I read an article from Sciencedaily.com that tells of a collaborative study between the CDC a public school system and the University of Alabama, which shows that Autism is now up to one percent of the 8 year old boys in America. This gets me somewhat alarmed as I have an 8 year old boy in my very home and not one percent, but one-hundred percent of his life is subject to my responsibility, care and understanding the risks that he will encounter for the the next 10 or so until, he transitions into be a self-sustaining adult. I have a strong empathy for families who have autistic children as I know of how much this raises the compassion factor in the home, but also drains the energy from the home at times. I was a very hyperactive child and my parents had no idea on how to handle me and it wasn't until a couple whom I now call 'Aunt & Uncle' stepped in and cared enough to intervene; and to them I am forever grateful and indebted to them. Parents need help, they need resources of information and they don't need judgment or criticism.
There is no way that we would know that the red hot stove would potentially harm our hand permanently by placing our hand on it, if it wasn't for someone who had already learned that lesson and taught it to us and then kept and eye on us to ensure we heeded their warning. Once a family is blessed with a Autistic child, and I have had many parents of them and treated quite a few autistic children over the years, you can't go back and you have to push ahead with 110% commitment to making a wonderful life for this kid and the past is water under the bridge and beating yourself up over what we should have, could have done will cause emotional harm and when you are done, you are right back where you are and still have to go forward.
There is and has been documented on multiple studies a connection between inoculations and starting of autistic symptoms, do they by themselves cause them? do they trigger something buried in the brain? is it just a random coincidence? (Little tidbit about reading research, look who paid for the study the outcomes and conclusions will almost always be to their advantange) I'd have to doubt the last is in error, but can not say with absolute certainty to exactly how for the former, but every case I've treated or parent knows there is a connection between the two. I have a old friend that has the honor of raising a autistic child and has shared with me that he knows there is a connection, but being he is a medical doctor, drugs and drug companies are his bread and butter, so can't bite the hand that helps feed you. So what is the solution? Take a careful logical look the the use of inoculations for children and not get pressured by the emotional arguments of nurses and doctors who want to scare or force you, instead of use logic and common sense. If you feel they are safe enough then go for it, if you have doubts, take the time to think, pray, etc. it over until you are comfortable with your decision. There are thousands and thousands of children who have never had an inoculation and are some of the healthiest kids on the planet, and kids that have had the whole gamut of shots with no problems, and then we are back to those whose life is radically changed by a seemingly harmless prick of a needle.
Let me take you on a little journey, a journey inside the mind, simply a trip through the synapses that make us who we are. This is going to be simplistic, but I hope effective. We have multiple types of nerves, two major ones are efferent and the other afferent. Afferent are incoming from stimulus outside the brain and messengers of the world or where the body is or the state of a organ or system. The efferent nerves in essence are taking information from the brain and taking it into motion, organ function, hormone control, etc. So picture the brain like a mayor's office with people bringing messages about the weather, school students, roadways, labor unions, store openings, and now multiply this by millions. Now sit behind the desk and now try to have an appropriate reaction to each of these, maybe a nod, maybe a invasive action, etc. Now that is our perfect world, and now picture, that either or both of the following. The information coming is mis-reported, exaggerated, stifled or just wrong, now try to make the appropriate decisions. Or lets say you have a right hand person that is to carry out your orders, but is either a bubbling idiot or tells others a yes to your no, an on to your off, and so you can imagine the chaos. (I know a lot of government jokes are now going through your head, but focus) This is the world of a child that has their properly functioning nervous system at birth, get radically changed and has to try to make sense of the world that is radically altered and has to attempt to re-learn, and often with out help. Thank God that kids are given loving moms and dads that protect them their whole life if necessary.
Now back to reality, if you know a family with an autistic child, find what you can do to help them, and get them connected with this blog site or our clinic. If you don't, make it a daily prayer for the kids and parents in this families and seek opportunities to help organizations designed as support to these kids. Keep your 'feelers' up as there are many organizations that are great, but there are a few that are largely funded by pharmaceutical companies (which in face value are not bad or evil as the media makes them out to be, they want to sell drugs, duh!) and are flooding parents with new drug therapies as the only rescue, which we will put in future blogs of some more effective treatments.
Until next time...
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