Guest guest Posted March 18, 2006 Report Share Posted March 18, 2006 If you wish to know why epidemiologic reports that autism is not related to vaccination, call me. Sincerely, H.H. Fudenberg, M.D., D.D.G., I.O.M. 226 Edgewater Road Inman, SC 29349 864-592-8076 nitrf@hotmailcom From: " Fournier" <@...>Reply-EOHarm To: <chelatingkids2 >Subject: NAA News and ViewsDate: Fri, 17 Mar 2006 20:18:49 -0500 National Autism AssociationMarch 17, 2006 In this edition of NAA News & Views:Featured ChildCongress Speaks Out on ThimerosalNAA Elects New ChairpersonMercury Generation March in DC3rd Annual Long Island Autism FairHelping Hand ProgramAutism One ConferenceIn The NewsFeatured ProductFaces of Autism Calendars On Sale If you are unable to view html formatted email, please visit our website to view this newsletter at http://www.nationalautismassociation.org/newsandviews. Featured Child Vicki You can find Vicki and the faces of many other precious children on our Wall of Hope. If you’d like to add your loved one with an autism spectrum disorder, simply sign up for a free NAA membership and email your photo to wendy@.... More information can be found on our website athttp://www.nationalautismassociation.org/wallofhope.php. Congress Speaks Out on ThimerosalLandmark Leiberman Letter A letter made public this week from eight members of the House and Senate to the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) is making headlines, and with good reason. After years of hard work from parents across the country to focus Congressional attention on the thimerosal/autism link, this may finally become a reality. The offices of Senator ph Lieberman and several other lawmakers managed to pass important language as part of a Labor/HHS appropriations bill recommending a committee be formed to evaluate the need for independent research of the Vaccine Safety Datalink, which has never been fully accessed by anyone outside the CDC. A growing number of parents are convinced that the CDC will never be able to appropriately research the VSD because of the agency’s conflicts of interest and possible culpability in allowing an entire generation of children to be overexposed to mercury through vaccines. The letter, addressed to NIEHS director, Dr. Schwartz, is forceful in urging that the NIEHS direct its efforts towards finding answers for the one in 166 children now diagnosed with autism. This is encouraging news for us all, and a testament to the fact that Congress is listening to us. We will all need to be keeping watch on this situation to see that it receives and maintains the attention it deserves. The full letter is available here: http://www.a-champ.org/Congressionalletter2-22-06.html We offer our sincere thanks to the Congressional and Senate leaders who worked on the legislation and endorsed the letter to the NIEHS, and congratulate Bobbie Manning for a great job in communicating with the relevant offices. To everyone who has spent countless hours over the years in faxing, writing, calling, and meeting with your legislators, please accept our heartfelt thanks. Your efforts are making a difference! NAA Board Elects New Chairperson We are pleased to announce the election of Bothwell as Chairman of the Board of Directors of NAA. 's 2-year-term as chair began on March 15th. She takes over the chairmanship from NAA founding board member Bono. We extend our heartfelt gratitude to for her exceptional guidance and leadership during the last 3 years. Bothwell has been a board member of NAA for 2 years. She works full-time as a paralegal and office manager of the California office of the law firm of Waters & Kraus. has worked in the legal field since coming to the United States at age 19 in 1982. She is originally from Coventry, England, but now resides in Long Beach, California. She is married to Bruce, an attorney, and has three children: Will (aged 12 and autistic), Katrina (age 10 diagnosed with autism, but now recovered) and Jillian (age 8 and seemingly typical, whatever that is). When Will was diagnosed with autism in 1995, quit her job and dedicated her time to running Will’s 40+ hours a week Lovaas program and advocating on Will’s behalf. She and Bruce sued their local school district and regional center for funding for Will’s program and prevailed. Soon, she and Bruce were successfully advocating for services for other autistic children in the area. In 1997, ’s second child, Katrina, was diagnosed with autism and co-founded the first support group in the area specifically targeted at newly-diagnosed parents. She serves on the Board of the Autism Society of America-Greater Long Beach South Bay Chapter and has previously edited their newsletter and served as the Corresponding Secretary. She was one of the founding parents of L.A.-F.EA.T. and was a frequent contributor to the old FEATLIST. In 2000, she returned to work full-time and opened the California office of Waters & Kraus. One of her first assignments was to research the issue of thimerosal in vaccines and its link to mercury poisoning and autism. Waters & Kraus filed the first civil suit in the United States alleging that thimerosal had caused neurological damage to children later diagnosed with autism. In the meantime, Bruce Bothwell left his partners in a general civil practice and opened his own office. He now practices exclusively in special education law. and Bruce have made it their mission to do as much as they personally can to address the needs of individuals with autism in their community and beyond. Congratulations and a warm welcome to as she begins her tenure as Chairperson! Join NAA in Washington on April 6th!Click here for details Speakers include Congressman Dan Burton, Congressman Dave Weldon, and Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney! The Long Island Chapter of the National Autism Association is presenting the 3rd Annual Long Island Autism Fair & Conference on Saturday & Sunday, April 1st & 2nd. It's no April Fools joke- we've got some GREAT speakers. There are three different tracks and 5 breakouts per day. Saturday's "Alternative Treatments" track includes: Dr. Seth Pearl, Kernohan, Betsy Hicks, Dr. Elice, Allan Goldblatt and Dr. . Sunday's "Biomedical for Beginners" tracks includes: Dr. Shaw, Dr. Arthur Krigsman, Dr. Wakefield, & Baxter Berle, Dr. Jeff Bradstreet and Keynote Speaker, Kirby.Conference Tickets can be bought for one or both days. Prices range from $60-75 per day and NAA members get a discount. Use the discount code: fair10 for 1 day conference tickets ($10 savings) and discount code: fair30 ($30 savings) for 2 day conference tickets.Some of the 50 or so vendors will be; Oxyhealth, Hopewell Pharmacy, Wellness, Great Plains Lab, the International Hyperbarics Association, and Wellness Health + Pharmacy. Others include: Future Horizons, Natural Learning Concepts, Different Roads to Learning, Advanced Multimedia Devices, and Pyramid Educational Consultants. We'll also have about 10-20 local agencies, organizations and schools.Everyone is invited to participate. Check out our website for information on tickets, sponsorships, vendors tables, program ads, and our FREE general information tables. http://www.autismfair.com. HELPING HAND PROGRAM NAA is very pleased to announce that we are once again accepting grant applications for our Helping Hand Project under the direction of NAA Vice President, Ann Brasher. Please click here for information. Deadline for applications is May 15, 2006.http://www.nationalautismassociation.org/helpinghand.php We sincerely thank Lang and BrainChild Nutritionals for their ongoing support of this very important program! Autism One 2006 Conference AUTISM ONE 2006 CONFERENCEWednesday, May 24 – Sunday, May 28Chicago Westin O'Hare Hotelhttp://AutismOne.orgHope is Real. Healing is Real. Our Children Get Better. The most comprehensive conference on autism ever assembled is proud to bring together over a 120 of the world's leading authorities. Meet, learn, and be inspired by experts such as Kirby, Dr. Deth, Dr. Wakefield, Dr. Arthur Krigsman, Dan Olmsted, and over a hundred others. Because questions and answers do not stop at the boundary of a discipline Autism One brings together all the disciplines. Multivariate in presentation and cure autism bows to the collective weight of scientists working with practitioners working with therapists working with educators working with parents working to recover their children.Autism One offers five tracks to help you make the best decisions and most informed choices. 