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Wednesday, August 31, 2011
Autism Spectrum Disorder
August 31, 2011
AN INTRODUCTION
As the mother of a teenage daughter on the autism spectrum, I have been doing my own research on causes, treatment options and interventions since 1998.
When Jennifer was 13 months old, she was given the MMR (measles, mumps, rubella) jab. She immediately had a reaction to the vaccine which included crossing of the eyes, a high-pitched screech which started within five minutes of the jab and went on continuously for five days (literally), a high temperature, the ceasing of verbalization and stopping of walking in favor of sitting on the floor and rocking back and forth for hours at a time.
I understand that many people do not feel that their child's autism was triggered by a vaccination, however in Jennifer's case there is no doubt whatsoever that it was.
Jennifer was not officially diagnosed until she was 3, yet I knew something had happened to her from that MMR. She never recovered from how she was beforehand. I took her to a neurologist who confirmed her suspected diagnosis and immediately offered ME relief-- a hefty dose of Prozac for my 3 year old child so "her behavior could be subdued and controlled." I flatly refused with the statement of "I want her cured not controlled, thank you very much and good day." We left the doctor's office never to return.
This was the beginning of my crusade. I was my child's only advocate, for the medical doctors only wanted to give her more jabs and cover the symptoms with even more pharmaceuticals which caused the problem in the first place. I will say here and now that Jennifer has not been vaccinated with anything whatsoever since that fateful day when she was 13 months old and no prodding or attempts of "bringing me to my senses" from the so-called "medical professionals" changed my mind.
I found out about the gluten free casein free diet on the Internet while doing research online. Apparently there has been much research (unknown or unconfirmed by conventional "medical professionals") which has been conducted by alternative medical practitioners and researchers which has proven the theory that removing these items from the child's diet had huge benefits.
How does this help? Children on the autism spectrum often have a condition known as "leaky gut syndrome," which many believe is triggered by the same thing that triggers the autism: Thimerosal; the chemical that is contained within routine childhood vaccinations to preserve the vaccine for a much longer time, extending the shelf life dramatically. (Thimerosal contains toxic substances such as mercury, aluminium, formaldehyde, aspartame and much more). Please note that although big pharma claims that they "no longer use Thimerosal as a preservative in many of these vaccines any longer," they DO still add Thimerosal as an "additive," which they are NOT legally required to list on the label BECAUSE of the fact that it is now called an additive instead of a preservative! DON'T BE FOOLED BY BIG PHARMA!
The proteins in both gluten and casein cause an intense irritation to the gut of these children, while triggering the overgrowth of yeast. These proteins (gluten and casein) also have an opiate-like affect in the brain, causing many of the odd autistic behaviors.
September 2, 2011
So... we know that for whatever reason, common routine childhood vaccinations lead to autism in many cases. (Including my own daughter) If it is the preservatives, the overloading of multiple doses of different diseases into the system in a very short time, at a very early age or a combination of both and perhaps a hereditary predisposition to develop autism disorders... who knows. We simply know- (and as "we" I am referring to parents of these children affected and alternative medical practitioners who have seen it for themselves) that it does.
The simple fact is that there has been a steady increase in the cases of autism spectrum disorders which runs parallel to the increase in childhood vaccinations.
Back in the 1970s and earlier, the measles, mumps and rubella vaccinations were three separate jabs which were given many months apart. In the early 1980s they were put together into one single jab. Why was this done? The answer is easy; to save money for the big pharmaceutical companies such as Eli-Lilly in order to increase their profits. This was done with absolutely NO regard to how it would affect it's recipients. The results however are crystal clear!
Regardless of arguments of those who have interests in Big Pharma and do not want to own what they have created (millions of children with autism spectrum disorders, including apsergers syndrome.)
What is the solution to prevention of autism? Well, in my mind it is avoiding vaccinating your children until big pharma begins to be responsible with their products and be MORE concerned with the human beings that they are jabbing with their well preserved chemicals than lining their already overstuffed pockets... which I seriously doubt will ever happen.
