Thanks to Dan Olmstead, who I have come to greatly respect through emailing back and forth with him since his "Age of Autism" series began as a Part I of II ( but which has now turned into more than a dozen pieces on the subject ), for another great article!
This installment looks to homeschooled kids as an optimal testing group for the prevalence of autism amoung non-vaccinated children and how it might correlate to the national averages of 1 in 166.
The article focuses on a Dr. Jeff Bradstreet's comments, who treats autistic children at his medical practice in Palm Bay, Fla. and has a son whose autism he attributes to a vaccine reaction at 15 months. His daughter however has been homeschooled, and he knows many of the leaders in the homeschool movement. Bradstreet says:
"'There was this whole subculture of folks who went into homeschooling so they would never have to vaccinate their kids.' [...] In that subset, he said, 'unless they were massively exposed to mercury through lots of amalgams (mercury dental fillings in the mother) and/or big-time fish eating, I've not had a single case.'"
Another great point that Bradstreet makes in defending the minority of traditionally trained physicians who now believe in the connection between mercury and autism, due to personal observations like his, is that:
"...even though we would be accused of being more biased, we are probably more objective because we WERE believers." [my emphasis]
Objectivity is the key, and I believe that between a government which mandates vaccinations ( with the blessing of ALL governing medical bodies ) and concerned parents, the parents come out on top.
Thanks to Dan Olmstead, who I have come to greatly respect through emailing back and forth with him since his "Age of Autism" series began as a Part I of II ( but which has now turned into more than a dozen pieces on the subject ), for another great article!
This installment looks to homeschooled kids as an optimal testing group for the prevalence of autism amoung non-vaccinated children and how it might correlate to the national averages of 1 in 166.
The article focuses on a Dr. Jeff Bradstreet's comments, who treats autistic children at his medical practice in Palm Bay, Fla. and has a son whose autism he attributes to a vaccine reaction at 15 months. His daughter however has been homeschooled, and he knows many of the leaders in the homeschool movement. Bradstreet says:
"'There was this whole subculture of folks who went into homeschooling so they would never have to vaccinate their kids.' [...] In that subset, he said, 'unless they were massively exposed to mercury through lots of amalgams (mercury dental fillings in the mother) and/or big-time fish eating, I've not had a single case.'"
Another great point that Bradstreet makes in defending the minority of traditionally trained physicians who now believe in the connection between mercury and autism, due to personal observations like his, is that:
"...even though we would be accused of being more biased, we are probably more objective because we WERE believers." [my emphasis]
Objectivity is the key, and I believe that between a government which mandates vaccinations ( with the blessing of ALL governing medical bodies ) and concerned parents, the parents come out on top.