1. The Science of Autism & Biomedical Treatments 2. Behavior / Education / Communication Therapies 3. Complementary and Alternative Medicine 4. Adolescence and Adulthood 5. Government/Legal/Personal IssuesChoose the presentations which best meet your needs. A Celebration The hopes of a mother and dreams of a father are real. Given the proper treatments and therapies many of our children recover or improve tremendously.In addition, to the five tracks two pre-conference days are devoted to helping families thrive and also to quickly get you up to speed on special diets. If you would like individual attention please sign up for a Mentor Parent. Mentor Parents are extremely knowledgeable in biomedical treatments, behavioral therapies, and dealing with school districts. Your mentor is a year-round resource. About UsAutism One is a 501(3)©, non-profit, charity organization started by a small group of parents of children with autism. Parents are and must remain the driving force of our community, the stakes are too high and the issues too sacred to delegate to outside interests.Become your child's most effective healer and advocate. Contact Edmund Arranga at 714.680.0792 or earranga@... for more information or visit http://AutismOne.org. Thank you. IN THE NEWS Vaccines the subject of new Congressional investigationBy Jon Brodkin/ Daily News StaffFriday, March 17, 2006 Congress has asked for a new investigation into a potential link between mercury-containing vaccines and autism, as some lawmakers claim the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has inadequately researched the topic."If the federal government is going to have a study whose results will be broadly accepted, such a study cannot be led by the CDC," Sen. ph Lieberman, D-Conn., and seven other members of Congress wrote in a letter to the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS).A budget appropriation approved by Congress urges the NIEHS to examine the Vaccine Safety Datalink, a CDC database that follows 7 million immunized children from 1990 to the present.Some lawmakers believe a new review of this database may show a link between autism and thimerosal -- a vaccine preservative containing mercury.A local parent who said he believes his two autistic children were harmed by vaccines applauded Congress for requesting a new investigation. The parent, Hansen of Framingham, said he thinks the CDC is reluctant to expose dangers of thimerosal because the agency is responsible for ensuring public acceptance of its vaccination program."They've proven far more willing to overstate the risks of disease and understate the danger of vaccination," Hansen said. "No one in their right mind can say that giving mercury intravenously is a smart thing to do."Autism rates soared during the 1990s when thimerosal was most heavily used in childhood vaccines. Levels of mercury injected into infants were 120 times greater than federal safety limits for oral ingestion of mercury, congressmen wrote to the NIEHS.Government officials asked manufacturers in 1999 to remove the mercury-based preservative from vaccines, but it is still used in flu and tetanus shots.CDC's research on the Vaccine Safety Datalink is flawed, Lieberman and his colleagues wrote, because it "was based on data collected prior to the removal of thimerosal and failed to explicitly compare the outcome of children who received thimerosal-containing vaccines with those who did not."The CDC refused to comment on the criticism of its research.But Dr. Marie McCormick, a Harvard professor who chaired an Institute of Medicine committee in 2004, said the group ran several analyses of the CDC data and found no link between thimerosal and autism."Nothing you could do changed the results," McCormick said. "The results of the...study have been replicated in England. They found no association between thimerosal and other neurodevelopmental disorders."In the letter to NIEHS, members of Congress criticized the IOM for relying heavily on European data, even though American children were exposed to mercury at levels 75 percent greater than in Europe.The letter was not signed by any Massachusetts congressmen. But U.S. Rep. Meehan, D-5th, said he agrees with its content and would have signed on had he been aware it was being written."Mercury is known as a brain poison and in the 1990s a greater number of children were being exposed to mercury (in vaccines)," Meehan said. "I think this is a serious public health concern and we need more research."A spokeswoman for the NIEHS could not be reached for comment.(Jon Brodkin can be reached at 508-626-4424 or jbrodkin@....) FEATURED PRODUCT Brand New Item!Tattoos With A PurposeLost and Found Temporary Tattoo Kit for Kids with Autism. Great for theme parks, field trips and family vacations! Kit includes: 6 Tattoos, 6 Moisture Wipes, 6 Alcohol Wipes and a Marker to write in your telephone number. Get Yours Today!Only $9.00 in NAA's Little Shop of Hope! http://www.nationalautismassociation.org/proddetail.php?prod=TattooKitVisit our website for product details or to place your order. The National Autism Association is a non-profit organization. Your purchase in our online store generates proceeds for autism research and family-care programs. Thank you for your support! New Lower Price on The Faces of Autism 2006 Calendar. Get them while they last at just $7.95 each.http://www.nationalautismassociation.org/proddetail.php?prod=2006Calendar This publication is the property of the National Autism Association. Please contact NAA with any questions, concerns, or comments at naa@.... Articles, photographs, etc. can be submitted to Fournier at wendy@.... To receive NAA News and Views, sign up for our free membership at http://www.nationalautismassociation.org/join.php. 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Guest guest Posted March 18, 2006 Report Share Posted March 18, 2006 I am to have one hour to discuss implications of GWI=parenyt=autistic progeny on the cause of those synromes Mon 9AM (Ms. Riley's show). They asked for an outline which I have, but do not know where to send it. All I was given was her home phone, but there's no answer. Can any of you help? Sincerely, H.H. Fudenberg, M.D., D.D.G., I.O.M. 226 Edgewater Road Inman, SC 29349 864-592-8076 nitrf@hotmailcom From: " Fournier" <@...>Reply-EOHarm To: <chelatingkids2 >Subject: NAA News and ViewsDate: Fri, 17 Mar 2006 20:18:49 -0500 National Autism AssociationMarch 17, 2006 In this edition of NAA News & Views:Featured ChildCongress Speaks Out on ThimerosalNAA Elects New ChairpersonMercury Generation March in DC3rd Annual Long Island Autism FairHelping Hand ProgramAutism One ConferenceIn The NewsFeatured ProductFaces of Autism Calendars On Sale If you are unable to view html formatted email, please visit our website to view this newsletter at http://www.nationalautismassociation.org/newsandviews. Featured Child Vicki You can find Vicki and the faces of many other precious children on our Wall of Hope. If you’d like to add your loved one with an autism spectrum disorder, simply sign up for a free NAA membership and email your photo to wendy@.... More information can be found on our website athttp://www.nationalautismassociation.org/wallofhope.php. Congress Speaks Out on ThimerosalLandmark Leiberman Letter A letter made public this week from eight members of the House and Senate to the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) is making headlines, and with good reason. After years of hard work from parents across the country to focus Congressional attention on the thimerosal/autism link, this may finally become a reality. The offices of Senator ph Lieberman and several other lawmakers managed to pass important language as part of a Labor/HHS appropriations bill recommending a committee be formed to evaluate the need for independent research of the Vaccine Safety Datalink, which has never been fully accessed by anyone outside the CDC. A growing number of parents are convinced that the CDC will never be able to appropriately research the VSD because of the agency’s conflicts of interest and possible culpability in allowing an entire generation of children to be overexposed to mercury through vaccines. The letter, addressed to NIEHS director, Dr. Schwartz, is forceful in urging that the NIEHS direct its efforts towards finding answers for the one in 166 children now diagnosed with autism. This is encouraging news for us all, and a testament to the fact that Congress is listening to us. We will all need to be keeping watch on this situation to see that it receives and maintains the attention it deserves. The full letter is available here: http://www.a-champ.org/Congressionalletter2-22-06.html We offer our sincere thanks to the Congressional and Senate leaders who worked on the legislation and endorsed the letter to the NIEHS, and congratulate Bobbie Manning for a great job in communicating with the relevant offices. To everyone who has spent countless hours over the years in faxing, writing, calling, and meeting with your legislators, please accept our heartfelt thanks. Your efforts are making a difference! NAA Board Elects New Chairperson We are pleased to announce the election of Bothwell as Chairman of the Board of Directors of NAA. 