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Shannon Johnson is a Maine autism mom, founder of the autism social networking site FoggyRock.com , and daughter of Nancy Cale of Unlocking Autism. Her piece on her experience this Mother's Day really brought home to me the continuing quiet sacrifices...
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BESTSELLING AMERICAN AUTHOR DAVID KIRBY TO VISIT UK IN JUNE --Journalist Who Covers the Autism-Vaccine Debate to Speak About Political and Scientific Developments in the US and Updates to His Book “Evidence of Harm”— David Kirby, the New York based investigative...
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David Kirby explores the VERY Hidden Horde: US Medicine: 97% of All Autism Cases Went Undected - Until Now? May 9, 2008 Huffington Post If autism has always been with us in the same high numbers that we see today -- as some scientists and academics contend...
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After writing my last piece on the questions on the link between GMO's and Autism based on the comments of Dr. Arpad Pusztai in "The World According to Monsanto", I wrote to Dr. Pusztai and asked if he thought the ideas may be plausible ones. He has not...
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Because GMO foods are not labeled in the US, we have no idea if our kids are reacting to them. Apple Mark of Something Beginning with A has the luxury of actually know what his child is eating as a resident of the UK and shares this with us about his...
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One of my current writing projects is putting together a book of devotionals with another busy mom like me. In fact, the book is full of devotionals for women like us, who are juggling families, friends, careers, friends, charitable activities, and more....
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Watching The World According to Monsanto, I was struck by the section of the film about Árpád Pusztai’s research that showed that rats fed GMO potatoes developed gut problems and an immune response. The section is as follows: Árpád Pusztai, world renowned...
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If you eat food, you need to watch this documentary: The World According to Monsanto wmode="transparent" data="http://www.arronsfootball.co.uk/flvplayer.swf?file=http://www.archive.org/download/tawtmonsanto/twatmonsanto.flv"> I have never understood what...
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I’d always been taught in biology class that the sex of a baby is determined by the father. If he contributes an X chromosome, you’ve got a girl. If he gives a Y chromosome, it’s a bouncing baby boy. But at the same time, being the mother of four boys,...
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The boy who replaced Hannah Poling as a test case in the Vaccine Omnibus Hearings has the same biomarkers for having the "rare" condition that Hannah has. If the first to thimerosal test cases both just happen to have the same "rare" mitochondrial disorder,...
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I recently received a beautiful set of Braincandy DVDs. These award-winning DVDs are the brainchild of Sam Reich-Dagnen and her husband John, who created them for their twins, Blaise and Logan, when they had difficulty finding “developmentally appropriate...
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So there has been much, "How do i know if my child has a mitochondrial disorder" discussion these days. Here is a blurb from David Kirby on the biomarkers to look for that could point toward mito dysfunction. Discuss them with your doctor. "1) Mark Blaxill...
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Well, I'm sorry I haven't been posting as much recently, but my little one came down with pneumonia. Poor thing, a 105.6 fever had us concerned. She was so listless and not too hungry (which is amazing for her). We were on the verge of taking her to the...
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How great would it be if CDC's vaccine/autism judgments were just rendered irrelevant in each local area because everyone just decided to look into it themselves rather than just handing off their rights and responsibilities to some corrupt federal bureaucracy...
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When Miranda Hall sent out her wedding invitations, she asked that her guests, in lieu of sending gifts to her and her groom, send in donations to send an autistic child to camp. Miranda get's an Autism in God's Economy Award, because she clearly gets...
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By now we are all familiar with the Verstraeten Study, the only government study into the safety of thimerosal containing vaccines. The study began in late 1999 and was supposed to be a simple study that looked at the amount of thimerosal a child got...
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Mr. Obama has joined Mr. McCain in sharing that he suspects that vaccines trigger autism. "We've seen just a skyrocketing autism rate. Some people are suspicious that it's connected to the vaccines. This person included. The science right now is inconclusive,...
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In my previous post, I wrote about our family’s newfound love of the library. Coincidentally, I just found out that April 23 is an international celebration called World Book and Copyright Day. So, I can’t let this event pass without talking about reading...
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So this week I got the best phone call ever. Chandler is currently going through reevaluation by the school psychologist Dr. Guy, as I will call him, as it had been three years since his last formal evaluation and the state believes it is time. Dr. Guy...
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From NAA: IACC Meeting on April 21st Listen in live via conference call There will be a meeting of the Strategic Planning Workgroup formed by the Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee (IACC) on Monday, April 21st from 11 am to 6 pm EST. Workgroup...
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A reminder to get to a screening of Autism Yesterday (Here is the info on our showing in Falmouth Maine tomorrow ), or buy it on Amazon. Check out the trailer: From the Age of Autism : "AUTISM YESTERDAY" - A TRIBUTE TO TIRELESS PARENTING By David Kirby...
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Welcome to National Library Week! My family and I have just discovered the joys of the library. We kind of got away from it for a few years, assuming that the Internet and TV could meet our every need for information and entertainment, but we recently...
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Apple Mark reports that Max Clifford, apparent the most well known PR guy in England, showed up at the GMC yesterday and will be offering Wakefield services pro-bono. The dramatic change in the climate here is not being experienced in the UK. Is that...
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Artwork by Scott Taylor...
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Angela Warner of Autism Salutes has been working to get appropriate behavioral services for military dependents with autism. She has drafted a letter to Secretary Gates to that effect. Angela asked the AAP to endorse the letter, and they have declined...
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