Vaccines, Auto-immunity, and Autism

[pamela]

Michaelangelica, i wonder, were the walls a pale shade of yellow?
If they were, then indeed his actions would imply, that he was trapped in something yellow, unable to breathe the free air and attempt to change his environment.
In my experiences with varying degrees of autism among children, they are most responsive to being treated "normally".
Engaging in fun, age appropriate activities , while talking in a calm, but happy tone, ellicited more of a response from them, than repetition and the obvious treating them differently.
We often react differently to that which we do not understand. The child may be fully aware that they are being treated differently, and react in nonresponsiveness. Not being in their heads, I cannot say for sure, but having experienced them trying to reach out to me, the gap lies in how we communicate.
I have applied this same thinking/actions to many children ranging from developmentally delayed to downs syndrome, all with positive results.
Most children, do not want to be considered different, where as adults like myself, prefer it.

[Michaelangelica]

Originally Posted by pamela

Michaelangelica, i wonder, were the walls a pale shade of yellow?

I can't remember it was along time ago-but they could have been. We only kept a few very severely affected children overnight on the ward. Their rooms were locked for their protection.

On the auto-immune thing some Orthomolecular Psychiatrists feel that there are food or chemical/protein sensitivities that challenge/jag the immune system until adrenal exhaustion occurs.
eg While some may not be coeliac they may be allergic to some other protein of wheat. Alternatively they may not have the digestive enzymes to fully de-construct wheat proteins.
One orthomolecular Guy in Sydney says if Down's syndrome children are not feed wheat, and their breastfeeding mother also abstains, there will be no intellectual loss in the child.

"Adrenal exhaustion" is not a term used by doctors but I think there is a lot of it about.
People smoke (nicotine), get stressed, drink caffeine, eat things that stress the adrenals. Sugar levels ("fight or flight response") go up and down. Till the adrenals give up and/or we end up with type2 Diabetes.
A shot of ACTH might help some.

Here is a new website on Autism from Australia
Australian Labor Party : Autism website to help parents and carers

Raising Children Network | Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder

[Michaelangelica]

An interesting lecture
AGE OF AUTISM: Part 1 David Kirby's Autism One Presentation: Metals, Myelin & Mitochondria Pathways to Autism?

[maikeru]

Pesticides, air pollution, and autism.

Pesticides?

http://www.ehponline.org/members/2007/10168/10168.pdf

Air pollution?

http://www.ehponline.org/members/2006/9120/9120.pdf

[Michaelangelica]

Invitation to Doctors to participate in a pilot study of vitamin D and autism.

This is an invitation to doctors who are interested in vitamin D and have access to families with autism to participate in a pilot study entitled: "Study of Vitamin D to prevent Autism in Newborn Siblings" . We are using vitamin D during pregnancy and lactation to prevent the recurrence of autism in newborn siblings in families who already have one child with autism.

If you are interested in participating in this pilot study or have questions, please call Dr. Gene Stubbs at 503-939-7351 or call Kathy Henley at 503-351-9255. Or send us an email at stubbsgene@comcast.net or henleyjks@att.net. If sending a letter is preferred, send it to:
Gene Stubbs, M.D.,P.C.,
7032 SW 3rd Avenue,
Portland, OR 97219.

Thank you,
John Cannell, MD
Vitamin D Council
585 Leff Street
San Luis Obispo, CA 93401

See also the "Magic Mushrooms" thread here.