Monday starts Autism Action month. In an effort to acknowledge the army needed to help families, I made these 5” car magnets. From paras to parents, autism caregivers are the key to success. I decided a key was a respectful yet powerful symbol to unlock potential, provide safety and open doors to a bright future. Surely we can all agree on that! I hope you like them. They're free!
If you’d like one, leave your name & full address in the comments. We won’t publish the comment. Or email us AutismAges@gmail.com.
Normalize. Praise. Elevate. Wow. Now, we know stimming can provide comfort and context to our children. At the same time, not sure how celebrating this aspect of autism is needed. Acceptance? Yes. Explaining to others? Yes. Shame? NO. Management for times when it simply is not appropriate? Yes, that too. We do a disservice to our children when we do not help them to fit in, manage behaviors and travel in the NT world. This doesn't mean we don't ADORE them as they are. We celebrate our kids every day.
By Anne Dachel
On March 18thWBUR, Boston had a news segment entitled, New children’s book ‘Flap Your Hands’ celebrates stimming as expression.
The story promoted a new book by an autistic adult who seeks to normalize a feature of autism.
People with autism often face a stigma for stimming — a repetitive behavior to regulate emotions that can sometimes look like someone flapping their hands or wiggling their fingers.
The children’s book "Flap Your Hands: A Celebration of Stimming" presents an opposing narrative; stimming is natural and wonderful, taking families through a colorful journey of acceptance and joy.
Here & Now’s Deepa Fernandes speaks with author and illustrator Steve Asbell.
WBUR’s host, Fernandesit, interviewed author Steve Asbell. Asbell was diagnosed as an adult.
INTERVEW
About his diagnosis:
It helped me not only accept who I am, but honestly celebrate who I am and practice self-care better. . . .
Like a lot of other late diagnosed autistics, I learned to mask behaviors that would be considered not normal, whether due to stigma or internalized pressures where you just pretty much teach yourself not to do the thing that’s going to get you made fun of. . . .
. . .Even if it’s more discrete, there are ways that pretty much anybody can self-regulate in a way that helps them get through the day, helps them deal with emotions, sensory issues. . . .
A lot of kids are taught from early on to, sadly, not stim.
It’s a very personal decision with parents. They’re trying to help their kids adapt to the world and be seen in a way that’s helpful to them, but flapping, rocking, things like that, they actually do serve a function. . . .
What I want to do is show kids not only is it okay to do these things, okay to be the way they are.
It should be celebrated because honestly, I look at stimming as just a beautiful dance between the person and the world at large. . . .
Interviewer:
I feel like you’ve just described your book, which was to me a very beautiful and joyful, very happy way of allowing kids to be themselves.
I myself have a neurodiverse child, and you want them to be able to be themselves . . .
Asbell also illustrated his book.
Asbell is obviously an accomplished adult with autism. He’s independent and quite competent.
Fernandesit herself is the parent of “neurodiverse child,” although she wasn’t specific about the type of disotder.
I’m sure this was well-intended and an education for some people on the signs of autism in a child, but it was also a way to promote autism as a normal and acceptable condition.
If all parents of an affected child could have them grow up to have the skills of Asbell, this would be a valid interview. The problem is many, many children and young adults with autism who exhibit stimming are also nonverbal, prone to seizures and gut issues. They need care 24/7, and parents are not inclined to celebrate any aspect of a disorder claiming more and more of our children.
Anne Dachel is Media Editor for Age of Autism.
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You can buy Vax-Unvax Let the Science Speak By Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. and Brian Hooker, PhD for just $1.99 Kindle edition. The Kindle app works on your tablet or smart phone and is free! Hardcover also available and can never be deleted. NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER!
The Studies the CDC Refuses to Do
This book is based on over one hundred studies in the peer-reviewed literature that consider vaccinated versus unvaccinated populations. Each study is analyzed, and health differences among infants, children, and adults who have been vaccinated and those who have not are presented and put in context.
Given the massive push to vaccinate the entire global population, this book is timely and necessary for individuals to make informed choices for themselves and their families.
The Wuhan Cover-Up: And the Terrifying Bioweapons Arms Race (Children’s Health Defense)
By Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
“Whenever I read, listen to, or debate Bobby, I learn something new and change my mind on at least one or two issues, while vehemently disagreeing with many others. Both the agreements and disagreements stimulate my thinking and emotions, even when they make me angry or concerned. Read him and make up your own minds." —Alan Dershowitz
“The Wuhan Cover-Up will blow out of the water the international disinformation campaign by US and Chinese government officials and their bribed scientists that COVID-19 somehow magically jumped out of the Wuhan wet market. Kennedy’s book will provide the ammunition needed for us lawyers to hold them all legally accountable for this Nuremberg Crime against Humanity.” —Professor Francis A. Boyle, author of the Biological Weapons Anti-Terrorism Act of 1989
A common sense conversation from Ted Kuntz of Vaccine Choice Canada.
It's Time to End Medical Tyranny
By Ted Kuntz
The use of mandates for any medical intervention is abhorrent. Forcing a medical treatment upon an unwilling patient is deplorable in a society that purportedly honours individual rights and bodily sovereignty. Whether to accept or reject a medical treatment should always be a choice.
Vaccinations are no exception. Except they are.
For some reason we have been convinced that vaccines are an exception to the rule of bodily sovereignty and medical choice. That informed consent, which requires the choice be voluntary and without coercion or intimidation, is not applicable to the injection of foreign substances into our body.
And while every health professional agrees to a ‘Code of Conduct’ that recognizes a patient’s right to informed consent and bodily sovereignty, these Codes of Conduct seem to be of no effect when the medical product is labelled a “vaccine”.
How did this happen?
How is it that that the medical profession says one thing and does another when it comes to vaccination? How is it that doctors, nurses, public health officers, and regulatory agencies tasked with the responsibility to hold medical practitioners to account when they violate their professional code of conduct systematically ignore this responsibility with vaccination?
How is it that cognitive dissonance, the holding of two contradictory beliefs at the same time, is so prevalent in the medical profession?
To add insult to injury, quite literally, vaccine manufacturers have been granted immunity from liability for injury and death caused by their products. The medical industry is able to maim and kill without consequence.
And medical professionals, in spite of knowing all this, are complicit with enforcing vaccine mandates and violating a patient’s right to informed consent and medical choice.
When one stands back and observes this incongruous behaviour it becomes rather disconcerting how virtually an entire profession, with shockingly few opponents, actively participates in this coercion with nary a moment of hesitation or caution.
In a recent email discussion, independent researcher Elizabeth Hart states:
“There should never have been protection for the vaccine manufacturers. There should never have been vaccine mandates.
There should always have been voluntary informed consent for vaccination, as with all medical interventions. And no need whatsoever for exemptions.
That's it. Simple.
Exemptions and mandates should not exist, because they preclude voluntary informed consent.
What is it about this that medical practitioners don't understand?”
A simple ‘no thank you’ should suffice.
A more egregious example of this medical tyranny is Australia. In 2016 the government instituted the No Jab, No Pay Law to incentivise/coerce the vaccination of children. Those parents who exercised their right and responsibility to medical choice were denied government benefits for making what government and the vaccine cartel deemed the wrong decision. Families with limited financial resources were forced to choose between food and rent or their right to refuse a liability-free product . And the medical profession went along with this legalized extortion.
The damage that has been done by imposing mandates and providing vaccine manufacturers with protection from liability is evidenced by an ever increasing vaccine schedule and a rapidly diminishing state of health of our children. Immunological and neurological conditions which were once rare are now common place.
And the fact that medical practitioners have gone along with this massive violation for more than a century, largely without question, speaks volumes about whether our medical system is about health or profit. One readily reaches the conclusion that it’s all about the money.
It’s time to have the professional Code of Conduct and actions aligned.
It’s time to hold vaccine manufacturers accountable for vaccine injury and death.
It’s time to end all vaccine coercion.
It’s time that those who participate in medical assault and battery are held to account.
It’s time to stop harming our children and adults under the guise of health.
It’s time the medical profession upheld the moral foundation of individual rights, bodily sovereignty and medical choice.
It’s time to end medical tyranny.
Ted Kuntz is the parent of a vaccine injured son, now deceased, the author of Dare to Question, and President of Vaccine Choice Canada. Ted gave testimony about vaccine safety at the National Citizens Inquiry. His testimony is available at: https://rumble.com/
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The Studies the CDC Refuses to Do
This book is based on over one hundred studies in the peer-reviewed literature that consider vaccinated versus unvaccinated populations. Each study is analyzed, and health differences among infants, children, and adults who have been vaccinated and those who have not are presented and put in context.
Given the massive push to vaccinate the entire global population, this book is timely and necessary for individuals to make informed choices for themselves and their families.
The Wuhan Cover-Up: And the Terrifying Bioweapons Arms Race (Children’s Health Defense)
By Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
“Whenever I read, listen to, or debate Bobby, I learn something new and change my mind on at least one or two issues, while vehemently disagreeing with many others. Both the agreements and disagreements stimulate my thinking and emotions, even when they make me angry or concerned. Read him and make up your own minds." —Alan Dershowitz
“The Wuhan Cover-Up will blow out of the water the international disinformation campaign by US and Chinese government officials and their bribed scientists that COVID-19 somehow magically jumped out of the Wuhan wet market. Kennedy’s book will provide the ammunition needed for us lawyers to hold them all legally accountable for this Nuremberg Crime against Humanity.” —Professor Francis A. Boyle, author of the Biological Weapons Anti-Terrorism Act of 1989
Update: DARN I missed the proper headline: TA TA TARTAR! LOL!
Every so often, we run a post that seems banal, but strikes a chord for readers. I think this will be just such a post today. My Dad was an orthodontist, and dental care is at the top of our health priorities. Care is difficult for many (most?) kids with autism. And guess what? It’s worse for adults! If you are on a Medicaid waiver, you get 1 cleaning a year, IF you can find a dentist who will treat you. That's a big if.
One of my daughters is prone to tartar, hard calculus that builds up at her gum line, no matter how diligently I keep up with her oral care. She’s never had a cavity - and she’s approaching 30. But trips to the dentist require scraping off the tartar. She hates it. I hate it. I’m pretty sure the hygienist hates it.
Before our upcoming visit, I was determined to get rid of the tartar safely at home. And I did!! I did my homework, and bought two products. In a matter of ten days with just brushing and flossing, the first bit of tartar fell off while brushing! Her lower teeth are now tartar free. I think my Dad would be proud. Here’s what I’m using:
TheraSOL Tartar Dissolver and Tartar End toothpaste (gluten and fluoride free.) My Dad did not invent these products. I have no stake in them. I just want to share a tip that's worked for us!
Share any tips you have for helping your child, whether a tot, teen or grown up! Kim
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You can buy Vax-Unvax Let the Science Speak By Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. and Brian Hooker, PhD for just $1.99 Kindle edition. The Kindle app works on your tablet or smart phone and is free! Hardcover also available and can never be deleted. NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER!
The Studies the CDC Refuses to Do
This book is based on over one hundred studies in the peer-reviewed literature that consider vaccinated versus unvaccinated populations. Each study is analyzed, and health differences among infants, children, and adults who have been vaccinated and those who have not are presented and put in context.
Given the massive push to vaccinate the entire global population, this book is timely and necessary for individuals to make informed choices for themselves and their families.
The Wuhan Cover-Up: And the Terrifying Bioweapons Arms Race (Children’s Health Defense)
By Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
“Whenever I read, listen to, or debate Bobby, I learn something new and change my mind on at least one or two issues, while vehemently disagreeing with many others. Both the agreements and disagreements stimulate my thinking and emotions, even when they make me angry or concerned. Read him and make up your own minds." —Alan Dershowitz
“The Wuhan Cover-Up will blow out of the water the international disinformation campaign by US and Chinese government officials and their bribed scientists that COVID-19 somehow magically jumped out of the Wuhan wet market. Kennedy’s book will provide the ammunition needed for us lawyers to hold them all legally accountable for this Nuremberg Crime against Humanity.” —Professor Francis A. Boyle, author of the Biological Weapons Anti-Terrorism Act of 1989
"I'll be nom nomming you...." This crunchy post brought to you by Cathy!
By Cathy Jameson
I laughed out loud after reading a memory on Facebook one morning. “…watching Jamie Oliver’s show on ABC about a food revolution while shoving my face with chips, salsa, and some tortillas since the chip bag was almost empty and then washing it all down with wine…mwuhahahahahaha!”
I don’t remember doing that. I do love me some chips and salsa, though, so I’m pretty sure that did happen. Just the other day when I didn’t want to make dinner (for the 8,668th night in a row), I sat down with a bowl of chips and salsa. This time, I added sour cream, some cheddar cheese, smashed everything up together and ate it like it was a bowl of ice cream – happily with one spoonful at a time.
Another memory also had me laughing out loud. “…is it wrong that I am eating chips and salsa and drinking wine while watching my husband workout to the P90X?” I guess it was, because the next update I shared was, “I’m not going to eat chips and salsa but instead do the P90X workout with the hubby.”
For those who don’t know me personally, I really like chips and salsa.
But back to that first memory about the food revolution, which was from 2010…
We’d already revamped the kids’ diet a great deal at that point. Ronan had been casein-free and gluten-free since 2005. That happened after I’d read about elimination diets and was eager to see if it could help. I was overwhelmed thinking about how to remove gluten products, so we started with casein ones first. Within days, like 2 days, we saw improvements! I didn’t need much encouragement to remove the gluten, so we did that, too. While not a quick ‘wow’ factor like when we removed casein, there were small and steady gains over time. They were helpful for him so we began to change his siblings’ diets and later, ours as well.
I owe a debt of gratitude to the parents on those old Yahoo! Message boards for sharing their children’s stories. When they wrote about their children’s progress, parents shared that they, too, put themselves on the GF/CF diet. Some did so in solidarity with their child. Others realized the health benefits were worth the lifestyle change for themselves. It wouldn’t be right away for me, but I ended up going GF years later after a health scare. I stayed GF for quite some time, but I don’t stick to it as much anymore. I have slacked off on reading labels lately also and haven’t been buying as clean and organic as we had been.
Maybe its time for a personal food revolution for me once more. Feeling sluggish, not getting solid sleep, and snacking on chips and salsa while surfing the net don’t make for a completely healthy lifestyle. I don’t follow trends, but I will check out what Jamie Oliver is doing these days to see what he’s promoting. What do you do to stay healthy? Do you have a good diet and exercise routine? We parents need to live forever, so share some tips if you’ve got any. I’ll look forward to reading those because I know that ‘every bite you eat can potentially fight a disease or feed it’.
Cathy Jameson is a Contributing Editor for Age of Autism.
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You can buy Vax-Unvax Let the Science Speak By Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. and Brian Hooker, PhD for just $1.99 Kindle edition. The Kindle app works on your tablet or smart phone and is free! Hardcover also available and can never be deleted. NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER!
The Studies the CDC Refuses to Do
This book is based on over one hundred studies in the peer-reviewed literature that consider vaccinated versus unvaccinated populations. Each study is analyzed, and health differences among infants, children, and adults who have been vaccinated and those who have not are presented and put in context.
Given the massive push to vaccinate the entire global population, this book is timely and necessary for individuals to make informed choices for themselves and their families.
The Wuhan Cover-Up: And the Terrifying Bioweapons Arms Race (Children’s Health Defense)
By Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
“Whenever I read, listen to, or debate Bobby, I learn something new and change my mind on at least one or two issues, while vehemently disagreeing with many others. Both the agreements and disagreements stimulate my thinking and emotions, even when they make me angry or concerned. Read him and make up your own minds." —Alan Dershowitz
“The Wuhan Cover-Up will blow out of the water the international disinformation campaign by US and Chinese government officials and their bribed scientists that COVID-19 somehow magically jumped out of the Wuhan wet market. Kennedy’s book will provide the ammunition needed for us lawyers to hold them all legally accountable for this Nuremberg Crime against Humanity.” —Professor Francis A. Boyle, author of the Biological Weapons Anti-Terrorism Act of 1989
April is coming. Neurodiversity has had their day and their say. They do not have a right to squelch us. Our children will ALWAYS deserve a cure for their autism. Define cure however you'd like. To whatever degree you would like. Take as much, as little as you’d like. Or none at all. We live in a fluid world, after all. Think autism. Think CUREodiversity. That's it. That's the post. A new word I might have coined. If you like it. Run with it.
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You can buy Vax-Unvax Let the Science Speak By Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. and Brian Hooker, PhD for just $1.99 Kindle edition. The Kindle app works on your tablet or smart phone and is free! Hardcover also available and can never be deleted. NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER!
The Studies the CDC Refuses to Do
This book is based on over one hundred studies in the peer-reviewed literature that consider vaccinated versus unvaccinated populations. Each study is analyzed, and health differences among infants, children, and adults who have been vaccinated and those who have not are presented and put in context.
Given the massive push to vaccinate the entire global population, this book is timely and necessary for individuals to make informed choices for themselves and their families.
The Wuhan Cover-Up: And the Terrifying Bioweapons Arms Race (Children’s Health Defense)
By Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
“Whenever I read, listen to, or debate Bobby, I learn something new and change my mind on at least one or two issues, while vehemently disagreeing with many others. Both the agreements and disagreements stimulate my thinking and emotions, even when they make me angry or concerned. Read him and make up your own minds." —Alan Dershowitz
“The Wuhan Cover-Up will blow out of the water the international disinformation campaign by US and Chinese government officials and their bribed scientists that COVID-19 somehow magically jumped out of the Wuhan wet market. Kennedy’s book will provide the ammunition needed for us lawyers to hold them all legally accountable for this Nuremberg Crime against Humanity.” —Professor Francis A. Boyle, author of the Biological Weapons Anti-Terrorism Act of 1989
This article from SafeMinds reminded me of my 9th grade biology class. "The Mitochondria - the powerhouse of the cell." It also reminded me that I was on the mitochondrial trail TWENTY ONE YEARS AGO for my 3 daughters. We saw Dr. Marvin Natowicz (he was wonderful) at The Cleveland Clinic in 2003. I'm looking at my pediatric log as I type. All three of my daughters tested with abnormalities that couldn't be defined or correlated to any syndrome at the time. Anyone remember the Autism Treatment Network of major teaching hospitals that were going to investigate gut, sleep and mito issues in autism, to come up with treatments? It fell flatter than cat under a Mack truck. The website still exists - gathering cobwebs since 2005. And get a load of who sponsored it - CAN - ha! Gobbled up and spit (or pooped) out by Autism Speaks. We can NOT even use the CURE word any longer. What the hell happened in 20 years? And here were all are.... still tired of waiting for treatment.
March 18, 2024
A team of researchers, including Dr. Richard Frye, has investigated mitochondrial physiology in children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and neurodevelopmental regression (NDR), comparing them to those with ASD but without NDR (ASD-NoNDR) and typically developing (TD) siblings. By utilizing peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs), mitochondrial respiration was measured under physiological stress conditions by exposing participants to 2,3-dimethoxy-1,4-napthoquinone (DMNQ), which can have the same effects on the body as suffering from an illness or seizure. Results indicate that ASD-NDR children exhibit higher respiratory rates and increased sensitivity to stress compared to TD and ASD-NoNDR children, consistent with a cellular model of NDR. Notably, parents of ASD-NDR children show similar mitochondrial patterns to their offspring, suggesting a potential heritable or environmental influence. The authors believe their findings underscore the importance of early identification of ASD-NDR children and targeted interventions to protect mitochondrial function, potentially mitigating the risk of NDR. Moreover, their study highlights the need for clinical screening of ASD-NDR patients for mitochondrial dysfunction.
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You can buy Vax-Unvax Let the Science Speak By Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. and Brian Hooker, PhD for just $1.99 Kindle edition. The Kindle app works on your tablet or smart phone and is free! Hardcover also available and can never be deleted. NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER!
The Studies the CDC Refuses to Do
This book is based on over one hundred studies in the peer-reviewed literature that consider vaccinated versus unvaccinated populations. Each study is analyzed, and health differences among infants, children, and adults who have been vaccinated and those who have not are presented and put in context.
Given the massive push to vaccinate the entire global population, this book is timely and necessary for individuals to make informed choices for themselves and their families.
The Wuhan Cover-Up: And the Terrifying Bioweapons Arms Race (Children’s Health Defense)
By Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
“Whenever I read, listen to, or debate Bobby, I learn something new and change my mind on at least one or two issues, while vehemently disagreeing with many others. Both the agreements and disagreements stimulate my thinking and emotions, even when they make me angry or concerned. Read him and make up your own minds." —Alan Dershowitz
“The Wuhan Cover-Up will blow out of the water the international disinformation campaign by US and Chinese government officials and their bribed scientists that COVID-19 somehow magically jumped out of the Wuhan wet market. Kennedy’s book will provide the ammunition needed for us lawyers to hold them all legally accountable for this Nuremberg Crime against Humanity.” —Professor Francis A. Boyle, author of the Biological Weapons Anti-Terrorism Act of 1989
Anne Dachel has been covering the "big lie" about autism (lies, actually) since our inception. did you just read that Tallulah Bankhead (I mean Willis, even I'm not Tallulah Bankhead old) has "come out" saying she is autistic? One of the worst lies has been the denial of biological, regressive autism. So many AofA families watched their thriving, vibrant, sharp as tacks toddlers plunge into the deep waters of autism. As April approaches, we solemnly swear that we will be up to ALL good. We will speak our truth, to use the parlance of the day. Autism sucks. Most of all, for the person with autism, who has to surmount so many challenges every minute of every day. We will NEVER allow the mainstream world to forget our kids or us, the beleaguered parents from a generation ago who were WOKE long before it was twisted into an unrecognizable mirage of denial and gaslighting. Anne's comments are not italicized.
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By Anne Dachel
Mar 13th Healthline published the article, What Is Regression in Autism?
The message was clear: REGRESSION IS NORMAL for those with autism, both in children and adults.
Autistic regression refers to a loss of previously acquired skills or a backtracking of developmental milestones. In young children, it may represent autism onset. In older children and adults, it may be a sign of autistic burnout.
There are a variety of skills that can be lost.
Regression may become evident across multiple areas, including:
language
social skills
emotional regulation
motor function
self-directed behavior
It’s just part of having autism.
“Regression in autism is exactly what the name implies,” Lacey Cottingham, a licensed clinical social worker from Raleigh, North Carolina, told Healthline. “You are autistic. You were able to do a set of things, and then you find you can’t do those things anymore.”
Autistic regression may occur after an established ASD diagnosis, in what’s called “late regression,” or it may be one way ASD presents during early childhood and that leads to diagnosis.
And it is common in autism.
A 2019 review indicates that for approximately one-third of children, ASD onset is signified by the loss of established skills after typical development.
We really don’t know why regression happens.
Why regression happens in ASD isn’t clear. When it comes to early onset symptoms, some experts believe developmental regression may represent a subtype of ASD.
A multicenter study from 2022, for example, suggests regressive ASD is associated with more severe core symptoms, lower neurocognitive developmental levels, and a higher need for support than nonregressive ASD.
Experiencing regression after an ASD diagnosis may develop from autistic burnout, even in children, says Myszak, though it’s more likely a factor for older children than younger ones. . . .
Learn the signs.
According to a 2023 review, language and social skills are common areas where regression in autistic children becomes evident.
Signs of regression may include:
loss of previously used words or phrases
overall decreased communication
new challenges in forming sentences
grammar mistakes
reverting to infantile sounds, like cooing or babbling
not understanding communication from others
social withdrawal
reduced eye contact
not acknowledging social cues
lack of interest in peer engagement
not wanting to share or take turns
What can a parent do?
“Speaking very broadly and generally, if you can clear up whatever led to the anxiety or stress, you’ll fix the regression,” Cottingham said.
What age is autism regression common?
According to 2021 research, early onset autistic regression typically occurs between ages 18–24 months, while late regression has a mean onset of 13 years.
Can regressive autism be stopped?
Regressive autism is not a progressive condition, meaning you won’t continue to lose baseline skills until they’re all gone. While the severity of regression may vary, Myszak says many people can regain lost milestones with the proper support and stress management.
How long does autism regression last?
How long autism regression lasts varies by individual. Some developmental regression, such as that seen in early ASD onset, can last a lifetime, while other experiences only continue for days or weeks.
IN CONCLUSION: Regression is part of autism. Good luck.
Developmental regression is commonly seen in children with neurodevelopmental conditions like autism spectrum disorder (ASD). It involves a loss of established skills.
While some skills lost in early onset regression may not be recovered, the level of ASD support may help children adjust to changes in function.
So much for all those parents are there who say their normally developing child suddenly developed a fever, lost speech and potty training, developed gut issues, stopped making eye contact, all after a battery of routine childhood vaccines.
Your child was actually autistic to begin with, and all this is a normal part of being on the spectrum.
Anne Dachel is Media Editor for Age of Autism.
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You can buy Vax-Unvax Let the Science Speak By Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. and Brian Hooker, PhD for just $1.99 Kindle edition. The Kindle app works on your tablet or smart phone and is free! Hardcover also available and can never be deleted. NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER!
The Studies the CDC Refuses to Do
This book is based on over one hundred studies in the peer-reviewed literature that consider vaccinated versus unvaccinated populations. Each study is analyzed, and health differences among infants, children, and adults who have been vaccinated and those who have not are presented and put in context.
Given the massive push to vaccinate the entire global population, this book is timely and necessary for individuals to make informed choices for themselves and their families.
The Wuhan Cover-Up: And the Terrifying Bioweapons Arms Race (Children’s Health Defense)
By Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
“Whenever I read, listen to, or debate Bobby, I learn something new and change my mind on at least one or two issues, while vehemently disagreeing with many others. Both the agreements and disagreements stimulate my thinking and emotions, even when they make me angry or concerned. Read him and make up your own minds." —Alan Dershowitz
“The Wuhan Cover-Up will blow out of the water the international disinformation campaign by US and Chinese government officials and their bribed scientists that COVID-19 somehow magically jumped out of the Wuhan wet market. Kennedy’s book will provide the ammunition needed for us lawyers to hold them all legally accountable for this Nuremberg Crime against Humanity.” —Professor Francis A. Boyle, author of the Biological Weapons Anti-Terrorism Act of 1989
We invite (implore) you to share Ted Kuntz's "Is Measles a Real Threat or More Fear Mongering? article. For more information, please download the New Parents Guide to Understanding Vaccination from Ted's Vaccine Choice Canada.
By Ted Kuntz
Is Measles a Real Threat or More Fear Mongering?
The mainstream media and pro-vaccine advocates in public health and government would have you believe we are at serious risk of a measles epidemic as a result of “vaccine hesitancy”. There is no doubt there is a significant increase in parents questioning the vaccine narrative. Recent polls reveal that 1 in 6 parents say they are “really against” vaccinating their children, a four-fold increase from 2019. There is also a significant increase in the number of Canadians who oppose mandatory childhood vaccination and say that it should be a parents’ decision. The question is whether the risk to the health and safety of our children is “vaccine hesitancy”, or the risk is blind faith in the vaccine industry?
The vaccine industry would have you believe that all vaccines are safe and effective; vaccines are responsible for the significant decline in mortality in the last century; vaccines are necessary for our children’s health; and adverse reactions to vaccines are rare. None of these statements are supported by the evidence. These statements are marketing propaganda masquerading as science. The vaccine industry would also have you believe that measles is a serious illness that puts our children’s lives at risk, and that if everyone simply vaccinated their children, then measles would be eradicated. These statement are also not supported by the evidence.
Measles – A Childhood Rite of Passage
Prior to the introduction of the measles vaccine in 1963, measles was considered a childhood rite of passage. Virtually all children contracted measles. It was a time to stay home and to be cared for by one’s parents. They even made a Brady Bunch TV program about the benefits of getting measles. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5289k-dbOMY) Those of us old enough to have experienced childhood measles are mystified by the fear mongering regarding contracting measles.
For those who have only experienced measles through pharmaceutical marketing campaigns, measles presents as a whole body rash, fever, congestion, a cough, and pinkeye, symptoms which last about a week. Measles is contagious and prior to vaccination almost all children contracted measles.
While the measles vaccine may have been effective in reducing the incidence of measles, the government and vaccine manufacturers refuse to conduct vaccinated vs unvaccinated studies to confirm that the vaccine is responsible for the decline in measles cases. As the medical industry is quick to declare when injury is reported following vaccination – correlation does not equal causation, meaning just because the incidence of measles has declined following the introduction of the vaccine does not mean that the vaccine is responsible.
The real question is whether the intense vaccination of our children has resulted in improved health. The evidence would suggest otherwise. Rather than witness an increase in the health as the number of vaccines increased from a handful in the early 1980’s to more than 100 doses before age 18 years today (if the COVID vaccines are included), we have observed a steady and dramatic deterioration in children’s health. Disease conditions such as asthma, allergies, autism, cancer, diabetes, ADHD, eczema, life-threatening anaphylaxis and other neurological and immunological conditions which were considered rare in previous generations are now disconcertingly common. It is estimated that more than 50% of children today have a chronic health condition. The dramatic decline in health mirrors the dramatic increase in childhood vaccines as a result of vaccine manufacturers being granted legal and financial immunity for injury and death caused by their products in 1986.
