Re: Obama? Autism vaccines

January 8, 2008

Regarding Obama, he is a former civil rights lawyer. His website statement

on autism states, " Support Americans with Autism. More than one million

Americans have autism, a complex neurobiological condition that has a range

of impacts on thinking, feeling, language, and the ability to relate to

others. As diagnostic criteria broaden and awareness increases, more cases

of autism have been recognized across the country. Barack Obama believes

that we can do more to help autistic Americans and their families understand

and live with autism. He has been a strong supporter of more than $1 billion

in federal funding for autism research on the root causes and treatments,

and he believes that we should increase funding for the Individuals with

Disabilities Education Act to truly ensure that no child is left behind.

More than anything, autism remains a profound mystery with a broad spectrum

of effects on autistic individuals, their families, loved ones, the

community, and education and health care systems. Obama believes that the

government and our communities should work together to provide a helping

hand to autistic individuals and their families. "

" In the U.S. Senate, Obama cosponsored the Healthy Kids Act of 2007 and the

State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) Reauthorization Act of

2007 to ensure that more American children have affordable health care

coverage. "

You can also read his ideas for healthcare coverage- http://www.barackobama

com/issues/healthcare/

Also earlier this year, he earmarked-

" $650,000 to Easter Seals Metropolitan Chicago (ESMC), for its therapeutic

School and Center for Autism Research:

Illinois has seen a 353% increase in autism since 1993, and the ESMC

Therapeutic School and Center for Autism Research responds to this trend.

ESMC currently operates three Therapeutic Day Schools that serve students

with autism/profound developmental disabilities referred from 50+ Illinois

school districts through a broad spectrum of academic and therapeutic

services. The new Therapeutic School and Center for Autism Research seeks to

build upon this history and provide students from across Illinois with

access to a state-of-the-art facility. "

http://obama.senate.gov/press/070622-obama_announces_4/

HTH,

Anne

-- Obama? Autism vaccines

Hi everyone,

Does anyone know what Senator Obama's stance is on the Autism bill? I

heard on the news that he has a pharmaceutical lobbyist on his staff

although he said this person is a state and not federal lobbyist. Not

that it makes me feel any better. Also I would be curious as so why the

" New " evidence against vaccines and autism is allowed to be printed when

it's full of holes. Do any of you really think that research is not

going forward because researchers are concentrating on vaccines? I think

the drug companies would love anything else to be causing this and would

be working very hard to find an answer that they can develop life long

drugs for. Even better say that genes are responsible, there is nothing

you can do so go home and do ABA and pray. Only when it happens to

someone close to you (and now there are so many of us you can't turn

your cheek) suddenly that answer doesn't seem acceptable. I've always

thought that autism needs to affect every extended family in some way

for the research and the cries for help to really be heard. We have 60

or so kids on our street and 4 of them have autism under the age of 12.

One in 150? That's a joke I think it's higher and until some real

progress is made we'll be vaccine free just in case.

I don't believe we live in a Genetic cesspool it's just not

scientifically possible for these kinds of numbers to happen spontaneously.

Texas Autism Advocacy

www.TexasAutismAdvocacy.org

Texas Disability Network

Calendar of Events

www.TexasAutismAdvocacy.org

January 8, 2008

At the NAA conference, it was stated by several professionals there that the

real numbers are 1 in 76 six year-olds and so we don't really know about

children as young as three at this time - probably higher than 1 in 76...

1 in 150 refers to 13 year-olds.

>

> Hi everyone,

> Does anyone know what Senator Obama's stance is on the Autism bill? I

> heard on the news that he has a pharmaceutical lobbyist on his staff

> although he said this person is a state and not federal lobbyist. Not

> that it makes me feel any better. Also I would be curious as so why the

> " New " evidence against vaccines and autism is allowed to be printed when

> it's full of holes. Do any of you really think that research is not

> going forward because researchers are concentrating on vaccines? I think

> the drug companies would love anything else to be causing this and would

> be working very hard to find an answer that they can develop life long

> drugs for. Even better say that genes are responsible, there is nothing

> you can do so go home and do ABA and pray. Only when it happens to

> someone close to you (and now there are so many of us you can't turn

> your cheek) suddenly that answer doesn't seem acceptable. I've always

> thought that autism needs to affect every extended family in some way

> for the research and the cries for help to really be heard. We have 60

> or so kids on our street and 4 of them have autism under the age of 12.

> One in 150? That's a joke I think it's higher and until some real

> progress is made we'll be vaccine free just in case.

> I don't believe we live in a Genetic cesspool it's just not

> scientifically possible for these kinds of numbers to happen

> spontaneously.

>

--

Peace,

Staci

Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get

better. It's not.

~Dr. Seuss

http://gabesjourney-gabesmom.blogspot.com/

January 8, 2008

I believe someone previously posted that Obama has more than one staff

member with a relative affected by Autism. This is good because it means he

has had to be confronted with it on a somewhat personal level. I feel

better about that than those that don't know someone personally affected by

this disorder and just have no clue as to the battles we face.

Just my opinion, of course!

>

> Regarding Obama, he is a former civil rights lawyer. His website

> statement

> on autism states, " Support Americans with Autism. More than one million

> Americans have autism, a complex neurobiological condition that has a

> range

> of impacts on thinking, feeling, language, and the ability to relate to

> others. As diagnostic criteria broaden and awareness increases, more cases

> of autism have been recognized across the country. Barack Obama believes

> that we can do more to help autistic Americans and their families

> understand

> and live with autism. He has been a strong supporter of more than $1

> billion

> in federal funding for autism research on the root causes and treatments,

> and he believes that we should increase funding for the Individuals with

> Disabilities Education Act to truly ensure that no child is left behind.

>

> More than anything, autism remains a profound mystery with a broad

> spectrum

> of effects on autistic individuals, their families, loved ones, the

> community, and education and health care systems. Obama believes that the

> government and our communities should work together to provide a helping

> hand to autistic individuals and their families. "

>

> " In the U.S. Senate, Obama cosponsored the Healthy Kids Act of 2007 and

> the

> State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) Reauthorization Act of

> 2007 to ensure that more American children have affordable health care

> coverage. "

>

> You can also read his ideas for healthcare coverage-

> http://www.barackobama

> com/issues/healthcare/

>

> Also earlier this year, he earmarked-

> " $650,000 to Easter Seals Metropolitan Chicago (ESMC), for its therapeutic

> School and Center for Autism Research:

>

> Illinois has seen a 353% increase in autism since 1993, and the ESMC

> Therapeutic School and Center for Autism Research responds to this trend.

> ESMC currently operates three Therapeutic Day Schools that serve students

> with autism/profound developmental disabilities referred from 50+ Illinois

> school districts through a broad spectrum of academic and therapeutic

> services. The new Therapeutic School and Center for Autism Research seeks

> to

> build upon this history and provide students from across Illinois with

> access to a state-of-the-art facility. "

> http://obama.senate.gov/press/070622-obama_announces_4/

>

> HTH,

> Anne

>

> -- Obama? Autism vaccines