's 2-year-term as chair began on March 15th. She takes over the chairmanship from NAA founding board member Bono. We extend our heartfelt gratitude to for her exceptional guidance and leadership during the last 3 years. Bothwell has been a board member of NAA for 2 years. She works full-time as a paralegal and office manager of the California office of the law firm of Waters & Kraus. has worked in the legal field since coming to the United States at age 19 in 1982. She is originally from Coventry, England, but now resides in Long Beach, California. She is married to Bruce, an attorney, and has three children: Will (aged 12 and autistic), Katrina (age 10 diagnosed with autism, but now recovered) and Jillian (age 8 and seemingly typical, whatever that is). When Will was diagnosed with autism in 1995, quit her job and dedicated her time to running Will’s 40+ hours a week Lovaas program and advocating on Will’s behalf. She and Bruce sued their local school district and regional center for funding for Will’s program and prevailed. Soon, she and Bruce were successfully advocating for services for other autistic children in the area. In 1997, ’s second child, Katrina, was diagnosed with autism and co-founded the first support group in the area specifically targeted at newly-diagnosed parents. She serves on the Board of the Autism Society of America-Greater Long Beach South Bay Chapter and has previously edited their newsletter and served as the Corresponding Secretary. She was one of the founding parents of L.A.-F.EA.T. and was a frequent contributor to the old FEATLIST. In 2000, she returned to work full-time and opened the California office of Waters & Kraus. One of her first assignments was to research the issue of thimerosal in vaccines and its link to mercury poisoning and autism. Waters & Kraus filed the first civil suit in the United States alleging that thimerosal had caused neurological damage to children later diagnosed with autism. In the meantime, Bruce Bothwell left his partners in a general civil practice and opened his own office. He now practices exclusively in special education law. and Bruce have made it their mission to do as much as they personally can to address the needs of individuals with autism in their community and beyond. Congratulations and a warm welcome to as she begins her tenure as Chairperson! Join NAA in Washington on April 6th!Click here for details Speakers include Congressman Dan Burton, Congressman Dave Weldon, and Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney! The Long Island Chapter of the National Autism Association is presenting the 3rd Annual Long Island Autism Fair & Conference on Saturday & Sunday, April 1st & 2nd. It's no April Fools joke- we've got some GREAT speakers. There are three different tracks and 5 breakouts per day. Saturday's "Alternative Treatments" track includes: Dr. Seth Pearl, Kernohan, Betsy Hicks, Dr. Elice, Allan Goldblatt and Dr. . Sunday's "Biomedical for Beginners" tracks includes: Dr. Shaw, Dr. Arthur Krigsman, Dr. Wakefield, & Baxter Berle, Dr. Jeff Bradstreet and Keynote Speaker, Kirby.Conference Tickets can be bought for one or both days. Prices range from $60-75 per day and NAA members get a discount. Use the discount code: fair10 for 1 day conference tickets ($10 savings) and discount code: fair30 ($30 savings) for 2 day conference tickets.Some of the 50 or so vendors will be; Oxyhealth, Hopewell Pharmacy, Wellness, Great Plains Lab, the International Hyperbarics Association, and Wellness Health + Pharmacy. Others include: Future Horizons, Natural Learning Concepts, Different Roads to Learning, Advanced Multimedia Devices, and Pyramid Educational Consultants. We'll also have about 10-20 local agencies, organizations and schools.Everyone is invited to participate. Check out our website for information on tickets, sponsorships, vendors tables, program ads, and our FREE general information tables. http://www.autismfair.com. HELPING HAND PROGRAM NAA is very pleased to announce that we are once again accepting grant applications for our Helping Hand Project under the direction of NAA Vice President, Ann Brasher. Please click here for information. Deadline for applications is May 15, 2006.http://www.nationalautismassociation.org/helpinghand.php We sincerely thank Lang and BrainChild Nutritionals for their ongoing support of this very important program! Autism One 2006 Conference AUTISM ONE 2006 CONFERENCEWednesday, May 24 – Sunday, May 28Chicago Westin O'Hare Hotelhttp://AutismOne.orgHope is Real. Healing is Real. Our Children Get Better. The most comprehensive conference on autism ever assembled is proud to bring together over a 120 of the world's leading authorities. Meet, learn, and be inspired by experts such as Kirby, Dr. Deth, Dr. Wakefield, Dr. Arthur Krigsman, Dan Olmsted, and over a hundred others. Because questions and answers do not stop at the boundary of a discipline Autism One brings together all the disciplines. Multivariate in presentation and cure autism bows to the collective weight of scientists working with practitioners working with therapists working with educators working with parents working to recover their children.Autism One offers five tracks to help you make the best decisions and most informed choices. 1. The Science of Autism & Biomedical Treatments 2. Behavior / Education / Communication Therapies 3. Complementary and Alternative Medicine 4. Adolescence and Adulthood 5. Government/Legal/Personal IssuesChoose the presentations which best meet your needs. A Celebration The hopes of a mother and dreams of a father are real. Given the proper treatments and therapies many of our children recover or improve tremendously.In addition, to the five tracks two pre-conference days are devoted to helping families thrive and also to quickly get you up to speed on special diets. If you would like individual attention please sign up for a Mentor Parent. Mentor Parents are extremely knowledgeable in biomedical treatments, behavioral therapies, and dealing with school districts. Your mentor is a year-round resource. About UsAutism One is a 501(3)©, non-profit, charity organization started by a small group of parents of children with autism. Parents are and must remain the driving force of our community, the stakes are too high and the issues too sacred to delegate to outside interests.Become your child's most effective healer and advocate. Contact Edmund Arranga at 714.680.0792 or earranga@... for more information or visit http://AutismOne.org. Thank you. IN THE NEWS Vaccines the subject of new Congressional investigationBy Jon Brodkin/ Daily News StaffFriday, March 17, 2006 Congress has asked for a new investigation into a potential link between mercury-containing vaccines and autism, as some lawmakers claim the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has inadequately researched the topic."If the federal government is going to have a study whose results will be broadly accepted, such a study cannot be led by the CDC," Sen. ph Lieberman, D-Conn., and seven other members of Congress wrote in a letter to the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS).A budget appropriation approved by Congress urges the NIEHS to examine the Vaccine Safety Datalink, a CDC database that follows 7 million immunized children from 1990 to the present.Some lawmakers believe a new review of this database may show a link between autism and thimerosal -- a vaccine preservative containing mercury.A local parent who said he believes his two autistic children were harmed by vaccines applauded Congress for requesting a new investigation. The parent, Hansen of Framingham, said he thinks the CDC is reluctant to expose dangers of thimerosal because the agency is responsible for ensuring public acceptance of its vaccination program."They've proven far more willing to overstate the risks of disease and understate the danger of vaccination," Hansen said. "No one in their right mind can say that giving mercury intravenously is a smart thing to do."Autism rates soared during the 1990s when thimerosal was most heavily used in childhood vaccines. Levels of mercury injected into infants were 120 times greater than federal safety limits for oral