Following on from my postings in the blog section, here's my thoughts on the current situation. I haven't put any links to my theories but if anyone wants them I'll list them separately.

My son was diagnosed ten years ago with high-functioning autism. Concerns were raised at his 3.5 year assessment as he wasn't speaking. After 6 months of tests, the CDC (Child Development Centre) made their diagnosis. My wife cried on the sofa while I hugged her. I can remember all the 'milestone' dates as if it was yesterday.

Tom did vocalise from the beginning and started to talk around 9 months. By 12 months he had a few words. After his MMR (15 months) he lost those words. He didn't have much shared non-vocal communication either (ie. staring at a cup or a toy that he wanted). It was something we watched for like a hawk in his sister when she came along 4 years later.

Of course, when we underwent an 'Early Bird Training Programme' for parents of newly diagnosed children after his diagnosis, the child psychologist informed us that it was a coincidence that his words should disappear around the same time as the MMR jab. To be honest in those days, I didn't think it was the jab that caused his autism as he didn't have any massive side-effects. Not like some of the parents we met on that course. Over the eight weeks it took place, we swopped stories and some of the parents noticed immediately after the jab a change in their children. Their stories of incessant crying and fits in some cases were heart-breaking even if, from a medical standpoint, they were only anecdotal. I've always wanted to go back and ask the child psychologist where she found the information that says 'autism' begins to show between fifteen and eighteen months of age. Over the years of study, I've never come across a piece of research that covers this. It's only with hindsight now, that it seems a pretty convenient way of covering up any damage that might occur through a much increased vaccination program that we now have.

So there it is. My research over the last ten years has brought me to the indisputable conclusion that the increased rates of autism are down to ONE significant cause, with a myriad of possible results.
That cause is of course the vaccination schedule.

The myriad of possible results I stated above, is because although vaccinations are the trigger for setting the autistic brain in development, I don't think they are acting alone. I think the damage is further fuelled by the food intake of the children and their individual DNA make-up. I actually think the idea that 'autism' has a possible 'genetic' make-up (the inheritence theory), is probably only a small risk factor compared to the massive risk that vaccinations pose.

My silver bullet for making such a bold statement lies in a very, very, simple fact. Take any un-vaccinated population around the world (the Amish community in the USA is a good example). The rate of autism is between 1 in 10,000 - 15,000). The reason why the rate is difficult to assess more accuratley, is because the incident rate is so small and because there are not many places left where the actions of Big Pharma have not been steamrollered through. Compare that rate to the New Jersey rate which I was absolutely shocked to read as being 1 in 29.

You also have to do your homework where vaccinations are concerned. I am in no doubt we will look back on this period of medical history and consider the actions of some people in authority with the same feelings we have towards the clinicians who experimented on patients with mental health problems in the sixties and seventies. When I ask most people 'how many children do you think died of measles in the UK in the year preceding the introduction of the vaccine?' Most answer in the thousands. They are shocked when I say '30'. And out of those we don't know how many had such 'underlying health problems' (as the BBC News is always keen to point out) that they would have unfortunately died of something else anyway. That isn't to say that measles is a simple disease with no risks. Of course in serious cases, encephalitis can cause serious problems. But we've come a long way since the Second World War and cases of measles and their complications were dropping year on year. Mumps never killed anyone and the same for Rubella.

If it sounds as if I think the MMR jab is the sole cause of autism, I don't. I think it's the combination of everything. The thimerosal (mercury) preservative in the vaccine, the use of animal tissue and other genetically modified material, make vaccines potentially fatal. You never hear about the risks, but search around and you'll find cases of death, paralysis and other debilitating disorders because of vaccines.

You may ask, 'if vaccines are the cause, then why don't they affect everybody?' I think in part, they probably do. If you correlate the rises in asthma, eczema, hay-fever, mouth-ulcers and a whole host of other non-life threatening disorders (actually asthma is life-threatening) between vaccinated and un-vaccinated populations the evidence is once again there to be found. You have to disregard almost 95% of medical research because it often is funded by pharmaceutical companies for the sole purpose of demonstrating the 'safety' of their products. Any negative findings are routinely hidden from the rearch data, thus making the results meaningless.

What I found quite shocking in Louis' film was the visual evidence of what I'd been reading about over the years. The rate of obesity in the States is currently running at 37% of adults and 1 in 2 of every child. The figures are mind-blowing. The States also has been Monsanto's GM playground and coupled with a massive lack of nutritional value to the food results in what I perceived on my TV yesterday. When the young man was collected from the hostel to spend the day with his mum, I was shocked to see him tucking into the fast food. His actions looked entirely like an addict trying to get a fix. I don't mean this in an offensive way, but if the 'fuel' of autism is the action of a diet upon a damaged body, as many clinicians working in the field suspect, then we need to fix these addictions.