The fact is that vaccine manufacturers are not required to demonstrate that vaccines reduce the rate of disease contraction, contagion, complication, or mortality. Vaccines are the only drug where evidence of improved health and the absence of harm are not required prior to approval. There is no substantive evidence that children receiving the current vaccine schedule are healthier than those who don’t.
The Measles Vaccine
When the measles vaccine was introduced in 1963 the promise was that one shot would confer life-long immunity, and that measles would be eradicated by 1967. We now know that neither of these marketing claims were true. The vaccine does not confer life-long immunity as outbreaks regularly occur in fully vaccinated populations. And measles is still with us today after more than 60 years of vaccination.
What is not considered in the rush to inject every child with every available vaccine is what is lost because of vaccination. It is rarely admitted by vaccine proponents that recovery from natural exposure most often confers life-long immunity. More critically is that mothers who have been vaccinated for measles do not transfer long-lasting maternal antibodies to their infants which protects the infant in the first few months of life. This means that infants of measles vaccinated mothers are at increased risk.
Also not acknowledged is that while measles was once a serious illness in past centuries, the mortality from measles declined 98.5% and measles was no longer considered a public health threat before the vaccine was introduced. To describe measles as a “killer disease”, as if that is true today, is dishonest. Measles can be life threatening in third world countries for children suffering from malnutrition and contaminated water. Measles is not a serious illness in first world countries such as Canada. Using third world data to convince parents in a first world country is fraud.
What is also not acknowledged is that the measles vaccine is given in combination with two or more other live viruses – mumps and rubella. There is substantial evidence that the measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine is causing neurological damage in some children and that administering the vaccine prior to three years can cause regressive autism. Autism has become epidemic with more than 1 in 36 children diagnosed. [1] There is also a failure to note that vaccination with live virus vaccines can cause viral shedding, meaning the vaccinated can be a vector of measles outbreaks.
Is the Measles Vaccine Safe?
When the mainstream media and vaccine industry claim that the vaccine is “safe” without any qualifiers, they are misleading the public. Would the public agree the measles vaccine is “safe” when as of May 31, 2023 there have been more than 109,499 reports of measles vaccine reactions made to the Vaccine Adverse Events Reporting System in the United States, including 547 related deaths. [2]
Further, a US Health and Human Services study acknowledged that less than 1% of vaccine adverse events are reported.[3] This means the number of injuries and deaths could realistically be 100 times the reported numbers. If so, does 10,949,900 reactions and 54,700 deaths sound safe? The undisputed fact is that the safety of the measles vaccine has not been proven against a true placebo. Thus the claims that the vaccine has been proven safe is false.
The media and public health would have you believe there is consensus in the medical community that the measles vaccine is “safe and effective and necessary”. There is not consensus.
Dr. Richard Moskovitz, a family physician with more than 50 years of experience deems the measles vaccine as “an unhealthy reprogramming of the immune system that trades of the acute, vigorous responses to infection” in favor of “weaker, but ongoing, chronic responses that have rendered us a lot sicker than we would have been has we simply left well enough alone.” [4]
Rudolf Steiner states that children need to go through certain acute inflammatory illnesses in order to develop a strong immune system and a healthy body. Dr. Thomas Cowan states – “Children who are supported to work through these healing crises are invariably healthier and more resilient than children in whom these inflammatory crises have been suppressed with vaccines, antibiotics, and anti-inflammatory drugs.” [5]
The Rise of Vaccine Hesitancy
The media would have us believe that “vaccine hesitancy” is a danger to society. We see it otherwise. At Vaccine Choice Canada, we view the increase in parents asking questions about vaccine safety, efficacy and necessity as an indication that parents are doing their homework. Vaccination is a complex medical decision. The reality is that almost all modern diseases have their origin in a disturbed immune system. No other drug intervenes in the immune system as intensively as vaccines, and the effects of vaccination are irreversible. It is critical that parents understand the significance of this medical intervention and the risks involved.
The vaccine industry greatly exaggerates the risk of contracting diseases targeted by vaccines. Measles is a classic example of the hype common with vaccine proponents. The vaccine industry and the media present as if every case of measles is a life-threatening condition. This is false advertising. The reality is that permanent injury and death from measles is exceedingly rare in a developed country like Canada. Neil Rau, an infectious disease specialist, and Dr. Richard Schabas, MD, Ontario’s former Chief Medical Officer, stated in an October 2018 article – ‘Stop the Hysteria Over Measles Outbreaks’ that the media-fueled hysteria is unwarranted. [6]
“The borderline hysteria fueled by the media and public health that greets a few cases is unwarranted. . . At current rates, Canada can expect to see a death from acute measles about once every hundred years or so.”
The vaccine industry also communicates the message that our children would not experience illness if they were fully vaccinated. In 2019, the New Brunswick government introduced legislation to remove personal belief and religious exemptions because of 11 cases of measles in the province. Their argument was that all children must be vaccinated, even against their wishes, in order to prevent measles.
It was later revealed that 9 of the 11 children that contracted measles were fully vaccinated, and 1 was partially vaccinated. Only 1 child was unvaccinated. The Chief Medical Officer refused to make this information available to legislators contemplating the legislation and it was only released through a freedom of information request.
Vaccine hesitancy is responsible parents doing their due diligence. And what parents are finding is that the claims that vaccines are safe, effective and necessary are wanting.
For more information, download our New Parents Guide to Understanding Vaccination
Vaccine Choice Canada
[1] https://petermcculloughmd.substack.com/p/association-between-childhood-hypervaccination?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share
[2] https://www.nvic.org/disease-vaccine/measles/quick-facts
[3] Vaccine Adverse Events Reporting System - https://digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/publication/r18hs017045-lazarus-final-report-2011.pdf
[4] Vaccines: A Reappraisal – Richard Moskowitz MD, 2017. P 193
[5] Vaccines, Autoimmunity, and the Changing Nature of Childhood Illness – Thomas Cowan, MD, 2018, p. 97
[6] https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-stop-the-hysteria-over-measles-outbreaks/
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The Studies the CDC Refuses to Do
This book is based on over one hundred studies in the peer-reviewed literature that consider vaccinated versus unvaccinated populations. Each study is analyzed, and health differences among infants, children, and adults who have been vaccinated and those who have not are presented and put in context.
Given the massive push to vaccinate the entire global population, this book is timely and necessary for individuals to make informed choices for themselves and their families.
The Wuhan Cover-Up: And the Terrifying Bioweapons Arms Race (Children’s Health Defense)
By Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
“Whenever I read, listen to, or debate Bobby, I learn something new and change my mind on at least one or two issues, while vehemently disagreeing with many others. Both the agreements and disagreements stimulate my thinking and emotions, even when they make me angry or concerned. Read him and make up your own minds." —Alan Dershowitz
“The Wuhan Cover-Up will blow out of the water the international disinformation campaign by US and Chinese government officials and their bribed scientists that COVID-19 somehow magically jumped out of the Wuhan wet market. Kennedy’s book will provide the ammunition needed for us lawyers to hold them all legally accountable for this Nuremberg Crime against Humanity.” —Professor Francis A. Boyle, author of the Biological Weapons Anti-Terrorism Act of 1989
Today, Cathy invites you to share an idea that worked for your loved one with autism.
By Cathy Jameson
While home one morning last week, I texted a co-worker back. She’d just shared something that was interesting and would be useful for me. I could’ve replied with a long response about how helpful the info was, but I kept it simple. “Good to know!” I typed. It was really helpful information, and even though no one was listening, I said it out loud right after I sent the text.
Good to know!
I remembered that response later that afternoon when I saw a text reminder. It was for two appointments we had scheduled for Ronan at the end of the week. One appointment would be with a new provider, someone on our GI team recommended we see. I could only hope that what we would learn from her would be good to know. Thankfully it was, and we now have a few more tips that should give Ronan some relief.
For years here and on other platforms, I’ve learned things from parents and providers that have been good to know. Those have been things about child development, about navigating the health care system, about which doctors to trust and about which questions to ask. I wouldn’t be the mother I am today without the knowledge I’ve learned from others.
Early on, I learned that it wasn’t just the best that I wanted for my son when it came to his education; I would want what was appropriate. I learned that I didn’t need a pediatrician, many of whom push vaccines; I could get care from a family practice, where vaccine choice is better respected. I didn’t find out everything all at once, but over time, I learned how to speak up and when to speak up.
Today, I’d love to find out your best advice that you found good to know. How quickly did it help, and who shared that info with you? Did other friends take the advice and have positive results? It can be very frustrating when what will work for one doesn’t work for another. But if there’s something I’ve learned in all the years I’ve been advocating for Ronan it’s that we never give up. It’s just not an option.
As we tiptoe into April, give us what you’ve got. Tips, suggestions, books, websites – unload your very best advice. Let’s keep our stories going. Let’s keep the good advice accessible, and let’s continue to be a beacon of light to those who need it the most.
Cathy Jameson is a Contributing Editor for Age of Autism.
To those whose shoes are also so worn thin because of how long the journey has been, this one if for you…xo, Cat
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GrC_yuzO-Ss
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I can't remember if I cried
When I heard we couldn't go outside
But something told me they had lied
The day our freedom died
By Kim Rossi
Apologies to Don McLean. This week marked the fourth anniversary of the Covid "two weeks to flatten the curve" that flattened life as we knew it. The arrival seemed out of the blue. See the photo above from my youngest daughter's school. That was it. "We will be closing...." And close they did.
In fact, this tiny, 20 year old gem of a school for autistic students closed because of Covid and never re-opened. They closed their doors permanently in June, 2020 when they realized they could never comply with the strict protocols CDC demanded given the population of special needs students. It was a tragedy for my daughter and every student. 3 months of Zoom programming was a DISASTER. She became aggressive and hostile. I remember screaming at the teacher, "HOW DO YOU EXPECT US TO DO THIS?????"I became aggressive and hostile. I had never been LESS Mother Teresa-like. Occupational Therapy over Zoom? Please. How about Adaptive Gym? Me hand over hand with my daughter in the yard trying to listen to the teacher while she rebelled. She REBELLED! God bless her.
We all should have rebelled sooner, faster, louder. My daughter didn't get back to any formal schooling until November of 2020. That was after eight months segregated at home with her older sisters, who had their own struggles being locked out of day programming. Isolated from the few peer interventions she'd ever had. Stuck with her OLD MOM at 21 years of age, all....day....long. Then the vaccine was launched courtesy of Operation Warp Speed. Many of us had to dodge THAT bullet. If you can believe it, my daughters' father, who had been a vocal supporter in the autism vaccine injury community for 20+ years, took me to court to force the vaccine on our three daughters. (He lost.) Such was the insanity of the Covid era that began on that March day.
I don't know if we could survive another epidemic lockdown. Not knowing how arbitrary, how cruel, how useless and even dangerous it was. Think long and hard about who will lead us down this path again. And who will fight like hell to let us keep our freedom to live, breathe, be part of society.
Share your story in the comments, if you'd like.
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The Studies the CDC Refuses to Do
This book is based on over one hundred studies in the peer-reviewed literature that consider vaccinated versus unvaccinated populations. Each study is analyzed, and health differences among infants, children, and adults who have been vaccinated and those who have not are presented and put in context.
Given the massive push to vaccinate the entire global population, this book is timely and necessary for individuals to make informed choices for themselves and their families.
The Wuhan Cover-Up: And the Terrifying Bioweapons Arms Race (Children’s Health Defense)
By Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
“Whenever I read, listen to, or debate Bobby, I learn something new and change my mind on at least one or two issues, while vehemently disagreeing with many others. Both the agreements and disagreements stimulate my thinking and emotions, even when they make me angry or concerned. Read him and make up your own minds." —Alan Dershowitz
“The Wuhan Cover-Up will blow out of the water the international disinformation campaign by US and Chinese government officials and their bribed scientists that COVID-19 somehow magically jumped out of the Wuhan wet market. Kennedy’s book will provide the ammunition needed for us lawyers to hold them all legally accountable for this Nuremberg Crime against Humanity.” —Professor Francis A. Boyle, author of the Biological Weapons Anti-Terrorism Act of 1989
By Louis Conte, The Kennedy Beacon
Mar 11
During his State of the Union speech, President Biden made the misleading claim, “the vaccines that saved us from COVID are now being used to beat cancer.” President Trump immediately echoed the claim on Truth Social.
Those who heard this false information might be encouraged to get more boosters, in the hope that the COVID-19 vaccine can prevent or treat cancer, but the opposite appears to be true. As Dr. Peter McCullough reported to Dr. Drew, a new kind of “turbo cancer” has appeared since the time the vaccines were rolled out. DNA contaminants that are known carcinogens have been identified in the shots, which led Joseph Ladapo, Florida’s surgeon general, to call for a halt to the vaccine.
As fact checkers were quick to point out, what neither Biden nor Trump appears to understand is that it is the vaccine’s delivery system that is being considered for other kinds of treatments, not the vaccine itself.
In fact, that system was first invented to deliver synthetic mRNA to cancer cells, but after a number of decades, it failed to prove effective for that purpose – as Robert Malone, one of the inventors of the technology, has explained at length – and it was repurposed for vaccines.
While it is true that the potentially lucrative patented mRNA delivery system is being reconsidered for use against cancers, despite past failures, Biden’s and Trump’s comments appear to be attempts to reframe the failed vaccines in the minds of consumers.
However, many Americans seem to be aware of vaccine adverse reactions, despite censorship sponsored by the Biden administration, described by Michael Shellenberger as Orwellian. As the CDC dashboard shows, people are walking away from these products.
Both President Biden and former president Trump are trying to take credit for a vaccine that has caused a public health disaster and cost an estimated 17 million excess deaths worldwide, according to Correlation, a nonprofit research organization. Big Pharma, as OpenSecrets informs us, has donated substantially to both establishment parties. Read MORE at The Kennedy Beacon HERE.
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You can buy Vax-Unvax Let the Science Speak By Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. and Brian Hooker, PhD for just $1.99 Kindle edition. The Kindle app works on your tablet or smart phone and is free! Hardcover also available and can never be deleted. NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER!
The Studies the CDC Refuses to Do
This book is based on over one hundred studies in the peer-reviewed literature that consider vaccinated versus unvaccinated populations. Each study is analyzed, and health differences among infants, children, and adults who have been vaccinated and those who have not are presented and put in context.
Given the massive push to vaccinate the entire global population, this book is timely and necessary for individuals to make informed choices for themselves and their families.
The Wuhan Cover-Up: And the Terrifying Bioweapons Arms Race (Children’s Health Defense)
By Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
“Whenever I read, listen to, or debate Bobby, I learn something new and change my mind on at least one or two issues, while vehemently disagreeing with many others. Both the agreements and disagreements stimulate my thinking and emotions, even when they make me angry or concerned. Read him and make up your own minds." —Alan Dershowitz
“The Wuhan Cover-Up will blow out of the water the international disinformation campaign by US and Chinese government officials and their bribed scientists that COVID-19 somehow magically jumped out of the Wuhan wet market. Kennedy’s book will provide the ammunition needed for us lawyers to hold them all legally accountable for this Nuremberg Crime against Humanity.” —Professor Francis A. Boyle, author of the Biological Weapons Anti-Terrorism Act of 1989
As April approaches, I was thinking about how autism has fallen off the radar for the Presidential candidates. If it was ever there. Donald Trump paid what we now know was lip service to families when he ran in 2016. President Biden might have heard the word "autism" during his 8 years as Vice President under a President who ushered in the era of neurodiversity that all but supplanted the DSM version of autism the AofA family knows all too well.
Maybe it's a good thing that they are ignoring us. What has any politician done to protect and help our families? Schools are OK thanks to the decades old IDEA that mandated schooling for special education students. ABA is the "gold standard" in schools, even if many perceive it as pyrite. Students can stay in school to at least age 22. But then adulthood hits, and the cliff drops off steeply. Adult services are NOT mandated and so, are non-existent for many. Wait lists are years and even decades long. Funding is spotty, as most Departments of Developmental Services are predicated on IQ under 70. People with autism fall into a crevasse - IQ too high for services and behaviors too high to be accepted into most programming. Employment rates are low. Colleges are just starting to offer supports. Families bear the burden. Housing is a pink unicorn. All at a time when grandparents are in their eighties and beyond, and parents are in their fifties and beyond. Such a cheery picture!
Let's think about what we can do in April to make our kids part of the conversation again.
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You can buy Vax-Unvax Let the Science Speak By Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. and Brian Hooker, PhD for just $1.99 Kindle edition. The Kindle app works on your tablet or smart phone and is free! Hardcover also available and can never be deleted. NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER!
The Studies the CDC Refuses to Do
This book is based on over one hundred studies in the peer-reviewed literature that consider vaccinated versus unvaccinated populations. Each study is analyzed, and health differences among infants, children, and adults who have been vaccinated and those who have not are presented and put in context.
Given the massive push to vaccinate the entire global population, this book is timely and necessary for individuals to make informed choices for themselves and their families.
The Wuhan Cover-Up: And the Terrifying Bioweapons Arms Race (Children’s Health Defense)
By Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
“Whenever I read, listen to, or debate Bobby, I learn something new and change my mind on at least one or two issues, while vehemently disagreeing with many others. Both the agreements and disagreements stimulate my thinking and emotions, even when they make me angry or concerned. Read him and make up your own minds." —Alan Dershowitz
“The Wuhan Cover-Up will blow out of the water the international disinformation campaign by US and Chinese government officials and their bribed scientists that COVID-19 somehow magically jumped out of the Wuhan wet market. Kennedy’s book will provide the ammunition needed for us lawyers to hold them all legally accountable for this Nuremberg Crime against Humanity.” —Professor Francis A. Boyle, author of the Biological Weapons Anti-Terrorism Act of 1989
Our health shouldn't be a partisan issue. And yet, it is. AofA'ers know that the CDC has been no friend to us.
By Anne Dachel
The Rubin Report covered the recent Senate panel testimony of Dr. Bret Weinstein. Notice the comments about trust in the pronouncements from the CDC. Sadly, what many of us know about the corruption, collusion and cover-up of the CDC is true of our federal agencies across the board.
Bret Weinstein Issues a Dire Warning to Senate Panel
https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=5cVWKtOWVzk
Bret Weinstein, PhD, former professor of evolutionary biology, testified before a U.S. Senate panel, and his words were profound. I hope some Senators listening to his comments realize how dire things really are. Some excerpts:
Weinstein: I’m as certain of it as I am of anything. We are being systematically blinded. . . .
I believe we must zoom out if we are to understand the pattern that we are gathered here to explore because the pattern is larger than federal health agencies and the cartel.
If we do zoom out and ask, what are they hiding, the answer becomes as obvious as it is disturbing.
THEY ARE HIDING EVERYTHING.
It will be jarring for many to hear a scientist speak with such certainty. It should be jarring. We are trained to present ideas with caution as hypotheses in need of a test, but in this case, I have tested the idea, and I am as certain of it as I am of anything.
We are being systemically blinded. It is the only explanation I have encountered that will not only describe the present, but also in my experience, predicts the future with all but perfect accuracy.
The pattern is a simple one. You can see it clearly and test it yourself. Every single institution dedicated to public truth seeking is under simultaneous attack.
They are all in a state of collapse. Every body of experts fails utterly.
Individual experts who resist or worse, in an attempt to return their institutions to sanity, they find themselves coerced into submission.
If they won’t buckle, they’re marginalized or forced out.
Those outside of the institutions who either seek truth alone or who build new institutions with a truth-seeking mission, face merciless attacks on both their integrity and expertise, often by the very institutions whose mission they refuse to abandon. . . .
Our research universities spend huge sums of public money to reach pre-ordained conclusions.
Professors teach only lessons that are consistent with wisdom students have picked up on Tik Tok, even when those lessons contradict the foundational principles of their disciplines.
The CDC has become an excellent guide to protecting your health, but only for people who realize you should do the opposite of whatever it advises.
The courts, the last holdout in this ongoing inversion of reality, are now regularly used as a coercive weapon of elites against those who threaten them.
We have literally witnessed the Department of Homeland Security attempt to set up a truth ministry and declare accurate critique of government as a kind of terrorism.
To my fellow patriots in the West, the pattern is unmistakable. I cannot tell you with any certainty who they are or what they hope to accomplish, but I can tell you that we are being systematically denied the tools of enlightenment and the rights guaranteed in our Constitution.
We, those who remain dedicated to the values of the West, must fight this battle courageously, and we must win. For if we do not stem the tide, the result will be a dark age that differs from prior dark ages only in the power and sophistication of the coercive instruments wielded by those who would rule us.
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You can buy Vax-Unvax Let the Science Speak By Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. and Brian Hooker, PhD for just $1.99 Kindle edition. The Kindle app works on your tablet or smart phone and is free! Hardcover also available and can never be deleted. NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER!
The Studies the CDC Refuses to Do
This book is based on over one hundred studies in the peer-reviewed literature that consider vaccinated versus unvaccinated populations. Each study is analyzed, and health differences among infants, children, and adults who have been vaccinated and those who have not are presented and put in context.
Given the massive push to vaccinate the entire global population, this book is timely and necessary for individuals to make informed choices for themselves and their families.
The Wuhan Cover-Up: And the Terrifying Bioweapons Arms Race (Children’s Health Defense)
By Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
“Whenever I read, listen to, or debate Bobby, I learn something new and change my mind on at least one or two issues, while vehemently disagreeing with many others. Both the agreements and disagreements stimulate my thinking and emotions, even when they make me angry or concerned. Read him and make up your own minds." —Alan Dershowitz
“The Wuhan Cover-Up will blow out of the water the international disinformation campaign by US and Chinese government officials and their bribed scientists that COVID-19 somehow magically jumped out of the Wuhan wet market. Kennedy’s book will provide the ammunition needed for us lawyers to hold them all legally accountable for this Nuremberg Crime against Humanity.” —Professor Francis A. Boyle, author of the Biological Weapons Anti-Terrorism Act of 1989
I ordered pizza on Friday evening. Then I sat back and listened. Ronan’s younger brother is home from college for a few days. The house comes alive again when the siblings are together. We don’t have everyone home, but when at least 3 of typical sibs are together, the activity level in the house – and the volume – increases quite a bit.
Right now, two are strumming on their guitars.
Another is joining in singing the lyrics.
They’re enjoying favorite songs from their childhood.
My heart is so happy!
Where’s Ronan in all of this? He’s in his room. He was happy earlier when he had a few quiet minutes with his favorite brother before the girls came home from an outing. After his dinner, Ronan returned to his music in a quieter corner of the house. We may end up hearing him raise the volume of his favorite song tonight, something that makes me laugh.
He and I have competed to hear our songs before. My favorite is when he plays one that he’s heard us play – like this one from Muse. Our new caregiver shared that Ronan likes her Christian music, too. As soon as one of her go-to songs ends, he signs for her to play it again. She’s happy to oblige. I can’t tell you how comforting it is to have someone step into our home and keep Ronan feeling settled while the rest of us are out doing our own things. I’ve worried before about other people who’ve promised to keep Ronan safe and haven’t. The kids have their obligations and can’t be home to help, which has me seeking help elsewhere. Lately, we’ve been blessed with attentive helpers who are in tune with Ronan’s needs.
If anyone is in tune with Ronan, it’s his typical little brother. It doesn’t matter how much time has lapsed since they were together last. The sibling shenanigans will surely be in full swing soon. In between, we’ll witness some incredible moments of brotherly love. Days before Willem was due home, he said he’d help watch Ronan so I could get some stuff done. Like his sisters do, he jumps right in ready to offer a hand, even before I think to ask.
When the kids come home, I’m very mindful that they’re here on a break. They’re here to rest, to relax, and to catch up not just with us but with friends as well. So, before I ask them to assist with their brother, I see if they’ve already made plans for the time that they’re here. It hasn’t happened, but I never want them to resent having to take care of their brother. So, I stay mindful, respectful, and always hopeful that they will remain willing to stay home when I have to jet out.
As Friday night wound down, Ronan got quieter. He was ready for bed long before any of the rest of us were. After getting him tucked into bed, the kids stayed up about an hour later, catching up on the last few weeks since they were altogether. They shared photos, videos, stories and also made plans for the week ahead – it was a very happy homecoming.
Someday they’ll go off in different directions, but for now, I love that they happily find themselves here with us.
When we are together, we are home.
Home.
It’s my favorite place to be.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HoRkntoHkIE
Cathy Jameson is a Contributing Editor for Age of Autism.
]]>"Stuck in the middle with you!" I goofed saying it was from the wrong band. Got a great correction:
Not Steve Miller Band
"Stuck in the Middle with You" (sometimes known as "Stuck in the Middle") is a song written by Scottish musicians Gerry Rafferty and Joe Egan and performed by their band Stealers Wheel.
Michael Smerconish uses it as his theme song on his POTUS Sirius 124 channel daily show. Michael talks politics as straight down the middle as anyone today.
On Super Tuesday, the 2024 election slate was sealed. Donald Trump will run against President Joseph Biden. No Labels has yet to field a candidate. Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. is running as a third party candidate.
We've followed 4 elections since our inception. Here are a few examples:
OBAMA AND CLINTON ON AUTISM, VACCINES, RESEARCH OBAMA AND CLINTON ON AUTISM, VACCINES, RESEARCH March 3, 2008
Advocating in America for Autism: How We Met President Obama! Sept 4, 2012
President Obama: 1 in 50 American Kids with Autism? March 21, 2013
Obama: "I am not for selective vaccination." April 24, 2012
Autism Advocates Met with President Elect Trump Last August November 14, 2016
I can not recall an election where autism was less important in the dialog. And yet to many of us here, it's the first thing we think of when we wake, and the last "thing " we kiss goodnight when we go to sleep. While we don't endorse candidates. We encourage polite (heated is fine) discourse. What topics are the most important to you?
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You can buy Vax-Unvax Let the Science Speak By Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. and Brian Hooker, PhD for just $1.99 Kindle edition. The Kindle app works on your tablet or smart phone and is free! Hardcover also available and can never be deleted. NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER!
The Studies the CDC Refuses to Do
This book is based on over one hundred studies in the peer-reviewed literature that consider vaccinated versus unvaccinated populations. Each study is analyzed, and health differences among infants, children, and adults who have been vaccinated and those who have not are presented and put in context.
Given the massive push to vaccinate the entire global population, this book is timely and necessary for individuals to make informed choices for themselves and their families.
The Wuhan Cover-Up: And the Terrifying Bioweapons Arms Race (Children’s Health Defense)
By Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
“Whenever I read, listen to, or debate Bobby, I learn something new and change my mind on at least one or two issues, while vehemently disagreeing with many others. Both the agreements and disagreements stimulate my thinking and emotions, even when they make me angry or concerned. Read him and make up your own minds." —Alan Dershowitz
“The Wuhan Cover-Up will blow out of the water the international disinformation campaign by US and Chinese government officials and their bribed scientists that COVID-19 somehow magically jumped out of the Wuhan wet market. Kennedy’s book will provide the ammunition needed for us lawyers to hold them all legally accountable for this Nuremberg Crime against Humanity.” —Professor Francis A. Boyle, author of the Biological Weapons Anti-Terrorism Act of 1989
From the "Everything old is new again files, and yet, not....quite....complete.
Findings Show Mercury During the Postnatal Period Is Especially Harmful
From Safeminds: A recent systematic review has underscored the role of mercury (Hg) exposure in the onset of autism spectrum disorder (ASD), particularly when such exposure occurs during the postnatal period. According to the findings, infants are highly susceptible to toxins and heavy metals like Hg during the postnatal phase, potentially leading to neurological impairment and DNA damage. The review further revealed elevated levels of Hg in the blood, hair, and urine of children diagnosed with ASD who were exposed to environments with heightened Hg pollution in air and water. This increase in Hg levels may be attributed, in part, to compromised glutathione (GSH) antioxidant mechanisms and deficiencies in metallothionein (MT) proteins, which are responsible for the elimination of toxic metals from the body. Failure to excrete metals properly can result in heightened oxidative stress and inflammation, exacerbating autism symptoms. Additionally, the review highlights the impact of oral antibiotic use on altering intestinal flora, leading to the conversion of Hg into methylmercury (MeHg), a potent neurotoxin capable of crossing physiological barriers and causing developmental and neurological damage. Notably, many infants later diagnosed with ASD have a history of oral antibiotic intake. The authors acknowledge the controversial nature of their findings, as some studies in the review found a positive correlation between Hg levels and autism, while others did not. To further elucidate Hg’s impact during pre- and post-natal periods, the authors advocate for pre-clinical research using ASD animal models to investigate associated brain changes. They also emphasize the importance of studying the altered excretory systems observed in individuals with autism.
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The Studies the CDC Refuses to Do
This book is based on over one hundred studies in the peer-reviewed literature that consider vaccinated versus unvaccinated populations. Each study is analyzed, and health differences among infants, children, and adults who have been vaccinated and those who have not are presented and put in context.
Given the massive push to vaccinate the entire global population, this book is timely and necessary for individuals to make informed choices for themselves and their families.