ingestion of mercury, congressmen wrote to the NIEHS.Government officials asked manufacturers in 1999 to remove the mercury-based preservative from vaccines, but it is still used in flu and tetanus shots.CDC's research on the Vaccine Safety Datalink is flawed, Lieberman and his colleagues wrote, because it "was based on data collected prior to the removal of thimerosal and failed to explicitly compare the outcome of children who received thimerosal-containing vaccines with those who did not."The CDC refused to comment on the criticism of its research.But Dr. Marie McCormick, a Harvard professor who chaired an Institute of Medicine committee in 2004, said the group ran several analyses of the CDC data and found no link between thimerosal and autism."Nothing you could do changed the results," McCormick said. "The results of the...study have been replicated in England. They found no association between thimerosal and other neurodevelopmental disorders."In the letter to NIEHS, members of Congress criticized the IOM for relying heavily on European data, even though American children were exposed to mercury at levels 75 percent greater than in Europe.The letter was not signed by any Massachusetts congressmen. But U.S. Rep. Meehan, D-5th, said he agrees with its content and would have signed on had he been aware it was being written."Mercury is known as a brain poison and in the 1990s a greater number of children were being exposed to mercury (in vaccines)," Meehan said. "I think this is a serious public health concern and we need more research."A spokeswoman for the NIEHS could not be reached for comment.(Jon Brodkin can be reached at 508-626-4424 or jbrodkin@....) FEATURED PRODUCT Brand New Item!Tattoos With A PurposeLost and Found Temporary Tattoo Kit for Kids with Autism. Great for theme parks, field trips and family vacations! Kit includes: 6 Tattoos, 6 Moisture Wipes, 6 Alcohol Wipes and a Marker to write in your telephone number. Get Yours Today!Only $9.00 in NAA's Little Shop of Hope! http://www.nationalautismassociation.org/proddetail.php?prod=TattooKitVisit our website for product details or to place your order. The National Autism Association is a non-profit organization. Your purchase in our online store generates proceeds for autism research and family-care programs. Thank you for your support! New Lower Price on The Faces of Autism 2006 Calendar. Get them while they last at just $7.95 each.http://www.nationalautismassociation.org/proddetail.php?prod=2006Calendar This publication is the property of the National Autism Association. Please contact NAA with any questions, concerns, or comments at naa@.... Articles, photographs, etc. can be submitted to Fournier at wendy@.... To receive NAA News and Views, sign up for our free membership at http://www.nationalautismassociation.org/join.php. 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Guest guest Posted March 18, 2006 Report Share Posted March 18, 2006 Sincerely, H.H. Fudenberg, M.D., D.D.G., I.O.M. 226 Edgewater Road Inman, SC 29349 864-592-8076 nitrf@hotmailcom From: "Herman Fudenberg" <nitrf@...>Reply-EOHarm To: EOHarm , r.shreffler@...Subject: RE: NAA News and ViewsDate: Sat, 18 Mar 2006 08:01:15 -0500 If you wish to know why epidemiologic reports that autism is not related to vaccination, call me. Sincerely, H.H. Fudenberg, M.D., D.D.G., I.O.M. 226 Edgewater Road Inman, SC 29349 864-592-8076 nitrf@hotmailcom From: " Fournier" <@...>Reply-EOHarm To: <chelatingkids2 >Subject: NAA News and ViewsDate: Fri, 17 Mar 2006 20:18:49 -0500 National Autism AssociationMarch 17, 2006 In this edition of NAA News & Views:Featured ChildCongress Speaks Out on ThimerosalNAA Elects New ChairpersonMercury Generation March in DC3rd Annual Long Island Autism FairHelping Hand ProgramAutism One ConferenceIn The NewsFeatured ProductFaces of Autism Calendars On Sale If you are unable to view html formatted email, please visit our website to view this newsletter at http://www.nationalautismassociation.org/newsandviews. Featured Child Vicki You can find Vicki and the faces of many other precious children on our Wall of Hope. If you’d like to add your loved one with an autism spectrum disorder, simply sign up for a free NAA membership and email your photo to wendy@.... More information can be found on our website athttp://www.nationalautismassociation.org/wallofhope.php. Congress Speaks Out on ThimerosalLandmark Leiberman Letter A letter made public this week from eight members of the House and Senate to the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) is making headlines, and with good reason. After years of hard work from parents across the country to focus Congressional attention on the thimerosal/autism link, this may finally become a reality. The offices of Senator ph Lieberman and several other lawmakers managed to pass important language as part of a Labor/HHS appropriations bill recommending a committee be formed to evaluate the need for independent research of the Vaccine Safety Datalink, which has never been fully accessed by anyone outside the CDC. A growing number of parents are convinced that the CDC will never be able to appropriately research the VSD because of the agency’s conflicts of interest and possible culpability in allowing an entire generation of children to be overexposed to mercury through vaccines. The letter, addressed to NIEHS director, Dr. Schwartz, is forceful in urging that the NIEHS direct its efforts towards finding answers for the one in 166 children now diagnosed with autism. This is encouraging news for us all, and a testament to the fact that Congress is listening to us. We will all need to be keeping watch on this situation to see that it receives and maintains the attention it deserves. The full letter is available here: http://www.a-champ.org/Congressionalletter2-22-06.html We offer our sincere thanks to the Congressional and Senate leaders who worked on the legislation and endorsed the letter to the NIEHS, and congratulate Bobbie Manning for a great job in communicating with the relevant offices. To everyone who has spent countless hours over the years in faxing, writing, calling, and meeting with your legislators, please accept our heartfelt thanks. Your efforts are making a difference! NAA Board Elects New Chairperson We are pleased to announce the election of Bothwell as Chairman of the Board of Directors of NAA. 's 2-year-term as chair began on March 15th. She takes over the chairmanship from NAA founding board member Bono. We extend our heartfelt gratitude to for her exceptional guidance and leadership during the last 3 years. Bothwell has been a board member of NAA for 2 years. She works full-time as a paralegal and office manager of the California office of the law firm of Waters & Kraus. has worked in the legal field since coming to the United States at age 19 in 1982. She is originally from Coventry, England, but now resides in Long Beach, California. She is married to Bruce, an attorney, and has three children: Will (aged 12 and autistic), Katrina (age 10 diagnosed with autism, but now recovered) and Jillian (age 8 and seemingly typical, whatever that is). When Will was diagnosed with autism in 1995, quit her job and dedicated her time to running Will’s 40+ hours a week Lovaas program and advocating on Will’s behalf. She and Bruce sued their local school district and regional center for funding for Will’s program and prevailed. Soon, she and Bruce were successfully advocating for services for other autistic children in the area. In 1997, ’s second child, Katrina, was diagnosed with autism and co-founded the first support group in the area specifically targeted at newly-diagnosed parents. She serves on the Board of the Autism Society of America-Greater Long Beach South Bay Chapter and has previously edited their newsletter and served as the Corresponding Secretary. She was one of the founding parents of L.A.