EOHarm List Year End Summary

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Just a little census note for the EOHarm list for the year 2008.

Our total membership stands at 2300.

We have generated an exhausting near 23,000 messages to one another

since the start of the year. Whew!

Conclusion: while there has been a slow down of organized political

activity in the autism " environmental " political community (the Green

Vaccine Rally notwithstanding), the interest by individuals in these

matters still remains strong.

What will 2009 bring?

Potential hope:

Very much hinges on what rulings come out of the vaccine court. The

economy and state budgets for the treatment and care for the growing

number of disabled may also bring matters about autism to a head. The

Wakefield trial results in the UK may affect matters some, too.

Real potential disappointments:

(not in order of importance)

1. IACC

2. Combating Autism Act

3. change.org/Obama/Autism Speaks

4. ASA (merging with Autism Speaks?).

-Lenny