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FW: Letter from a parent and Dr. Rimland

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September 2, 2003

 

I am sickened by your article about autism. I have a daughter who regressed

into autism by age 3. She received an enormous amount of mercury from her

childhood vaccines in the form of thimerosal, a vaccine preservative. Where in

your article do you speak about the thousands of kids who cannot speak,

understand danger, have sensory issues that render them untouchable, and unable

to handle normal sounds? Where are the kids who cannot digest foods normally,

who have developed autoimmune issues, who are in pain from stomach issues?

Where are the kids who have seizures, who bite themselves out of frustration and

constant fear? Where are the kids who developed normally, who had language,

laughed, and cuddled with their parents,when gradually or suddenly, they

stopped? Do your homework! Autism is not funny. It is not a " geek " and quirky

lifestyle for my daughter. You minimize the plight of so many children and

families when you say that no cure is needed. We deserve to have our

stories heard. The following is a statement from Dr. Bernard Rimland. Please

read it and consider contacting him and others in the field of autism who do

real research, not opinions that echo the Bruno Bettleheim days.

 

Sincerely,

 

Teresa Conrick

 

 

 

July 14, 2003 STATEMENT BY BERNARD RIMLAND, PH.D., Autism Research Institute

Editor, Autism Research Review International

Founder, Autism Society of America

 

THE AUTISM EPIDEMIC IS REAL, AND

EXCESSIVE VACCINATIONS ARE THE CAUSE

 

The vaccine manufacturers, the Center for Disease Control, the FDA,

and the various medical associations have failed miserably in their

duty to protect our children. Rather than acknowledge their role in

creating the immense, catastrophic rise in autism, these

organizations have resorted to denial and obfuscation. They stand to lose their

credibility, and billions of dollars in liability suits will soon

reach the courts.

 

As a full-time professional research scientist for 50 years, and as

a researcher in the field of autism for 45 years, I have been shocked

and chagrined by the medical establishment's ongoing efforts to

trivialize the solid and compelling evidence that faulty vaccination

policies are the root cause of the epidemic. There are many

consistent lines of evidence implicating vaccines, and no even marginally

plausible alternative hypotheses.

 

• As the number of childhood vaccines has increased 700%, from 3 in

the `70s to 22 in 2000, the prevalence of autism has also showed a

parallel increase of 700%.

 

• Late onset autism, (starting in the 2nd year), was almost unheard

of in the `50s, `60s, and `70s; today such cases outnumber early onset

cases 5 to 1, the increase paralleling the increase in required

vaccines.

 

• Thousands of parents report – and demonstrate with home videos --

that their children were normal and responsive until suffering an

adverse vaccine reaction. (The Autism Research Institute has been

tracking such autism-related vaccination reactions since 1967.)

 

• Mercury, one of the most toxic substances known, is used as a

preservative in many vaccines. Some infants have had 125 times the

maximum allowable limit of mercury injected directly into their

bloodstreams, in one day, in vaccines. (People vary enormously

in their sensitivity to mercury, because certain genes predispose to

mercury sensitivity. The highly-touted New England Journal of

Medicine Danish study failed to mention the very convenient fact that none of

the Danish children had prior exposure to mercury, since Denmark,

unlike the U.S. had, banned mercury from childhood vaccines in 1992,

the year before the birth year of the children in the study.)

 

• There are numerous scientific studies showing large differences in

clinical laboratory measures of blood, urine and biopsies which

compare autistic children with normal controls. Such findings,

pointing directly to vaccines as the cause of the group differences,

are conveniently overlooked by those attempting to conceal the

strong connection between the autism epidemic and excessive use of unsafe

vaccines.

 

The truth must – and will – emerge. It is long overdue.

 

Bernard Rimland, Ph.D., Autism Research Institute

Editor, Autism Research Review International

Founder, Autism Society of America

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