-F.EA.T. and was a frequent contributor to the old FEATLIST. In 2000, she returned to work full-time and opened the California office of Waters & Kraus. One of her first assignments was to research the issue of thimerosal in vaccines and its link to mercury poisoning and autism. Waters & Kraus filed the first civil suit in the United States alleging that thimerosal had caused neurological damage to children later diagnosed with autism. In the meantime, Bruce Bothwell left his partners in a general civil practice and opened his own office. He now practices exclusively in special education law. and Bruce have made it their mission to do as much as they personally can to address the needs of individuals with autism in their community and beyond. Congratulations and a warm welcome to as she begins her tenure as Chairperson! Join NAA in Washington on April 6th!Click here for details Speakers include Congressman Dan Burton, Congressman Dave Weldon, and Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney! The Long Island Chapter of the National Autism Association is presenting the 3rd Annual Long Island Autism Fair & Conference on Saturday & Sunday, April 1st & 2nd. It's no April Fools joke- we've got some GREAT speakers. There are three different tracks and 5 breakouts per day. Saturday's "Alternative Treatments" track includes: Dr. Seth Pearl, Kernohan, Betsy Hicks, Dr. Elice, Allan Goldblatt and Dr. . Sunday's "Biomedical for Beginners" tracks includes: Dr. Shaw, Dr. Arthur Krigsman, Dr. Wakefield, & Baxter Berle, Dr. Jeff Bradstreet and Keynote Speaker, Kirby.Conference Tickets can be bought for one or both days. Prices range from $60-75 per day and NAA members get a discount. Use the discount code: fair10 for 1 day conference tickets ($10 savings) and discount code: fair30 ($30 savings) for 2 day conference tickets.Some of the 50 or so vendors will be; Oxyhealth, Hopewell Pharmacy, Wellness, Great Plains Lab, the International Hyperbarics Association, and Wellness Health + Pharmacy. Others include: Future Horizons, Natural Learning Concepts, Different Roads to Learning, Advanced Multimedia Devices, and Pyramid Educational Consultants. We'll also have about 10-20 local agencies, organizations and schools.Everyone is invited to participate. Check out our website for information on tickets, sponsorships, vendors tables, program ads, and our FREE general information tables. http://www.autismfair.com. HELPING HAND PROGRAM NAA is very pleased to announce that we are once again accepting grant applications for our Helping Hand Project under the direction of NAA Vice President, Ann Brasher. Please click here for information. Deadline for applications is May 15, 2006.http://www.nationalautismassociation.org/helpinghand.php We sincerely thank Lang and BrainChild Nutritionals for their ongoing support of this very important program! Autism One 2006 Conference AUTISM ONE 2006 CONFERENCEWednesday, May 24 – Sunday, May 28Chicago Westin O'Hare Hotelhttp://AutismOne.orgHope is Real. Healing is Real. Our Children Get Better. The most comprehensive conference on autism ever assembled is proud to bring together over a 120 of the world's leading authorities. Meet, learn, and be inspired by experts such as Kirby, Dr. Deth, Dr. Wakefield, Dr. Arthur Krigsman, Dan Olmsted, and over a hundred others. Because questions and answers do not stop at the boundary of a discipline Autism One brings together all the disciplines. Multivariate in presentation and cure autism bows to the collective weight of scientists working with practitioners working with therapists working with educators working with parents working to recover their children.Autism One offers five tracks to help you make the best decisions and most informed choices. 1. The Science of Autism & Biomedical Treatments 2. Behavior / Education / Communication Therapies 3. Complementary and Alternative Medicine 4. Adolescence and Adulthood 5. Government/Legal/Personal IssuesChoose the presentations which best meet your needs. A Celebration The hopes of a mother and dreams of a father are real. Given the proper treatments and therapies many of our children recover or improve tremendously.In addition, to the five tracks two pre-conference days are devoted to helping families thrive and also to quickly get you up to speed on special diets. If you would like individual attention please sign up for a Mentor Parent. Mentor Parents are extremely knowledgeable in biomedical treatments, behavioral therapies, and dealing with school districts. Your mentor is a year-round resource. About UsAutism One is a 501(3)©, non-profit, charity organization started by a small group of parents of children with autism. Parents are and must remain the driving force of our community, the stakes are too high and the issues too sacred to delegate to outside interests.Become your child's most effective healer and advocate. Contact Edmund Arranga at 714.680.0792 or earranga@... for more information or visit http://AutismOne.org. Thank you. IN THE NEWS Vaccines the subject of new Congressional investigationBy Jon Brodkin/ Daily News StaffFriday, March 17, 2006 Congress has asked for a new investigation into a potential link between mercury-containing vaccines and autism, as some lawmakers claim the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has inadequately researched the topic."If the federal government is going to have a study whose results will be broadly accepted, such a study cannot be led by the CDC," Sen. ph Lieberman, D-Conn., and seven other members of Congress wrote in a letter to the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS).A budget appropriation approved by Congress urges the NIEHS to examine the Vaccine Safety Datalink, a CDC database that follows 7 million immunized children from 1990 to the present.Some lawmakers believe a new review of this database may show a link between autism and thimerosal -- a vaccine preservative containing mercury.A local parent who said he believes his two autistic children were harmed by vaccines applauded Congress for requesting a new investigation. The parent, Hansen of Framingham, said he thinks the CDC is reluctant to expose dangers of thimerosal because the agency is responsible for ensuring public acceptance of its vaccination program."They've proven far more willing to overstate the risks of disease and understate the danger of vaccination," Hansen said. "No one in their right mind can say that giving mercury intravenously is a smart thing to do."Autism rates soared during the 1990s when thimerosal was most heavily used in childhood vaccines. Levels of mercury injected into infants were 120 times greater than federal safety limits for oral ingestion of mercury, congressmen wrote to the NIEHS.Government officials asked manufacturers in 1999 to remove the mercury-based preservative from vaccines, but it is still used in flu and tetanus shots.CDC's research on the Vaccine Safety Datalink is flawed, Lieberman and his colleagues wrote, because it "was based on data collected prior to the removal of thimerosal and failed to explicitly compare the outcome of children who received thimerosal-containing vaccines with those who did not."The CDC refused to comment on the criticism of its research.But Dr. Marie McCormick, a Harvard professor who chaired an Institute of Medicine committee in 2004, said the group ran several analyses of the CDC data and found no link between thimerosal and autism."Nothing you could do changed the results," McCormick said. "The results of the...study have been replicated in England. They found no association between thimerosal and other neurodevelopmental disorders."In the letter to NIEHS, members of Congress criticized the IOM for relying heavily on European data, even though American children were exposed to mercury at levels 75 percent greater than in Europe.The letter was not signed by any Massachusetts congressmen. But U.S. Rep. Meehan, D-5th, said he agrees with its content and would have signed on had he been aware it was being written."Mercury is known as a brain poison and in the 1990s a greater number of children were being exposed to mercury (in vaccines)," Meehan said. "I think this is a serious public health concern and we need more research."A spokeswoman for the NIEHS could not be reached for comment.(Jon Brodkin can be reached at 508-626-4424 or jbrodkin@....) FEATURED PRODUCT Brand New Item!Tattoos With A PurposeLost and Found Temporary Tattoo Kit for Kids with Autism. Great for theme parks, field trips and family vacations! Kit includes: 6 Tattoos, 6 Moisture Wipes, 6 Alcohol Wipes and a Marker to write in your telephone number. Get Yours Today!Only $9.00 in NAA's Little Shop of Hope! http://www.nationalautismassociation.org/proddetail.php?prod=TattooKitVisit our website for product details or to place your order. The National Autism Association is a non-profit organization. Your purchase in our online store generates proceeds for autism research and family-care programs. Thank you for your support! New Lower Price on The Faces of Autism 2006 Calendar. Get them while they last at just $7.95 each.http://www.nationalautismassociation.org/proddetail.php?prod=2006Calendar This publication is the property of the National Autism Association. Please contact NAA with any questions, concerns, or comments at naa@.... Articles, photographs, etc. can be submitted to Fournier at wendy@.... To receive NAA News and Views, sign up for our free membership at http://www.nationalautismassociation.org/join.php. 