The Wuhan Cover-Up: And the Terrifying Bioweapons Arms Race (Children’s Health Defense)
By Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
“Whenever I read, listen to, or debate Bobby, I learn something new and change my mind on at least one or two issues, while vehemently disagreeing with many others. Both the agreements and disagreements stimulate my thinking and emotions, even when they make me angry or concerned. Read him and make up your own minds." —Alan Dershowitz
“The Wuhan Cover-Up will blow out of the water the international disinformation campaign by US and Chinese government officials and their bribed scientists that COVID-19 somehow magically jumped out of the Wuhan wet market. Kennedy’s book will provide the ammunition needed for us lawyers to hold them all legally accountable for this Nuremberg Crime against Humanity.” —Professor Francis A. Boyle, author of the Biological Weapons Anti-Terrorism Act of 1989
As the weather grows warmer, the opportunity for danger grows stronger. People with autism, from toddlers to adults, can be prone to elopement, wandering. For some, they bolt, take off and run away from caregivers. For others, they walk away from what most people would consider a safety zone, and often, never return. AofA'ers know the exhausting hyper-vigilance required day in and day out. No organization covers wandering, and helps families and caregivers, like The National Autism Association. We invite you to bookmark and SHARE their page on wandering, and download the many teaching tools they offer. Basic info should be on your fridge for anyone who comes to your home, at school and daycare and day programs for every staff member, and with local law enforcement. As ever, thanks NAA for your amazing work.
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Wandering/elopement is the tendency for an individual to leave the safety of a responsible person’s care or safe area, which may result in potential harm or injury. This might include running off from adults at school or in the community, leaving the classroom without permission, or exiting the house when the family is not aware. This behavior is considered common and short-lived in toddlers but may persist or re-emerge in those with autism.
According to research, nearly half of children with autism are at risk for wandering away from a safe setting. Because people with autism are vulnerable to dangerous situations including drowning, traffic incidents, becoming trapped hot cars, etc., it’s important to take critical precautions and be aware that drowning fatalities remain a leading cause of wandering-related death, along with traffic injury.
Wandering/elopement is typically a form of communication, often occurring to get to something of interest or away from something bothersome, usually noise, commotion, fears/phobias, and demands. These impulses and incidents can increase with added anxiety and stress, especially if the individual has challenges with coping, calming, or regulating their emotions.
Early signs of exit-seeking behavior can start in toddlerhood. They include social/demand avoidance, moving to a different area of building or home unnoticed, bolting when upset, and seeking out water or other quiet places.
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]]>How we lie to ourselves.
Imagine the forces out there that are able to cover up the truth about the severity of the autism epidemic and the consequences facing governments around the world.
What if, as many thousands of us in the autism community believe, all the autism is the result of the hugely profitable, liability-free, unchecked, unsafe vaccination schedule forced on our children in order to attend school.
There would have to be massive efforts to hide this link. Exposure to the truth would shake the very core of public trust in the medical community and government health care oversight. Naturally everything would be done to dissuade the public from thinking vaccines cause autism.
First of all, pharmaceutical industry advertising pressure would be used make sure that print, television, and online news sources deny any link.
Doctors would be indoctrinated to parrot the mantras VACCINES ARE SAFE, VACCINES SAVE LIVES and STUDIES SHOW NO LINK.
And of course there would be lots of pharma-funded science out there dismissing any possibility that vaccines did bad things to children.
Most important of all would normalizing autism.
How can autism be on the increase if every time the rate is updated to even more horrific numbers, experts and officials all repeated the well worn phrase that it’s all due to BETTER DIAGNOSING and GREATER AWARENESS?
The message is: All the autism is a good thing.
It’s important that the public accepts the idea that autism is a natural part of being human, and it always has been here. The good news is we’re finally recognizing what has always affected children at whatever the current rate of autism happens to be.
As top expert, Dr. Walter Zahorodny recently said in an interview, autism numbers will continue to climb, and no one will be worried about it.
Autism prevalence for 2022—that is for the next surveillance cycle—will be higher than found previously. This is inevitable because autism prevalence has not peaked.
Most likely the next report will mention better awareness and recognition as possible factors bearing on higher estimates.
Back in 2007 when the rate of autism went from one in every 166 children, one in every 102 boys to one in 150 children, one in 92 boys, the public was worried. It was a big story in the news, and there were even congressional hearings looking into the autism rate.
Not so today.
Over the years as doctors and health officials scratched their collective heads about autism, we’ve gotten used to always bigger numbers. There’s a puzzle piece to remind us that autism is this mysterious condition we have all the time in the world to figure out. One in 150 might have been cause for concern, but the current rate of one in 36 is something to thank doctors for.
Somehow we’re going to learn to live with autism and be happy about it.
In the U.S. we hear about all the places that are becoming Certified Autism Centers and “autism friendly.” We dress up autism and call it a form of neurodiversity that everyone should embrace.
April is especially important if the world is going to accept autism as a fact of life. That’s when we see famous places flooded with blue lights and smiling puzzle pieces posted everywhere.
What was once Autism Awareness Month is now Autism Acceptance Month.
I will end this with a recent announcement from the Norfolk County Council in east England. For these people, the rate is one in 100, but no matter, the message is the same: Autism affects adults at the same rate as children. Autism isn’t really a disability; it’s a difference.
They’re celebrating both autism and neurodiversity.
Norfolk Autism Acceptance Week
What is Norfolk Autism Acceptance Week?
Norfolk Autism Acceptance Week is taking place from 2 April to 8 April 2024! This aligns with World Autism Acceptance Week which aims to increase awareness and acceptance of autism, helping to build a more inclusive world.
One in 100 people are on the autism spectrum, with around 700,000 autistic adults and children in the UK alone. Autism can present itself in different ways, and it's important to recognise that not one single autistic person is the same, and all have their own unique personalities and skills.
As Norfolk Autism Acceptance Week falls in the Easter holidays this year, educational settings are being encouraged to take part from 18 March, which neatly coincides with Neurodiversity Celebration Week. There are teaching resources, training and activities to help them raise peer awareness and acceptance published on the Norfolk Schools and Learning Providers website.
There's lots of autism-friendly events going on across Norfolk for families to enjoy, as well as a keynote speaker and activities to raise awareness and increase acceptance of autism. Support and guidance is also available, so explore the categories below to find out more.
INCREDIBLY, this same Norfolk County Council in England has been dealing with the crushing cost and soaring numbers of disabled children in local schools.
Oct 16, 2023, AUTISM is behind the 'broken system' of special education in England
Frustrated by the broken system, Lucie has organised a protest in Norfolk and has signed up to SEND Reform England, group of parents campaigning for better support of SEN kids….
Meanwhile, Norfolk County Council say they’ve created over 650 new SEN places in the last five years, with 15 new school support teams….
"Alongside the [Norfolk] DfE, we're investing £100 million [$121M] in a six-year programme that will support children in mainstream school and develop more specialist places for those with the highest needs.
Dec 4, 2023 Britain only sees MORE DISABLED KIDS, MORE COMPLEX NEEDS but no one is ever worried
Norfolk County Council wants to move Fred Nicholson School from its current home in Dereham to Swaffham.
The school would be based on a new site on Lynn Road, to ensure it can better meet the needs of its growing number of pupils….
The school's Orchard Autism Specialist Resource Base (SRB) would also move as part of the plans and pupil numbers could grow from 173 to 225 from April 2025.
The move is part of the council’s £100m [$126M] investment with the Department for Education, to support children with special educational needs and disabilities.
Known as Local First Inclusion, the programme builds on the £120m [$151M investment already made by the council, which has seen the creation of 650 new specialist places over five years….
“Growing demand for places means that Fred Nicholson has completely outgrown its current building and the school needs to move, so that it can continue to provide the brilliant education it offers its children…
The explosion in the number of disabled children is fueled by AUTISM and it’s bankrupting local councils and schools across England.
Feb 10, 2024, Guardian: Teachers facing redundancy as record number of English schools fall into deficit
Heads warn of ‘broken system’ as staff are laid off or not replaced to balance the books
Schools across England are warning they will soon be unsafe because they are having to cut teachers and support staff to save money, with record numbers now in deficit.
With escalating behavioural problems, soaring numbers of children with special educational needs, and increased pupil numbers, schools say staff are already stretched to the limit. Yet heads across the country say they now have no choice but to plan redundancies or not replace leaving staff in order to balance their books. . . .
One in eight local authority maintained schools were in deficit in 2022-23, the highest number on record since schools took control of their own bank balances in 1999, according to data released by the Department for Education at the end of January. This was a big jump from one in 13 schools the year before, fuelled largely by spiralling energy costs and fully or partially unfunded staff pay rises. There has been a steady upward trajectory of schools being pushed into the red since the Conservatives came to power in the coalition government of 2010. In 2011 one state school in 20 was in deficit.
The National Education Union is predicting that deficit figures for this year will be “much worse” when they are released by the DfE next January and shedding more staff will be “the only way out” for many schools, leading to larger class sizes and more stressed staff leaving the sector.
The council members in Norfolk seem to be so focused on celebrating autism and neurodiversity that they haven’t noticed the time bomb ticking.
Anne Dachel is Media Editor for Age of Autism.
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You can buy Vax-Unvax Let the Science Speak By Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. and Brian Hooker, PhD for just $1.99 Kindle edition. The Kindle app works on your tablet or smart phone and is free! Hardcover also available and can never be deleted. NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER!
The Studies the CDC Refuses to Do
This book is based on over one hundred studies in the peer-reviewed literature that consider vaccinated versus unvaccinated populations. Each study is analyzed, and health differences among infants, children, and adults who have been vaccinated and those who have not are presented and put in context.
Given the massive push to vaccinate the entire global population, this book is timely and necessary for individuals to make informed choices for themselves and their families.
The Wuhan Cover-Up: And the Terrifying Bioweapons Arms Race (Children’s Health Defense)
By Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
“Whenever I read, listen to, or debate Bobby, I learn something new and change my mind on at least one or two issues, while vehemently disagreeing with many others. Both the agreements and disagreements stimulate my thinking and emotions, even when they make me angry or concerned. Read him and make up your own minds." —Alan Dershowitz
“The Wuhan Cover-Up will blow out of the water the international disinformation campaign by US and Chinese government officials and their bribed scientists that COVID-19 somehow magically jumped out of the Wuhan wet market. Kennedy’s book will provide the ammunition needed for us lawyers to hold them all legally accountable for this Nuremberg Crime against Humanity.” —Professor Francis A. Boyle, author of the Biological Weapons Anti-Terrorism Act of 1989
Last week, we ran the first installment of Dr. Richard Moskowitz's article on the Covid era. This week, rather than continue to excerpt and run the body copy here, we'll link the full article in one document for you to download and read. This preserves Dr. Moskowitz's accurate and careful formatting and citations. As we approach the 4th anniversary of "Two weeks to flatten the curve," we're honored to present Dr. Richard Moskowitz's insightful thoughts on the errors of the Covid era.The article has eight parts:
Dr Moskowitz Some Thoughts on The Covid
Introduction
The COVID pandemic was in its early stages when I retired in 2020; so I've had no personal experience of treating patients who’ve been sick with it. But after three years of upsetting the lives of nearly everyone on the planet, it's still very much with us, still shrouded in mystery, still being perpetuated by the same fear and uncertainty that helped launch it in the first place, and dramatizes with its own special urgency a lot of the same issues I've been writing about ever since I began practicing long ago. Of course, my collected thoughts, feelings, and opinions about it could also be wrong, which would actually be a huge relief. But the scientific evidence that we now possess leaves little doubt that even the most speculative of my conspiracy theories are a lot closer to the truth than any sane person would willingly tolerate.
1. The First Cases
2. "Flattening the Curve"
3. The Illness
4. The Treatment
5. The Vaccines
6. Vaccine Injuries and Deaths
7. The Virus
8. The Politics
You can purchase Dr. Moskowitz's books, including Vaccines A Reappraisal from Skyhorse Publishing at Amazon.
]]>By Cathy Jameson
I headed into the D.C. area last week for a meeting. As I crept closer toward my destination, I saw a sign for Falls Church. I’d always imagined it to be an idyllic place. I’m sure at one point it was, but now it looks like every other busy city streetscape in Northern Virginia. The first time I’d heard of the place was from Dan Olmsted. I found it a treat to be able to meet up with him whenever I was near Falls Church. It wouldn’t be too many times, but each time was cherished.
We are heartbroken to announce…
I miss his voice. I miss his wisdom. I especially miss his encouraging private comments to me and my husband when I became more public with my son’s issues. To have Dan Olmsted in my corner, well, it meant the world to all of us Jamesons.
…a celebration of life…
We’re creeping up on the date of his memorial service. That’s a day I’ll never forget. To see his closest friends and family gather to honor him, it’ll be a forever memory. There were tears. There was laughter. Many heartfelt memories were shared. My favorite personal memories of Dan are of when he got to meet up with me and my kids. I'd find a diner for us to meet that wasn’t too fancy of a restaurant in case my kids were too loud. Oftentimes, they were! He didn't mind how silly and loud they were though. He didn't mind how distracted and needy they'd get during the meal either. He was patient, kind, attentive, and happy. Dan smiled at their silliness and showed them only love. The kids smiled at Dan and loved him right back.
I was not privy to Dan’s personal life nor to events that led up to his death, and part of me doesn’t want to ever know them. What I do know is that Dan was always a light. He was a voice for the voiceless. He was upbeat without ever being over-the-top. I knew that he could be a busy man, but for me, he was always an email away. Responding quickly and concisely, I loved that he led off the AofA weekend with his Saturday’s Weekly Wrap column. To follow him on Sundays with my posts? It was humbling.
When my meeting ended last week, I knew I’d pass those signs I saw as I headed into the District. I slowed down just a bit. I remembered everything all over again. Falls Church. It’s where my friend and mentor lived. I pray that those he loved are doing okay. I pray that Dan’s work is never forgotten. I know it won’t be forgotten here. I just wish he had more time to share all that he knew, all that he learned, and all that he wanted the rest of the world to know.
…a compelling symbol for hope, love, honor, and peace.
Dan Olmsted. He was a journalist like no other. May his memory be eternal.
Cathy Jameson is a Contributing Editor for Age of Autism.
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You can buy Vax-Unvax Let the Science Speak By Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. and Brian Hooker, PhD for just $1.99 Kindle edition. The Kindle app works on your tablet or smart phone and is free! Hardcover also available and can never be deleted. NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER!
The Studies the CDC Refuses to Do
This book is based on over one hundred studies in the peer-reviewed literature that consider vaccinated versus unvaccinated populations. Each study is analyzed, and health differences among infants, children, and adults who have been vaccinated and those who have not are presented and put in context.
Given the massive push to vaccinate the entire global population, this book is timely and necessary for individuals to make informed choices for themselves and their families.
The Wuhan Cover-Up: And the Terrifying Bioweapons Arms Race (Children’s Health Defense)
By Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
“Whenever I read, listen to, or debate Bobby, I learn something new and change my mind on at least one or two issues, while vehemently disagreeing with many others. Both the agreements and disagreements stimulate my thinking and emotions, even when they make me angry or concerned. Read him and make up your own minds." —Alan Dershowitz
“The Wuhan Cover-Up will blow out of the water the international disinformation campaign by US and Chinese government officials and their bribed scientists that COVID-19 somehow magically jumped out of the Wuhan wet market. Kennedy’s book will provide the ammunition needed for us lawyers to hold them all legally accountable for this Nuremberg Crime against Humanity.” —Professor Francis A. Boyle, author of the Biological Weapons Anti-Terrorism Act of 1989
This April, we're going to pay homage to EVERYONE who cares for a person with autism. That means parents, siblings, teachers, therapists, Doctors, day care workers, group home workers, day program staff, grandparents and anyone who builds the caregiver community we need to love, care for and provide day to day services.
Who remembers the, "Think autism Think cure" ribbon magnet from 20 years ago? Think cure turned into Autism Awareness. Awareness turned into Acceptance. The puzzle piece has since been vilified and dropped by neurodiversity, replaced with a rainbow infinity symbol. Many of us still IDENTIFY (see how au courant we can be?) with the puzzle piece because we still have so many pieces to put together to help our children. NEVER have I met an autism parent who does not adore his or her children. NEVER I have I known a parent who desperately wanted a cure because they did not ACCEPT their child. The puzzle is important. And no one has the right to take it away from us because "they" deem it offensive. It's not ethnic. It's not racial. It has no social connotation that could legitimately be deemed out of date. IT'S A PUZZLE PIECE. And we're taking it back this April.
Stay tuned.
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You can buy Vax-Unvax Let the Science Speak By Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. and Brian Hooker, PhD for just $1.99 Kindle edition. The Kindle app works on your tablet or smart phone and is free! Hardcover also available and can never be deleted. NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER!
The Studies the CDC Refuses to Do
This book is based on over one hundred studies in the peer-reviewed literature that consider vaccinated versus unvaccinated populations. Each study is analyzed, and health differences among infants, children, and adults who have been vaccinated and those who have not are presented and put in context.
Given the massive push to vaccinate the entire global population, this book is timely and necessary for individuals to make informed choices for themselves and their families.
The Wuhan Cover-Up: And the Terrifying Bioweapons Arms Race (Children’s Health Defense)
By Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
“Whenever I read, listen to, or debate Bobby, I learn something new and change my mind on at least one or two issues, while vehemently disagreeing with many others. Both the agreements and disagreements stimulate my thinking and emotions, even when they make me angry or concerned. Read him and make up your own minds." —Alan Dershowitz
“The Wuhan Cover-Up will blow out of the water the international disinformation campaign by US and Chinese government officials and their bribed scientists that COVID-19 somehow magically jumped out of the Wuhan wet market. Kennedy’s book will provide the ammunition needed for us lawyers to hold them all legally accountable for this Nuremberg Crime against Humanity.” —Professor Francis A. Boyle, author of the Biological Weapons Anti-Terrorism Act of 1989
Below is an astounding article in The Children's Health Defense DEFENDER newsletter that should be front page across the nation. The graphic above is the actual "assent" for children signed to participate in testing. CHILDREN. Vaccination has been Madison Avenued into a fairy tale of swaddling comfort and protection. The more I read, the more I recognized. Pharma and the US government has consistently claimed, "No evidence of harm," (thus the name of David Kirby's book) from pediatric vaccines. If you do not LOOK, there is no evidence. That doesn't mean there is no harm. Words matter.Thank you to CHD for the ongoing work on behalf of children everywhere.
While the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention was promoting the COVID-19 vaccine as “safe and effective” for children and teens, Pfizer was studying whether and how much it damaged their hearts, according to a DailyClout report on internal Pfizer documents.
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While the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) was promoting the COVID-19 vaccine as “safe and effective” for children and teens, Pfizer was studying whether and how much it damaged their hearts, according to a DailyClout report on internal Pfizer documents.
The documents show that Pfizer conducted a “Phase 2/3 Study” in Europe, during which it vaccinated and collected blood samples from children ages 5-11 and 12-15 and tested them for troponin I.
Troponin I, a protein released into the bloodstream when the heart is damaged, is an indicator of subclinical myocarditis.
Pfizer began the study in September 2021, the month before the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted Pfizer emergency use authorization (EUA) for its COVID-19 vaccine for children ages 5-11.
The FDA said it based the EUA on the agency’s “thorough and transparent evaluation of the data” that found “no serious side effects.”
However, Pfizer’s ongoing active surveillance and testing for troponin 1 was an acknowledgment of the undisclosed risk of vaccine-induced myocarditis and pericarditis, according to Dr. Christopher Flowers, who wrote the report on the Pfizer documents for DailyClout.
Neither Pfizer nor the FDA made the results of the vaccine maker’s study available to the public, Flowers told The Defender.
Flowers, a retired academic radiologist with 40-plus years of clinical experience, has been sifting through the documents Pfizer provided the FDA in its EUA application since the FDA began releasing the documents in 2022 under a court order.
He has focused specifically on evidence of myocarditis among young people.
He said it is particularly worrying that Pfizer was testing young children for markers of subclinical myocarditis because they are not typically an age group at risk for the condition.
“If they were concerned about it, and at the same time they were telling everyone it was safe to use, well, the left hand is doing something different to what the right hand is doing,” he said.
Flowers said it is even more concerning that the outcomes haven’t been made public. Because if young children do have higher troponin 1 levels post-vaccination, it would be another indicator they should not take the vaccine.
“We have found that a lot of these children’s trials were dropped. On the clinicaltrials.gov website [where clinical trials are registered], a number of the proposed trials Pfizer told the FDA they were going to do disappeared off the site, which means they are not taking place” he added.
“So we have concerns that they knew something was going on, but we don’t have the data. We want truth, we want transparency. That’s what drove me to write this report.”
Flowers’ report is part of the DailyClout and War Room Project to analyze the 450,000 pages of Pfizer’s records on its mRNA COVID-19 vaccine — records the drugmaker tried unsuccessfully to keep private for 75 years.
Flowers heads up thousands of volunteer scientists, doctors, nurses, attorneys and others at the project who have been reviewing the documents, submitting related Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests and issuing investigative reports. Read more at:
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You can buy Vax-Unvax Let the Science Speak By Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. and Brian Hooker, PhD for just $1.99 Kindle edition. The Kindle app works on your tablet or smart phone and is free! Hardcover also available and can never be deleted. NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER!
The Studies the CDC Refuses to Do
This book is based on over one hundred studies in the peer-reviewed literature that consider vaccinated versus unvaccinated populations. Each study is analyzed, and health differences among infants, children, and adults who have been vaccinated and those who have not are presented and put in context.
Given the massive push to vaccinate the entire global population, this book is timely and necessary for individuals to make informed choices for themselves and their families.
The Wuhan Cover-Up: And the Terrifying Bioweapons Arms Race (Children’s Health Defense)
By Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
“Whenever I read, listen to, or debate Bobby, I learn something new and change my mind on at least one or two issues, while vehemently disagreeing with many others. Both the agreements and disagreements stimulate my thinking and emotions, even when they make me angry or concerned. Read him and make up your own minds." —Alan Dershowitz
“The Wuhan Cover-Up will blow out of the water the international disinformation campaign by US and Chinese government officials and their bribed scientists that COVID-19 somehow magically jumped out of the Wuhan wet market. Kennedy’s book will provide the ammunition needed for us lawyers to hold them all legally accountable for this Nuremberg Crime against Humanity.” —Professor Francis A. Boyle, author of the Biological Weapons Anti-Terrorism Act of 1989
"Autism prevalence has not peaked"
Jill Escher is the president of the National Council on Severe Autism and a board member of Autism Society San Francisco Bay Area. She’s also the mother of two children with autism.
Escher is one of the few voices calling for recognition of autism as an epidemic, an epidemic that threatens our future. She is adamant that all the children with autism are a new phenomenon. There is no evidence that autism has always been around like it is now. We didn’t just call it something else in previous generations.
Escher recently interviewed Walter Zahorodny, PhD from Rutgers University in New Jersey about the rise in autism numbers.
This was a podcast entitled, Autism’s Rising Rates: A Deep Dive into Autism's Increasing Prevalence and 50 Years of Data. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Ff5TGvmTnw
Escher used the first half of the podcast to present data showing the dramatic increases in autism in her home state of California, nationally and around the world.
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These are the changes she’s seen in her state.
California has the best autism data in the nation. . . California has a whole department that has been looking at this stuff for a long time.
Autism only made up 4.8 percent of our Department of Developmental Services System in1993. Well fast-forward 31 years, and it’s half the case load.
Anyone you talk to in our system which is called the Regional Center System because those are the agencies that actually fund and provide programs for our developmentally disabled citizens, will tell you that they’ve seen this exact trend. . . .
They’ve been seeing a manifest, obvious objective difference in the characteristics of the people who are now in the system compared to the people who were in the system. . . in the 90s. . . .
The programs that were set up in California to serve these people, most of them are completely unprepared to serve at least those who are more severely disabled by autism. . . .
We see this dramatic increase in our Medicaid population. The autism population there more than tripled. . . . Again we see these dramatic increases but mostly in these younger age groups.
Escher talked about other countries experiencing the same thing. She cited Northern Ireland as an example.
. . . from a very recent report from last year. They found 7.3 percent of their school age males had autism, overall, 5 percent. That’s a crazy number. . . .
I don’t know why a number like this doesn’t raise the alarm bells.
This is absolutely potentially catastrophic for Northern Ireland. . . .
According to Escher, it is impossible that all this is the result of greater awareness, diagnostic substitution or that autism is merely a genetic condition.
The inaction of health officials is inexplicable
She continued.
So this is the greatest medical mystery of our time, and the people who are supposed to be solving this are acting like there is no problem to solve, which should deeply worry us.
We should be very worried about the future of our children and of this country if we don’t figure this out.
Everything Escher said about the exploding autism numbers and the economic and social disaster that they represent echo what I have been writing about for the past 20 years.
The myths of awareness, better diagnosing, autism genes, and expanded definition do nothing but cover up the reality of autism.
Something in the environment is changing the brains of our children, and we’re doing nothing to stop it. No one is talking about reducing autism numbers.
Jill Escher: Denialism must stop. We need answers now.
I agree, but the answers we have are totally different. She was quick to dismiss vaccines as a culprit.
Of course it’s not vaccines. Vaccines really can’t explain any of this.
Instead, Escher believes that it’s not the toxins children are exposed to; it’s what has affected the parents.
Our argument is we shouldn’t be looking at our kids. It’s nothing that our kids were exposed to; it’s what we parents were exposed to. . . .
Animal studies have shown that general anesthesia “can change the way our genes act in our sperm and egg.”
If we expose the parents, their children are at higher risk for having disregulation in their brain development, autism traits in their behavior, and that is especially seen in the male offspring. . . .
Next Escher turned things over to Dr. Zahorodny
Dr. Zahorodny's interview starts at 54:45 on the YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Ff5TGvmTnw
See the text of the entire talk.
Dr. Zahorodny spoke as a top researcher who’s been working on autism numbers since 2000. Zahorodny is in total agreement with Escher, the rate is truly increasing.
There’s no doubt that autism is much more prevalent than many other childhood disorders and many more, much more common than many frequently encountered childhood diseases.
There’s no doubt as well that while New Jersey’s rate is quite high, we’re not the only region with high rates, but that these high rates are now reflected from data in California.
Zahorodny had plenty of statistics, all of them pretty dire. He also warned that our current numbers are probably an underestimate.
…autism, in spite of better awareness, better recognition, is still widely under diagnosed.
Zahorodny was asked why CDC officials refuse to say that autism is really increasing, and he said it was because they can’t identify the cause of autism.
It’s uncomfortable to identify a phenomenon and not to be able to explain it.
If I were to say, if I were to conjecture what a motive could be by some organization such as the CDC, I would be implying something in that direction.
Without there being a well identified set of hypothetical risk factors, it’s just easier to retreat behind the concept of better awareness. . . .
We don’t know the risk factors, so the best one can say apparently is that the increase might be due to better awareness or recognition.
He predicted that the autism rate would continue to increase, and it would again be attributed to greater awareness of health officials.
Autism prevalence for 2022—that is for the next surveillance cycle—will be higher than found previously. This is inevitable because autism prevalence has not peaked.
Most likely the next report will mention better awareness and recognition as possible factors bearing on higher estimates.
This is a standard, almost magical Cohen that comes up every time the prevalence estimates are provided.
Zahorodny admitted that experts were clueless as to what is causing all the autism.
We really don’t understand what’s driving autism prevalence
He was in agreement with Escher that it couldn’t be vaccines.
The first wave of speculation in this field was concerning vaccination and the vaccination hypothesis, though wrong, was very compelling on a number of grounds, and it was very distressing to the Centers for Disease Control to have that hypothesis out there.
Once the hypothesis was debunked or failed to gather evidence, supportive evidence, and no other hypothesis that was compelling enough come into the field, and so we’re kind of stuck repeating the same pseudo explanations.
This was Zahorodny’s only advice.
Since we don’t yet understand, and I see no prospect for understanding the autism risk factors or triggers in the near future, I think it’s very important that we try to promote universal autism screening of toddlers and preschool aged children. . .
I wonder if Dr. Zahorodny remembers an interview he gave in 2012.
Back in April, 2012, Zahorodny was featured on the Brian Lehrer Show on WNYC radio. During the interview, the host brought up research on the possible causes for autism and he made this comment:
I guess we know what they aren't, for instance, childhood vaccines, right?
This was Zahorodny's stunning response:
Vaccines don't play a significant role in autism increasing. Some small number of children probably do have autism because of an adverse vaccine reaction, but they don't make for the overall rise.
Now, twelve year later, he’s sure there is no link.
Escher flatly said, “Of course it’s not vaccines,” but based on what evidence?
Is it the endless pharma-funded studies showing no link?\
Is it the pronouncements of vaccine developer Paul Offit?
It is interesting that Escher and Zahorodny both seem unaware of people like Hannah Poling, the girl in Georgia who, we learned in 2008, was compensated by the federal government for vaccine-induced autism, or the more than 80 cases in Vaccine Court where claimants were quietly awarded compensation for autism caused by vaccines.
