An unvaccinated student gets an illness and then gives it to the vaccinated people.

Vaccines to him are a myth.

Have a vaccine and you get protection for a couple of years ONLY.

RIGHT ON!

But illness at an early age is better managed than at an older age.

Everyone gets loads of colds – NO PROBLEM

But old folks getting colds – begins to be a problem.

Before it was nothing but now it gets worse.

We DO NEED vaccinations.

We dont NEED vaccinations to stop GLUE EAR and DIARHOEA caused by other vaccines.

We NEED a few vaccines for MAJOR problems – Smallpox et al.

We dont need BRAIN DESTROYING additives in our vaccines.

John Fryer

When my son was diagnosed, the neuropsychologist did not have much insight regarding the gastro problems. Then, when I first started to seek information about this Andrew Wakefield was one of the most accessible sources. As I dug deeper, I found that connection between gastro problems and Autism was widely accepted. However, this was not easy to discover.

This is the problem I have. Many parents with Autistic children probably wonder whether their child’s gastro problems are related to Autism. However, it is very likely that the first source of information they encounter is Andrew Wakefield. They are then led to believe that the gastro problems led to the Autistic symptoms. Wakefield recommends very radical diets. Others recommend chelation, which it is unclear whether it is helpful and may actually be harmful.

Instead of being a cause of Autism, the gastro problems are strong indicator that it is a genetic disorder. According to Dr. Nancy Minshew, genetic disorders rarely are expressed in only one system. Generally, they affect many functions of the body. In the case of Autism, there are the neurological impacts (including behaviors impacts, social impacts, sensory impacts), the gastro impacts, and the immunological impacts. It is a whole body disorder. This is the information that should be getting out there.

“(TG) a skeptic may say that a particular vaccine (be it MMR or something containing thimersal) which leads to gastro problems would eventually make a child susceptible to autism.”

My son was born in 2001. I am not sure that he received a vaccine with thimerosal. We noticed his gastro problems long before we realized that he had Autism. Therefore, you could infer that the vaccinations caused the gastro problems and that “caused” Autism.

However, I do not subscribe to this scenario. The onset of the constipation relates to his potty-training. He was somewhat difficult to potty-train. His problems first started when we went on vacation. He was away from home. He possibly became dehydrated and then was eating a somewhat unbalanced diet. I think without the routines of home and because of his sensory problems (he is under-sensitive and under-stimulated), he did not attend to his duties and became very sick.

His pediatrician noticed that he was somewhat withdrawn and quiet at his two-year check-up. Our first constipation incident occurred when he was three. The trouble is that I think parents may notice signs of Autism much earlier than they are willing to admit to themselves or that they could only realize in retrospect. His constipation was not vaccine-related. Neither is his Autism. In many cases, it is a subtle disorder that becomes obvious only when children mature.

There is so much incredible science occurring right now in this field. The unfortunate part is that it is drowned on by a single question: Are vaccinations the cause?

I thought Andrew Wakefield, the guy who became household name due to “MMR controversy” did suggest that gastrointestinal problems are directly related to autism.

But is there a definite proof that

“(Aaron) : children with Autism may have trouble processing toxins that otherwise healthy children do not.”

If yes, then a skeptic may say that a particular vaccine (be it MMR or something containing thiomersal) which leads to gastro problems would eventually make a child susceptible to autism.

??

I am deeply troubled by this controversy and its refusal to subside in the face of hard science (I cover the issue and current Autism science in this post: http://bodbrain.blogspot.com/2008/01/eli-stone-and-marvelous-children.html). One of the major problems with this issue lingering is that real, important, and critical science is being drowned out in the media.

In addition, there is also an incomplete understanding of autism in the mainstream. The behavorial and neurological problems receive so much attention in the media, but the gastrointestinal problems that accompany Autism are rarely mentioned. These symptoms are fairly widespread among people with Autism. Early detection is discussed as critical for Autism treatment. However, for our family, there were no obvious signs of Autism until my son was four years old. But, he suffered gastrointensinal problems much earilier.
I think that these types of problems may be a warning sign which pediatricians should investigate without necessarily alerting the parents.

Due to these gastro problems, the side effects of the vaccinations have become confused as a cause of a disorder. Many scientists suspect that children with Autism may have trouble processing toxins that otherwise healthy children do not. As a result, autistic children may become visibly irritated or possibly sick after a vaccination. For some parents, this may be the first time that they realize something is not normal.

This is where the media has failed. Scientists are talking about this, but it does not receive the same amount of coverage. Everytime someone writes about this subject they would do a great service by not only mentioning the studies disputing that vaccinations are a cause of autism, they also would do well to mention that gastrointensinal problems are assoiciated with Autism and this may lead to some side effects.

It is uncertain whether this is genetic, though if that turns out to be the case I would not be surprised. It think there is some cultural element in America which follow this trend. The early North American colonies were settled by the Puritans, called roundheads back in Britain, who formed their own theocracy here, and back in Britain had their days of fun with Cromwell. Religion I think tracks this sort of mentality. Note the large number of Biblical references of the righteous man or people being sheep or putting on “the yoke.” God is a sort of imaginary person, who is the ultimate authority figure. God is often referred to in an authoritarian manner such as Lord and in many Jewish prayers God (Adonia) is referred to as “Melech,” Hebrew for King. So anyone who says that Jesus is their Lord and Savior I suspect they have an authoritarian personality, and note how many are ardent conservatives. This is intertwined with a curious libertarianism of sorts, as seen with the strange gun culture that pervades our society. It is a sort of oddball idea of individual freedom through an instrument where the individual may assert themselves with brute power. The NRA types tend to vote ultra-conservative and back Bushian politics.

The American mentality is also in my opinion rather paranoid. The McCarthy period was a case of pure social hysteria fueled by an alcoholic maniac in Congress. Americans are very fearful of many things, and we even have a TV advertizement system which preys on people’s fears. We have all met people who are afraid of strange things, such as vacinnes. It is easily exploited as well, and Bush has managed to convince Americans to be horridly fearful of Islamic miscreants hiding out in Afghan/Pakistan border region mountainous caves in order to nearly double pentagon bugets and get us into an occupation war in Iraq.

Lawrence B. Crowell