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Guest guest Posted March 18, 2006 Report Share Posted March 18, 2006 Sincerely, H.H. Fudenberg, M.D., D.D.G., I.O.M. 226 Edgewater Road Inman, SC 29349 864-592-8076 nitrf@hotmailcom From: "Herman Fudenberg" <nitrf@...>Reply-EOHarm To: EOHarm , r.shreffler@...Subject: RE: NAA News and ViewsDate: Sat, 18 Mar 2006 08:01:15 -0500 If you wish to know why epidemiologic reports that autism is not related to vaccination, call me. Sincerely, H.H. Fudenberg, M.D., D.D.G., I.O.M. 226 Edgewater Road Inman, SC 29349 864-592-8076 nitrf@hotmailcom From: " Fournier" <@...>Reply-EOHarm To: <chelatingkids2 >Subject: NAA News and ViewsDate: Fri, 17 Mar 2006 20:18:49 -0500 National Autism AssociationMarch 17, 2006 In this edition of NAA News & Views:Featured ChildCongress Speaks Out on ThimerosalNAA Elects New ChairpersonMercury Generation March in DC3rd Annual Long Island Autism FairHelping Hand ProgramAutism One ConferenceIn The NewsFeatured ProductFaces of Autism Calendars On Sale If you are unable to view html formatted email, please visit our website to view this newsletter at http://www.nationalautismassociation.org/newsandviews. Featured Child Vicki You can find Vicki and the faces of many other precious children on our Wall of Hope. If you’d like to add your loved one with an autism spectrum disorder, simply sign up for a free NAA membership and email your photo to wendy@.... More information can be found on our website athttp://www.nationalautismassociation.org/wallofhope.php. Congress Speaks Out on ThimerosalLandmark Leiberman Letter A letter made public this week from eight members of the House and Senate to the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) is making headlines, and with good reason. After years of hard work from parents across the country to focus Congressional attention on the thimerosal/autism link, this may finally become a reality. The offices of Senator ph Lieberman and several other lawmakers managed to pass important language as part of a Labor/HHS appropriations bill recommending a committee be formed to evaluate the need for independent research of the Vaccine Safety Datalink, which has never been fully accessed by anyone outside the CDC. A growing number of parents are convinced that the CDC will never be able to appropriately research the VSD because of the agency’s conflicts of interest and possible culpability in allowing an entire generation of children to be overexposed to mercury through vaccines. The letter, addressed to NIEHS director, Dr. Schwartz, is forceful in urging that the NIEHS direct its efforts towards finding answers for the one in 166 children now diagnosed with autism. This is encouraging news for us all, and a testament to the fact that Congress is listening to us. We will all need to be keeping watch on this situation to see that it receives and maintains the attention it deserves. The full letter is available here: http://www.a-champ.org/Congressionalletter2-22-06.html We offer our sincere thanks to the Congressional and Senate leaders who worked on the legislation and endorsed the letter to the NIEHS, and congratulate Bobbie Manning for a great job in communicating with the relevant offices. To everyone who has spent countless hours over the years in faxing, writing, calling, and meeting with your legislators, please accept our heartfelt thanks. Your efforts are making a difference! NAA Board Elects New Chairperson We are pleased to announce the election of Bothwell as Chairman of the Board of Directors of NAA. 's 2-year-term as chair began on March 15th. She takes over the chairmanship from NAA founding board member Bono. We extend our heartfelt gratitude to for her exceptional guidance and leadership during the last 3 years. Bothwell has been a board member of NAA for 2 years. She works full-time as a paralegal and office manager of the California office of the law firm of Waters & Kraus. has worked in the legal field since coming to the United States at age 19 in 1982. She is originally from Coventry, England, but now resides in Long Beach, California. She is married to Bruce, an attorney, and has three children: Will (aged 12 and autistic), Katrina (age 10 diagnosed with autism, but now recovered) and Jillian (age 8 and seemingly typical, whatever that is). When Will was diagnosed with autism in 1995, quit her job and dedicated her time to running Will’s 40+ hours a week Lovaas program and advocating on Will’s behalf. She and Bruce sued their local school district and regional center for funding for Will’s program and prevailed. Soon, she and Bruce were successfully advocating for services for other autistic children in the area. In 1997, ’s second child, Katrina, was diagnosed with autism and co-founded the first support group in the area specifically targeted at newly-diagnosed parents. She serves on the Board of the Autism Society of America-Greater Long Beach South Bay Chapter and has previously edited their newsletter and served as the Corresponding Secretary. She was one of the founding parents of L.A.-F.EA.T. and was a frequent contributor to the old FEATLIST. In 2000, she returned to work full-time and opened the California office of Waters & Kraus. One of her first assignments was to research the issue of thimerosal in vaccines and its link to mercury poisoning and autism. Waters & Kraus filed the first civil suit in the United States alleging that thimerosal had caused neurological damage to children later diagnosed with autism. In the meantime, Bruce Bothwell left his partners in a general civil practice and opened his own office. He now practices exclusively in special education law. and Bruce have made it their mission to do as much as they personally can to address the needs of individuals with autism in their community and beyond. Congratulations and a warm welcome to as she begins her tenure as Chairperson! Join NAA in Washington on April 6th!Click here for details Speakers include Congressman Dan Burton, Congressman Dave Weldon, and Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney! The Long Island Chapter of the National Autism Association is presenting the 3rd Annual Long Island Autism Fair & Conference on Saturday & Sunday, April 1st & 2nd. It's no April Fools joke- we've got some GREAT speakers. There are three different tracks and 5 breakouts per day. Saturday's "Alternative Treatments" track includes: Dr. Seth Pearl, Kernohan, Betsy Hicks, Dr. Elice, Allan Goldblatt and Dr. . Sunday's "Biomedical for Beginners" tracks includes: Dr. Shaw, Dr. Arthur Krigsman, Dr. Wakefield, & Baxter Berle, Dr. Jeff Bradstreet and Keynote Speaker, Kirby.Conference Tickets can be bought for one or both days. Prices range from $60-75 per day and NAA members get a discount. Use the discount code: fair10 for 1 day conference tickets ($10 savings) and discount code: fair30 ($30 savings) for 2 day conference tickets.Some of the 50 or so vendors will be; Oxyhealth, Hopewell Pharmacy, Wellness, Great Plains Lab, the International Hyperbarics Association, and Wellness Health + Pharmacy. Others include: Future Horizons, Natural Learning Concepts, Different Roads to Learning, Advanced Multimedia Devices, and Pyramid Educational Consultants. We'll also have about 10-20 local agencies, organizations and schools.Everyone is invited to participate. Check out our website for information on tickets, sponsorships, vendors tables, program ads, and our FREE general information tables. http://www.autismfair.com. HELPING HAND PROGRAM NAA is very pleased to announce that we are once again accepting grant applications for our Helping Hand Project under the direction of NAA Vice President, Ann Brasher. Please click here for information. Deadline for applications is May 15, 2006.http://www.nationalautismassociation.org/helpinghand.php We sincerely thank Lang and BrainChild Nutritionals for their ongoing support of this very important program! Autism One 2006 Conference AUTISM ONE 2006 CONFERENCEWednesday, May 24 – Sunday, May 28Chicago Westin O'Hare Hotelhttp://AutismOne.orgHope is Real. Healing is Real. Our Children Get Better. The most comprehensive conference on autism ever assembled is proud to bring together over a 120 of the world's leading authorities. Meet, learn, and be inspired by experts such as Kirby, Dr. Deth, Dr. Wakefield, Dr. Arthur Krigsman, Dan Olmsted, and over a hundred others. Because questions and answers do not stop at the boundary of a discipline Autism One brings together all the disciplines. Multivariate in presentation and cure autism bows to the collective weight of scientists working with practitioners working with therapists working with educators working with parents working to recover their children.Autism One offers five tracks to help you make the best decisions and most informed choices. 