What about the words of the late Dr. Bernadine Healy?
In 2008 Dr. Healy, former head of the National Institutes of Health, told CBS News https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3o2R8j4QpBE
that the science hadn’t been done on vaccines. No one had studied to see if a certain subgroup of children were susceptible to vaccine injury.
It still hasn’t been done.
Sharyl Attkisson at CBS News wrote this about Dr. Healy.
According to Healy, when she began researching autism and vaccines she found credible published, peer-reviewed scientific studies that support the idea of an association. That seemed to counter what many of her colleagues had been saying for years. She dug a little deeper and was surprised to find that the government has not embarked upon some of the most basic research that could help answer the question of a link.
The more she dug, she says, the more she came to believe the government and medical establishment were intentionally avoiding the question because they were afraid of the answer.
The science not done
Where is a simple comparison study of fully vaccinated and never-vaccinated children to compare autism rates? There certainly are enough leery parents out there who’ve exempted their kids from vaccination requirements to find a study group. It would be the proof to finally put the controversy to rest. Somehow, for some reason, officials refuse to consider such a study.
The truth is we have had decades of evidence piling up. Endless studies by well-credentialed experts from top institutions expose the disastrous side effects from our unchecked, unsafe vaccine schedule. Health officials pretend this research doesn’t exist.
No one is interested in studying children who were normally developing and suddenly lost learned skills and regressed into autism.
NIH reports that a third of children on the autism spectrum experienced regression. This would make a huge study group. Again, no one wants to look.
Dr. Zahorody doesn’t want to consider that CDC officials have a huge motive in denying a real increase each and every time the autism rate worsens; they know countless parents have reported that their normally developing children changed after receiving routine childhood vaccines. This fact lays the blames right on their doorstep.
I have reported on a number of Zahorodny’s interviews over the past five years and his comments are always the same:
The increase in autism is a real increase.
No one knows why this is happening.
The increases will continue.
The best we can do is to promote early detection and early intervention.
As Zahorodny predicts, when we finally wake up from this nightmare, it will be to a world where no normally functioning children are left.
My past stories on Dr. Zahorodny
2018 Autism Rates Increase. 1 in 22 Boys in New Jersey.
2020 Rutgers' Walter Zahorodny on Autism Rise in New Jersey
2023 Pull Out Those Old Excuses
2023 Autism Prevalence Since 2000: Wayne Rohde Interviews Dr. Walter Zahorodny
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By Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
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As we approach the 4th anniversary of "Two weeks to flatten the curve," we're honored to present Dr. Richard Moskowitz's insightful thoughts on the errors of the Covid era.
Aside - I was in his practice's backyard for many years, and I only wish I had known him when I was a young woman seeking healthcare. I could have learned so much. Please join us in thanking him for sharing his work here. If you would like the full file for this series to share, please email me at AutismAges@gmail.com. Kim
Below is part 1 of 4. You can download the entire article in its original format here.
Some Thoughts on the COVID
The COVID pandemic was in its early stages when I retired in 2020; so I've had no personal experience of treating patients who’ve been sick with it. But after three years of upsetting the lives of nearly everyone on the planet, it's still very much with us, still shrouded in mystery, still being perpetuated by the same fear and uncertainty that helped launch it in the first place, and dramatizes with its own special urgency a lot of the same issues I've been writing about ever since I began practicing long ago. Of course, my collected thoughts, feelings, and opinions about it could also be wrong, which would actually be a huge relief. But the scientific evidence that we now possess leaves little doubt that even the most speculative of my conspiracy theories are a lot closer to the truth than any sane person would willingly tolerate. Dr. Richard Moskowitz
The First Cases
Right from the start, the virus exhibited striking features that aroused suspicion, simply because it manifested so differently from most other acute viral infections that we know of. In the first place, it seemed as contagious as the measles, if not more so. Soon after the first known cases were identified in Wuhan in late December 2019, the first U. S. case was diagnosed in someone returning from China; and by the end of January, 2020, there were already 10,000 cases worldwide, enough to prompt many epidemiologists to warn the CDC, then-President Trump, and the entire world that emergency measures were necessary to forestall or at least contain the threat of a global pandemic.1 Even more unsettling was the finding that the virus had infected and perhaps been transmitted by large numbers of asymptomatic people,2 which made it imperative to locate and test exposed populations on a large scale in order to identify and isolate these carriers, especially in overcrowded, high-risk settings, and determine the true death rate. The apparent rapidity and ease of its spread then led to further speculation that the virus had already been active in the Wuhan area months before the first case was announced in late December, as was subsequently confirmed by epidemiologists at the University of California San Diego, who calculated that the virus had most likely been circulating in Hobei Province since October 2019, if not before.3
President Trump's offhand dismissal of the threat, combined with his outspoken disdain for science in general and the CDC in particular, gave irrefutable evidence to opponents and supporters alike of his utter incompetence and unfeigned disinclination to unite the nation and provide the kind of nonpartisan leadership that such a crisis demanded, and elevated the veteran Dr. Fauci, the designated leader of our coronavirus task force, into an unlikely hero for contradicting the Commander-in-Chief at his daily press briefings and ignoring his frequent diatribes.4
But in their eagerness to seize on Trump's disgraceful and indeed unapologetic indifference to the public interest, his political opponents were far too quick to ignore the even more shocking and momentous failure of the CDC itself, mainly in not stockpiling adequate testing materials and safety equipment beforehand, despite having long studied and even predicted such outbreaks; not identifying and tracking those infected, once the virus made its presence known,5 as was already proving its worth in South Korea, Japan, Taiwan, China, and Hong Kong; and not acting promptly and effectively to do everything else necessary to contain the outbreak, as suggested above.
Trump's dithering, denialism, and incompetence can hardly excuse the agencies in charge of our public health from failing to do precisely the job they were created to do, one requiring scientific expertise that the President, the Congress, and the general public don't have and aren't expected to have.
Even more unaccountably, both Fauci and the CDC abandoned the time-honored strategy for containing such outbreaks, even when leading epidemiologists like Dr. Knut Wittkowski of the Rockefeller University spelled it out for them when they seemed to be doing their best to ignore it:
1) keeping the children in school, and allowing the virus to spread rapidly among this least vulnerable sector of the population;
2) isolating the people at highest risk, such as the elderly, infirm, and chronically ill, and those living in nursing homes and extended-care facilities; and
3) identifying asymptomatic carriers, and locating their contacts, thus enabling as many low-risk people as possible to develop and recover from the disease, leading to natural herd immunity in the shortest possible time.6
Instead, by remaining silent and doing nothing for so many weeks, the agency actually allowed the President to have his way until the surge in new cases threatened to overwhelm the capacity of hospitals and urgent-care facilities to care for them, and thus made containing the outbreak no longer seem possible. That was evidently the signal that prompted Dr. Fauci and the CDC to "flatten the curve," by imposing a general lockdown, shutting down the economy, and thus slowing the rate of infection, even though these measures, if successful, would necessarily prolong the outbreak and thus provide ample time for "variants" or mutant strains to develop. Read more after the jump below.
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At the time, many people probably assumed that Fauci and the CDC simply miscalculated when they ignored their own experts, flattened the curve, and prolonged the outbreak. But more recent evidence that Fauci's agency was already working on developing a COVID vaccine when those decisions were made public suggests that slowing down the pandemic was also necessary for their vaccine to qualify as the weapon of choice when it became available. Although widely dismissed as yet another "conspiracy theory" undeserving of serious consideration, this truly sinister fantasy merely re-emphasizes the established fact that developing and promoting new vaccines in partnership with the drug industry had long since become Fauci's and the CDC's default strategy for dealing with acute infectious diseases of every kind.7The rehearsal.
That possibility gained even more traction when we learned that CDC officials had actively participated in an elaborate wargame exercise in October of 2019, just 2 months before the first recorded case, uncannily simulating a coronavirus pandemic like the one we are still struggling through.8 Organized jointly by the futuristic World Economic Forum, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, and the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security, the so-called "Event 201" was staged at New York's Hotel Pierre, and invited legislators, health policy makers, representatives of print and social media, corporate executives, CIA officials, and even the head of China's CDC to attend. It envisioned a global health crisis involving 65,000,000 deaths and a massive economic shutdown lasting 18 months, until either an effective vaccine became available, or 80-90% of the world's population had been exposed and developed natural herd immunity, whichever came first.
Of course, flattening the curve was already eliminating the second possibility, and even made it seem undesirable, as Dr. Fauci later admitted, since those who achieved natural immunity might no longer want or seem to need vaccines like the one his agency was actively developing.10 The organizers also laid particular emphasis on the indispensable role of the media in dispelling panic, by suppressing "misinformation" and "disinformation" at variance with the official narrative and the draconian measures needed to quell the outbreak.11
In late January, just 4 weeks after the first declared Wuhan case, the World Economic Forum announced its own COVID Action Platform, an international consortium for expediting vaccine development and mandating their use; and, a few days later, the World Health Organization declared a global Public Health Emergency, signing on to precisely the same 18-month scenario that the organizers of Event 201 had already mapped out,12 thus preparing the way for locking down, requiring masks, closing schools and businesses, and vaccinating as much of the whole world as soon as possible. The presence of China's top public health official provided further fuel for suspecting that Event 201 was no mere simulation, but in fact a dress rehearsal for the momentous events that the organizers knew had already begun and were about to astonish the world.
3. The Illness
The broad outlines of the COVID-19 illness soon made themselves known. In the months immediately following the lockdown, the extreme mutability of the SARS-CoV-2 virus became evident in the biphasic cycles of sharp declines in the number of reported cases in various parts of the world, followed by equally dramatic surges of new cases linked to genetic variants and subvariants of the original virus.13,14,15 These mutant strains have proved even more numerous and have appeared even more rapidly than with the influenza viruses, which likewise require much guesswork in predicting and redesigning vaccines against them on a yearly basis even before they emerge.
An even more striking pattern was the extent to which the deaths and most severe cases requiring hospitalization were occurring consistently and predominantly among the elderly and chronically ill, an affinity that had been noticed to some extent in past outbreaks, but never so predominantly as to seem almost aimed at them. As of March, 2020, almost 2500 Italians had already died while testing positive for the virus, and over 99% of them were already suffering with various chronic diseases: 25% with one, 26% more with two, and 49% more with 3 and up, but less than 1% with none; their average age was 79.5 years.16 Right from the start, the outbreak was sending an unmistakable and dire warning to pay the most careful attention to our underlying burden of chronic disease, the terrain that was giving it life.
At least in the developed world, the illness continued targeting the elderly and chronically ill with remarkable consistency throughout 2020, and indeed has done so ever since. In the U. S., residents of nursing homes, assisted-living, rehab, and other extended-care facilities comprised only 0.6% of the population, but accounted for fully 42% of all the deaths linked to COVD-19 in 2020, and a lot more than that in many states, e. g., 81.4% in Minnesota, 77.0 in Rhode Island, and 70.0% in Ohio.17 Along the same lines, 86.2% of Americans dying while testing positive for COVID-19 were already suffering from one or more chronic diseases;18 and a large preponderance of all COVID-related deaths worldwide likewise involved comorbidities,19 ,creating a similar confusion as to whether the virus was the immediate cause of death, or a secondary, contributing factor, or only a coincidence.20,21
As it happens, the cause of death as recorded on U. S. death certificates was then and is still simply accepted at face value by the CDC, and included in its statistics without further review, thus adding still more reason to question their accuracy, as the agency itself admitted:
COVID-19 should not be reported on the death certificate if it did not cause or contribute to the death. [Ascertaining proper] cause of death can be challenging, especially during emergencies [if] certifiers face heavy workloads, lack access to complete information, [or are] not well trained in [certifying] the cause of death. Current estimates are that 20-30% of death certificates have [such] issues.22
Is COVID-19 a chronic disease?
The revelation that COVID-19 cases and deaths were occurring predominantly in people who were already chronically ill prompted me to wonder if the baseline effect of the illness might include simply making worse whatever other chronic illnesses were already present, the nonspecific, baseline effect of vaccination that I had observed repeatedly in my years of practice and often written about.23 That possibility also alerted me to other peculiar and distinctly unusual characteristics of the disease. First of all, even though many of the most severe cases making the headlines and overcrowding Emergency Rooms and ICUs were identified as an unusual type of Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome, or ARDS, involving marked deoxygenation of the blood,24 many other serious and fatal cases spared the lungs entirely, and produced microscopic blood clots in a variety of other organs and tissues.25
Secondly, no matter which organs were involved, autopsies consistently revealed signs of "cytokine storm" or lesser degrees of autoimmune dysregulation, involving excessively high levels of interleukins and autoantibodies in the damaged cells and tissues.26 Finally, as many as 20-30% of patients with active COVID-19 develop a similarly wide variety of signs and symptoms that persist chronically for months or even longer, and often prove refractory to treatment.27 Originally assumed to be simply residues of the acute phase, these conditions have actually behaved more like chronic diseases in their own right, exhibiting lesser degrees of the same type of autoimmune dysregulation, and even developing in quite a few patients who had seemingly recovered or been only mildly ill until then.28
In all three respects, this broad array of COVID-19 illness presentations have resembled the other chronic diseases we're already much too familiar with, exhibiting a slow, persistent course punctuated by acute phases and flare-ups, and characterized by varying degrees of autoimmune dysregulation in the severe and fatal cases as well as the "long-COVID" version. From that perspective, even those numerous cases thought to be reinfections might simply be flare-ups of the original illness in its chronic form. A further indication of chronicity lay in the disease's other major clustering of cases, hospitalizations, and fatalities among society's least fortunate, those handicapped by poverty, discrimination, malnutrition, homelessness, overcrowding, and the like,29 in parallel with the other chronic diseases that already burden Americans more than anyone else in the developed world.30 The added cascade of impoverishment and job loss precipitated by the lockdown undoubtedly help explain why our death rate from COVID-19 continues to outnumber everyone else's, and why the pandemic as a whole will almost certainly exacerbate these same trends still further in the future.
The Emergency.
Originally justified on the basis of the WHO's declaration of emergency, the lockdown quickly ripened into a self-fulfilling prophecy, with the economic collapse and social isolation of masking, distancing, and "sheltering in place" instigating a bona fide emergency of job loss, impoverishment, and social isolation that was much worse than anything the disease itself would have been capable of if properly managed, and continues to haunt us even now, when most of the original technical restrictions are being lifted or ignored.
Many prominent epidemiologists whose initial advice was disregarded have continued to reject the official mythology, based on the large but unknown and indeed unknowable number of asymptomatic or only mildly symptomatic cases who never sought testing or needed treatment. As early as March, 2020, Prof. John Ioannidis of Stanford designed a study to address that uncertainty by testing a broad cross-section of several thousand residents in Santa Clara County, California for SARS-CoV-2 antibodies, indicating previous infection with the virus. By extrapolating from that large sample, the authors calculated that roughly 53,000 residents, an estimated 2.8% of the population, had already been infected, a number more than 44 times the less-than-1200 confirmed cases at the time,31 yielding a death rate of approximately 0.17% overall,32 roughly comparable to that of an average flu season requiring no such restrictions. Similar discrepancies were also documented elsewhere,33 but in most places the higher case fatality rate based on clearly symptomatic cases was retained as the standard, reaffirming the emergency.
The Treatment
As we saw, the CDC and WHO made clear from the beginning that dealing with the pandemic would be focused primarily on developing new vaccines against the virus, injecting them worldwide into as many people as possible, and pressuring governments across the world to mandate them for their entire populations. On the face of it, that strategy reflected the general view that treating viral infections with medicines wasn't very effective anyway, with symptomatic relief the best that could be hoped for. But when the pandemic was declared, no vaccines had yet been developed against it. Even at the breakneck pace of Operation Warp Speed that the leading manufacturers and even President Trump were pushing for, none would be available until the end of 2020 at the earliest. In addition, all previous vaccines were designed to be given to healthy people to prevent infections from breaking out in the future; never before had they been given in the midst of an outbreak to people who were at high risk of being infected or had already fallen ill and recovered.
So we were told and indeed ordered to protect ourselves by staying home all the time, masking and social distancing when going out in public, and staying away from the hospital except when significantly ill and needing treatment, when we would qualify for remdesivir, a high-priced antiviral, developed by Fauci's own team at NIH,34,35 and ventilator therapy with oxygen at high pressure, both of which were life-threatening all by themselves. In short, virtually the entire populations of our own and many other developed countries were offered no preventive care or treatment whatsoever for close to an entire year, even though several inexpensive, non-toxic therapies of proven effectiveness were readily available, and physicians and health professionals were actually using them on their own with notable success.
One such was Chinese herbal medicine, with thousands of years of history and experience behind it, and many studies in accredited journals attesting to its value in treating COVID-19.36 Several American physicians likewise reported excellent success in both preventing and treating the disease with high doses of nutritional supplements, such as Dr. David Brownstein's regimen of oral Vitamins A, C, D, and iodine, plus IV infusions of the same for seriously ill patients in the hospital.37 In an early series of 520 confirmed, symptomatic cases, he reported only 9 hospitalizations and not a single death.38
Hydrochloroquine and ivermectin.
Hydroxychloroquine or Plaquenil, an inexpensive, widely-used antimalarial and anti-inflammatory drug with an excellent safety record, was also proving extremely beneficial to many patients in the early stages of the pandemic, and backed by several peer-reviewed studies recommending its use. Prof. Harvey Risch, an epidemiologist at Yale, concluded a meta-analysis of five different outpatient trials with an urgent plea for widespread use of the drug in combination with zinc and azithromycin at the onset of symptoms, as a safe, inexpensive, and extremely effective method for ending the pandemic.39
Ivermectin, a similarly inexpensive and widely available anti-parasitic drug with a notable record of safety and efficacy against hookworm, roundworms, and filariasis, had already earned a Nobel Prize for its developers. When the Peruvian government began distributing it to various subpopulations at high risk, the death rate from COVID dropped precipitously in those regions.40 Testifying before a Senate Committee, Pierre Kory, M. D., a lung and critical-care-specialist, cited RCTs involving thousands of hospitalized patients that demonstrated remarkably higher rates of recovery and proportionately lower death rates after treatment with Ivermectin.41
Homeopathy.
Although widely ignored and even ridiculed by many physicians, homeopathic medicine, my own subspecialty for 46 years, has been in continuous use for more than two centuries, with an impressive track record in both preventing and treating outbreaks of scarlet fever, cholera, typhoid, yellow fever, influenza, and other epidemic diseases in the past.42 In Kerala, a populous state in south India with only 23 confirmed deaths from COVID-19 in that terrible first wave, its phenomenal success in minimizing the impact of the disease was widely ascribed to the provincial government's policy of distributing homeopathic medicines prophylactically to all residents.43 Some months later, when vaccines became available and were administered on a large scale, the number of cases and deaths rose sharply to levels more nearly comparable to those in neighboring states.44
Similarly in Cuba, the government's initial response to the pandemic was to provide the homeopathic medicine Arsenicum album to all residents both preventively and as needed for treatment, with the result that in all of 2020 they recorded only 14,600 cases and 150 deaths out of a population of 11,000,000.45 But their own massive vaccination rollout in 2021 saw their numbers skyrocket to 540,000 cases, 120,000 in August alone, and 4200 deaths, figures much more in keeping with those among their neighbors.46
In Italy, 50 acutely-ill patients recovered under homeopathic treatment without a single death or hospitalization.47 Using the classical method of selecting just one medicine at a time for the whole patient, Dr. André Saine, a celebrated Canadian homeopath, treated a number of critically-ill COVID patients in a French nursing home, almost all of whom recovered and remained in stable condition.48 Compiled by the American Institute of Homeopathy, a database of several hundred cases treated classically and ranging from mild to severe demonstrated a high rate of cure using many of the same medicines most commonly employed during the usual flu season, as well as others found effective in severe cases with more severe or unusual symptoms.49
Eliminating the competition.
The CDC, WHO, and the drug industry spared no effort or expense in discouraging such alternatives, no matter how promising, presumably to ensure once again that people everywhere would need and long for the vaccines as their only hope of rescue. Inasmuch as herbal medicine, nutritional therapy, and homeopathy were outliers on the fringes of the system, the medical establishment seemed content to simply ignore them as usual. Hydrochloroquine and ivermectin, on the other hand, were popular, inexpensive, off-patent drugs known to be safe and effective and widely available without prescription; they represented precisely the kind of immediate and practical threat to the political and commercial success of their plans that moved Fauci, the agencies, and the industry to do everything possible to discredit them and minimize their use.
Hydroxychloroquine.
In the case of hydroxychloroquine, or HCQ, Fauci mounted pilot studies at his agency to show that it was ineffective against COVID-19 by the simple expedient of delaying treatment with it until day 14 of symptoms, disregarding Prof. Risch's repeated insistence that it be given at the onset or as early as possible.50 He then set about convincing the world that it was also dangerous, by administering doses he knew to be excessive to elderly COVID patients in the hospital, 2400 mg. on the first day, six times the dose stipulated by Dr. Risch, followed by a double dose of 800 mg. daily thereafter, with the predictable result that several of them died.51 Fauci not only escaped censure and punishment for these misdeeds, but succeeded in convincing a credulous public and adoring media that HCQ was indeed a dangerous drug, overriding its unblemished safety record of 65 years. The sheer improbability of that achievement provides eloquent testimony to the ruthless, machine-like efficiency of the bureaucratic empire that he had built and run for the last 35 years. We taxpayers who fund his agency surely deserve to know how he managed to enlist reputable, accomplished scientists and government officials to carry out studies that they knew or should have known were fraudulent and life-threatening, not to mention overawing the world's most prestigious medical journals into signing off on their results.52
Precisely how he pulled that off is impressively detailed in Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s 2021 chilling, thoroughly-documented exposé, The Real Anthony Fauci: Bill Gates, Big Pharma, and the Global War on Democracy and Public Health.53 As director of the NIAID, he eventually gained control of the entire Federal health bureaucracy and its all-important role of overseeing all medical research, simply by partnering with the drug industry, co-sponsoring and co-funding its scientists, and prioritizing its values, chiefly developing new, expensive, and patentable drugs and vaccines. In so doing, he won huge increases in his agency's budget as well as significant royalties and emoluments for himself and his research team. The inevitable result was luring NIAID, its scientists, and other affiliated agencies away from their original mission of protecting the public health into simply promoting the commercial interests of the industry they were intended to regulate, a metamorphosis entirely comparable to the corrupting of many other government agencies that now happily serve the corporations they were meant to supervise.
In the 2000s, after several decades of directing NIAID, Fauci sought to extend his influence internationally by entering into a similarly momentous and lucrative partnership with WHO and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. With their help, the giant multi-nationals of the drug industry were already prevailing on governments around the world to stop using HCQ as early as January 2020, even before the WHO had declared the COVID to be a pandemic and full-blown emergency. The U.S. and many other governments complied by first reclassifying the drug "for prescription only," then ordering doctors not to prescribe it, and, for good measure, even suspending their licenses if they disobeyed.54,55 Finally, the agencies and manufacturers pressured social and mainstream media, many of which were indebted to the same wealthy donors, to censor any information that contradicted or even questioned the approved narrative, and to keep the airwaves, print media, and internet flooded with more suitable texts provided by government agencies controlled by Fauci and funded by Gates.56 Thus RFK Jr.’s well-researched book, a runaway best-seller online, has been boycotted as disinformation everywhere else, without even being reviewed by mainstream print or broadcast media, or displayed on bookstore shelves. Yet reputable RCTs attesting to HCQ's effectiveness have continued to appear,57 and the poorer countries that made it freely available to their populations have experienced consistently lower death rates than wealthier countries like Holland, Belgium, France, Spain, the U.S., and Canada, where it was banned,58,59
Ivermectin.
Ivermectin's track record was even more impressive, but didn’t spare it from meeting the same fate. Ten years earlier, its extraordinary success in treating several parasitic diseases had convinced the FDA to recommend it as safe and effective, while the WHO listed it as an "essential medicine," one suitable to be given prophylactically to entire populations.60 When animal studies confirmed that the drug also got rid of SARS-CoV-2, lab experiments demonstrated that it actually bound to the virus' spike protein,61 and thereby blocked the pathogen from entering and attacking host cells. This remarkable affinity promised to make it effective for prophylaxis and treatment against not only the original SARS-CoV-2, but also its rapidly-growing list of variants, as well as other coronaviruses both past and future, all of which depend on the spike protein for entering cells and inflicting whatever mischief they're capable of.62 Reports of ivermectin given prophylactically to health-care workers regularly exposed to the virus showed that the drug prevented COVID-19 infection in close to 100% of those who volunteered to take it, in contrast to those choosing not to take it, a high percentage of whom contracted the disease.63 A study in The Lancet added that the drug impressively reduced viral loads and the intensity and duration of symptoms in those who were already ill.64
As early as the spring of 2020, with hospitals and ICU's already overloaded with the dead and dying, Dr. Paul Marik, a prominent Professor of Critical Care Medicine, invited hundreds of colleagues from around the world to conduct research and develop treatment guidelines for treating COVID-19 patients and founded the Front Line COVID-19 Critical Care or FLCCC Alliance to publicize their findings. In November, the pulmonologist Dr. Pierre Kory, their President and Chief Medical Officer, testified before a Senate Committee that they had accumulated sufficient data to recommend giving out ivermectin routinely to prevent serious complications in those with early or mild symptoms and help those already critically ill to recover:
Six studies with over 2400 patients showed near-perfect prevention of transmission of this virus in people exposed to [it]. Three Randomized Controlled [Trials] and multiple large case series involving over 3000 patients [showed] stunning recovery among hospitalized patients. Four large Randomized Controlled Trials involving 3000 patients all [showed] large and statistically significant reductions in mortality when treated with ivermectin.65
Based on these data and the common experience of other FLCCC physicians, notably Dr. Marik, Dr. Peter McCullough, an experienced cardiologist, and Dr. Robert Malone, an influential research scientist, Dr. Kory concluded his presentation with an impassioned plea for using the drug as widely as possible for both prevention and treatment, based on their conviction that early treatment with ivermectin could have saved $1 trillion in healthcare costs and prevented millions of hospitalizations and hundreds of thousands of deaths if it had been officially approved and promoted from the beginning.66 Just 10 days after this explosive testimony, the NIH's COVID-19 Treatment Guidelines Panel, which had previously issued stern warnings against the drug, retreated ever so slightly, citing "insufficient evidence to recommend either for or against ivermectin for the treatment of COVID-19,"67 and implying at least a willingness to reconsider if more compelling evidence came to light, but still opposing it for the moment, a seemingly more judicious and even-handed position that became the official government mantra ever after. Fauci then commissioned a new multimillion-dollar study by one of the panel members that roundly debunked Dr. Kory's claims, but again hid behind the more neutral façade of simply declining to recommend it.68
In short, Fauci and his allies succeeded in keeping ivermectin away from most patients in the United States, several developed countries, and many others where his influence held sway, blithely ignoring the fact that COVID cases, hospitalizations, and deaths have consistently plummeted and remained at much lower levels wherever and whenever the drug was made freely available.69
Kerala " 35,000,000 " 6,750,000 " 70,800
Karnataka " 61,000,000 " 3,000,000 " 37,000
Andhra Pradesh " 50,000,000 " 2,000,000 " 14,000
Note: Cathy brings a dose of high hopes today. I'm a big Frank Sinatra fan, and High Hopes was a classic he sang with a group of children. It's a song about NEVER GIVING UP. I added a YouTube clip at the end of Cathy's post. The art above is a print you can purchase with the lyrics - not related to AofA in any way, but I wanted to give them a plug since we used the wonderful art. https://songlyricdesigns.com/frank-sinatra-high-hopes-watercolour-rainbow-clouds-decorative-gift-song-lyric-print/https://songlyricdesigns.com/frank-sinatra-high-hopes-watercolour-rainbow-clouds-decorative-gift-song-lyric-print/
By Cathy Jameson
Ronan had a follow up appointment last week to see his neurologist. But when I got the notification that his appointment was coming up, I noticed that he would be seeing a different provider. Did they switch us out of pediatrics to an adult doctor? I wondered. No, but that did come up during the appointment.
Ronan has one more visit with his regular pediatric neurologist, who is still on staff. After that next visit, he’ll begin seeing doctors who work with adult patients. I’m not so much dreading that idea because of not trusting those doctors. I’m dreading leaving the pediatric team because we’ve received such great care from every single person on that team.
From the dentist to the gastroenterologist to the physical medicine doctors, many have guided us through several changes over the last few years. They’ve been a lifeline for us during some dark moments. We had no idea who these providers were when we first met each of them. Over time, we grew to know them as they grew to know us. We didn’t just get to work with them one-on-one. With how complicated some medical conditions have been, we’ve all had to work together. The GI doc consults with the neuro doc. The dentist has been known to review the medications prescribed knowing they can affect dental health. Ronan’s specialty pharmacist chimes in, too! I’ve shared before that I like the drive to this facility for one thing because it’s a pretty drive. But also, I like it because we have a great team of helpers greeting us.
