Comments on: Is autism really on the rise?

By: Christine

Christine — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 12:34:57 +0000

Sarah, You are on completely the right track. I hope they listen to you. I have seen autistic children totally cured, and in fact brilliant and fun, after treatment to regulate the immune reaction to food and inhalents. The method used, by Dr. Kenneth Krischer, MD, PhD, was the “Provocation and Neutralization” method. Sadly Dr. Krischer has died, but his book is forthcoming.

What you are suggesting is a different way to do the same, I think

By: Sarah

Sarah — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 15:45:47 +0000

Dr. Hanson,

If you and your colleagues at CHB really want to get to the bottom autism crisis and help our kids then look beyond the behaviors and run blood tests to determine how their immune systems are functioning. This information could open the doors to many new and effective treatment paths. Behaviors are merely a symptom of an organic dysfunction. These kids are in medical distress. They can’t detoxify because their immune systems are not functioning properly. The toxins build up in the bodies an they spiral downward (regress). It is not enough to “treat” the behaviors. If you treat the underying cause, restore the health of the immune system then you should see a reduction in behaviors. Please do the blood tests!

Here are some suggested tests to run:

The Most Important Tests:

CBC
Sedimentation Rate
CMV IGG / IGM (if IGG Positive)
ANA Titer
EBV IGG / IGM (if IGG Positive)
Hypothyroid Panel
Ferritin Level

Immune Panel (to include):
Total & Percent CD4
Total & Percent CD8
Total & Percent CD16 / CD56
Total & Percent CD19
Lead Level
Vitamin B-12 Level
Folic Acid
Comprehensive Metabolic Panel
SGOT / SGPT
Lipid Panel
Candida Titer (IGG, IGA, IGM (Immunodiagnostic Labs (800-888-1113)
HHV6 Titer (Immunodistic Labs)
Quantatative Immunoglobulins (IGG, IGA, IGM, IGE)
Gliadin Antibodies
Alpha Interferon
Allergy Food Screen (95 foods) (Meridian Valley Lab (253-859-8700)

Optional / Useful

Thyroid Antibodies
Herpes I & II IGG / IGM
Rubella IGG Titer
Coxsakie Virus A & B

Useful Links:

http://www.nids.net/labtests.htm

http://www.neuroimmunedr.com/links.html

By: BMS

BMS — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 08:12:28 +0000

With all due respect, ‘nature’ used to kill millions of people on a regular basis from plague and smallpox.

By: Janet Sheehan

Janet Sheehan — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:20:25 +0000

Sarah,

At least DAN! doctors are helping our “kids”. You’re right- they are our future! We must be their strongest advocates, especially those who do not have a voice.

Nicole- I have followed your work (also George Malcolm Morley’s) and have brought the philosophy of delayed cord clamping to my ob/gyn. In our effort to return our bodies, and our children’s, to a healthier state, we remain as close to the way “nature” intended as possible. It appears to be working, as our seven year has only been to the doctor’s ONCE. Only because he needed a physical for school!

Keep up the good work, fight the good fight! Our babies are so precious and they are the future generation!

By: Eileen Nicole Simon

Eileen Nicole Simon — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:50:49 +0000

Autism is associated with many different medical conditions. The “final common pathway” in the brain affected by all etiologies must be found that can account for the distinctive developmental language disorder. One of the conditions associated with autism is respiratory depression at birth. Clamping the umbilical cord immediately after birth (even before the first breath) became the “standard of care” in obstetrics beginning in the 1980’s, which was the beginning of the increase in autism prevalence. Ischemic impairment within the auditory pathway of the midbrain is the greatest danger of allowing a lapse in the transfer of respiration from placenta to lungs to occur. I have posted more at
http://www.conradsimon.org/AutismPrevalence.html
I hope you will look into this in your research investigations.

By: Sarah

Sarah — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:08:32 +0000

Janet,

No doubt Childrens receives generous research grants from corporate sources so they play this game of denial and sadly it’s the children who lose. I’m not sure how bad it will have to get for them to finally take notice. 1 in 10 maybe?

Using the analogy of the Holocaust, 6 million Jews had to die in Germany before people finally stood up and said “this is wrong, we have to take action”. People knew about this for years but the denial likely prevented anything from being done and look at the toll.

I hope one day soon members of the medical community will stand up for the sake of the children. It may not be popular with the establishment but morally it’s right thing to do. These are our kids. They’re our future!

By: Sarah

Sarah — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:53:48 +0000

Graph showing increase in Autism rates: 1992-2007

http://www.fightingautism.org/idea/autism.php

UC Davis M.I.N.D. Institute Study Shows California’s Autism Increase Not Due To Better Counting, Diagnosis

http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/134717.php

By: Janet Sheehan

Janet Sheehan — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 11:41:27 +0000

To BMS- I would like to ask you then, where are these autistic adults now? Someone please tell me where these million or so of the population that just didn’t get diagnosed when they were younger are hiding out! Sorry, but I can only remember no more than two “special needs” kids while growing up (and they were nothing like MY son!)

To Sarah, I second all of the above…beautifully written, and hopefully your comments will be taken seriously. I cannot believe Children’s is dumping another 4.5 million into genetic research! Hasn’t this avenue been exhausted (many times in fact)? Unless of course someone would like to study the percent of children who just could not handle receiving around 33 or so vaccines, most containing large amounts of mercury (from around 1990-2005), and then who became very sick, and hence very autistic, post MMR. I am not hopeful Children’s would ever step up to the plate with this one, seeing they don’t even think there is really a problem- or epidemic- to begin with.