I realise my views are probably very controversial, but if anyone is feeling pangs of guilt from subjecting their children to the vaccination schedule, I would advise them to let it go. We can only do what we think is for the best, and I'm in no doubt that we all acted in what we thought was the best interests of our children. I actually think the term 'autistic' is becoming redundant now for the simple reason that I've met too wide a 'spectrum' of children and adults who are termed 'autistic' for it to be meaningful. I think of my child's 'autism' now, as a result of someone else's incompetence on the good days, and down-right evilness on the bad days. I also think we need a term that expresses exactly what these children have ended up with .....a term such as 'government damaged' but with a positive spin.

Tom hasn't had any more vaccinations since the age of about 3. What I've learned about the whole process of vaccinations means I will not subject him or his sister to any further vaccinations until they are old enough to weigh up the evidence themselves and then make their own decisions. Funnily enough, the autism specific advisor who was one of the team who delivered that very first 'Early Bird Programme' I mentioned above ten years ago, told me she had had four children herself. She's since retired but guess what?..........none of her children ever had any vaccinations whatsoever.

Food for thought.

Alan

As a member of the online pressure group Avaaz, I have just created an online petition for more research into the causes of autism. You can read it here and hopefully sign it:

http://www.avaaz.org/en/petition/Indepe ... m/?cSyEoab

Thanks,

Alan

Just want to express my deepest appreciation to Theroux and the documentary about Autism. It was the most accurate piece of TV I have seen on this subject for 30 years -- thank you so much for letting people see the utter desperation that autism can visit on some families. Yes there was some good laughs but it was the darker side that resonated most with me and my dear wife...

Our boy will be 40 years old this year and whilst I respect those who say it is/was an uplifting and spiritual experience, for me and my wife it was no such thing. It was shear hell on earth and something we would not wish on anyone. 35 to 40 years ago autism was not even recognised by many in the medical profession and when it was then they believed it was associated with uncaring and emotionally stunted mothers (can you imagine that!!). We have seen parents and grandparents who have sold or remortgaged their homes to spend money on treatments. We have seen marriages broken, siblings marginalised, families and lives wrecked and torn apart. We have argued with psychiatrist, doctors, health workers, social workers, teachers, educationalist and rarely did we get the support, understanding and help needed. As for the time wasted on the subject of MMR!!!

After 15 agonising years - it took us a further 3 years of wrestling with the powers that be to find our beloved son a home. At last our boy has found some piece and in a home with carers who dearly love him. Despite this, we still, even now, although we are in our 60's have to advocate and fight for his continued funding.

No.. it is not Rainman believe me

Autism: The Eusocial Hominid Hypothesis

A short video introduction: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jk_85vNaSMA
The full 2-hour video presentation: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r6-6Naz-C0M

Morgan and Ryan Babineaux are my two sons. I love them very much and each day we learn together. They are wonderful children with ASD, we hope someday we will know why....but focus on the future with love and hope-----Valerie Babineaux

It's only with hindsight now, that it seems a pretty convenient way of covering up any damage that might occur through a much increased vaccination program that we now have,............................................

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Dear Louis

Thanks for your Extreme Love: Autism program, which I got the opportunity to see on Danish national television for 3 days ago. I have some questions though:

Why you didn’t show a more varied picture of the families with autistic children. I’ve got the impression that the families in the program were, more or less, stay-at-home mothers. Autism strikes regardless of social status.

I have the positive impression that they indeed are loving and caring parents doing their best to raise those kids, but without passing criticism, I didn’t seem to spot continuity with what’s done in the Developmental Learning Center at home.

Something else I also missed from your program was info on when the children first got the formal diagnose and when they did start getting targeted therapy.

I am a mother of a 4 year autistic boy. Thanks to the early diagnosis and intervention we now have a loving, relaxed and able to connect boy. I’m not saying that we’re done. There’s in fact so much remaining work to do.

That’s why I wonder about info re diagnosis and intervention. Seen from the eyes of those who have neuro typical children the portrait drawn in your program of autistic children might get very sharp.

And talking about the agressiveness there was a scene in your program were one the mothers sits on the boy’s chest to neutralise him.

No one would do that or train a mother with a disabled child to do that in Denmark. We use ball blankets which are soothing and sensory stimulation tools.

I quote from the BBC homepage on your program:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/progin ... utism.html

” Louis travels to DLC Warren in New Jersey, one of the most innovative autism schools of its kind, to find out how specialised intervention can help both the children and the families who care for them.”

I warmly encourage you to look up at similar institutions in Netherlands, Denmark, Sweeden and Norway. That’s what I’d call innovative.

Best regards,