To Be Continued....
AN INTRODUCTION
As the mother of a teenage daughter on the autism spectrum, I have been doing my own research on causes, treatment options and interventions since 1998.
When Jennifer was 13 months old, she was given the MMR (measles, mumps, rubella) jab. She immediately had a reaction to the vaccine which included crossing of the eyes, a high-pitched screech which started within five minutes of the jab and went on continuously for five days (literally), a high temperature, the ceasing of verbalization and stopping of walking in favor of sitting on the floor and rocking back and forth for hours at a time.
I understand that many people do not feel that their child's autism was triggered by a vaccination, however in Jennifer's case there is no doubt whatsoever that it was.
Jennifer was not officially diagnosed until she was 3, yet I knew something had happened to her from that MMR. She never recovered from how she was beforehand. I took her to a neurologist who confirmed her suspected diagnosis and immediately offered ME relief-- a hefty dose of Prozac for my 3 year old child so "her behavior could be subdued and controlled." I flatly refused with the statement of "I want her cured not controlled, thank you very much and good day." We left the doctor's office never to return.
This was the beginning of my crusade. I was my child's only advocate, for the medical doctors only wanted to give her more jabs and cover the symptoms with even more pharmaceuticals which caused the problem in the first place. I will say here and now that Jennifer has not been vaccinated with anything whatsoever since that fateful day when she was 13 months old and no prodding or attempts of "bringing me to my senses" from the so-called "medical professionals" changed my mind.
I found out about the gluten free casein free diet on the Internet while doing research online. Apparently there has been much research (unknown or unconfirmed by conventional "medical professionals") which has been conducted by alternative medical practitioners and researchers which has proven the theory that removing these items from the child's diet had huge benefits.
How does this help? Children on the autism spectrum often have a condition known as "leaky gut syndrome," which many believe is triggered by the same thing that triggers the autism: Thimerosal; the chemical that is contained within routine childhood vaccinations to preserve the vaccine for a much longer time, extending the shelf life dramatically. (Thimerosal contains toxic substances such as mercury, aluminium, formaldehyde, aspartame and much more). Please note that although big pharma claims that they "no longer use Thimerosal as a preservative in many of these vaccines any longer," they DO still add Thimerosal as an "additive," which they are NOT legally required to list on the label BECAUSE of the fact that it is now called an additive instead of a preservative! DON'T BE FOOLED BY BIG PHARMA!
The proteins in both gluten and casein cause an intense irritation to the gut of these children, while triggering the overgrowth of yeast. These proteins (gluten and casein) also have an opiate-like affect in the brain, causing many of the odd autistic behaviors.
September 2, 2011
So... we know that for whatever reason, common routine childhood vaccinations lead to autism in many cases. (Including my own daughter) If it is the preservatives, the overloading of multiple doses of different diseases into the system in a very short time, at a very early age or a combination of both and perhaps a hereditary predisposition to develop autism disorders... who knows. We simply know- (and as "we" I am referring to parents of these children affected and alternative medical practitioners who have seen it for themselves) that it does.
The simple fact is that there has been a steady increase in the cases of autism spectrum disorders which runs parallel to the increase in childhood vaccinations.
Back in the 1970s and earlier, the measles, mumps and rubella vaccinations were three separate jabs which were given many months apart. In the early 1980s they were put together into one single jab. Why was this done? The answer is easy; to save money for the big pharmaceutical companies such as Eli-Lilly in order to increase their profits. This was done with absolutely NO regard to how it would affect it's recipients. The results however are crystal clear!
Regardless of arguments of those who have interests in Big Pharma and do not want to own what they have created (millions of children with autism spectrum disorders, including apsergers syndrome.)
What is the solution to prevention of autism? Well, in my mind it is avoiding vaccinating your children until big pharma begins to be responsible with their products and be MORE concerned with the human beings that they are jabbing with their well preserved chemicals than lining their already overstuffed pockets... which I seriously doubt will ever happen.
To Be Continued....
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