1. The Science of Autism & Biomedical Treatments 2. Behavior / Education / Communication Therapies 3. Complementary and Alternative Medicine 4. Adolescence and Adulthood 5. Government/Legal/Personal IssuesChoose the presentations which best meet your needs. A Celebration The hopes of a mother and dreams of a father are real. Given the proper treatments and therapies many of our children recover or improve tremendously.In addition, to the five tracks two pre-conference days are devoted to helping families thrive and also to quickly get you up to speed on special diets. If you would like individual attention please sign up for a Mentor Parent. Mentor Parents are extremely knowledgeable in biomedical treatments, behavioral therapies, and dealing with school districts. Your mentor is a year-round resource. About UsAutism One is a 501(3)©, non-profit, charity organization started by a small group of parents of children with autism. Parents are and must remain the driving force of our community, the stakes are too high and the issues too sacred to delegate to outside interests.Become your child's most effective healer and advocate. Contact Edmund Arranga at 714.680.0792 or earranga@... for more information or visit http://AutismOne.org. Thank you. IN THE NEWS Vaccines the subject of new Congressional investigationBy Jon Brodkin/ Daily News StaffFriday, March 17, 2006 Congress has asked for a new investigation into a potential link between mercury-containing vaccines and autism, as some lawmakers claim the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has inadequately researched the topic."If the federal government is going to have a study whose results will be broadly accepted, such a study cannot be led by the CDC," Sen. ph Lieberman, D-Conn., and seven other members of Congress wrote in a letter to the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS).A budget appropriation approved by Congress urges the NIEHS to examine the Vaccine Safety Datalink, a CDC database that follows 7 million immunized children from 1990 to the present.Some lawmakers believe a new review of this database may show a link between autism and thimerosal -- a vaccine preservative containing mercury.A local parent who said he believes his two autistic children were harmed by vaccines applauded Congress for requesting a new investigation. The parent, Hansen of Framingham, said he thinks the CDC is reluctant to expose dangers of thimerosal because the agency is responsible for ensuring public acceptance of its vaccination program."They've proven far more willing to overstate the risks of disease and understate the danger of vaccination," Hansen said. "No one in their right mind can say that giving mercury intravenously is a smart thing to do."Autism rates soared during the 1990s when thimerosal was most heavily used in childhood vaccines. Levels of mercury injected into infants were 120 times greater than federal safety limits for oral ingestion of mercury, congressmen wrote to the NIEHS.Government officials asked manufacturers in 1999 to remove the mercury-based preservative from vaccines, but it is still used in flu and tetanus shots.CDC's research on the Vaccine Safety Datalink is flawed, Lieberman and his colleagues wrote, because it "was based on data collected prior to the removal of thimerosal and failed to explicitly compare the outcome of children who received thimerosal-containing vaccines with those who did not."The CDC refused to comment on the criticism of its research.But Dr. Marie McCormick, a Harvard professor who chaired an Institute of Medicine committee in 2004, said the group ran several analyses of the CDC data and found no link between thimerosal and autism."Nothing you could do changed the results," McCormick said. "The results of the...study have been replicated in England. They found no association between thimerosal and other neurodevelopmental disorders."In the letter to NIEHS, members of Congress criticized the IOM for relying heavily on European data, even though American children were exposed to mercury at levels 75 percent greater than in Europe.The letter was not signed by any Massachusetts congressmen. But U.S. Rep. Meehan, D-5th, said he agrees with its content and would have signed on had he been aware it was being written."Mercury is known as a brain poison and in the 1990s a greater number of children were being exposed to mercury (in vaccines)," Meehan said. "I think this is a serious public health concern and we need more research."A spokeswoman for the NIEHS could not be reached for comment.(Jon Brodkin can be reached at 508-626-4424 or jbrodkin@....) FEATURED PRODUCT Brand New Item!Tattoos With A PurposeLost and Found Temporary Tattoo Kit for Kids with Autism. Great for theme parks, field trips and family vacations! Kit includes: 6 Tattoos, 6 Moisture Wipes, 6 Alcohol Wipes and a Marker to write in your telephone number. Get Yours Today!Only $9.00 in NAA's Little Shop of Hope! http://www.nationalautismassociation.org/proddetail.php?prod=TattooKitVisit our website for product details or to place your order. The National Autism Association is a non-profit organization. Your purchase in our online store generates proceeds for autism research and family-care programs. Thank you for your support! New Lower Price on The Faces of Autism 2006 Calendar. Get them while they last at just $7.95 each.http://www.nationalautismassociation.org/proddetail.php?prod=2006Calendar This publication is the property of the National Autism Association. Please contact NAA with any questions, concerns, or comments at naa@.... Articles, photographs, etc. can be submitted to Fournier at wendy@.... To receive NAA News and Views, sign up for our free membership at http://www.nationalautismassociation.org/join.php. 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Guest guest Posted June 1, 2006 Report Share Posted June 1, 2006 Can't get to site to subscribe and donate. Website keeps crashing. Any suggestions. NAA News and Views National Autism AssociationJune 1, 2006 In this edition of NAA News & Views:Featured ChildAutism Recovery Story on DatelineSchafer Autism Report Subscription DriveCDC Rally in AtlantaFather's Day GiftsIn The NewsFeatured ProductFaces of Autism Calendars On Sale If you are unable to view html formatted email, please visit our website to view this newsletter at http://www.nationalautismassociation.org/newsandviews. Featured Child Ivy You can find Ivy and the faces of many other precious children on our Wall of Hope. If you’d like to add your loved one with an autism spectrum disorder, simply sign up for a free NAA membership and email your photo to wendy@.... More information can be found on our website athttp://www.nationalautismassociation.org/wallofhope.php. AUTISM RECOVERY STORY ON NATIONAL TV This Sunday evening, June 4th 2006 (7PM- 9PM est), Dateline NBC has an 12minute segment featuring Baxter Berle and Shoemaker, two children on the road to recovery from autism. The segment also includes information about the treatment research of Dr. . http://www.scnm.edu/breakingNews.php Dr. told people at the Autism One conference he saw the piece and thinks it is fair.Those involved have been informed by the segment producer that the NBCexecutives REALLY listen to the letters and emails. After viewing, PLEASECOMMENT so they will consider airing future segments on this important topic atdateline@.... NAA supports the Schafer Autism Report an invaluable resourceto the autism community for 10 years! Subscribe today! JUNE 29, 2006Atlanta, Georgia "IT’S TIME FOR THE CDC TO COME CLEAN WITH THE AMERICAN PUBLIC..." - F. Kennedy, Jr. AND IT IS TIME FOR ALL PARENTS TO COME TOGETHER AT THE SCENE OF THE CRIME... Come unite with parents across this nation and let's tell the CDC, "Our Children, Your Crime....It's Prison Time!" WHY? To send a message to the CDC that we will no longer tolerate their cover up,lies, and deception, about mercury in vaccines! WHO? This is an event by the parents, for the parents, in the honor of our injured children and supported by many mercury/autism groups. WHERE TO MEET? We will meet outside of the Emory Inn on the sidewalk at1641 Clifton Road at 6:00am and walking over to the CDC by 6:15 am. WHEN? Thursday, June 29, 2006, 6:00 am - 9:00 am Demonstration at CDC,10:00 Public Forum/Press Conference at the Cannon Chapel, Emory University. TRANSPORTATION? State Volunteers in Ohio, Missouri, North