Moms Taking Valproate While Pregnant Increase Risk of Autism
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Ginger T.
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Epilepsy Drug, Pregnancy Raise Autism Risk Study Shows Kids at Risk for Autism When Pregnant Women Take Valproate By Bill Hendrick WebMD Health News Reviewed by Louise Chang, MD Dec. 1, 2008 -- Women who take the epilepsy drug valproate while pregnant may increase their child's risk of autism, a new study shows. British researchers looked a...
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Consuming Kids The Commercialization of Childhood
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Ginger T.
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One of the appeals of moving to Maine from LA is that there was so much less of a marketing assault on my kids. But even now, I need to work harder to shield them from this crap. Web and I have had long talks about marketing promotions and that their purpose is to sell you things you don't need. I have spent time out in public playing "spo...
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They Gave Him 12 Shots at One Time
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Ginger T.
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I am not sure what this woman is complaining about. According to Paul Offit her kid still could have gotten another 99,988 shots and still have been fine. Taking on autism Jessica Glover hopes to be a champion for children on the autism spectrum, like her son Cade By Christina Lent The Beaverton Valley Times, Nov 27, 2008 Cade Glover has reg...
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Autism Rate in the UK is now 1 in 88
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Ginger T.
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... and 1 in 54 boys. Autism catastrophe Published Date: 28 November 2008 ...The most recent government study confirmed that the rate of autism in the UK now stands at one child in 88, with the rate for boys, who are most likely to be affected, around one in 58. Make no mistake, this is a public health catastrophe. As a result of parental dema...
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Open Letters to Barack Obama
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Ginger T.
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Mark Blaxil and Angela Warner have both written open letters to the President Elect asking for him to do right by our children and children yet to be born. Dr. Kenneth Stoller has put together a letter for the rest of us asking our new president to end the chemical assault on Americans. Please visit http://www.bodiesinrebellion.com and add you...
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CDC States that Chemical Exposures Will Be Shown to Cause Autism
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Ginger T.
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I am a little speechless. Apparently David Kirby has attained some sort of Jedi mastery and has gotten the Centers for Disease Control, The American Academy of Pediatrics and the Minnesota Department of Public Health snapping to attention to answer his questions. And all in one day! One letter full of questions to each of them has elicited le...
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Is Anyone Open to and Autism Adoption?
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Ginger T.
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I thought I would put this out to my readers: I hope this e-mail finds you well. I am writing because I am actively looking for a home for 3 year old “Sam”. Sam was adopted from Russia in 2006, at the age of 13 months. Sadly, his placement is not working out and I must find him a new family. Sam has been diagnosed with Reactive A...
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Offit: "Vaccines are Safer than Vitamins".
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Ginger T.
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First off, kudos to Lisa Green for actually researching an article on vaccine controversy and not just recycling the same pablum. It is difficult to understand why anyone listens to Paul Offit's opinions on vaccine safety. Yet another irresponsible statement from him: "I see myself as a champion of children. That's why I went into pediatr...
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Paul Offit Acts As A Spokesman For The AAP
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Ginger T.
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This is a pretty good local news report on alternate vaccine schedules featuring Dr. Bob Sears who advocates breaking up the MMR and giving no more than two shots at a time. But the most interesting part of the piece was this statement: "The I Team asks the American Academy of Pediatrics why they are opposed to different vaccine schedules....
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Senator Tom Daschle to Head HHS
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Ginger T.
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...and this may be good for our kids. Daschle fought the Eli Lilly rider in the Homeland Security Bill and fought the anthrax vaccine that was harming military personnel. From David Kirby's HuffPo piece today: By nominating Tom Daschle to head up the agency, President Elect Obama has selected a man who has demonstrated an unflinching willingne...
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Obama's Autism Influences, Correcting Arthur Allen
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Ginger T.
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Today in the Washington Independent Arthur Allen reported, while lamenting the possibility that RFK, Jr. could be chosen as head of the EPA, that Obama adviser David Axelrod was an autism parent who had been rumored to have let the President Elect know that autism was not caused by vaccines: During the campaign, anti-vaccine advocates asked Obam...
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Obama May Choose Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to head EPA
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Ginger T.
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Today has been a discouraging day, having lost the opportunity to have a president who was supporting families with autism. I have been looking for possible bright spots, and one has exploded onto the scene. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is said to be under consideration to head the Environmental Protection Agency, according to Politico. Mr. Kennedy ...
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McCain or Obama: Who Will Reform Vaccine Safety?
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Ginger T.
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From Autism Action Network, Autism United, Generation Rescue, Moms Against Mercury, No Mercury, Schafer Autism Report, Talk About Curing Autism, Unlocking Autism and U. S. Autism and Asperger’s Association: McCain or Obama: Who Will Reform Vaccine Safety? San Diego, CA, October 27, 2008 - Parents, scientists and clinicians met this weeke...
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Obama Releases Autism Plan
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Ginger T.
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So sorry to be an absentee blogger this close to the election... Have not read this yet (nor the Palin speech.) Will comment later. From the Obama camp: BARACK OBAMA AND JOE BIDEN: SUPPORTING AMERICANS WITH AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDERS More than one million Americans have Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD), a complex condition that impacts commun...
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