To have to start from scratch with a new team of specialists feels daunting.
Once we leave the pediatric neurologist to a general neurologist, I’m sure other general docs will soon pick up Ronan’s care. I knew that day would come, but I didn’t expect it to be right now.
I should know that expectations change; it’s been a way of life for a long time. My early expectations of my son’s development changed. My early expectations of how I would mother him changed, too. Since he got sick, every early expectation I have had has changed.
I still remain hopeful. Not to a fault but because that has always been my nature – to be hopeful.
Even thought the news from last week’s appointment wasn’t so great, I was hopeful that some good would come later. In fact, I expect that.
Even though the long drive home from the doctor’s visit had me crying, I was hopeful that the future wouldn’t feel so bleak. I expect some lows ahead but not all of the time.
Even though the frustrating moments Ronan had that day, like just simply getting him out of the car, I remained hopeful to still be able to serve him. To serve him is expected of me.
The expectations I have of the new medical team is simple – to provide great care to my son and to respect him. I will do my due diligence to learn their background that will hopefully help me begin to trust them. At the end of the day, though, where they went to school, which awards they’ve won, or how many times they’ve been published means nothing to me if I can’t do the most basic thing – trust them. My expectations will remain high until I can do just that.
Cathy Jameson is a Contributing Editor for Age of Autism.
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You can buy Vax-Unvax Let the Science Speak By Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. and Brian Hooker, PhD for just $1.99 Kindle edition. The Kindle app works on your tablet or smart phone and is free! Hardcover also available and can never be deleted. NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER!
The Studies the CDC Refuses to Do
This book is based on over one hundred studies in the peer-reviewed literature that consider vaccinated versus unvaccinated populations. Each study is analyzed, and health differences among infants, children, and adults who have been vaccinated and those who have not are presented and put in context.
Given the massive push to vaccinate the entire global population, this book is timely and necessary for individuals to make informed choices for themselves and their families.
The Wuhan Cover-Up: And the Terrifying Bioweapons Arms Race (Children’s Health Defense)
By Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
“Whenever I read, listen to, or debate Bobby, I learn something new and change my mind on at least one or two issues, while vehemently disagreeing with many others. Both the agreements and disagreements stimulate my thinking and emotions, even when they make me angry or concerned. Read him and make up your own minds." —Alan Dershowitz
“The Wuhan Cover-Up will blow out of the water the international disinformation campaign by US and Chinese government officials and their bribed scientists that COVID-19 somehow magically jumped out of the Wuhan wet market. Kennedy’s book will provide the ammunition needed for us lawyers to hold them all legally accountable for this Nuremberg Crime against Humanity.” —Professor Francis A. Boyle, author of the Biological Weapons Anti-Terrorism Act of 1989
Today, we're reprinting our Valentine's Day post where we saluted parents for the heartbreaking, back breaking work we do every day, out of love for our children. Dana Kennedy of the NY Post has followed up on an horrendous death that involves a woman who may have had a form of autism. She asked me for a quote, and was able to print... some of it. Welcome to new readers.
‘Pure evil’: Inside Lacey Fletcher’s sad life and torturous death on her parents’ couch
NO GREATER LOVE, 2/14/24
By Kim Rossi
Today, I'll wear my heart on my sleeve. There’s no greater love than what I have witnessed in the autism parenting community. If your child has Down Syndrome, Cancer, Cerebral Palsy, Cystic Fibrosis, Spina Bifida, Muscular Dystrophy or anything other than autism - you have a medical community ready to embrace and help you, you have religious institutions planning potlucks and GoFundMes. Ronald McDonald House and St. Jude are there to serve you. You get gentle looks in public. Friends and family try to help - even if they fail. Not so with autism. We do this backbreaking, heartbreaking work alone, desperately trying to make the right choices for our children. Meds? ABA? Early Intervention? Biomed? Spelling? PECS? AAC? At home? Group home? General ed? Contained classroom? And in adulthood? You start from scratch again with far fewer supports than when your child was school age. We are BEASTS for our kids.
So, on this St. Valentine's Day 2024, from all of us at Age of Autism, we SEE you. We LOVE you. We ARE you.
Here's to avoiding the red dye!
Kim
By Cathy Jameson
A nurse from the one of the agencies that provides services for my son calls every 3 months. “Hi, Mrs. Jameson. How is Ronan? Does he need anything? Do you need anything?” Those calls are quick because Ronan’s been doing fine, he doesn’t need anything, and I don’t need anything either.
Every six months, the nurse calls with scripted questions that keep us in the system and qualified for continued care. Once a year, she visits us. I’m always prepared for those visits and have appreciated the extra medical resources her agency can offer. Besides resources, they can also offer medical supplies. Ronan’s benefitted from having those items, for which I’m grateful. Before the last home visit, I thought about what new items he might need but couldn’t think of any. I also looked back at my notes from previous visits and jotted a few things I wanted to ask about. For the next visit, the nurse who had met with us for years wouldn’t be joining us. It would be a new person joining Team Ronan.
I’m happy that the nurse who’d seen us through a few issues was moving on to something else. But getting new people on board after all the things we’ve had to manage, and have successfully avoided, didn’t feel comfortable. It felt like work. Keeping my child safe and healthy is my job, so I got to work doing a little bit more prep work for the in-home visit.
The day the new nurse came was less stressful than I thought it would be. She was kind, lovely, and had years’ worth of really good notes from the nurse we’d know for years. She even knew that flu shots are something we don’t care for. That topic would be the tell-tale sign – if she hassled me, I knew to do more listening than talking. If she didn’t, I’d still do more listening than talking, but I’d be open to hearing what she had to say. With Ronan no longer under 18, the questions on his forms changed, including social/emotional needs. No longer were they about which toys and activities he liked to do. They were questions you’d hear an adult being asked.
I have a good poker face, so didn’t let her know the first question shocked me:
Does Ronan feel safe at home?
Yes.
[Geez, lady. What a question! He loves being home. LOVES it.]
With his special needs, I’m going to say he’s not out partying.
Right.
[WHAT?!]
He’s not smoking?
Nope.
[Good grief.]
Or drinking?
No.
The more questions she asked, the more one-syllable responses I gave. It satisfied her checkboxes, and it secured care for my son for another year. With that done, I thanked the new nurse for her time and filed the paperwork. On her way out, she could see that Ronan was happy, healthy, and safe with us at home.
Last Friday, we took Ronan out for dinner just because. Well, mostly because it had been an incredibly busy week for me, and I didn’t want to make dinner. We went to our usual place, but forgetting it was Friday night, the place was packed. We went to another restaurant that we know Ronan enjoys. Again, we saw a line out the door of patrons waiting for a table. We drove farther into town, but four times that evening, we left because the wait was so long. The fifth place, another go-to local eatery was open, empty, and perfect! Ronan loves it there, and we loved seeing him so happy.
Once dinner was over, we headed home. We didn’t have the energy to do anything else. And Ronan didn’t seem to mind going straight back. Walking into the house with his little sister, he smiled. He was home. And he was incredibly happy to be there.
Keeping him happy, healthy, and safe. It’s my job, and I’m very happy to keep doing it.
Cathy Jameson is a Contributing Editor for Age of Autism.
]]>..."nonspeaking autistic people can acquire foundational literacy skills."
We implore you to read and share this study about spelling as a means of communication. We've only excerpted the abstract, visit the link below to read the entire study.
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/13623613241230709
Jaswal, V. K., Lampi, A. J., & Stockwell, K. M. (2024). Literacy in nonspeaking autistic people. Autism, 0(0). https://doi.org/10.1177/13623613241230709
Literacy in Nonspeaking Autistic People
Abstract
Autistic people who cannot speak risk being underestimated. Their inability to speak, along with other unconventional behaviors and mannerisms, can give rise to limiting assumptions about their capacities, including their capacity to acquire literacy. In this preregistered study, we developed a task to investigate whether autistic adolescents and adults with limited or no phrase speech (N = 31) have learned English orthographic conventions. Participants played a game that involved tapping sequentially pulsing targets on an iPad as quickly as they could. Three patterns in their response times suggest they know how to spell: (a) They were faster to tap letters of the alphabet that pulsed in sequences that spelled sentences than letters or nonsense symbols that pulsed in closely matched but meaningless sequences; (b) they responded more quickly to pairs of letters in meaningful sequences the more often the letters co-occur in English; and (c) they spontaneously paused before tapping the first pulsing letter of a new word. These findings suggest that nonspeaking autistic people can acquire foundational literacy skills. With appropriate instruction and support, it might be possible to harness these skills to provide nonspeaking autistic people access to written forms of communication as an alternative to speech.
Lay abstract
Many autistic people who do not talk cannot tell other people what they know or what they are thinking. As a result, they might not be able to go to the schools they want, share feelings with friends, or get jobs they like. It might be possible to teach them to type on a computer or tablet instead of talking. But first, they would have to know how to spell. Some people do not believe that nonspeaking autistic people can learn to spell. We did a study to see if they can. We tested 31 autistic teenagers and adults who do not talk much or at all. They played a game on an iPad where they had to tap flashing letters. After they played the game, we looked at how fast they tapped the letters. They did three things that people who know how to spell would do.
First, they tapped flashing letters faster when the letters spelled out sentences than when the letters made no sense. Second, they tapped letters that usually go together faster than letters that do not usually go together. This shows that they knew some spelling rules. Third, they paused before tapping the first letter of a new word. This shows that they knew where one word ended and the next word began. These results suggest that many autistic people who do not talk can learn how to spell. If they are given appropriate opportunities, they might be able to learn to communicate by typing.About one-third of autistic children and adults cannot communicate effectively using speech, even after years or decades of interventions focused on speech (DiStefano et al., 2016; Tager-Flusberg & Kasari, 2013). For reasons that are not yet understood, some do not talk at all, some can say a few words or phrases, and others can speak but in a very limited way. Although some nonspeaking1 autistic people can learn to use picture-based communication systems (e.g. Bondy & Frost, 2001), these systems are limited in that they are used primarily to make requests (Ostryn et al., 2008), the vocabulary available to a user is chosen by someone other than the user, and the evidence for their long-term efficacy is not robust (Howlin et al., 2007). Unfortunately, most nonspeaking autistic people are never provided access to an effective, language-based alternative to speech, significantly limiting their educational, employment, and social opportunities.
For people with acquired disabilities that make speech difficult or impossible (e.g. aphasia following a stroke), writing can become their preferred medium of expression (e.g. Thiel & Conroy, 2022). But fewer than 10% of people with congenital disabilities that significantly impact their ability to speak (including nonspeaking autism) are estimated to be literate (Foley & Wolter, 2010). In one large study, school professionals reported that fewer than 5% of their nonspeaking students from 3rd to 12th grade could write simple phrases or sentences (Erickson & Geist, 2016). Intrinsic factors (e.g. perceptual, cognitive disabilities) may contribute to the difficulties some nonspeaking people face in acquiring literacy. But nonspeaking autistic people also face at least three extrinsic challenges in acquiring literacy.
First, they have to overcome deeply entrenched assumptions that because they cannot communicate effectively using speech, they do not have the capacity for language. Speech and language have historically been conflated (Gernsbacher, 2004): A person unable to speak may be assumed to lack the capacity for symbolic thought that underlies language. But speech is only one means by which language can be expressed. Given appropriate instruction and support, deaf people, for example, can learn to convey their thoughts using sign language.
Second, most modern approaches to literacy instruction rely on speech. Recommendations for early literacy activities involve practicing letter–sound correspondences and decoding printed words by sounding them out (National Reading Panel, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, 2000). Some literacy activities that do not rely on speech have recently been developed for nonspeaking autistic children (Benedek-Wood et al., 2016; Goh et al., 2013)—for example, computer games to teach printed word recognition or root word identification (Serret et al., 2017). But literacy activities for nonspeaking people have yet to be widely adopted (Arnold & Reed, 2019; Copeland et al., 2016).
Finally, many nonspeaking autistic people behave in ways that are inconsistent with expectations about how someone capable of becoming literate would behave. In addition to not being able to communicate effectively using speech, they may appear inattentive, have difficulty sitting still, or engage in impulsive or self-injurious behaviors (Tager-Flusberg et al., 2017). As adults, they may need support in activities like tying their shoes or crossing the street (Carter et al., 1998). They may have co-occurring movement disabilities that prevent them from being able to imitate, hold a pencil, mold their hands into signs, or consistently follow instructions (Leary & Donnellan, 1995). Their cognitive ability is vastly underestimated on conventional intelligence tests (Courchesne et al., 2015), many of which require spoken responses. As a result, nonspeaking autistic people may appear to be so disabled as to be incapable of acquiring literacy (Mirenda, 2003).
It is in this context that we conducted the preregistered study reported here. We asked whether, despite the significant challenges to acquiring literacy just outlined, some nonspeaking autistic adolescents and adults have learned English orthographic conventions. To answer this question, we developed a task to measure participants’ knowledge of spelling that did not require that they speak or generate text. Participants played a game that involved tapping sequentially pulsing targets on an iPad as quickly as they could. We compared how quickly they tapped targets on two types of trials: Trials where letters of the alphabet pulsed in a sequence that spelled a sentence the experimenter had earlier said aloud (e.g. “I should water the backyard today”) and trials where letters or nonsense symbols pulsed in closely matched but meaningless sequences. We reasoned that if participants knew how to spell, they would be faster to tap targets on trials involving sentences that had earlier been said aloud (because they could predict the sequence of pulsing letters) than trials involving meaningless sequences (where prediction was not possible).
As will be described below, the participants in our study were unable to communicate effectively using speech despite having received, on average, over 15 years of speech therapy. According to participants and their families, the most effective means of communication available to them involved spelling words and sentences by pointing to letters on a letterboard held vertically by a trained assistant. This method of communication has generated controversy because of doubts about nonspeaking autistic people’s capacity for literacy (e.g. Fein & Kamio, 2014) and concerns about whether they are pointing to letters they select themselves or letters the assistant has directed them to (e.g. American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA), 2018; but see Jaswal et al., 2020). The study here was not designed to evaluate the authenticity of this method of communication. But it is relevant to that debate insofar as it investigates whether nonspeaking autistic people who use this method know how to spell.
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You can buy Vax-Unvax Let the Science Speak By Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. and Brian Hooker, PhD for just $1.99 Kindle edition. The Kindle app works on your tablet or smart phone and is free! Hardcover also available and can never be deleted. NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER!
The Studies the CDC Refuses to Do
This book is based on over one hundred studies in the peer-reviewed literature that consider vaccinated versus unvaccinated populations. Each study is analyzed, and health differences among infants, children, and adults who have been vaccinated and those who have not are presented and put in context.
Given the massive push to vaccinate the entire global population, this book is timely and necessary for individuals to make informed choices for themselves and their families.
The Wuhan Cover-Up: And the Terrifying Bioweapons Arms Race (Children’s Health Defense)
By Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
“Whenever I read, listen to, or debate Bobby, I learn something new and change my mind on at least one or two issues, while vehemently disagreeing with many others. Both the agreements and disagreements stimulate my thinking and emotions, even when they make me angry or concerned. Read him and make up your own minds." —Alan Dershowitz
“The Wuhan Cover-Up will blow out of the water the international disinformation campaign by US and Chinese government officials and their bribed scientists that COVID-19 somehow magically jumped out of the Wuhan wet market. Kennedy’s book will provide the ammunition needed for us lawyers to hold them all legally accountable for this Nuremberg Crime against Humanity.” —Professor Francis A. Boyle, author of the Biological Weapons Anti-Terrorism Act of 1989
20 years ago, "you know," was sprinkled into language like salt on French fries. Today, everyone from children to mainstream TV experts, hosts and journalists are using, "sort of" and "kind of." This softening of declarative language diminishes the impact of the statement. And that's exactly what we see when we read about ANY sort of vaccine problems. We get euphemisms. Slight. Rare. Small. Possible. All meant to dissuade fear, the most useful tool of the lockdown. Rare is rare. So is winning the lottery, but loads of people play because they know "rare" can happen. Until it happens to you or loved one. And it's a lottery you didn't know existed. And you can wonder out loud whether the data has been massaged to show as little impact as “allowable” while still appearing to be scientific.
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New York Post - COVID vaccines linked to slight increases in heart, brain, blood disorders: study
COVID vaccines from companies like Pfizer, Moderna and AstraZeneca have been linked to rare occurrences of heart, brain and blood disorders, according to the largest vaccine study to date.
Researchers from the Global Vaccine Data Network analyzed 99 million people who received jabs in eight countries and monitored for increases in 13 medical conditions, Bloomberg News reported.
The study, which was published in the journal Vaccine last week, found the vaccines were linked to a slight spike in neurological, blood and heart-related medical conditions....
DataEconomy: Largest COVID vaccine study identifies small risks
New Nation: New study links COVID-19 vaccine to possible health issues
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You can buy Vax-Unvax Let the Science Speak By Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. and Brian Hooker, PhD for just $1.99 Kindle edition. The Kindle app works on your tablet or smart phone and is free! Hardcover also available and can never be deleted. NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER!
The Studies the CDC Refuses to Do
This book is based on over one hundred studies in the peer-reviewed literature that consider vaccinated versus unvaccinated populations. Each study is analyzed, and health differences among infants, children, and adults who have been vaccinated and those who have not are presented and put in context.
Given the massive push to vaccinate the entire global population, this book is timely and necessary for individuals to make informed choices for themselves and their families.
The Wuhan Cover-Up: And the Terrifying Bioweapons Arms Race (Children’s Health Defense)
By Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
“Whenever I read, listen to, or debate Bobby, I learn something new and change my mind on at least one or two issues, while vehemently disagreeing with many others. Both the agreements and disagreements stimulate my thinking and emotions, even when they make me angry or concerned. Read him and make up your own minds." —Alan Dershowitz
“The Wuhan Cover-Up will blow out of the water the international disinformation campaign by US and Chinese government officials and their bribed scientists that COVID-19 somehow magically jumped out of the Wuhan wet market. Kennedy’s book will provide the ammunition needed for us lawyers to hold them all legally accountable for this Nuremberg Crime against Humanity.” —Professor Francis A. Boyle, author of the Biological Weapons Anti-Terrorism Act of 1989
The Real Dr. Paul Offit Is Back!
Mary Holland JD, President of Children's Health Defense and autism Mother warrior herself wrote this piece in Children's Health Defense's "The Defender." We know Dr. Offit all too well. Understatement of the millenium. In fact, the first time many AofA'ers met RFK, Jr. was at Autism One, when he spoke about Dr. Offit and presented a challenge to debate, if memory recollects.
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During COVID-19, Dr. Paul Offit momentarily became something of a skeptic, telling media outlets he wouldn’t get a COVID-19 booster and wouldn’t recommend it. Now, he’s back to recommending the vaccines for infants as young as 6 months old.
Dr. Paul Offit is a familiar figure to most Defender readers — he’s been pushing vaccines for decades, especially to children.
Vaccine inventor, pharma spokesperson, adviser to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention — and vociferous denier of vaccine harms — that’s Paul Offit in a nutshell.
During COVID-19, Dr. Offit surprised me. He momentarily became something of a skeptic. In June 2022, he stated he wasn’t going to take a COVID-19 booster and wouldn’t recommend it.
He told the press that the boosters were “grossly oversold” and voted against them in an FDA vaccine advisory panel. In July 2022, he gave an interview to ZDoggMD during which he speculated that the Biden administration had pressured the panel and that “the fix was in,” suggesting there might be corruption at work.
Whatever Dr. Offit’s misgivings, he’s now back to his old self, promoting a new book, out Feb. 13: “Tell Me When it’s Over: An Insider’s Guide to Deciphering COVID Myths and Navigating Our Post-Pandemic World.”
In this Substack post to promote the book, he hyped COVID-19 shots to infants as young as 6 months.
Dr. Offit rues that only 4% of parents with children younger than age 4 have given them COVID-19 shots. He then recommends the vaccines by suggesting that children are suffering from severe COVID-19 disease, that the vaccines are effective in young children and that they are safe.
His post offers no scientific references whatsoever. It’s just, “trust me, I’m Dr. Offit.”
Read more and subscribe to The Defender HERE.
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You can buy Vax-Unvax Let the Science Speak By Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. and Brian Hooker, PhD for just $1.99 Kindle edition. The Kindle app works on your tablet or smart phone and is free! Hardcover also available and can never be deleted. NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER!
The Studies the CDC Refuses to Do
This book is based on over one hundred studies in the peer-reviewed literature that consider vaccinated versus unvaccinated populations. Each study is analyzed, and health differences among infants, children, and adults who have been vaccinated and those who have not are presented and put in context.
Given the massive push to vaccinate the entire global population, this book is timely and necessary for individuals to make informed choices for themselves and their families.
The Wuhan Cover-Up: And the Terrifying Bioweapons Arms Race (Children’s Health Defense)
By Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
“Whenever I read, listen to, or debate Bobby, I learn something new and change my mind on at least one or two issues, while vehemently disagreeing with many others. Both the agreements and disagreements stimulate my thinking and emotions, even when they make me angry or concerned. Read him and make up your own minds." —Alan Dershowitz
“The Wuhan Cover-Up will blow out of the water the international disinformation campaign by US and Chinese government officials and their bribed scientists that COVID-19 somehow magically jumped out of the Wuhan wet market. Kennedy’s book will provide the ammunition needed for us lawyers to hold them all legally accountable for this Nuremberg Crime against Humanity.” —Professor Francis A. Boyle, author of the Biological Weapons Anti-Terrorism Act of 1989
Note: We have plenty to worry about, from national security, to the economy to social issues. Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. has been a champion for children's health for decades. Many of us first met him (in wonderment, if you want the truth) at Autism One. We've seen "celebrities" come and go regarding pediatric issues, including the V-erboten one. Anne wrote up a portion of RFK Jr.'s interview for AofA. You know we don't endorse candidates. But we can say this, we WILL be watching to see if either former President Donald Trump or President Joe Biden make ANY mention of the dismal state of kids' health and it's impact on our future as a nation.
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On Feb 17th, Robert Kennedy, Jr. was interviewed on To the Point on WOOD TV, Grand Rapids, MI. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NOBJCmVUrrk
Kennedy explained that the chronic disease epidemic is “the greatest crisis of our time.” He cited not only the autism epidemic, but also the obesity epidemic, the juvenile diabetes epidemic, and the food allergies epidemic to name only a few of the conditions making our children the sickest in the world.
And yes, vaccines are among the culprits Kennedy cites.
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Kennedy: We have a chronic disease epidemic in this country. That makes us the sickest country in the world: of autoimmune diseases, of allergies, peanut allergies, food allergies, eczema, asthma, and neurological diseases, ADD, ADHD, speech delay, language delay, ticks, autism and obesity.
There is no other country in the world that is as sick as us and nobody’s asking the question, why are our kids the sickest in the world?
Why did we have the highest death rate from COVID of any country on Earth? We had 16 percent of the COVID deaths. We only have 4.2 percent of the world’s population.
If you ask CDC that question, what they’d say is that’s because Americans have the highest burden of chronic disease in the world.
We’re the sickest, and it’s costing us $4.3 trillion a year just to treat chronic disease.
Our military budget is $1.3 trillion. . . .
The cost of disease is sinking us, and we know what’s causing it. There’s a limited number of exposures. It has to be an environmental exposure.
Congress asked EPA, what year did the autism epidemic begin?
Why did it go from one in 10,000 in my generation? Seventy year old men, one in 10,000 have full-blown autism, one in 34 of my kids’ generation. Congress said to EPA, tell us what year that happened.
EPA said 1989. It’s a red line. Well that year, that period, all these other autoimmune: juvenile diabetes— Juvenile diabetes now affects 30 percent of our children are either diabetic or pre-diabetic. When I was a kid, a pediatrician would see one diabetic kid in his entire career.
Now it’s one out of every three kids who walk into his office.
This is the greatest crisis of our time.
Why is no other candidate talking about this?
Kennedy was asked why that is.
It happened because of an environmental exposure. Genes don’t cause epidemic. It has to be an environmental toxin, and there’s a very famous toxicologist called Phil Landrigan who’s looked at the timeline and said, you need a toxin that was ubiquitous across the entire, every demographic in America from Cubans in Key Biscayne to Inuit in Alaska.
It all hit at the same time, and he’s come up with about thirteen possibilities, and most of these are substances that I’ve litigated against: glyphosate from Roundup, neonicotinoid pesticides, atrazine, which is now in almost all of our water supply.
High fructose corn syrup clearly is linked to the obesity epidemic, the diabetes epidemic in kids.
The vaccine schedule you mentioned exploded from the three vaccines I had as a kid to the 72, and all of those injuries are listed as potential side effects on the manufacturer’s inserts of those products, so that has to be one of the culprits.
Cell phone radiation—there’s a limited number of them. The point is, it’s easy to study, but NIH will not do those studies because it’s frightened of offending the food industry, the processed food, the big agriculture, the pharmaceutical industry, the chemical industry. Those are all very powerful players, and nobody wants to get on their wrong side.
So we’re letting our country just sicken.
Anne Dachel is Media Editor for Age of Autism.
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You can buy Vax-Unvax Let the Science Speak By Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. and Brian Hooker, PhD for just $1.99 Kindle edition. The Kindle app works on your tablet or smart phone and is free! Hardcover also available and can never be deleted. NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER!
The Studies the CDC Refuses to Do
This book is based on over one hundred studies in the peer-reviewed literature that consider vaccinated versus unvaccinated populations. Each study is analyzed, and health differences among infants, children, and adults who have been vaccinated and those who have not are presented and put in context.
Given the massive push to vaccinate the entire global population, this book is timely and necessary for individuals to make informed choices for themselves and their families.
The Wuhan Cover-Up: And the Terrifying Bioweapons Arms Race (Children’s Health Defense)
By Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
“Whenever I read, listen to, or debate Bobby, I learn something new and change my mind on at least one or two issues, while vehemently disagreeing with many others. Both the agreements and disagreements stimulate my thinking and emotions, even when they make me angry or concerned. Read him and make up your own minds." —Alan Dershowitz
“The Wuhan Cover-Up will blow out of the water the international disinformation campaign by US and Chinese government officials and their bribed scientists that COVID-19 somehow magically jumped out of the Wuhan wet market. Kennedy’s book will provide the ammunition needed for us lawyers to hold them all legally accountable for this Nuremberg Crime against Humanity.” —Professor Francis A. Boyle, author of the Biological Weapons Anti-Terrorism Act of 1989
Cathy Jameson has the day off today. We're introducing you to Ginger Taylor's "In Many Words" Substack. Please visit and consider a subscription.
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Ginger Taylor, In Many Words
When words are many, transgression is not lacking, so please forgive my transgressions as I discuss current events, politics, corruption, health policy, and vaccines, through the lens of the Gospel.
When the Bottom Falls Out
You have an opportunity that only comes around a few times in a lifetime.
A dear friend had a horrible experience this week. One of those where the worldly supports you have always relied on are suddenly yanked out from under you and you are slammed into emotional free fall.
They happen to all of us eventually. What you believed to be true was a lie, the doctor’s call to deliver the diagnosis, the police at the door, the divorce papers show up, the judge slams the gavel, your child takes their last breath, a lifetime of work goes up in flames… no matter the form it takes, reality becomes dark, hope in what was to come is gone in a flash, and the inability to even get your bearings is replaced either numbness or a flood of barely manageable emotions.
Free Fall.
In these miserable, and fortunately rare, panic inducing occurrences in life, what we rarely recognize in the moment is that we are also entering into an opportunity that we only get a few times in a lifetime.
The chance to trust God completely.
There is a kindness in those terrible moments when we are suddenly falling and have nothing to grab onto, because our only option is to call out to Christ for salvation and rescue. To yield everything to him, body and soul. To enter into a moment when the world falls away and grows dim, and all that there is, is you and God himself.
These are moments that hold the potential for great transformation, sanctification, and even miracles themselves. Our natural inclination for self-preservation instinctually and instantly cries, “NO!” and the move from there, into “OK God, not my will, but your will,” is the antithesis of our fleshly programming and human nature. Even a baby, suddenly feeling a dropping sensation, will shoot out their arms to reflexively preserve himself. God calls us to do the opposite. To relax into the fall, and allow him to catch us and put us where HE wants us.
TWO WOMEN DROPPED OUT OF THE SKY
Two of the most powerful scenes in film for me are both of women falling from the sky. The first was one that I experienced re-watching The Incredibles when we bought the home video around 2007.
In this scene Elastigirl, a dedicated, loving and wise mother who is in the process of trying to help her husband, care for her children, and fight an emerging evil of which she has become aware, is flying to a suspect island, finding that her children have stowed away on the plane.
Missiles are launched at the plane and she begins evasive maneuvers, eventually pleading over the radio, “Disengage! There are children on board!”
The evil, of course, does not care that children will be sacrificed for the sake of it’s plan, and may even relish it, blowing the plane out of the sky. Mother is rendered unconscious and awakens falling through the sky with her screaming children. All she can do is pull her children under her wing and try to soften their landing.