Carolina, and land/DC area are working on chartering buses. To find out more information regarding this event please go to www.MomsAgainstMercury.org The Perfect Father's Day Giftis Just a Click Away! To check out our great selection of t-shirts, keyrings and more, visit our online store here:http://www.nationalautismassociation.org/categories.php?cat=42 IN THE NEWS WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY RESEARCH REPLICATES WAKEFIELD’S MMR FINDINGS NEW EVIDENCE SUPPORTS LINK BETWEEN VACCINE MEASLES STRAIN AND AUTISMNixa, MO – This week new research funded in part by NAA and its members will be presented in Montreal showing that the vaccine strain of the measles virus is present in the guts of autistic children. The new findings replicate the initial findings of Dr. Wakefield. Dr. , of the Wake Forest University School of Medicine, studied children with regressive autism and bowel disease. "Of the handful of results we have in so far, all are vaccine strain," he said of the type of measles present in the intestines of 87% of the autistic children studied.The study’s conclusions are welcomed by many parents. “Gut anomalies are very real in our children,” says Ann Brasher of the National Autism Association. “We’re thankful that Dr. has replicated Dr. Wakefield’s research and are hopeful these new findings will lead to more effective treatments, and broadened awareness.”Families and friends across the globe helped The National Autism Association and other organizations fund portions of the study. “Research like this is so desperately needed,” says Bothwell of the National Autism Association. “The more we know about what’s happened to our children, the better equipped we are to help them.” FEATURED PRODUCT FDA T-ShirtMercury PoisoningKid TestedFDA Approved Get Yours Today!Only $15.00 in NAA's Little Shop of Hope! http://www.nationalautismassociation.org/proddetail.php?prod=FDAApproved Visit our website for product details or to place your order. The National Autism Association is a non-profit organization. Your purchase in our online store generates proceeds for autism research and family-care programs. Thank you for your support! New Lower Price on The Faces of Autism 2006 Calendar. Get them while they last at just $7.95 each.http://www.nationalautismassociation.org/proddetail.php?prod=2006Calendar This publication is the property of the National Autism Association. Please contact NAA with any questions, concerns, or comments at naa@.... Articles, photographs, etc. can be submitted to Fournier at wendy@.... To receive NAA News and Views, sign up for our free membership at http://www.nationalautismassociation.org/join.php. The NAA Team Think Autism. Think Cure. Click here to visit our website Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 13, 2006 Report Share Posted July 13, 2006 What is the definition of " trace amounts? " Carolyn in Toledo > IN THE NEWS > > Vaccines for California Kids > Now Mercury-Free > > Vaccines for kids now mercury-free > One encephalitis strain is only exception as new law takes effect. > By Dorsey Griffith -- Sacramento Bee Medical Writer > > Vaccines containing a mercury-based preservative are now largely off-limits > to children under 3 and pregnant women in California. > > The only exception to the new state law, which took effect on Saturday, is > the vaccine against Japanese encephalitis virus, a deadly mosquito- borne > illness endemic to certain parts of Asia. > > The new law, by Fran Pavley, D-Agoura Hills, was aimed at reducing the risk > of neurodevelopmental problems such as autism, which many parents believe > can be traced to exposure to thimerosal, long used as a preservative in many > vaccines. > > Several large federal studies have shown no link between childhood vaccines > and autism, but additional research is continuing. > > The U.S. Public Health Service and the American Academy of Pediatrics in > 1999 began to advocate the elimination of thimerosal from vaccines because > some infants who received them were exposed to mercury at levels that > exceeded Environmental Protection Agency guidelines. > > Click here to read more: > http://www.nationalautismassociation.org/newsandviews/griffith.php > <http://rs6.net/tn.jsp? t=w75eywbab.0.r7dgywbab.faomd6n6.1 & ts=S0192 & p=http%3A > %2F%2Fwww.nationalautismassociation.org%2Fnewsandviews% 2Fgriffith.php> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 13, 2006 Report Share Posted July 13, 2006 Dear " thefitzenreiterfamily, " The FDA's definition of " trace amounts " as it applies to Thimerosal-containing biological products, including vaccines, is contained in the following quote taken from the FDA's Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research (CBER) webpage: http://www.fda.gov/cber/vaccine/thimerosal.htm After converting the mathematical symbol used and striking the superfluous " than " between " 1 " and " micrograms " and inserting the word " of " between the words " micrograms " and " mercury, " the corrected text reads, with my changes indicated by bracketed [ ] text: >... >At present, all routinely recommended >vaccines for U.S. infants are available >only as thimerosal-free formulations or >contain only trace amounts of thimerosal >( " not more than " [NMT]) 1 micrograms [of] >mercury per dose), with the exception of >inactivated influenza vaccine. > Based on this definition and the level (weight %) of mercury in Thimerosal, the following apply: For a Maximum % [ppm] Nominal Vaccine Dose Thimerosal allowed Mercury level Of " n " in the vaccine is in micrograms mL Not More Than (NMT) per mL (NMT) _____ _________________ _____________ 0.25 0.0008% [8 ppm] 4 micrograms 0.5 0.0004% [4 ppm] 2 micrograms 1.0 0.0002% [2 ppm] 1 microgram The preceding is the case because Thimerosal is 49.55% (about 50%) mercury by weight. Hope that this simple response has answered your question. Respectfully, Dr. King http://www.dr-king.com ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ concentration of At 00:11 7/13/06 -0000, thefitzenreiterfamily wrote: >What is the definition of " trace amounts? " >Carolyn in Toledo > >> IN THE NEWS >> >> Vaccines for California Kids >> Now Mercury-Free >> >> Vaccines for kids now mercury-free >> One encephalitis strain is only exception as new law takes effect. >> By Dorsey Griffith -- Sacramento Bee Medical Writer >> >> Vaccines containing a mercury-based preservative are now largely >off-limits >> to children under 3 and pregnant women in California. >> >> The only exception to the new state law, which took effect on >Saturday, is >> the vaccine against Japanese encephalitis virus, a deadly mosquito- >borne >> illness endemic to certain parts of Asia. >> >> The new law, by Fran Pavley, D-Agoura Hills, was aimed at reducing >the risk >> of neurodevelopmental problems such as autism, which many parents >believe >> can be traced to exposure to thimerosal, long used as a >preservative in many >> vaccines. >> >> Several large federal studies have shown no link between childhood >vaccines >> and autism, but additional research is continuing. >> >> The U.S. Public Health Service and the American Academy of >Pediatrics in >> 1999 began to advocate the elimination of thimerosal from vaccines >because >> some infants who received them were exposed to mercury at levels >that >> exceeded Environmental Protection Agency guidelines. >> >> Click here to read more: >> http://www.nationalautismassociation.org/newsandviews/griffith.php >> <http://rs6.net/tn.jsp? >t=w75eywbab.0.r7dgywbab.faomd6n6.1 & ts=S0192 & p=http%3A >> %2F%2Fwww.nationalautismassociation.org%2Fnewsandviews% >2Fgriffith.php> > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 13, 2009 Report Share Posted April 13, 2009 In a message dated 4/6/09 2:26:05 PM Eastern Daylight Time, naa@... writes: Subj:NAA News and Views Date:4/6/09 2:26:05 PM Eastern Daylight Time From: naa@... (National Autism Association) Sender: naa@... (National Autism Association) Reply-to: naa@... 1@... Having trouble viewing this email? Click here In this edition of NAA News & Views: Think Autism Toolbar NAA West Central IL Event Free Conference DVD Sets Larry King Live IOM Meeting on Vaccine Safety Send NAA a Tweet! In The News Little Shop of Hope THINK AUTISM. THINK CURE. ® National Autism Association April 6, 2009 Click for details! NAA West Central Illinois Conference April 11th The National Autism Association of West Central Illinois announces the 2nd annual Galesburg Autism & Vaccine Risk Conference, to be from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. April 11 at the Best Western Prairie Inn, 300 S. 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