutathione Pleolyposome. The product is so easy to use; I just put a teaspoon of it in his juice first thing in the morning.

“I am very confident that with continued use, my son will continue to find his way back. There have been times when I have felt defeated and considered giving up, resigned to the fact that Corbin might not be able to advance much further. If I were to believe the medical community then I would have, but my son is too important for me not to keep trying to do everything possible (without risking his health) to assist him to become all he is capable of. I don't believe in miracle products, but I do believe in results, and Glutathione Pleolyposome has brought about results faster than I could have hoped for. It would be selfish of me not to share information about Glutathione Pleolyposome with others, as I hope many others will also benefit from it. On that note, I will end this, but I will definitely keep you posted of Corbin's continued progress.

Thank you so much!”

Sincerely,

Vince A. Porter"



......Ugh.
Appearantly LiveJournal picked up on the fact that I'm interested in autism.  It makes me sick to see ads for these sites on my Friends' page.

Actually, this part at least is pretty sound.

...But this part is crap.

Where is there any real evidence that autism rates have exploded? Curebies have yet to show me anything convincing that supports this claim. (I would say that they believe that "autism rates have exploded" simply because of statistics -- the definition of autistic has broadened, and he who casts the widest net will most likely catch the most fish!)

Ooh, and next we get into the home shopping channel....

Boring infomercial crap.

On and on and on he goes. Where he stops, nobody knows...

Please don't!

Back? Where does this guy suppose he's gone?

I thought chelation crap was risking kids' health.

...For what it's worth.

Classic persuasive technique.      Start argument about what is wrong with the reader's current belief system.  Present examples and articles as proof.   Next present new belief system.  (usually the quackery)  There is no need to present proof for your new belief system because they reader is so convinced that the old system is flawed that they will accept your new (and stupid) system.  

We are not so stupid.

On that same note, today I was reading in one of our national magazines, "The Australian Women's Weekly" (not my usual reading material, but I was waiting to the see my doctor as I have flu and it was either that or 100 year old National Geographics) and came across an interesting article on Fetal Alcohol Syndrome.  I was reading through it quite happily when I came across one sentence that jolted me: according to the author, "more than 2 standard units of alcohol daily during pregnancy can lead to Fetal Alcohol Syndrome, mental retardation and autism."
That was the first time I'd heard that given as a cause for autism, and I felt that the way it was written, it was that autism is a catch-all word for everything undesirable you'd want in a baby.  
Since I believe autism is genetic and ONLY genetic, I get fed up hearing that everything from the mother drinking too much alcohol to the father wearing too-tight underpants causes us to be born.  
Alison (spaced out from too much cough medicine ... )

The front cover had been torn off, so I couldn't find the date.  However, Princess Mary of Denmark's second "baby bump" was being discussed, if that's any help.  Like I said, it's not something I usually read.
Alison

I'd agree with the passed-down thing and that autism isn't caused by vaccines but I don't know about the part about Euro and Germanic origins.

May I recommend that, instead of spending time and money researching cures, you just spend time, lots of it, talking and listening to your son? I found that the most effective way to teach language to all my five children, however autistic.

Yay science!

Speaking as an autistic woman with an autistic child, I just wish we could cure the neurotypicals of their judgemental attitudes.  I'm not sick, neither is my daughter.  Our only problem is in how society treats us at times.
Alison

Actually, she does have autistic children, and I am autistic and just turned 18 last December.

While it can be very difficult, I am sure that Tigger was not implying that if you spent more time with him the autism would "go away", and yes we usually need additional help and time to learn certain things than non-autistic people (such as language or social skills), but these are not based on sound science, and most of us on this website are on the autistic spectrum and would not want to become non-autistic, though we certainly support educating and accommodating autistic people, including ourselves and other children and adults.

Autism is not an illness, but it is a different way of being, that for my case and other people's can be disabling, to varying degrees. So while it took me a long time to do things like ride the bus independently, and speech is not entirely consistent for me (which is why I have an alphasmart with me to type - typing and pictures are great ways to encourage communication for autistic people), I wouldn't make myself non-autistic if I had the choice.

I think what Tigger meant by spending more time talking to him, was not about how much attention you pay to him (which I'm sure is a lot), but about how important a role that talking a lot to kids can be to developing speech. Other things that I would encourage, if not already in place, are to used picture communication systems, or signing, to encourage and develop more communication.

Oh, I just wanted to comment specifically on this - by accepting autism and not wanting to be non-autistic, I am not being defeatist and "surrenduring" to being autistic. Rather than fight against my autistic ways of perceiving, communicating, and interacting, I work with my autistic ways of thinking and doing, in order to develop effective strategies for doing things (such as by using typing or picture cards, and by having a sensory book of textures that calm me for when I'm in stressful situations).

Also, one thing that is important, is that while some (or more likely many) autistic people can suppress stims (things like rocking, spinning, toe-walking), this often comes to the detriment of other skills, such as speech and focus, and even for those of us who can develop these skills while also suppressing stimming, this has a high risk of making the activities far more stressful than they have to be.

I make little eye contact, rock, spin, conserve speech (for instance, if I know I'm going to be speaking a lot soon, I will refrain from speaking or doing overly stressful things ahead of time, so that I have the energy for it), and I am doing well in school, going to college in the fall. While college isn't for everyone, it is one of my goals, and goals are hard to obtain when you are working so hard against your instincts and ways of doing things.

So please, don't try to make your child not stim just because that's an "autistic-looking" thing, or because a therapist told you it's bad behavior. Many of us have been told and/or trained not to do it, and may succeed temporarily, but it's just a superficial thing, that is not important to address unless it's harming somebody (and if it's interfering with things like school, such as a verbal stim, it's best usually to redirect the stim to something else, like encouraging rocking instead).

After all, if it's just a matter of looking "odd", then acceptance campaigns can fight that social injustice, but acceptance campaigns don't directly teach skills (though they do fight for the right for good education, to teach skills).

This outrageous cliché will die out someday.  Someday.  

There are some people on here who associate this phrase with the Katie McCarron story and other similar stories and do not appreciate seeing it.  

No, I'm not one of the ones with kids, but still.  Geeze

While it is easy philiosophically, and I agree with your statement about working with and not against, I must emphasize: it is not easy for everyone, especially for a non-autistic parent with an autistic child. It is not always easy to accept differences and disabilities in practice, though in theory it is much easier.

While I believe that such acceptance is essential, I do not want to make it out like it's as simple as flipping a light switch for an NT to understand and accept an autistic person. If life were that easy...we must recognize that it is not always a simple process, and depends on MANY factors, including what ideas of disability the individual in question has absorbed from society, and also when they found out their child is autistic, and how the doctors and teachers have approached their child and their situation. Remember, there is so much negativity surrounding how autism is presented, not only to society in general, but also that goes to parents, and tends to stay with them longer, as they worry about their child's future.

Yes. That. So much that. Especially I don't like it when finding useful adaptations, such as augmentative assistive technology, is looked at as "giving up".

Yes. Using expensive and unproven treatments only compromise a family's economic integrity and make it more likely that marriages will break up due to financial pressures. An autistic child needs a safe environment, including not having to hear their parents continually arguing about money. There is a lot that parents can do without having to resort to far fetched treatments, such as reading to their child as much as possible and giving them lots of love.