I had forgotten this scene in the movie, and by the time it was over, I had to remove myself quietly to my bedroom so that my young children would not see mom ugly crying into her pillow and trying to get a hold of herself.
If there was ever a metaphor for what mothers of injured children go through fighting the pharmaceutical industry, and the personification of evil itself, for me it is this scene. We go in a bit naive, and we do not suspect that we are fighting ancient evils that enjoy devouring the most innocent among us.
This scene of a strong woman with superpowers still unable to use her special abilities to prevent the crash of her family, is contrasted with another character’s ability to turn violence into peace through faith.... Read the rest of Ginger's Substack HERE.
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You can buy Vax-Unvax Let the Science Speak By Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. and Brian Hooker, PhD for just $1.99 Kindle edition. The Kindle app works on your tablet or smart phone and is free! Hardcover also available and can never be deleted. NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER!
The Studies the CDC Refuses to Do
This book is based on over one hundred studies in the peer-reviewed literature that consider vaccinated versus unvaccinated populations. Each study is analyzed, and health differences among infants, children, and adults who have been vaccinated and those who have not are presented and put in context.
Given the massive push to vaccinate the entire global population, this book is timely and necessary for individuals to make informed choices for themselves and their families.
The Wuhan Cover-Up: And the Terrifying Bioweapons Arms Race (Children’s Health Defense)
By Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
“Whenever I read, listen to, or debate Bobby, I learn something new and change my mind on at least one or two issues, while vehemently disagreeing with many others. Both the agreements and disagreements stimulate my thinking and emotions, even when they make me angry or concerned. Read him and make up your own minds." —Alan Dershowitz
“The Wuhan Cover-Up will blow out of the water the international disinformation campaign by US and Chinese government officials and their bribed scientists that COVID-19 somehow magically jumped out of the Wuhan wet market. Kennedy’s book will provide the ammunition needed for us lawyers to hold them all legally accountable for this Nuremberg Crime against Humanity.” —Professor Francis A. Boyle, author of the Biological Weapons Anti-Terrorism Act of 1989
Note: This is big news below, from Children's Health Defense. Measles is back in the news, generating fear to increase MMR uptake. One New York county is going to pay three quarters of a million dollars in a settlement for prohibiting HEALTHY children, who did not have MMR vaccine compliance, from school. The only way to affect change is to hit the pockets. Thank you to CHD for leading the way toward health freedom. Subscribe to The Defender today.
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Rockland County’s 2019 emergency order prohibited children without measles vaccinations, including those with religious exemptions, from attending school or visiting public places for months. The county settled with parents who sued county officials for unlawfully ignoring their children’s religious exemptions.
Families who sued a New York county and two public officials over a 2019 emergency order banning their unvaccinated children from public spaces during a measles outbreak late last week have reached a settlement, just days before going to trial.
Rockland County’s 2019 emergency order prohibited children without measles vaccinations, including those with religious exemptions, from attending school or visiting public places for months, following a measles outbreak in the region.
Michael Sussman, the attorney representing the families, told The Defender Rockland County will provide $750,000 to the plaintiffs, “to be distributed by us as we choose to do so.”
The case was sent to a jury trial in November 2022 after the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, in a unanimous decision, overturned a lower court’s finding that Rockland County public health authorities were justified in issuing the emergency order.
Sixteen families of children affected by the emergency order sued Rockland County, the county’s executive and its health commissioner in April 2019, alleging the order was “motivated by animus against religion.” The families said the order violated the Free Exercise Clause of the First Amendment.
The jury trial in the case was set to begin today in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.
According to Sussman, there was no indication Rockland County was ready to settle until late last week. He described the settlement as “a good result” for the plaintiffs.
“I thought the county acted responsibly in taking the case seriously because it involves serious rights,” Sussman said.
In an email, Mary Holland, Children’s Health Defense (CHD) president & CEO, told The Defender:
“The ‘measles epidemic’ that unfolded in 2018-19 in Brooklyn and Rockland County, New York, was the forerunner of the 2020 ‘COVID pandemic.’
“Intense media fear-mongering laid the groundwork for unlawful expulsion of unvaccinated children from schools — who had lawful religious exemptions — and lockdowns.
“After a long legal journey, Rockland County has de facto apologized — to the tune of $750,000 — to the families that the county treated wrongly. CHD is proud to have offered support to the families and lawyers in the case.”
CHD provided support to the plaintiffs and their legal counsel in this lawsuit.
Plaintiffs who spoke with The Defender said they are satisfied with the settlement.
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]]>Reprinted from Valentine's day in light of a story in the NY Post that describes the HORROR for one woman who may have had an autism diagnosis, whose "God-fearing" parents are alleged to have let her rot and melt into the family couch. Thank you to Dana Kennedy for acknowledging this story and allowing us all to keep Lacey Fletcher in our thoughts. Autism is a CRISIS for America.
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By Kim Rossi
Today, I'll wear my heart on my sleeve. There’s no greater love than what I have witnessed in the autism parenting community. If your child has Down Syndrome, Cancer, Cerebral Palsy, Cystic Fibrosis, Spina Bifida, Muscular Dystrophy or anything other than autism - you have a medical community ready to embrace and help you, you have religious institutions planning potlucks and GoFundMes. Ronald McDonald House and St. Jude are there to serve you. You get gentle looks in public. Friends and family try to help - even if they fail. Not so with autism. We do this backbreaking, heartbreaking work alone, desperately trying to make the right choices for our children. Meds? ABA? Early Intervention? Biomed? Spelling? PECS? AAC? At home? Group home? General ed? Contained classroom? And in adulthood? You start from scratch again with far fewer supports than when your child was school age. We are BEASTS for our kids.
So, on this St. Valentine's Day 2024, from all of us at Age of Autism, we SEE you. We LOVE you. We ARE you.
Here's to avoiding the red dye!
Kim
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]]>Note: I beg to differ with the MedPage article Anne presents. Medical schools are educating their students perfectly, 100% about autism. "It's not caused by vaccines." Ta da! That's all they need to know. The actual CARE of individuals, aw, just leave that to the parents, the schools, the non-medical therapist.
By Anne Dachel
I recently found an absolutely bizarre story that proves how little the medical establishment cares about autism and what it’s doing to children.
On February 7th Med Page Today published a piece entitled, Medical Schools Are Not Preparing Us to Care for Autistic Individuals— It's time for that to change
The gist of the article, written by two people in the medical profession, is that doctors AREN’T BEING TRAINED TO DEAL WITH AUTISTIC PATIENTS; REFORM IS NEEDED.
The authors were Reeda Iqbal, a medical student at Georgetown School of Medicine and Sherab Tsheringla, MD, MBBS, a child and adolescent psychiatry resident at the Yale School of Medicine.
Those are some pretty impressive places, and one would expect that top notch schools like Georgetown and Yale would have cutting edge training in something affecting one in every 36 U.S. children, one in every 22 boys.
Sadly, that is not the case.
One of the authors has a severely autistic sibling and for her, it’s a personal issue.
When I entered medical school, I quickly learned that there are important gaps in autism medical education. A 2019 study demonstrated that medical students report low knowledge of ASD, and more than 90% of students cite inadequate preparation for caring for individuals with autism. Medical students also report a greater need for increased education and training in ASD care. …
It does not help that 77% of primary care physicians rate their ability to care for an autistic adult as poor or fair. It is clear that our current medical system is not equipped to care for autistic individuals and their families.
The authors call for more training for doctors-to-be on all aspects of autism.
First, it is important for medical students to understand the heterogeneous symptom presentation of autism, including the different communication styles and sensory sensitivities that exist….
Second, for patients with profound autism, medical students can receive training on behavioral strategies that can be used to address behaviors that are challenging. …
Third, medical students should learn about the different co-occurring conditions associated with autism. …
Clearly Iqbal and Tsheringla accept autism as just part of the human condition. The rate of one in 36 children doesn’t set off alarm bells for them.
Their only concern is that doctors need to be better schooled in autism.
Utterly absurd
Several comments in the article show that they are not interested in doing anything to address autism as the epidemic is clearly is.
As autism prevalence continues to rise, it is increasingly likely that medical students will encounter and care for a patient with ASD.
Those are the code words for NO REAL INCREASE that officials have chanted nonstop for two decades.
The prevalence of autism is increasing, but never the incidence.
Iqbal and Tsheringla are part of the medical community that has unabashedly taken credit for each and every leap higher in the official autism rate.
How is it possible that doctors could have done that if they currently know nothing about autism? Neither of them address this.
Iqbal and Tsheringla write: “…one in three people with autism have profound autism…”
Doesn’t that seem to be an incredible statistic? IF a third of the one in 36 children with autism have severe autism, shouldn’t doctors have figured out what autism is years ago?
The truth is, doctors, along with health officials, have remained clueless about autism on purpose.
IF autism is affecting more and more children, something is causing it. Something has to be done to stop it. The possibility that this is an iatrogenic condition resulting from their childhood vaccine schedule never goes away.
No, the medical playbook will never recognize autism as a crisis. It’s a permanent puzzle, a curiosity we have all the time in the world to figure out.
Iqbal and Tsheringla are fine with the autism rate as it is, and they’ll probably be just as accepting when it’s one in 25 and then one in 20.
The ending of the piece proves my point.
As a first-year medical student, I am often told I am the future of medicine. As a sibling of an autistic individual, I believe it is critical that we enhance the training of future physicians to become competent providers for autistic patients.
Patients with autism deserve to be treated with the highest quality of care. Promoting greater inclusivity and neurodiversity means greater input from the neurodivergent community about how they want their care needs to be met, and building a healthcare system that can respond with humility and adroitness. This begins with the implementation of autism medical education at all medical schools, including my own. Next time I go to the doctor with my sister, I hope that her doctor will be knowledgeable, accepting, and prepared to provide the best care.
That’s the goal: “greater inclusivity and neurodiversity.”
Anne Dachel is Media Editor for Age of Autism.
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Note: Julie Obradovic wrote this post for us back during the Great Measles Scare of 2015, nine years ago. She details the harrowing agony her daughter endured and the screams she will never forget. Her 2016 memoir An Unfortunate Coincidence from Skyhorse Publishing shares the full story. EVERY expectant mother should read this, and certainly every parent of an infant. Instead of pillorying us for speaking out, Julie is right, the words only words are "thank you."
We'll be trotting out many pieces from our catalog as measles is weaponized to cajole American families to make pharmaphilic choices, despite their better judgement.
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On November 15, 2002, we went out to celebrate my husband’s birthday. My aunt had kindly offered to watch our two children for us while we celebrated. It was generous of her to do so, and we gratefully took her up on it. We had a wonderful evening…. until we returned.
She was standing in the hallway just coming down from the stairs of our split level home as we entered around 1 a.m. Even though it was dark, her face was clear as day, not displaying a good expression. If anything, she looked as if she had just witnessed a horrible tragedy.
Immediately, without asking us about our evening, she urged us to go upstairs and check on our daughter. According to her, our baby girl had let out a scream unlike she had ever heard only moments before. She truly thought someone had entered the house and stabbed her. She was just about to call 9-1-1.
After racing upstairs, she scooped her up out of the crib still mid scream. The way she described it, our daughter was screaming so hard and so violently that she couldn’t breathe, her face red with excruciating pain, arching her back as if to fall back into the crib the whole time.
Eventually, she stopped, but not in a normal way. She collapsed in my aunt’s arms, as if to pass out. Although still breathing, she wouldn’t wake. My aunt feared she was dying.
Right then, we got home.
Because I didn’t hear the scream, something I have only heard in my dreams since, I couldn’t gauge the seriousness of what had happened accurately. I knew my aunt was the last person to over-react, and given her panic, I realized something was very wrong. We ran upstairs to find our daughter just as she had left her, appearing to be sleeping peacefully in her crib.
I called her pediatrician immediately. She had been suffering from repeated and chronic ear infections for over 14 months at that time, at least 11 at our last count, and had been on at least that many rounds of antibiotics, each one a stronger, harsher version than the next, none of which ever did anything to alleviate them.
In fact, her gums, her lips, her vagina, and her butt were covered in yeast as a result, and patches of eczema were popping up on her elbow and knee creases as well (something that finally cleared with an antifungal).
I suspected she had another ear infection, which often made her cry at night, and tried not to worry too much. I also tried to calm my aunt who said she knew what a baby crying from ear pain sounded like, and this was not it. She was adamant we go to the hospital.
When the doctor finally called back, he believed it was likely ear pain too, given her history. He told us to give her some pain reliever (aka, Tylenol), and to bring her to the office in the morning. If anything else happened, we were to go to the emergency room, but he didn’t believe it was worthy of a trip right then.
Because over a year’s worth of my instinct that something was seriously wrong with her had been repeatedly dismissed by my pediatricians, and twice, I had been criticized for it, I chose to obey the doctor’s orders. I was tired of being made to feel like I was a bad mom by wanting to do other than what they said.
My aunt was upset.
She offered to stay overnight with our son if we would just go. She offered to go with me if my husband wanted to stay home. She pleaded. She begged.
And when I finally promised to take her first thing in the morning, she reluctantly got her coat and said in a way she had never spoken to me before, “I have been a mother for 30 years. I was an aunt to you and all of your cousins. I have been around children and babies my whole life. I am telling you, Julie Ann, I have never heard a baby scream like that. Something is wrong.”
The next day my little girl was not diagnosed with another ear infection. She didn’t have one, oddly, but in an effort to try to prevent them anyway, they scheduled her for ear tube surgery.
She would have it December 16th. It did not stop the ear infections that continued for the next two years, however, and no explanation for the high pitched, back arching screaming fit was ever given. It was as if it never happened.
On December 21st, five days after surgery, I gave her a bath careful not to get any water in her ears. I was so hopeful that the surgery would put behind the nightmare of illnesses and strange symptoms that had started with an undiagnosed, hot burning rash on her face at one month old, continued with a large, hot, lump on her leg where she received several shots at 4 months old (and took months to go away), and then finally manifested as one long ear infection beginning at 5 months old until now.
Between the constipation interspersed with yellow diarrhea, the eczema, her hair starting to fall out, the gait she was walking with, the incessant drooling that began around 12 months, and the hypotonia that had developed around 10 months, I had had enough.
Finally, finally, finally, I thought, this would be behind us. Finally, my baby girl would be healthy. No more antibiotics and their side effects. No more nebulizers for respiratory infections. No more covering her ears at the sound of the vacuum or singing. No more prescription creams for skin rashes. No more sleepless nights. No more.
I wrapped her in a towel and called my husband to grab the camera. In my newfound sense of relief and hope, I wanted to capture the beginning of a new chapter for her. He met me in her bedroom and together we tried our hardest to make her laugh and smile to get a great photo. (These were the days before digital cameras, and film was not something you wasted.)
Within a few minutes, I realized something I hadn’t until then. My daughter had stopped smiling. No matter what we did, no matter how hard we tried, there was nothing, just a vacant, expressionless, unengaged face of angel looking in our direction but not really at us.
Worse, I simultaneously realized, she hadn’t spoken in weeks either. She didn’t have a lot of words that year, but she had words. She pointed, she repeated, and she tried. On the floor of her bedroom that night, actually ever since my husband’s birthday, I could prove with a video, they were gone.
I quietly asked him to put the camera away and got her ready for bed. Without saying another word, I went to my room, turned off the light and lay in the dark on my bed facing towards the direction of her nursery. Still in my clothes, I stared wide-eyed into the dark, filled with fear and anxiety that has not left me since.
I knew in that moment…I knew in a way that only a mother can know…that my life, her life, and our baby girl was forever changed, even though I would spend the next two years believing that because a doctor didn’t confirm it, I must be wrong.
A few weeks before my husband’s birthday, she received her fourth DT DTP vaccine, her fourth Prevnar vaccine, her third polio vaccine, and her first MMR all at the same time. This occurred within days of ending her eleventh round of antibiotics.
We had also “loaded her up” on Tylenol per a doctor’s suggestion prior to her appointment, “so that it will be in her system before the shots”.
Although we can never prove it because we didn’t go to the hospital that night, nor were the proper tests done the following day, the description of what she experienced that night is identical with a condition called “encephalopathy”. That’s a fancy word for brain inflammation and swelling. A high-pitched scream, an arched back, and neurological damage afterwards are a textbook description of the condition.
The package insert of the MMR vaccine lists encephalopathy as a potential, albeit rare, vaccine reaction. So does the DTP. The United States Federal Claims Court for vaccine injuries has also awarded numerous families compensation for children who have suffered encephalopathy following the DTP and MMR, including dozens of children who have actually been killed.
Yes, according the US government, more children have been killed by the MMR vaccine in the last 15 years than have died from the measles. The threshold of risk-reward benefit appears to have been reached.
Within a year of this episode, I began to research what could possibly be wrong with my daughter and why. Until then, I had implicitly trusted the medical establishment with both of my children’s lives, and my third that was on the way.
Even when I doubted their choices, I always did what they told me to do. Always. So when they told me that my daughter was likely not talking because of her brother, and that not all kids crawl, and that it’s normal for kids to shake their heads back and forth repeatedly, and it’s normal to have constipation for a year, and on and on and on…. I believed them.
It wasn’t until I heard about the Homeland Security Act of 2002 and the secret “Lilly Rider” that had been anonymously sneaked in at the eleventh hour to protect Eli Lilly and their vaccine preservative, Thimerosal, from liability, that I ever, ever, ever questioned vaccines or anything about them.
As many people currently believe, I also believed vaccination was a miraculous duty in the modern world. If I needed to get my child a shot at two months old, I was there on that day, no questions asked.
There was no Jenny McCarthy in 2004 when this discovery happened. I had no clue who Dr. Wakefield was, what he had published, or how that was remotely relevant if at all to my life. (It is a common misconception that many Americans did.)
There was no Generation Rescue, no Autism Speaks, no Facebook, no Twitter, and very little social media available. At best, you found Yahoo groups where you could gather ideas to consider and keep up with political developments around the controversy. I, like thousands and thousands of other parents across the globe, had to do the actual research my self.
When my third child was born that year, there were far more questions than answers regarding what had happened to my daughter and why. But within a few months, I learned some frightening things…that my brother had had a horrible reaction to the MMR …and that my mother, in spite of repeatedly being given it, had never developed immunity…and that the measles virus could take up to 30 days to enter the brain upon exposure and cause encephalopathy.
I learned that the symptoms of everything wrong with my daughter were also the symptoms of mercury poisoning. That mercury opens up the blood brain barrier which can allow viruses and bacteria in that should never be able to get in there. That she had been injected with mercury on the first day of her life.
That the CDC had studied children who received no mercury in the first month of life and compared them to children who had received 25 mcg or more and discovered there was a 7.7 Relative Risk of developing autism (and an 8.35 RR of ADHD), and then redid the study four more times over the next four years to get that risk down to 1.52…. and then destroyed, lost, or sent the original data sets off shore so they could never be independently analyzed…. but only after meeting off site from the CDC at Simpsonwood, Georgia to figure out how to interpret and handle the sensitive data, as well as how to protect themselves from law suits.
I learned how they then hired the IOM to exonerate vaccines from having any connection, writing their precise request in a memo that they have yet to disclose to the taxpaying public, despite repeated attempts through FOIA to obtain it.
How they lied under oath to Congress on July 18, 2000 that there was no reason to worry about anything (even though they had just spent two days in June in Georgia discussing precisely why they did)...which happened to be my anniversary and the exact day and year I confirmed I was pregnant with my little girl.
You can read the whole story and download all of the emails and studies and verify everything for yourself here atwww.putchildrenfirst.org or by simply reading David Kirby’s award winning book about the whole debacle Evidence of Harm.
Or, you can even save yourself all of that time and watch the documentary “Trace Amounts” www.traceamounts.com somewhere near you in the next few months.
None of this is a secret. None of this is untrue.
Many journalists and bloggers and doctors, however, have simply decided to interpret that the behavior of the CDC was perfectly normal, that it was perfectly acceptable for them to investigate themselves and pronounce themselves not guilty of an egregious oversight error, and that the fact that the explosion of neurological disorders in the generation since (all which are symptoms of vaccine injury… ADHD, speech delay, tics, and more) is nothing more than an unfortunate coincidence.
That is actually what one doctor said it was in an interview in 2005: “an unfortunate coincidence”. (Which I subsequently named my own book in 2016.)
And so I had a choice as my third baby came into the world. Do the same thing I had with her sister and expect a different result? Or take a step back, really investigate what was happening, read all of the science for myself, and wait. Hold off until I knew more?
For the first 6 months of her life, I actually did the same as I had with her sister. I was too afraid to challenge my doctors. Too afraid to leave my baby unprotected. Too afraid to even bring up the corruption being unearthed at the CDC. I vaccinated my baby on time, every time.
And then she got an ear infection, in the exact same month as her older sister had first gotten hers.
I fell to my knees that night and begged God…begged him…that if he would just spare me this daughter, that I would do everything in my power for the rest of my life to help affected children and to get to the bottom of what had happened. We stopped vaccinating right then and there.
In my worst moments, I wish every condescending, know-it-all parent, journalist, blogger, and citizen who never had to live through what we did… never had to make the decisions I had to make… never had to learn of the betrayal of their government and medical community on the back of their child like we did… never actually read a study, or the minutes of Simpsonwood… never heard of Brick Township, Frederick Wellman, William Miller and Dr. Elizabeth Peabody Trevitt, and have absolutely no idea why they matter… the pain of a medically brain injured child. (Read The Age of Autism: Mercury, Medicine, and a Manmade Epidemic by Mark Blaxill and Dan Olmsted to find out.)
I wish all of those people the bullying, the vitriol, the isolation, and the hatred of parents in my position.
I wish them the suffering of the loss of a child that is still alive. March 27, 2001, I brought a healthy, beautiful, vibrant baby girl into this world with nothing wrong with her. Over the next 18 months she got sicker and sicker, all the while no one doing anything to make her better, and on November 15, 2002, the daughter I once had, the child she was meant to be, basically died. The baby girl I had given birth to was gone, but not.
I wish them a lifetime of regret. A lifetime of never having closure. A lifetime of anxiety and panic and worry. A lifetime of loss and an indescribable, never ending soul wrenching heart ache that taints every moment of every day no matter how hard you try it not to.
I wish them the pain of going it alone. Of knowing that because your doctors didn’t do the right tests and file the right reports, you will never see a dime.
I wish them a lifetime of watching drug commercials with side effects taking up half the time and then being told the side effects of vaccines don’t exist…and that even if they do…even IF they do, they condescendingly say….it doesn’t matter. Your child was an acceptable loss to society. Some kids gotta die so more may live, they believe. Guess you guys pulled the short straw.
I wish them seeing commercials of lawyers offering to compensate you on that same drug five years later because you can actually sue drug makers for their shoddy work with those drugs.
I wish them knowing what it feels like to know they have no such recourse for their child.
I wish them being told they are liars, and dangerous, and public menaces, even though there is not a shred of evidence of that being true in any capacity of their lives.
I wish them the pain of someone they love, trust, and care about, someone they think has their back and believes in them, post a factually incorrect, not-even-kind-of-based-in-truth article or graphic on a controversy they have spent 5 minutes reading about, but you have spent every day of every year for 10 years living and immersed in, and realizing all this time you were wrong. They think you’re a misguided lunatic, and it was easier for them to tell you this in a passive aggressive way on Facebook than to your face.
I wish them sleepless nights and night terrors where you wake drenched in sweat, certain you are being buried alive, or doing everything you can to save your child from a fire but can’t kick the door down.
I wish them at least one suicidal thought because the guilt of what happened on your watch, and the anger of why and how, and the level of betrayal you feel is so deep, you see no other way out of the pain for the rest of your life.
I wish them a lifetime of wondering what their child would have been like, knowing it could have been prevented.
I wish them hoping, begging, pleading that there is a heaven so that when they die, they finally get to meet and talk with that child.
I wish them being told they are a horrible person for even having that thought.
I wish them this and so much more. In my worst moments, there is so much more.
And then I think, no. I don’t wish that. I actually don’t wish this on anyone.
I live in the Twilight Zone, one where my reality is not real according to the authorities.
Where my pain, my child, her life, and our loss not only didn’t happen, but that it doesn’t matter if it did. No one, even the people who hate me for simply not wanting to lose another child in the same way, and to protect other parents from the same fate, deserves this.
And so then I wish for two more things: forgiveness and faith. I pray for forgiveness for my angry thoughts. I pray for forgiveness of myself and the people, policies, and programs put in place that led to this disaster.
I pray for the faith that some how, some way, this will all get worked out, and we can do what I believe every single person on either side of the controversy ultimately wants: to protect kids.
I pray for the faith that someday my child’s sacrifice in the war on infectious disease will be honored. Just as we honor those that fall at the hands of disease, I pray someday we will acknowledge, honor, and care for those who fell at the hands of friendly fire. They are just as precious.
I pray for the faith that those responsible for this disaster will someday see justice for what they have done, and even more so, for masterfully taking the blame off themselves and putting it on the families of the victims. Evil genius, I say.
And I pray for faith that there is a reason, even if I never get to know what it is, that this had to happen…to my daughter and to us.
Meanwhile, I kindly ask that if you believe that my husband and I are a menace to society, bad parents, irresponsible, liars, “misguided”, delusional, desperate, or any such negative connotation for talking about our experience, seeking justice, and making the decisions we have henceforth, to have the decency to simply unfriend us, and not just on Facebook, but in all areas of our lives.
If you believe we would truly try to hurt a child, allow the world to explode in infectious disease, or follow quackery, unfriend us.
If you have failed to do your research and do not know that there is a whistleblower law suit against Merck right now by two of their own virologists who claim they were asked to lie about the efficacy of the MMR vaccine, and that is very possibly part of the reason why there is a measles outbreak, unfriend us.
If you believe that we owe you or society the potential loss of the quality of our youngest daughter’s life by exposing her to the same medical protocol that resulted in the actual loss of the quality of our eldest’s, unfriend us.
If you think that didn't actually happen to our daughter, unfriend us.
If you think you know better what happened to our daughter than we do because you watched an Upworthy or Penn and Teller video, unfriend us. (Funny, we’re not supposed to listen to celebrities in this issue unless they hold a certain position, I guess.)
If you think injecting a pregnant woman, infant, child, or anyone for that matter with a neurotoxin made by Eli Lilly, that has never…not even to this day…EVER been tested for safety, not to mention was deemed too toxic for animal vaccines in 1935 and isn't allowed to be injected into your dog… is an inconsequential responsible health policy, unfriend us.
If you think the Bush Administration and the CDC could/can be trusted where autism is concerned and have behaved ethically and reliably, and that parents of sick kids, the ones who did exactly as they were told and have no other agenda than to help you protect your own children are the real enemies, unfriend us.
And finally, if you think that it’s okay for some children to get irreversibly damaged or die so that more may live, I kindly ask that instead of shaming parents who have already given society a child and have decided, you know what…I’m not giving you another one….I’m not even going to take a chance on that…that you reach out them.
Because I believe the words you are actually looking for instead of “stupid”, “misguided”, “maniacs”, “public menaces” and more hateful choices are, “Thank you.”
Thank you, for giving your child to the war on infectious disease.
Thank you, for taking one for the team.
Thank you, for dealing with an insensitive, ungrateful government, medical community, and society who have never acknowledged your sacrifice, let alone offered to help you care for your child.
Thank you.
Those are the words you should be using.
But be prepared. They probably won’t say, “You’re welcome” in return.
I know I wouldn’t. I would have never, ever, ever given you or any other person on the planet my child had I been asked. Never. I vaccinated her because I believed I was protecting her, not you or anyone else.
And deep down inside, as condescending and self-righteous as you may be, you know you are the same, and that you would never offer up your child, and most certainly not two of them, to the greater good either. You have just have the luxury of never having had to make that choice or live this life.
You should say, “Thank you” for that too.
Julie Obradovic is a Contributing Editor to Age of Autism and the author of the book, “An Unfortunate Coincidence: a mother’s life inside the autism controversy” (Skyhorse 2016).
An Unfortunate Coincidence: A Mother's Life inside the Autism Controversy
In her poignant account, Julie Obradovic discusses her heart-rending struggle with her daughter’s autism and her subsequent quest for answers. She reveals the feelings of depression and helplessness brought on by the diagnosis and her initial inability to find help. Unwilling to give up, however, Obradovic began fighting, finding a treatment for her daughter and going on to campaign on behalf of others. An Unfortunate Coincidence is the result of this fight. The account takes its readers through the political, historical, and scientific developments behind the greatest medical controversy of our time, including:
The findings of the vaccine injury compensation program
Investigations of CDC fraud and the subsequent congressional hearings and findings
The identical symptoms of autism and mercury poisoning
Eyewitness reports of families and educators
The author’s struggle to present her point of view and the backlash intended to silence it
Ultimately, An Unfortunate Coincidence will ask the readers to take a closer look at the evidence uncovered by ten years of research and decide just how many coincidence claims they are willing to accept.
