Keri and others/ Sample letter to your reps.

[Guest guest]

This is one of many letters that I've written, but thought it might serve as a

sample. I wrote

this after calling Sen. Boxer's senior health LA and exchanging e-mails with

her. This was

my first e-mail to her after talking o the phone. Anyone who wants to could fax

something

like this in on the day of the rally or even the day before. Talking points

specific to this

rally, with more legislation than I mentioned below, will hopefully be available

to all soon.

Honorable Senator (insert name)

I wanted to share a little information about myself and how I came to work in

advocacy.

Please pass this along to Senator Boxer. Below is the story of my children and

my work in

advocacy.

My husband Avery and I have two children affected by clinically confirmed

mercury

poisoning from their childhood vaccines; Alasdair, age 9. and Conrad, age 8.

Both children received the full load of mercury in their childhood vaccines in

the late

1990's. (Show picture)

Alasdair, at 15 months of age, had a severe documented reaction to his

varicella/MMR

vaccines. In addition to this severe physical reaction, he regressed overnight.

Within 24

hours he began to engage in self-injurious behaviours, such as head-banging, and

lost all

language for 3 years.

Conrad was born four weeks premature with jaundice and was given the Hepatitis

B

vaccine at birth. I now know that jaundice should have been a contraindication

to the Hep

B vaccine, aside from giving an infant with low birth weight 12.5 mcg of mercury

on the

day of birth. At just two months of age both children received an additional 80

mcg of

mercury from the thimerosal in their vaccines. By age two,they recieved 212 mcg

of

mercury. Conrad struggles on a daily basis with even the simplest tasks. He has

a primary

immune deficiency and chronic gastrointestinal problems, causing frequent

illness and

pain, making it even more difficult for him to learn.

We returned to California in March 2005, due to my husband's work. My

childrens' health

and special needs have prohibited me to have a career since 2003. I became

involved in

many local and National organizations and support groups such as FEAT (Families

for Early

Autism Treatment), Generation Rescue, Sacramento Biomed Group, TACA (Talk About

Curing Autism), The National Autism Association, and joined A-CHAMP as a

District

Leader. I became a volunteer parent mentor for FEAT and Generation Rescue to

help new

parents struggling with diagnosis, and to provide support and information on

special diets

and other non-drug therapies. I then met Lenny Schafer, Creator and Editor in

Chief of the

Schafer Autism Report (SAR), which has well over 20,000 subscribers. I help Mr.

Schafer

with his subscription data occasionally, and in return he provides support and

issues

action alerts for my lobbying efforts on numerous bills that are autism/health

related in

the State Assembly and Senate. Rick Rollens is a parent advocate who's son

(age

17) is affected by autism. He is co-founder of the U.C. M.I.N.D Institute

and founder

of the California Legislative Blue Ribbon Commission on Autism. He has worked in

and

around the State Capitol for the past 25 years. We have testified together on

numerous

bills and he has become a wonderful source of support as well.

The autism community is really counting on Senator Boxer to become more

proactive

regarding these issues. Last year HR 2832 was introduced by Rep. Maloney and

;

Comprehensive Comparative Study of Vaccinated and Unvaccinated Populations.

Please

help us see to it, that this bill is made law in any way that you possibly can.

Unfortunately,

most independent researchers don't have the money to conduct such a study, and

access

to the VSD (vaccine safety data link) has been repeatedly denied to independent

researchers and other experts. This must change. I ask that if these funds are

approved,

Senator Boxer help to ensure that Independent researchers and other entities

free from

conflicts of interest be granted access to the VSD, through the FOIA.

Thousands of California families that have cases filed in vaccine court have

waited years

for their cases to be heard. Each affected child has a circle of family,

friends, teachers, and

therapists whom are all deeply concerned about the issue of vaccine safety as

well. These

families have a right to due process. This court was set up for our children,

yet families

continue to struggle to raise their vaccine-injured children day by day while

they wait for

justice. In addition, many expert witnesses are frequently attacked by

government

appointed attorneys.

I ask that Senator Boxer give attention to these matters and take part in

creating positive

change for the children and families of California, and in doing so creating an

ideal

example for the rest of our Nation.

Sincerely,

King

A-CHAMP District Leader

3rd Congressional District

http://www.a-champ.org

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> Hi,

> I live in CA and am wondering about the book that was mentioned that is

> being put together for the rally.

> Could I please have more information? I'd love to participate.

> Thanks,

> Keri

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