AUTISME

Hallo,

Ik ben net op jouw site gaan rondkijken.  Zelf ben ik moeder van een kindje
met autisme en al langere tijd geïnteresseerd in met name verbanden tussen
haar aandoening en voeding.

Het is onvoorstelbaar hoeveel parallellen in onze strijd naar voren treden :
gluten- en melkvrij dieet is iets waar heel wat kinderen wel blijken mee te
varen; vitamine-supplementen : idem (zij het bij ons vooral de nadruk op B6
en magnesium); recent onderzoek wijst ook op een belangrijke
auto-immuunconnectie bij autisme (als er al auto-immuunziekten zoals bv MS
in de familie aanwezig zijn, blijkt er een hogere kans op een kind met
autisme  -   verder : enkele publicaties vermelden dat zij effectief
antimyelinelichamen in het bloed van auti-kinderen gevonden hebben); en ...
niet te vergeten ... voeren we dezelfde strijd om door de klassieke wereld
au sérieux genomen te worden ("autisme is niet te genezen en zal het ook
nooit zijn", "alle onderzoek dat in wel in die richting zou wijzen is
onbetrouwbaar" (voor zover er al onderzoek is) en "alle meldingen van ouders
over vooruitgang dankzij dieet is flauwe zever (om het zacht uit te
drukken)" - bij kinderen die na een alternatieve aanpak alle auti-symptomen
wegvallen zodat ook "deskundigen" moeten toegeven dat ze niet meer
autistisch zijn, wordt dan gesteld "dat de oorspronkelijke diagnose wel fout
zal geweest zijn" ....

Kortom, ik twijfel er niet aan of u hier heel wat herkenning in vindt, of u
er wat aan hebt weet ik niet.  Hoe dan ook : ik duim voor uw acties.  Wil je
meer van ons weten : kom dan eens langs op  http://www.start.be/autisme  (vooral
rubriek "onderzoek" bekijken) of sluit aan bij onze mailgroep
onderzoekautisme@yahoogroups.com (170 leden)

Vriendelijke groeten

Josiane monnens


Four Of 7 Flu UK Shots Have Mercury - Linked To Autism                                            Autism Fears Over Flu Shots
                                                      By Fraser Nelson
                                                        The Scotsman
                                                           12-8-4
 
Four of the seven flu jabs being issued by the government this winter contain a mercury-based preservative which is being withdrawn in the US amid fears of its links to autism.
 
                           The Department of Health has confirmed that most of the flu vaccines being
                           issued through the National Health Service contain thimerosal, a preservative
                           which is 50 per cent composed of ethyl mercury.
 
                           Thimerosal is already being withdrawn in the US, where a government
                           health authority has warned that it has a "biologically plausible" link to autism
                           and should not be given to pregnant women.
 
                           The UK government has this year chosen seven vaccines to combat three
                           expected strains of the flu virus, and is aiming to vaccinate 70 per cent of
                           people aged over 65 in a UK-wide programme.
 
                           The Scotsman can today name the four which, according to the Department
                           of Health, contain thimerosal - and, therefore, mercury. They are Fluvirin,
                           Fluarix, Influvac and Agrippal. The mercury-free vaccines are Inflexal V,
                           Begrivac and this year,s flu vaccine from Aventis Pasteur.
 
                           Officials have said they do not recognise any health risk posed by the
                           mercury in thimerosal. As a result, patients - whether pregnant or not - are
                           not being advised which vaccines contain mercury.
 
                           "There is no evidence of long-term adverse effects due to the exposure levels
                           of thimerosal in vaccines," a Department of Health spokeswoman said.
 
                           "The risk-benefit balance of thimerosal-containing vaccines remains
                           overwhelmingly positive."
 
                           She added that the Institute of Medicine in the US had looked at the issue
                           and had "concluded that evidence does not support a causal association
                           between thimerosal contained in vaccines and neuro-developmental
                           disorders".
 
                           The IoM,s exact conclusion, however, argued that such a link was
                           "biologically plausible" - and said there is not enough evidence to accept or
                           reject a link between thimerosal and neurological disorders.
 
                           In a statement which fuelled fears about thimerosal safety, it urged that "full
                           consideration should be given to removing thimerosal from any biological
                           product to which infants, children and pregnant women are exposed".
 
                           Pregnant women are advised to avoid thimerosal because the mercury
                           affects the foetus to a greater extent than the mother. For the same reason,
                           pregnant women are advised against having silver dental fillings fitted as the
                           amalgam is 50 per cent composed of mercury.
 
                           However, the Department of Health does not include pregnant women
                           among the categories of people at risk from the flu vaccine.
 
                           It instead lists those with heart problems and people allergic to hen,s eggs,
                           because the vaccines are incubated in a similar substance.
 
                           The Department of Health said its decision to buy mercury-free vaccines is
                           "a purely precautionary measure", which is part of "a move in both the US
                           and Europe to minimise the exposure of infants to mercury".
 
                           Robert McKay, a Scottish co-ordinator of the National Autistic Society, said
                           he was astonished that dangers about mercury in vaccines have not been
                           spelled out by the government. "We need access to the same information
                           given to parents in other countries."
 
                           "If we have a choice in vaccine, we would like to know about it. This
                           information should be given to families in this country so they can make
                           decisions for themselves."
 
                           Mercury,s links to autism and neuro-developmental disorders have been well
                           documented.
 
                           Children born in the Faroe Islands in 1987 were found to have
                           developmental disorders after their mothers ate mercury-contaminated whale
                           meat.
 
                           Two years ago, the Journal of Neurochemistry ran a study showing brain
                           cells exposed to even minute levels of mercury developed the exact set of
                           neuro-deformations associated with Alzheimer's disease.
 
                           Last year, Canadian research reinforced the suggested link between exposure
                           to mercury and Alzheimer's.
 
 
                           http://www.ncirs.usyd.edu.au/facts/f-thiomersal.html
 
 
                           Table 2: Vaccines available in Australia that contain thiomersal
 
                           Vaccine
                           Trade Name
                           Manufacturer
                           Dose of thiomersal
 
                           Combined diphtheria and tetanus vaccine
                           CDT
                           CSL
                           50 micrograms
 
                           Adult diphtheria and tetanus vaccine
                           ADT
                           CSL
                           50 micrograms
 
                           Diphtheria vaccine
 
                           CSL
                           50 micrograms
 
                           Hepatitis B
                           Engerix B Adult
                           GlaxoSmithKline
                           <2 micrograms
 
                           *Influenza vaccines
                           Fluarix, Influvac, Fluvax
                           GlaxoSmithKline, Solvay, CSL
                           50 micrograms
 
                           Japanese encephalitis vaccine
                           JE Vax
                           CSL
                           35 micrograms
 
                           Q fever vaccine
                           Q vax
                           CSL
                           50 micrograms
 
                           http://www.thescotsman.co.uk
                           /index.cfm?id=1912003