]]>One of Ronan’s sisters and I headed toward the mountains last weekend. We got to visit Ronan’s younger brother for the day, starting with meeting him in town for Mass. What a glorious day it was! I had hoped to take Ronan with us, but Willem hadasked if I’d go to the movies with him after church and lunch. Ronan has been to the theatre several times, but he likes to leave almost as soon as he gets there. I didn’t want to risk Ronan being bored out of his mind, so we girls left while the fellas stayed home.
We ended up not going to the movies but got to explore parts of the town. Then we enjoyed a sunny afternoon on campus. One of my son’s college friends joined us for the walk, and then many other of his friends sat with us for dinner. I love that they gather for meals together and that they’ve become a positive support system for each other.
My son is thriving, and I am grateful for that.
Even though it was just a few hours, we crammed in a lot of visiting that day. We got to talk about school, video projects Willem’s working on, and getting ready for the next round of scholarships he needs to apply to. It was such a good day! Ididn’t want to leave, but before it got too dark, we said our goodbyes until next time before heading to the car. Right before we got to the parking lot, I got a work email that I had to answer. After answering it, I had to send a bunch of emails and texts to co-workers. I don’t work on site on weekends, but I still have to pay attention to messages coming in, especially when they affectour program. So, I answered as many messages as I could.
My daughter waited patiently for me to be done messaging people and would be available to write anyone back for me when I could get us on the road.
It would take a couple of hours to get home, but I’ve gotten to know the route well. Part of it is familiar as it includes roads that we can take to get to the hospital where Ronan’s specialists are. The next round of visits for Ronan are just around the corner. Those could cause some anxiety, but with meadows, mountains, vineyards, and beautiful farmland, I really love the drive and usually look forward to it.
I don’t love driving it at night, though, so I was being cautious around the areas I knew could be a bit hazardous for drivers. At about the halfway point when the major highway turns into back-roads, I encountered a jerk of a driver. On a stretch of an unlit, curvy, hilly, tight two-lane road in the middle of nowherefarming area, a driver in a small black sedan pulled up behind me. They pulled up so closely that I couldn’t see the headlights. I was the only one on the road in either direction. Knowing exactly where I was, I shared my distaste with my daughter and a plan. I said, “I’m going to pull over quickly to the turn lane and let this person pass.” I felt very familiar with this section of road and knew that the left-turn lane extends about ¾ of a mile. That meant that I had time to safely move over, slow down a tad, and also get back into the travel lane before the next turn. As I did all of that, the driver zoomed ahead.
“Fine, I’d rather be behind ya anyway,” I muttered.
Behind them now, I kept a safe distance. Down the hills, up the hills, hugging the curve, and anticipating the next curve while staying perfectly in the lane, it can be an adventurous drive. I think the people in the car ahead of us thought so, too. They were going just above the speed limit for a few minutes, and then they started to go well over the speed limit.
Off into the distance and around more curves, we eventually lost sight of them.
I stayed settled at the safer speed we were traveling and focused my thoughts on what work would look like for the week ahead. For a few minutes, I thought back to the emails and texts I had to send earlier. The time it took to send those really delayed us. I had hoped to be home in time to do family prayers and to help get Ronan in bed. But it would be past his bedtime by the time we’d arrive at home. Then I thought about how much Ronan would’ve loved the day we had with his brother, minus going to Mass. It’s a beautiful, traditional church but would be too echo-y for him. We’ll still plan on bringing him should we visit again on a Sunday.
I prayed that he had a good day back at home and that we could soon make plans for the whole family to be together.
We were just about out of the curviest and hilliest section when I saw a car ahead of us toward the end of a curve with their hazard lights on. What I couldn’t make out yet was if they were moving or where on the road they were. Immediately slowing down, I said quietly to myself, “What is going on here…what…is…going…on?” My voice trailed off as I tried to see where the car was. It wasn’t on the side of the road. The car was fully stopped in the lane we were in! Thankfully, I’d slowed down quickly enough that I could approach them without having to swerve. But then, I saw a mailbox in the opposite lane as well as what looked like branches.
What on earth?!
“Honey, what do you see? I see a car in the road, and now I see a mailbox…also in the road. I see what looks like straw or bits of shrubbery all over the grass to the right, but I can’t tell what’s going on. What do you see?” I asked my daughter as we very slowly crept past.
“Mom, there’s another car off the road in the grass.
Wait. It’s upside down!
Mom!
The car is upside down!” my daughter said with emotion.
I had just carefully and slowly weaved between the car with the hazard lights on and the large mailbox, but I didn’t dare take my eyes off the road. Another set of curves were just beyond the short straightaway we were traveling. When I say there are no shoulders on this 5-mile stretch of roads, there is absolutely no shoulder. If there’s an accident, you’ve got nowhere to go if your vehicle becomes disabled. You’re a sitting duck hoping no one comes up quickly behind or toward you in the opposite lane. And that’s what the car with the hazards was doing – hoping no one would come up on them.
We had a bit of a warning, but other cars coming toward us would not. I flashed my high beams several times hoping they’d slow down.
Slow down!!
“Mom, should we stop? Can we help? What do you think happened?” my youngest asked. Both of us immediately wondered if the car that flipped was the little black car. It was so dark outside that she could only see the shape of a car, not it’s make, model or color. I didn’t answer but saw a driveway of one of the vineyards just ahead of us and pulled in. I pulled in more out of shock than having a solid plan. We were less than a tenth of a mile from the accident, close enough to see and hear if any sirens were approaching.
But we could hear none.
“We need to call someone. I’m going to call 911, so sit tight and tell me if you see anything or anyone else behind us,” I said. Providing the information to the operator, I shared what I knew and what my daughter saw. I gave our approximate location and hoped the EMTs would be quick. Giving myself a second before I got us back on the road, I reached back as my daughter reached forward. We held hands and said the Guardian Angel prayer. Angel of God, my Guardian dear… Then, we headed once again toward home.
Had our delay back at the campus parking lot helped us avoid an accident?
Had the quick thinking I did to move out of the driver’s way in that left-turn lane help us?
Had the slowing down I did earlier also help?
I couldn’t help but wonder.
Should we have helped? Absolutely! And we did by quickly contacting those who have more training and experience than we could offer. Had it been daytime, I would’ve gotten out of mycar and run toward the others. But it was so dark and the road so unsafe. I didn’t have the confidence to do more than what we did.
We carefully swerved, we quickly informed, and then we quietly got underway.
All week I’ve been thinking about the accident that we saw. We won’t ever know how the car happened to be in the grass and upside down. We won’t know how the driver fared or if there were passengers. We won’t know if the car in the road with the hazards on had contributed to the accident or if it was a near-miss for them. Since it’s been almost two decades of me being a mom to a special needs kiddo, I can’t help but make comparisons when I see events like that crash.
Bear with me.
I didn’t get to swerve away from what happened to my son. But I got to sound the alarm for other parents. I didn’t get to run away from the events that lead up to my son’s vaccine injury. But I know to now slow down and proceed cautiously. I didn’t get to physically assist someone who faced similar struggles I have had to in exam rooms. But I now get to watch others makebetter choices for their children than I thought.
What a blessing that has been to have those positives peppered in my life! The best part is that those positives keep happening.
Former students of mine now have children who are developing typically because of better choices they made. Young parents who’ve reached out to me have also seen better outcomes in their children’s health after hearing our story. It’s an impactful story.
It’s one with twists and turns.
It’s one with ups and downs.
It’s one that’s been incredibly unpredictable.
But it’s also one that keeps me going. Until my last breath, for my son and for my family. I promise to keep on going.
Cathy Jameson is a Contributing Editor for Age of Autism.
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Watch Measles Mandate Fight on CHD TV here.
The ‘Rockland County Measles Lockdown’ took place in the fall of 2018. Unvaccinated children were threatened with a ban from attending school, and parents sued. Years before COVID-19 was in the public eye, rights were being violated in the name of pandemic ‘policy’ and public ‘health.’ Learn details of this particular litigation and its relationship to current events on ‘Defender In-Depth’ with Michael Nevradakis and his three special guests.
Families who do not want the MMR vaccine for their kids need to pay close attention to the looming "epidemic" of measles. This once common childhood disease is a tool used by public health to scare the bejeezees out of parents and force vaccine compliance. That doll in the photo belonged to my older sister. She was called "Hedda Get Better," and had three faces that turned around inside her cap. One had measles/chicken pox as you can see. One was smiling. One was sleeping. Countless TV shows had characters with measles and chickenpox. Like The Brady Bunch and Arthur. Frank Sinatra sang "I've had the measles, I've had the mumps," in "Everything happens to me." No one wants sick kids. And NO ONE wants vaccine injured kids. Fear sells. Fear cajoles. Fear threatens.
By Kim Rossi
The other day, one of my daughters was watching Elmo’s World in Russian (as one does) right after I had helped her wash her face with a washcloth. That’s a screenshot of the show. OUCH. My daughter is in her twenties.
Sometimes, I see something that brings a profound jolt of reality and sadness. I’m sure you do too. That washing the face scene was mine.
That's it. All I got today. Kim
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The UK has announced an “autism assessment and support crisis.”
Please note that AUTISM itself is not a crisis. That can never happen.
There an increase in demand for assessments, but THERE IS NEVER MORE AUTISM.
We are to believe that while the actual autism numbers have never increased, recent findings reveal that there are TENS OF THOUSANDS of children waiting to be assessed for autism.
That can’t be good because there are currently endless news reports about how schools are struggling to deal with the tidal wave of children on the spectrum. Imagine thousands more qualifying for support and services.
A report on February 2nd described how dire the situation is. Getting assessed for autism qualifies students for special education services.
Calls for urgent reform to autism assessments in South Yorkshire
A report claimed the system in England is in "crisis"
There are calls from the former Children's Minister for urgent reform to how children are diagnosed with autism….
The report stated: "A major barrier in our existing systems is the perceived need for a medical diagnosis of autism before any child can receive support."
It argued that the health system "simply cannot meet the demand for all such assessments", and said that "in turn, this can prevent timely access to the essential help a child needs in school".
The report added: "From an educational perspective, this lack of equitable provision can result in children 'failing while waiting' because of system failures."
According to NHS figures published in September 2023, there were 157,809 patients in England with an open referral for suspected autism.
Analysing existing data, the report said the number of children waiting for an autism assessment had tripled since the pandemic.
There was a lot more coverage on the “autism assessment crisis,” but I’m sure, like past stories about autism, it will quickly fade from the public sphere.
Covid is mentioned in a number of stories as if somehow the soaring numbers are only happening because of the lockdown.
“Unsustainable pressure”
Autism Assessment Crisis: Thousands of Children Wait Months and Years as Demand Soars 300% Post-Covid
New analysis reveals autism assessment and support crisis with tens of thousands of children waiting months and years for help after demand rockets by over 300% since Covid. ….
Report reveals more than one in four parents have waited over three years to receive support for their autistic child.
Just one in ten children receive an appointment within the recommended 13 week waiting period….
The report’s analysis reveals a system under unsustainable pressure.
In September 2023, there was a 27% rise in new autism referrals over the last year.
In July 2022, more than 125,000 people were waiting for an autism assessment by mental health services, an increase of 34% since the previous October. By July 2023, this number had risen to more than 143,000. Figures published in September 2023, show there were 157,809 patients with an open referral for suspected autism.
93% of children did not receive an appointment within 13 weeks of being referred.
Never enough funding
In Leeds in the north, it’s an uphill fight.
Leeds City Council's deputy leader Jonathan Pryor said the council had increased the number of [Education Health Care Plan] EHCP's in 2023, but admitted they were still behind.
He said the council faced a drop in funding and income at the same time it was seeing demand "going through the roof".
"The government say they are giving more money than ever before to education which is true, but there are also more children than ever before," he added.
A spokesperson for the Department for Education previously said it was increasing funding by 60% for special and alternative provision places to £10.5bn [$13.2B] in 2024.
‘This is yet another damning report’
In Suffolk, in East England, the East Anglian Daily Times stated the reality: “Suffolk is failing children with special needs.
Suffolk's children with special educational needs are still being failed despite several warnings according to a damning new OFSTED report which says families have been let down.
The report follows an inspection of the service in November - and demands improvements before officials return in 18 months' time….
"Families experience long waiting times for services, such as for autism assessment and diagnosis.
"Often, children’s needs are not clearly identified or articulated in their plan.
From Birmingham in the west Midlands: they have to cut costs
Special needs families whose children and young people rely on transport service among those facing crushing cuts
The council has to provide some services by law but anything else is at risk as it faces up to a £300 million [$379M] black hole in its finances.
“Clearly this is unsustainable”
From Devon in SW England came an opinion piece that laid it on the line.
Our council wants to do what’s best for children By John Hart, leader of Devon County Council
Devon in close discussions with the Department for Education to tackle children's budget deficit
…across the country - top tier local councils like Devon are struggling with huge deficits on their SEND budgets.
The national education fair funding campaign f40, of which Devon is a leading member, estimates that nationally some £4.6billion [$5.8B] extra is required to provide all the help required.
In Devon, our cumulative deficit is likely to be £162million [$2.5M] by the end of this financial year.
Clearly this is completely unsustainable….
Money from the national government comes with the admonition that local councils have to cut special education costs.
Locally we are in close discussions with the Department for Education on what's called their safety valve programme. This is a national scheme which is aimed at providing financial support to councils with SEND deficits.
In return, the DfE wants to see evidence from us about how we are containing costs and improving the service we are providing for our vulnerable children.
So one of the fundamental planks of our plan is to reduce the use of costly independent provision by around a third in the next six years and that would equate to some 360 places.
We also want to see more children attending their local school with suitably qualified teachers and carers available to them.
And we are rapidly expanding the places we can offer in our own special schools.
Significant investment by Devon and the DfE should see us able to expand our special schools by just under half and provide 525 extra places by 2025.
No one is alarmed over “tens of thousands of children” WITH AUTISM, only “tens of thousands of children” WAITING for an autism assessment.
Clearly they are worried about the price tag that comes with all these children. As head of the Devon County Council said, “Clearly this is completely unsustainable.”
And when that finally happens, the COST OF AUTISM will force everyone to honestly address the CAUSE OF AUTISM.
Anne Dachel is Media Editor for Age of Autism.
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We invite you to watch Dr. Paul Thomas's With The Wind with Dr. Paul interview AofA's very own Julie Obradovic. And please do visit Dr.Thomas' site regularly.
WITH THE WIND WITH DR. PAUL - SHOW 135; Featuring: Julie Obradovic; Contributing editor to the Age of Autism Blog, Author
In his "From the Heart" segment, Dr. Paul shares his joy of becoming a grandparent again, praises the natural childbirth process, and admires the calm and courage of a couple, Asha and Nick, during their home birth. He emphasizes the importance of connection and skin-to-skin contact for newborns and sends love and blessings to all expecting parents.
This week, we feature Julie Obradovic, a prominent voice in the autism community. Julie, a contributing editor of the Age of Autism blog and a founding member of the Canary Party, joins us to share her journey as detailed in her book "An Unfortunate Coincidence: A Mother's Life Inside the Autism Controversy." Her story is a powerful testament to the struggles and insights of a mother navigating the complex world of autism, vaccination, and advocacy. Having faced immense challenges, including her daughter's experience with autism following vaccination, Julie offers a unique perspective on the political and scientific aspects of the autism debate. Her experiences and insights provide invaluable guidance for parents facing similar challenges. Tune in to hear Julie's compelling story, her thoughts on the current state of autism understanding, and her advice for parents on this journey.
In closing, DeeDee Hoover shares how her interview with Julie Obradovic deeply resonated with her, particularly discussing the challenges of being a mother to a vaccine-injured child. She emphasizes the importance of inner strength and faith in overcoming these difficulties, highlighting the profound and resilient journey of motherhood. Enjoy the show!
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My husband and I got to go out last weekend. Asked to be a special guest at a dinner about an hour away, I was able to accompany him for a fun night out. While we were away, one of our trusted caregivers spent the evening with Ronan and one of his younger sisters. Right before we sat down for dinner, I texted, “Hey, this is way fancier than we expected. I’m going to put my phone down. If you need us, call, don’t text. I won’t hear the alerts for texts, but I’ll pick up if you call.”
Things back at home were good, so I didn’t need to worry about getting any texts or calls. Ronan was doing his usual activities, which usually keeps him happy and settled. Maybe it was that he saw us leave and was sad that we didn’t take him, but Ronan decided to be a little bit of a pickle for our helper. When it was time for him to take the seizure meds, Ronan looked at them and then he knocked them on the floor. Much like a cat knocks something over just to knock it over, that’s exactly what Ronan did.
One
pill
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Each time he knocked one down, our helper put it back on the counter. Without skipping a beat, our helper said, “Oh, let me get that for you,” as she picked them up off the floor.
What a pickle he was being!
He’s starting to be more of a pickle other times, too. I don’t usually support that kind of behavior, but Ronan’s being more interactive with the siblings, and I loved that!
Don’t get me wrong, we’re teaching Ronan to be kinder, but it’s impressive that he can be a pickle by choice. Take his youngest sister’s latest frustration. I made a baby blanket when I was pregnant with my firstborn that matched a crib bumper that I also made. When they were all younger, my other children had gotten to use the blanket. It had been put in the linen closet for years until sometime last summer. I must have been sorting through the closet when Ronan’s youngest sister asked to keep it on her bed. Sure! It’s a really sweet blanket with really beautiful memories for me. Well, Ronan saw it, too, and it was war.
He remembered it and wanted it.
She found it and wanted it.
I watched to see what would happen next.
One day the blanket would be on his bed.
Another day it would be back on her bed.
When he takes it from her room, he hustles to his room and tries to hide it with his bed covers.
When she discovers it missing, she finds it and then hides the blanket back in her room.
The back-and-forth typical sibling antics make me smile. It takes forethought, strategy, and effort to be a pill! In instances like that, I will quickly console the typical sibling that’s been annoyed, but I’ll also secretly cheer for Ronan for getting more involved in the kids’ world.
Another time Ronan got caught doing something he wasn’t supposed to was with Willem during Christmas vacation. While home from college, I asked my younger son to watch my older son when I went to work one day. More than able to be a caregiver for me, I still prepped everything the boys would need for the day. That included meals and extra snacks. My kids love snacks, including Ronan, so I made an extra bowl of cereal that he likes.
But Ronan didn’t want the gluten-free cereal I left for him. He wanted the tastier one the kids had. So, while Willem went to the garage to grab something, Ronan quickly got the other cereal box, opened the box, and reached into the box. Hearing his little brother round the corner back into the kitchen, Ronan took his hand out of the box, put the box down and stood as still as still could be – then he quickly opened the drawer where we keep the bowls and took out one, two, three, four bowls and waited to see what would happen next. Next, came peals of laughter.
Okay, bud! We know you’re hungry; just ask for help, and we’ll be right there to help you.
We’re always ready to help, even when he’s being a pickle.
I’m planning on taking Ronan to visit his little brother soon since it’s been a few weeks since they’ve seen each other. I know I’ll witness at least one time that Ronan gets under Willem’s skin doing some silly brother silliness. Willem might be a little too much for his big brother also. They fake fight, and they fake wrestle, and they sometimes take things too far. In the moment, the boys will get ‘talked to’ about their behavior, Ronan, too. And later, I know that we’ll laugh about it afterward. We usually do.
Do you have any stories of your son or daughter creeping into your typical siblings’ worlds? Are there silly antics involved? Let us know what those interactions are and how they’ve evolved.
Cathy Jameson is a Contributing Editor for Age of Autism.
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]]>We've asked the same question for 17 years as the autism rate has exploded: Instead of building more ambulances, maybe we should prevent the car accidents? Families are now waiting years to get into a hospital based autism center for diagnosis. Anne wrote about a new company that is offering quicker, virtual, online service to families tired of waiting. Virtual Autism Diagnostic Evaluations for Kids Speeding up the process is a good thing. Kids needs the diagnosis to access important services. But.... the name alone "As You Are" tweaks my ire. " We'd rename it, "As You WERE." I poked around the website, I found it noteworthy that of the 28 physicians listed, 25 are female, all of whom appear to be under 50. Make of that what you will.
By Anne Dachel
On Jan 16th CBS Boston, WBZ Morning Mix included a brief interview with the CEO of a new company that promises to reduce the wait time for getting a child an autism diagnosis.
It was a cheery exchange.
CEO of AsYouAre.com, Kayla Wagner, talked about her company which is now nationwide. They provide ONLINE ASD DIAGNOSES. Kayla talked about the usual wait times, now over two years, to just seeing a specialist for an assessment.
That was described as “really pretty terrible.”
This can now be reduced to a wait of a few weeks, thanks to the experts at AsYouAre.com.
What was so disturbing about this was the cavalier attitude towards autism itself. No one mentioned the current rate, one that shows no signs of leveling off.
The inference was made that we’re just now becoming aware of all the autism out there. “Awareness is definitely part of it, and it’s important.”
SEE FULL INTERVIEW HERE.
Actually this kind of coverage is perfect for normalizing autism.
Nothing was said about regressive autism. Nothing was said about preventing autism.
Autism is now a fact of life worldwide. We all need to accept that any child could be on the spectrum. Concerned parents should have their kids assessed, access services and ask no questions.
Nothing in this interview indicated just how severely autism can affect a child. Everyone was smiling. In the background we could see clips of typical looking children interacting with adults.
The parting words of the WBZ anchor left the audience feeling positive about autism.
I love that there's such a need. You guys have found a way to meet that need, find solutions, as opposed to just the same old way of doing things.
Finding a new way to do, and with the Internet and all these things that makes it possible.
Such a great idea.
While I think Kayla Wagner was correct about a virtual interview showing what the child is like in the home environment, the rest of the talk was frightening.
Autism is now a normal and accepted part of childhood. No one asks why a child has autism, they just do. Numbers can continue to grow, we’ll learn to deal with it.
It makes sense that the marketplace would see this as an opportunity. Anything affecting three to five percent of children (depending on where you live) has the possibility of being profitable. There will certainly be more companies like this coming.
In the scenario presented by WBZ, the years long wait times are blamed on the COVID shutdown. If we can speed up the months into weeks for an ASD diagnosis, everything will be great. Parents can then have their kids accessing services and making great improvement.
No one is talking about the waiting lists to receive those services or how limited they are once a child qualifies.
There are now huge numbers of autistic children who never used to be here. Schools are not ready for them. Therapy centers can’t provide for them. Something totally new is affecting children, yet no one, even the people who deal with it firsthand, will admit this is the crisis.
This is just a preview of the world we will be living in when all these disabled children become adults and are dependent on the taxpayers for their support and care.
This can’t continue of course. Either this year or next the CDC will admit another increase in the autism rate. They once again will be totally clueless about what’s happening. They will tell us they don’t even know if there’s ever been a real increase in the rate or if doctors are still getting better at recognizing it.
This is what I’ve long called the “really big lie about autism,” the failure of officials to admit that more people have autism.
This is imperative because as long as there’s never been a recognized increase, we can pretend that it’s always been here. The minute we admit the increases are real, we have to find out what’s causing it. That leads right back to the vaccine-autism debate.
The interview we watched on WBZ is part of the cover-up. No one on that morning show was really concerned about autism itself, just about getting a diagnosis. If you have an autistic child, you have lots of company.
The Unmentionable
Personally I have no expertise in what’s going on. I’m just a person who has spent several decades covering how the media reports on autism.
I don’t consider myself a really smart person, but I know who the really smart people are.
All during this peppy interview on WBZ I thought about the future when the cost of autism bankrupts everything.
In 2020, I transcribed an interview of political economist Dr. Toby Rogers, by Del Bigtree.
His words challenge everything we’re currently seeing.
The True Cost of Autism with Dr. Toby Rogers
Toby talked about the FUTURE COST OF AUTISM, something no one speculates about.
Here is some of what he said.
“It seemed to me that with rising autism prevalence, you’d also see rising autism costs to society, and it turns out, the costs are catastrophic.”…
“This is a tsunami of costs that are already here, and yet, government isn’t talking about it. Politicians don’t talk about it. And they continue to be engaged in denial. …
“In 2015, autism cost the United States $268 billion. …And they project that if autism continues at its current rate, that autism will cost the United States one trillion dollars by 2025.
Toby links vaccines to autism
“The first wave of vaccine injured kids are aging out of the school system and they need adult residential care.
“And there is no plan at the federal level or at the state level for how to manage this wave of autistic adults.
“Within six years, autism is going to cost the United States more than the U.S. Defense Department budget.
“This is a tsunami of costs that are already here, and yet, government isn’t talking about it. Politicians don’t talk about it. And they continue to be engaged in denial. ….
“WE DON’T HAVE A HUNDREDS YEARS WHEN IT COMES TO AUTISM. WE NEED TO MOVE IMMEDIATELY TOWARDS AUTISM PREVENTION THROUGH KEEPING CHEMICAL OUT OF CHILDREN’S BODIES….
In the make-believe autism world of WBZ, getting that diagnosis quickly will solve all the problems. We can all sleep peacefully. Autism is no problem. The money will be there.
Anne Dachel is Media Editor for Age of Autism.
Scientists Call for Global Moratorium on mRNA Vaccines, Immediate Removal From Childhood Schedule
From THE DEFENDER: Governments should endorse a global moratorium on mRNA vaccines until all questions about their safety have been thoroughly investigated, according to the authors of a new, peer-reviewed article on the COVID-19 vaccine trials and the global vaccination campaign published last week in Cureus, Journal of Medical Science.
Cureus is a web-based peer-reviewed open-access general medical journal using prepublication peer review.
The authors surveyed published research on the pharmaceutical companies’ vaccine trials and related adverse events. They also called for the COVID-19 vaccines to be removed immediately from the childhood immunization schedule.
After the first reports from vaccine trials claimed they were 95% effective in preventing COVID-19, serious problems with method, execution and reporting in the trials became public, which the paper reviewed in detail.
Evidence also shows the products never underwent adequate safety and toxicological testing, and since the vaccine rollout, researchers have identified a significant number of adverse events (AEs) and serious adverse events (SAEs).
Authors M. Nathaniel Mead, Stephanie Seneff, Ph.D., Russ Wolfinger, Ph.D., Jessica Rose, Ph.D., Kris Denhaerynck, Ph.D., Steve Kirsch and Dr. Peter McCullough detailed the vaccines’ potential serious harms to humans, vaccine control and processing issues, the mechanisms behind AEs, the immunological reasons for vaccine inefficacy and the mortality data from the registrational trials.
They concluded, “Federal agency approval of the COVID-19 mRNA injectable products on a blanket-coverage population-wide basis had no support from an honest assessment of all relevant registrational data and commensurate consideration of risks versus benefits.”
They also called for the vaccines to be immediately removed from the childhood immunization schedule and for the suspension of the boosters.
“It is unethical and unconscionable to administer an experimental vaccine to a child who has a near-zero risk of dying from COVID-19 (IFR, 0.0003%) but a well-established 2.2% risk of permanent heart damage based on the best prospective data available,” they wrote.
Finally, the authors called for a full investigation into misconduct by the pharmaceutical companies and the regulatory agencies.
It is the first peer-reviewed study to call for a moratorium on the COVID-19 mRNA products, Rose told The Defender.
“Once a proper assessment of the safety and efficacy claims was made herein — upon which the emergency use authorization (EUA)’s and ultimate final authorizations were granted — it was found that the COVID-19 injectable products were neither safe nor effective,” she added.
According to McCollough, “mRNA should never have been authorized for human use.” Read the full article at THE DEFENDER.
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]]>The United States of Autism is where acceptance is a cover word for, "Let's do nothing to stem the tide. Let's pretend it's not decimating families. Let's tell everyone it's a good thing." Autism rates have climbed for more than 30 years. But today, chronic illness and disability are all climbing with little worry. Cancer. Heart issues. Diabetes. Mental illness. Up, up and no answers. What's really galling is that for all the new schools and BCBA centers, there's little progress or improvement for children and adults with autism. Walk into a day program. Ask the plethora of un- and under-employed adults on the spectrum, even the old Asperger's diagnosis if they are meeting their potential, Ask men and women who should be approaching retirement what they face as they age and take care of their autistic children. See exactly what 19 years of special education has done to help individuals. Autism is NOT a difference. It's a diagnosis. With consequences for the entire family and ultimately, American society. The puzzle piece STILL matters. Even if autism goes on to infinity and beyond.
By Anne Dachel
ONE IN 36 AND COUNTING
Those of us who have adult children with autism remember a time twenty years ago when people were worried about the condition. It was a new label and people didn’t understand what was wrong with these children who started showing up in greater and greater numbers.
Back in 2004, the official rate was one in every 166 children, one in every 102 boys. Those were concerning numbers at the time. There were numerous congressional hearings looking into the autism increase.
Without exception, every health official who showed up at these hearings denied anything was seriously wrong. Most of all, they debunked the claim that vaccines can cause autism. They had all their pharma-funded population studies showing no link.
Autism was blamed on bad genetics (an updated version of the “refrigerator mom” of the 1950s).
Denying any increase at all was the real focus of health officials.
IF it only looked like more kids were autistic, then there was no problem. Autism has always been here, we just didn’t know what to call it.
The claims of “better diagnosing” and “greater awareness” from doctors have held up well despite the explosion in the autism rate to the current one in 36 children, one in 22 boys.
