Posted: October 4, 2009 06:05 PM on The Huffington Post
Washington loves to dump its bad news on a Friday afternoon, and on October 2 it confirmed that 1 percent of American children (and by extension, perhaps 1-in-58 boys) has an autism spectrum disorder.
On a hastily arranged telephone “visit” with US Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius and the autism community, the health chief announced that “the prevalence of autism might be even higher than previously thought.” But, she added, “We don’t know if it has gone up, and we are hoping to unlock these mysteries.”
The Secretary then declared autism “An urgent public health challenge,” proclaimed that President Obama was “right to make it one of our top health priorities,” including research into “treatments and a cure” for the disorder, and then promptly ended her visit.
Helping to fill in some of the details was Dr. Thomas R. Insel, Director of the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), and Chair of the Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee, who confirmed that CDC data to be published later this year will estimate the current childhood ASD rate at 100-per-10,000 children. Read the rest of this entry »
I have been meaning to put his video with Dr. David Ayoub. It leans a little towards the conspiracy theorist in all of us.. But I feel the info on the ingredients in vaccines, specifically thimersol (mercury) is invaluable.
Jenny McCarthy, Jim Carrey, Dr. Jerry Kartzinel, and JB Handley will be on Larry King tonight on CNN. Jenny McCarthy has been very vocal on recovery her son from vaccine induced Autism. Her book ” Louder Than Words: A Mother’s Journey in Healing Autism” has sparked controversy and angered many parents who do not support the vaccine-Autism link.
Jenny has given a face and a LOUD voice to the Autism cause. She and her partner Jim Carrey hosted a rally in Washington DC in JUne 2008 called ” Green Our Vaccines”. Parents from all over the country to rally and show their numbers in the capitol. Hopefully Jim and Jenny will make this an annual event and impress upon the Obama administration how important this debate truly is.
Please support Jenny, Jim, JB, and Dr. Kartzinel by watching Larry King toniught and urge your friends and family to watch as well. You can never be too informed.
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