Was: Quote from today's Boston Globe Now: Responsible Government Fantasy

[Guest guest]

Listen,

If Bin Laden surrendered tomorrow and the troops were all home by

Tuesday, they STILL would not spend the money on autism.

If people really want to do something, they find a way to do it. They

are coming up with money for the war "emergency style" because that is

what they believe is the priority.

If Autism was really a priority, they would have poured cash into it as

soon as the first '1 in 166' number hit the newspapers, and instead of

putting Wakefield, on trial they would putting him on tour and everyone

would be trying to replicate his success with autism/GI problems. DAN

docs would be doing training seminars at the DOD and medical

conferences around the country.

Here is another discussion question:

When Gerberding said last year (after how many years of hearing

us bitch about them ignoring autism) that, "CDC recognizes that parents

want answers. We share their

frustration at not having more answers about the causes and possible

cure", that was the

last straw for me.

We have all lived through what it looks like for the government to pay

lip service to autism, and ignore, and even sabotage the progress in

putting the pieces together.

For the sake of fun... let's fantasize what it would look like if the

government and the medical community actually DID want to know the

causes and possible cures of Autism!

I think that when I went to my new pediatrician and told him that my

son was half way recovered from autism and lost many of his autism

symptoms, he would have a special luncheon with all the docs and nurses

in his practice and invite me to come and bring Chandler and talk about

all the things that we have tried and what worked for him and what

didn't.

What do you think the world (or your world) would be like?

I am gonna blog this... either respond here or at

http://adventuresinautism.com

Ginger

Maurine Meleck wrote:

well, in that case I'll discuss. That is the reason we have to

have a new president who wants to end the war.

M

anacat_11 <anacat_11 > wrote:

Lenny, you've got to start putting the word "Discuss" at the

end of

these little news bombs. ;~D

>

> From editorial: $3 Trillion Debacle

>

> http://tinyurl.com/2l2aue

>

> "The entire federal budget for autism research, about $108

million, is

> spent every four hours in Iraq."

Discuss.

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