It worked for one in 166, one in 150, one in 110, one in 88, one in 68, one in 44, so why not one in 36?
(California must have the best, most aware doctors because their official rate is one in 22. )
It is predictable that when the national rate officially becomes one in 25 and one in 20, we’ll see those figures chalked up to no real increase as well.
In 2024 we’re no longer worried about what’s causing autism. No one cares why normally developing children lose learned skills like speech and end up on the spectrum. We’re fine with autism.
In fact, if you were to ask where all these autistic children are coming from, you most likely would be attacked as a bad, uncaring person.
Twenty plus years of no answers from officials and doctors have left us with no choice but to accept what autism is doing to children. In fact, we’ve learned to see it as a natural part of the human condition called neurodiversity. We celebrate it every April with a month-long focus on autism with worldwide displays of blue lights. Our goal now is inclusion.
We have to learn to live with autism, and that’s exactly what we’re doing everywhere.
Below are stories from the past week. These are examples of just how accepting we are in America. Notice that when the media bothers to mention of the autism rate, it is with absolutely no real concern.
And for a condition that’s always been around, there sure are a lot of people who have to be educated about autism.
Some of these stories are about special education, but the driving force in special education is autism and related social-emotional issues.
Notice the places now becoming Certified Autism Centers. It is very good for business, as we’re told in one report. Of course it costs $10,000 to get certified, but it makes sense considering the size of the market.
Florida: Legislators propose bill to safeguard "neurodiverse kids"
Two Central Florida representatives have co-sponsored a bill that would put extra safeguards in place for students with special needs at risk of running away from school (referred to as elopement in the bill).
Autistic students are nearly four times as likely as their non-autistic peers to try to leave school unattended. That’s according to the National Autism Association.
Representative Anna Eskamani and Senator Victor Torres’ bill would require schools to have a plan in place to quickly respond when a child with special needs goes missing.
It would also require schools to designate a School Staff Assistance for Emergencies Team or SAFE Team in charge of deploying the plan and carrying out the search for the child. Each team would be made up of the school’s principal, vice principal and at least five other members….
Campbell Co, WY: District adds SPED position; 'more and more arduous to meet the needs'
...School board trustees approved an assistant director of special programs position unanimously at the Campbell County School District board meeting Tuesday. The vote followed Deputy Superintendent Kirby Eisenhauer’s outlined need for the position — a position he said school district officials have contemplated for years….
... Needs range from those with speech language difficulties to others with developmental delays or hearing issues….
Eisenhauer said the addition of the assistant director would help support instructors, as well as provide additional guidance for parents and students. He also noted the continued expansion of the special programs area.
Danforth said that expansion most recently included the addition of an Autism Spectrum Disorder program at Pronghorn Elementary School. The district now has two such programs at the elementary levels — the other is at Lakeview Elementary School. …
“As the number of students in the program has grown it’s just becoming more and more arduous to meet the needs of our kids and our families,” Ochs said Tuesday. ...
North Haven, CT: Police equipped to deal with autistic individuals
“We have a handful of different fidget toys that can be available for the individual to use,” Ashley McClain, of Linked Autism, said.
Out of a small vinyl drawstring backpack, she pulled different types of tools for North Haven police officers responding to calls involving people with autism and special needs.
“We also have a sensory sock. And this you can take out and an individual can kind of cocoon themselves in them to help kind of deescalate in a stressful, high-stress situation," McClain said.
The North Haven police program launched about a month ago in partnership with McClain’s Linked Autism Safety project….
“To get this type of training and to have that bag, the autism bag, is going to be invaluable,” he said.
There are now 10 departments signed up, including Capitol Police along with Madison, East, West and now North Haven Police.
Texarkana, AR: Parks and Recreation to host Autism Inclusion Expo; 'tons of information'
According to the CDC, one in 36 children in the U.S. have autism.
The Texarkana, Ark. Parks and Recreation Department is hosting an event this weekend to help area families learn more about the diagnosis -- and what resources are available to their children.
So far, organizers say they have about 50 people sign-up for the Autism Inclusion Expo. The event is free and open to the public.
"There will be tons of information you can get and find resources, from families, from non-profit organizations and we also have Texarkana Therapy who will be here," said Tendra Washington, Texarkana Parks and Recreation assistant….
…Lunch will be provided.
New Fairfield, CT: Enrollment going down, "continued growth in special education"
Superintendent Kenneth Craw is requesting a 5.25 percent increase in education spending for 2024-25 with the goal of addressing academic and mental health needs, as well as advancing academic progress.
“This is a needs-based budget that is fiscally responsible (and) allows our students to continue to grow and thrive in New Fairfield,” Craw said when he presented a $48.8 million spending plan for the coming fiscal year during Jan. 18's Board of Education meeting.…
Craw’s proposal includes $310,000 in funding for two additional positions — a school psychologist and high school counselor — to address social-emotional needs in the school district, as well as $150,000 for resources to improve reading performance at the kindergarten through fifth grade levels.
The district’s K-12 enrollment is projected to decrease from 2,070 this year to 2,057 in 2024-25, according to Craw’s proposed budget presentation, which also showed continued growth in special education enrollment with the 362 students enrolled this year reflecting a 13-student year-over-year increase.
“That is significant in a sense,” Craw said. “The needs are still there and the significance of those needs are obviously something we are in tune with planning for.”
Eatonville, WA: "Celebration" for new Support Center for "growing special education population"
A celebration of Eatonville School District’s newly remodeled Special Education Support Center took place last week.
Last spring it was determined that the district needed to expand the facility footprint to house the growing special education population. …
It cost the district about $170,000 to relocate the portable from the high school, connect it, and refurbish it for use. The district was able to save $150,000-$200,000 on the project.
Indian Lake (OH) 20% of students have special needs; "an increase from recent years"
In a busy January Board of Education meeting, Indian Lake Board members got an update on the district’s special education services, considered the calendar for the next school year, and appointed a board member to fill a vacant position.
Board members heard from District Director of Special Education Krystal Loy with an update on the services provided.
She told the board that 272 students or 20% of the Indian Lake student population is served by special education services, which is an increase from recent years.
Chandler, AZ: $10K to be Certified Autism Center; "600% increase in autism dx"
John Sefton, the community services director for the City of Chandler, says there’s been a 600% increase in autism diagnoses in the past several years.
“One in six people have a sensory need,” Sefton told City Council at its Jan. 8 study session.
He appeared before Council to explain why the city is spending about $10,000 to qualify its Parks and Recreation division with a Certified Autism Center designation.
To qualify, Sefton said at least 80% of the parks and recreation staffers who deal with the public must be trained. …
“I think back to some of my early times running camps in the ’90s, when some of the diagnosis in my experience were coming, our parents had no idea what was going on with their children,” Sefton said. …
Council had awarded $10,000 to the Community Services Department to pursue this designation as one of its amendments to the budget.
Palm Desert, CA: City becomes "Autism Certified City"; more cities urged to follow
With the city of Palm Desert becoming an Autism Certified City, they are on the path of ensuring the community is genuinely inclusive based on the International Board of Credentialing and Continuing Education Standards (IBCCES). A local parent and advocate of making the entire Coachella Valley is championing more cities to do the same.
Richmond, VA: Children’s Museum now autism friendly https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=uBBdLDy9To0
Highlighting businesses dedicated to inclusivity in Virginia.
The Children’s Museum of Richmond is now designated as an Autism Friendly Community by the Autism Society of Central Virginia.
Since May, 2023, the museum has been working with the Autism Society to train its staff and improve resources both online and in the museum, with the goal of better understanding and accommodating the needs of people with autism.
The honor was announced during the museum’s first sensory-friendly night of the year….
Toledo, OH: More places now Certified Autism Centers
Toledo has two more Certified Autism Centers.
Glass City Center and Huntington Center have both recently received their Certified Autism Center (CAC) designation.
Other Toledo organizations that have completed the CAC program include: Destination Toledo, Toledo Express Airport, Valentine Theatre, Sylvania Chamber, Avenues for Autism, Boyd's Retro Candy, Wingate by Wyndham Sylvania/Toledo, Toledo Speedway BMX and Toledo Museum of Art. Other organizations in the area are in the process of completion. No Monroe County locations are on the list….
“Having some of our area’s most beloved and most frequently visited venues become Certified Autism Centers is key to helping us reach our goal of making Toledo a Certified Autism Destination and welcoming an underserved market of individuals and families with sensory needs,” said Lance Woodworth, president and CEO of Destination Toledo. “When we’re mindful of the needs of our guests, we’re not only making memorable and positive memories for them, but we’re also improving the quality of life for everyone who lives, learns, works, and plays in Toledo.”
Traverse City, MI: Museum becomes Certified Autism Center; city to follow
The Dennos Museum Center at Northwestern Michigan College receives autism training from the International Board of Credentialing and Continuing Education Standards (IBCCES) and becomes a Certified Autism Center (CAC). This designation is awarded to organizations who complete a comprehensive training and certification program to equip their staff with the resources and understanding of the best practices for assisting autistic and sensory-sensitive visitors.
This effort is part of a larger initiative championed by Traverse City Tourism to help the city become a Certified Autism Destination (CAD), which is awarded to cities that offer a variety of trained and certified recreation, entertainment and lodging options.
California: Lots of places now Certified Autism Centers
Traveling with kids can be tricky. Traveling with kids with autism can be downright daunting. And with roughly one in 36 children on the autism spectrum in 2020, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control, and rates rising significantly — a 318% increase since 2000 — the travel industry is taking notice.
Hotels in Concord began offering free “practice stays” for families with autistic children in December. San Francisco International Airport provides check-in and boarding “rehearsals.”
San Jose’s airport gives sunflower lanyards to visitors who might need additional help from TSA or airline staff. And hotels around the world are changing practices to accommodate guests with autism and other sensory sensitivities and registering as autism-friendly destinations.
…According to an IBCCES and Autism Travel survey, 77% of families grappling with autism are hesitant to travel or visit new locations, 87% don’t take family vacations, and 93% said they would travel more, if there were autism-friendly options available.
Autism-friendly travel not only helps the neurodivergent community, Tekin says, it’s good for the travel industry, boosting visitor numbers, bookings and business overall….
At airports from San Jose to London Heathrow, sunflower lanyards are available for travelers with hidden or less visible disabilities, offering a nonverbal signal to staff that the wearer may need extra help. In San Jose, 2,000 airport lanyards have been distributed since the program launched in 2020. It helps travelers, and airport staff appreciate the visual cue, says Scott Wintner, the airport’s deputy communications director, and the reminder that they may need to adjust their approach to accommodate the guest.
For the travel industry to better meet the needs of the autism community, each side needs to gain familiarity with the other, says Alan Day. There’s no one-sign-fits-all solution, so exposure is critical. Day’s Connecticut-based Autism Double-Checked trains hospitality staff and certifies hotels, resorts and airlines at levels ranging from “autism aware” to “autism ready,” teaching them about environmental triggers, such as food service issues, and teaching resort security what to do when an autistic traveler runs off — or “elopes,” in autism awareness parlance.
Stories from these U.S. cities are just a sample of what’s happening.
It doesn’t matter where you live, we’re all accommodating more and more people with autism and related conditions. While we’re still talking mainly about CHILDREN WITH AUTISM, very soon we’ll have to deal with the ADULTS WITH AUTISM as this huge population ages out of the education system. That’s when the costs will explode. Caring for dependent, disabled adults will dwarf the impact autism is having on our schools.
Once again, no one will ask the obvious: Why can’t autistic young adults go where autistic adults have always gone?
It will be very hard to cling to the fantasy that autism has always been around when we’re facing bankruptcy trying to pay for one in 36 across the population.
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By Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
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To keep us all on our toes between pandemic Covid and pandemic Disease X it looks like the global agencies have brought back the hardy perennial of measles to scare and divide us. In this regard it is essential to acknowledge that measles vaccines cannot eradicate measles to which end I submit 25 mainstream studies, all by vaccine proponents, many of them prominent which demonstrate this. Readers please feel free to add to the list.
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Felicia Roy, Lillian Mendoza, Joanne Hiebert, Rebecca J. McNall, Bettina Bankamp, Sarah Connolly, Amy Lüdde, Nicole Friedrich, Annette Mankertz, Paul A. Rota, Alberto Severini , 'Rapid Identification of Measles Virus Vaccine Genotype by Real-Time PCR' https://jcm.asm.org/content/55/3/735"Ofthe 194 measles virus sequences obtained in the United States in 2015, 73 were identified as vaccine sequences (RJ McNall, unpublished data)".
Waaijenborg S., Hahné S.J.M., Mollema L., Smits G.P., Berbers G.A.M., van der Klis F.R.M., de Melker H.E., and Wallinga J., 'Waning of Maternal Antibodies Against Measles, Mumps, Rubella, and Varicella in Communities With Contrasting Vaccination Coverage', J Infect Dis. 2013 Jul 1; 208(1): 10–16
Zhao et al, 'Low titers of measles antibody in mothers whose infants suffered from measles before eligible age for measles vaccination' Virol J. 2010; 7: 87., Published online 2010 May 6. doi: 10.1186/1743-422X-7-87
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The Studies the CDC Refuses to Do
This book is based on over one hundred studies in the peer-reviewed literature that consider vaccinated versus unvaccinated populations. Each study is analyzed, and health differences among infants, children, and adults who have been vaccinated and those who have not are presented and put in context.
Given the massive push to vaccinate the entire global population, this book is timely and necessary for individuals to make informed choices for themselves and their families.
The Wuhan Cover-Up: And the Terrifying Bioweapons Arms Race (Children’s Health Defense)
By Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
“Whenever I read, listen to, or debate Bobby, I learn something new and change my mind on at least one or two issues, while vehemently disagreeing with many others. Both the agreements and disagreements stimulate my thinking and emotions, even when they make me angry or concerned. Read him and make up your own minds." —Alan Dershowitz
“The Wuhan Cover-Up will blow out of the water the international disinformation campaign by US and Chinese government officials and their bribed scientists that COVID-19 somehow magically jumped out of the Wuhan wet market. Kennedy’s book will provide the ammunition needed for us lawyers to hold them all legally accountable for this Nuremberg Crime against Humanity.” —Professor Francis A. Boyle, author of the Biological Weapons Anti-Terrorism Act of 1989
To keep us all on our toes between pandemic Covid and pandemic Disease X it looks like the global agencies have brought back the hardy perennial of measles to scare and divide us. In this regard it is essential to acknowledge that measles vaccines cannot eradicate measles to which end I submit 25 mainstream studies, all by vaccine proponents, many of them prominent which demonstrate this. Readers please feel free to add to the list.
Bolotin et al. What is the evidence to support a correlate of protection for measles? A systematic review. J Infect Dis 2020;221:1576–83
Cherry, J. D., & Zahn, M. (2018). Clinical Characteristics of Measles in Previously Vaccinated and Unvaccinated Patients in California. Clinical Infectious Diseases: An Official Publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, 67(9), 1315–1319. https://doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciy286
Fiebelkorn, A. P., Coleman, L. A., Belongia, E. A., Freeman, S. K., York, D., Bi, D., ... Beeler, J. (2016). Measles Virus Neutralizing Antibody Response, Cell-Mediated Immunity, and Immunoglobulin G Antibody Avidity Before and After Receipt of a Third Dose of Measles, Mumps, and Rubella Vaccine in Young Adults. The Journal of Infectious Diseases, 213(7), 1115–1123. https://doi.org/10.1093/infdis/jiv555
Glass, K., & Grenfell, B. T. (2004). Waning immunity and subclinical measles infections in England. Vaccine, 22(29-30), 4110–4116. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/15364464/
Gibney, K. B., Attwood, L. O., Nicholson, S., Tran, T., Druce, J., Healy, J., ... Cross, G. B. (2019). Emergence of attenuated measles illness among IgG positive/IgM negative measles cases, Victoria, Australia 2008-2017. Clinical Infectious Diseases: An Official Publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America. https://doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciz363
Heffernan J.M., & Keeling M.J. (2009). Implications of vaccination and waning immunity. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 276(1664), 2071–2080. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2009.0057
Kang, H. J., Han, Y. W., Kim, S. J., Kim, Y.-J., Kim, A.-R., Kim, J. A., ... Kim, S. S. (2017). An increasing, potentially measles-susceptible population over time after vaccination in Korea. Vaccine, 35(33), 4126–4132. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2017.06.058
Kang, J. H., & Yoo, J.-H. (2019). The Measles Strikes Back. Journal of Korean Medical Science, 34(6), e59. https://doi.org/10.3346/jkms.2019.34.e59
Kontio, M., Jokinen, S., Paunio, M., Peltola, H., & Davidkin, I. (2012). Waning antibody levels and avidity: implications for MMR vaccine-induced protection. The Journal of Infectious Diseases, 206(10), 1542–1548. https://doi.org/10.1093/infdis/jis568
Leuridan, E., Hens, N., Hutse, V., Ieven, M., Aerts, M., & Van Damme, P. (2010). Early waning of maternal measles antibodies in era of measles elimination: longitudinal study. BMJ , 340, c1626. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.c1626
Liu, Y., Liu, Z., Deng, X., Hu, Y., Wang, Z., Lu, P., ... Zhu, F.-C. (2018). Waning immunity of one-dose measles-mumps-rubella vaccine to mumps in children from kindergarten to early school age: a prospective study. Expert Review of Vaccines, 17(5), 445–452. https://doi.org/10.1080/14760584.2018.1445529
Markowitz LE, Albrecht P, Rhodes P, Demonteverde R, Swint E, Maes EF, Powell C, Patriarca PA., 'Changing levels of measles antibody titers in women and children in the United States: impact on response to vaccination. Kaiser Permanente Measles Vaccine Trial Team.', Pediatrics. 1996 Jan;97(1):53-8.
Melenotte C, Zandotti C, Gautret P, Parola P, Raoult D. Measles: is a new vaccine approach needed? Lancet Infect Dis 2018; 18:1060–1.
Mossong, J., & Muller, C. P. (2003). Modelling measles re-emergence as a result of waning of immunity in vaccinated populations. Vaccine, 21(31), 4597–4603.
Mossong, J., Nokes, D. J., Edmunds, W. J., Cox, M. J., Ratnam, S., & Muller, C. P. (1999). Modeling the impact of subclinical measles transmission in vaccinated populations with waning immunity. American Journal of Epidemiology, 150(11), 1238–1249.
Nkowane, B. M., Bart, S. W., Orenstein, W. A., & Baltier, M. (1987). Measles outbreak in a vaccinated school population: epidemiology, chains of transmission and the role of vaccine failures. American Journal of Public Health, 77(4), 434–438. https://doi.org/10.2105/ajph.77.4.434
Orenstein, W. A., Strebel, P. M., Papania, M., Sutter, R. W., Bellini, W. J., & Cochi, S. L. (2000). Measles eradication: is it in our future? American Journal of Public Health, 90(10), 1521–1525. Retrieved from https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11029981
Pannuti, C. S., Morello, R. J., Moraes, J. C. de, Curti, S. P., Afonso, A. M. S., Camargo, M. C. C., & Souza, V. A. U. F. de. (2004a). Identification of primary and secondary measles vaccine failures by measurement of immunoglobulin G avidity in measles cases during the 1997 São Paulo epidemic. Clinical and Diagnostic Laboratory Immunology, 11(1), 119–122.
Paunio et al, 'Secondary measles vaccine failures identified by measurement of IgG avidity: high occurrence among teenagers vaccinated at a young age', Epidemiol Infect. 2000 Apr;124(2):263-71.
Stanley A Plotkin, 'Is There a Correlate of Protection for Measles Vaccine?’, The Journal of Infectious Disease 1 November 2019
Gregory A. Poland and Robert M. Jacobson, ‘The Re-Emergence of Measles in Developed Countries: Time to Develop the Next-Generation Measles Vaccines?’, Vaccine. 2012 Jan 5; 30(2): 103–104., https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3905323/
Rosen JB, Rota JS, Hickman CJ, Sowers SB, Mercader S, Rota PA, Bellini WJ, Huang AJ, Doll MK, Zucker JR, Zimmerman CM., 'Outbreak of measles among persons with prior evidence of immunity, New York City, 2011', Clin Infect Dis. 2014 May;58(9):1205-10. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciu105. Epub 2014 Feb 27
Felicia Roy, Lillian Mendoza, Joanne Hiebert, Rebecca J. McNall, Bettina Bankamp, Sarah Connolly, Amy Lüdde, Nicole Friedrich, Annette Mankertz, Paul A. Rota, Alberto Severini , 'Rapid Identification of Measles Virus Vaccine Genotype by Real-Time PCR' https://jcm.asm.org/content/55/3/735"Ofthe 194 measles virus sequences obtained in the United States in 2015, 73 were identified as vaccine sequences (RJ McNall, unpublished data)".
Waaijenborg S., Hahné S.J.M., Mollema L., Smits G.P., Berbers G.A.M., van der Klis F.R.M., de Melker H.E., and Wallinga J., 'Waning of Maternal Antibodies Against Measles, Mumps, Rubella, and Varicella in Communities With Contrasting Vaccination Coverage', J Infect Dis. 2013 Jul 1; 208(1): 10–16
Zhao et al, 'Low titers of measles antibody in mothers whose infants suffered from measles before eligible age for measles vaccination' Virol J. 2010; 7: 87., Published online 2010 May 6. doi: 10.1186/1743-422X-7-87
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You can buy Vax-Unvax Let the Science Speak By Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. and Brian Hooker, PhD for just $1.99 Kindle edition. The Kindle app works on your tablet or smart phone and is free! Hardcover also available and can never be deleted. NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER!
The Studies the CDC Refuses to Do
This book is based on over one hundred studies in the peer-reviewed literature that consider vaccinated versus unvaccinated populations. Each study is analyzed, and health differences among infants, children, and adults who have been vaccinated and those who have not are presented and put in context.
Given the massive push to vaccinate the entire global population, this book is timely and necessary for individuals to make informed choices for themselves and their families.
The Wuhan Cover-Up: And the Terrifying Bioweapons Arms Race (Children’s Health Defense)
By Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
“Whenever I read, listen to, or debate Bobby, I learn something new and change my mind on at least one or two issues, while vehemently disagreeing with many others. Both the agreements and disagreements stimulate my thinking and emotions, even when they make me angry or concerned. Read him and make up your own minds." —Alan Dershowitz
“The Wuhan Cover-Up will blow out of the water the international disinformation campaign by US and Chinese government officials and their bribed scientists that COVID-19 somehow magically jumped out of the Wuhan wet market. Kennedy’s book will provide the ammunition needed for us lawyers to hold them all legally accountable for this Nuremberg Crime against Humanity.” —Professor Francis A. Boyle, author of the Biological Weapons Anti-Terrorism Act of 1989
By Cathy Jameson
A nurse from the one of the agencies that provides services for my son calls every 3 months. “Hi, Mrs. Jameson. How is Ronan? Does he need anything? Do you need anything?” Those calls are quick because Ronan’s been doing fine, he doesn’t need anything, and I don’t need anything either.
Every six months, the nurse calls with scripted questions that keep us in the system and qualified for continued care. Once a year, she visits us. I’m always prepared for those visits and have appreciated the extra medical resources her agency can offer. Besides resources, they can also offer medical supplies. Ronan’s benefitted from having those items, for which I’m grateful. Before the last home visit, I thought about what new items he might need but couldn’t think of any. I also looked back at my notes from previous visits and jotted a few things I wanted to ask about. For the next visit, the nurse who had met with us for years wouldn’t be joining us. It would be a new person joining Team Ronan.
I’m happy that the nurse who’d seen us through a few issues was moving on to something else. But getting new people on board after all the things we’ve had to manage, and have successfully avoided, didn’t feel comfortable. It felt like work. Keeping my child safe and healthy is my job, so I got to work doing a little bit more prep work for the in-home visit.
The day the new nurse came was less stressful than I thought it would be. She was kind, lovely, and had years’ worth of really good notes from the nurse we’d know for years. She even knew that flu shots are something we don’t care for. That topic would be the tell-tale sign – if she hassled me, I knew to do more listening than talking. If she didn’t, I’d still do more listening than talking, but I’d be open to hearing what she had to say. With Ronan no longer under 18, the questions on his forms changed, including social/emotional needs. No longer were they about which toys and activities he liked to do. They were questions you’d hear an adult being asked.
I have a good poker face, so didn’t let her know the first question shocked me:
Does Ronan feel safe at home?
Yes.
[Geez, lady. What a question! He loves being home. LOVES it.]
With his special needs, I’m going to say he’s not out partying.
Right.
[WHAT?!]
He’s not smoking?
Nope.
[Good grief.]
Or drinking?
No.
The more questions she asked, the more one-syllable responses I gave. It satisfied her checkboxes, and it secured care for my son for another year. With that done, I thanked the new nurse for her time and filed the paperwork. On her way out, she could see that Ronan was happy, healthy, and safe with us at home.
Last Friday, we took Ronan out for dinner just because. Well, mostly because it had been an incredibly busy week for me, and I didn’t want to make dinner. We went to our usual place, but forgetting it was Friday night, the place was packed. We went to another restaurant that we know Ronan enjoys. Again, we saw a line out the door of patrons waiting for a table. We drove farther into town, but four times that evening, we left because the wait was so long. The fifth place, another go-to local eatery was open, empty, and perfect! Ronan loves it there, and we loved seeing him so happy.
Once dinner was over, we headed home. We didn’t have the energy to do anything else. And Ronan didn’t seem to mind going straight back. Walking into the house with his little sister, he smiled. He was home. And he was incredibly happy to be there.
Keeping him happy, healthy, and safe. It’s my job, and I’m very happy to keep doing it.
Cathy Jameson is a Contributing Editor for Age of Autism.
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You can buy Vax-Unvax Let the Science Speak By Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. and Brian Hooker, PhD for just $1.99 Kindle edition. The Kindle app works on your tablet or smart phone and is free! Hardcover also available and can never be deleted. NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER!
The Studies the CDC Refuses to Do
This book is based on over one hundred studies in the peer-reviewed literature that consider vaccinated versus unvaccinated populations. Each study is analyzed, and health differences among infants, children, and adults who have been vaccinated and those who have not are presented and put in context.
Given the massive push to vaccinate the entire global population, this book is timely and necessary for individuals to make informed choices for themselves and their families.
The Wuhan Cover-Up: And the Terrifying Bioweapons Arms Race (Children’s Health Defense)
By Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
“Whenever I read, listen to, or debate Bobby, I learn something new and change my mind on at least one or two issues, while vehemently disagreeing with many others. Both the agreements and disagreements stimulate my thinking and emotions, even when they make me angry or concerned. Read him and make up your own minds." —Alan Dershowitz
“The Wuhan Cover-Up will blow out of the water the international disinformation campaign by US and Chinese government officials and their bribed scientists that COVID-19 somehow magically jumped out of the Wuhan wet market. Kennedy’s book will provide the ammunition needed for us lawyers to hold them all legally accountable for this Nuremberg Crime against Humanity.” —Professor Francis A. Boyle, author of the Biological Weapons Anti-Terrorism Act of 1989
One out of three is plenty. Let's talk politics. We're well into the 2024 Presidential race. Nikki Haley and Donald Trump are duking it out for the Republican nomination. President Biden is the Democratic incumbent. Robert Kennedy, Jr. IS running a campaign, though you'd never know it listening to the MSM. And the No Labels group is fiddle faddling to see if it might come up with a candidate. So....
Open forum exchange.
What TOPICS are the most important to you in 2024? What topics are NOT on your radar. Do you have a deal-breaker? Share any thoughts you have. You can use a pseudonym in the comments to protect your privacy. You don't have to say for whom you are voting.
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You can buy Vax-Unvax Let the Science Speak By Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. and Brian Hooker, PhD for just $1.99 Kindle edition. The Kindle app works on your tablet or smart phone and is free! Hardcover also available and can never be deleted. NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER!
The Studies the CDC Refuses to Do
This book is based on over one hundred studies in the peer-reviewed literature that consider vaccinated versus unvaccinated populations. Each study is analyzed, and health differences among infants, children, and adults who have been vaccinated and those who have not are presented and put in context.
Given the massive push to vaccinate the entire global population, this book is timely and necessary for individuals to make informed choices for themselves and their families.
The Wuhan Cover-Up: And the Terrifying Bioweapons Arms Race (Children’s Health Defense)
By Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
“Whenever I read, listen to, or debate Bobby, I learn something new and change my mind on at least one or two issues, while vehemently disagreeing with many others. Both the agreements and disagreements stimulate my thinking and emotions, even when they make me angry or concerned. Read him and make up your own minds." —Alan Dershowitz
“The Wuhan Cover-Up will blow out of the water the international disinformation campaign by US and Chinese government officials and their bribed scientists that COVID-19 somehow magically jumped out of the Wuhan wet market. Kennedy’s book will provide the ammunition needed for us lawyers to hold them all legally accountable for this Nuremberg Crime against Humanity.” —Professor Francis A. Boyle, author of the Biological Weapons Anti-Terrorism Act of 1989