Reaching new families

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Stan,

how about the Regional Centers where they provide the services? For example San Diego Regional Center. That was one of the first places we visited when my son got diagnosed. I've seen them have flyers and such with information, maybe they can have one about DAN?

Hope this helps,

Delfina

Reaching New Families

I was thinking of ways for Defeat Autism Now! et al., to reach new families.Speech, OT centers and the such, parent groups, etc.Where else do we families with a child with autism hang out in numbers?Please email me at autismbook1@ yahoo.comThanks.StanOh and for whoever said viruses (and other infections) are not associated with certain cases of autism has not reviewed the medical literature well.This is one of the more recent publications. ..J Neurosci Res. 2007 Apr;85(5):1143- 8. LinksEvidence for Mycoplasma ssp., Chlamydia pneunomiae, and human herpes virus-6 coinfections in the blood of patients with autistic spectrum disorders.Nicolson GL, Gan R, Nicolson NL, Haier J.The Institute for Molecular Medicine, Huntington Beach, California 92647, USA.

gnicolsonimmed (DOT) orgWe examined the blood of 48 patients from central and southern California diagnosed with autistic spectrum disorders (ASD) by using forensic polymerase chain reaction and found that a large subset (28/48 or 58.3%) of patients showed evidence of Mycoplasma spp. infections compared with two of 45 (4.7%) age-matched control subjects (odds ratio = 13.8, P < 0.001). Because ASD patients have a high prevalence of one or more Mycoplasma spp. and sometimes show evidence of infections with Chlamydia pneumoniae, we examined ASD patients for other infections. Also, the presence of one or more systemic infections may predispose ASD patients to other infections, so we examined the prevalence of C. pneumoniae (4/48 or 8.3% positive, odds ratio = 5.6, P < 0.01) and human herpes virus-6

(HHV-6, 14/48 or 29.2%, odds ratio = 4.5, P < 0.01) coinfections in ASD patients. We found that Mycoplasma-positive and -negative ASD patients had similar percentages of C. pneumoniae and HHV-6 infections, suggesting that such infections occur independently in ASD patients. Control subjects also had low rates of C. pneumoniae (1/48 or 2.1%) and HHV-6 (4/48 or 8.3%) infections, and there were no coinfections in control subjects. The results indicate that a large subset of ASD patients shows evidence of bacterial and/or viral infections (odds ratio = 16.5, P < 0.001). The significance of these infections in ASD is discussed in terms of appropriate treatment. © 2007 Wiley-Liss, Inc.PMID: 17265454

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Begin forwarded message:Date: January 14, 2008 4:37:34 PM PSTTo: mb12 valtrex Subject: Re: Reaching New Families It would be great if school districts and regional centers could at the very least post this information, but I'm sure this is fraught with red-tape and legal issues.  What bothers me is you don't even see a mention of DAN or biomedical issues at many of the large Autism organizations - such as ASA, where people may initially turn for information or help.  I think focusing here would yield NUMEROUS parents/children.Just a thought.Nora Middleton I was thinking of ways for Defeat Autism Now! et al., to reach new families. Speech, OT centers and the such, parent groups, etc. Where else do we families with a child with autism hang out in numbers? Please email me at autismbook1 Thanks. Stan Oh and for whoever said viruses (and other infections) are not associated with certain cases of autism has not reviewed the medical literature well. This is one of the more recent publications... J Neurosci Res. 2007 Apr;85(5):1143-8. Links Evidence for Mycoplasma ssp., Chlamydia pneunomiae, and human herpes virus-6 coinfections in the blood of patients with autistic spectrum disorders. Nicolson GL, Gan R, Nicolson NL, Haier J. The Institute for Molecular Medicine, Huntington Beach, California 92647, USA. gnicolsonimmed (DOT) org We examined the blood of 48 patients from central and southern California diagnosed with autistic spectrum disorders (ASD) by using forensic polymerase chain reaction and found that a large subset (28/48 or 58.3%) of patients showed evidence of Mycoplasma spp. infections compared with two of 45 (4.7%) age-matched control subjects (odds ratio = 13.8, P < 0.001). Because ASD patients have a high prevalence of one or more Mycoplasma spp. and sometimes show evidence of infections with Chlamydia pneumoniae, we examined ASD patients for other infections. Also, the presence of one or more systemic infections may predispose ASD patients to other infections, so we examined the prevalence of C. pneumoniae (4/48 or 8.3% positive, odds ratio = 5.6, P < 0.01) and human herpes virus-6 (HHV-6, 14/48 or 29.2%, odds ratio = 4.5, P < 0.01) coinfections in ASD patients. We found that Mycoplasma-positive and -negative ASD patients had similar percentages of C. pneumoniae and HHV-6 infections, suggesting that such infections occur independently in ASD patients. Control subjects also had low rates of C. pneumoniae (1/48 or 2.1%) and HHV-6 (4/48 or 8.3%) infections, and there were no coinfections in control subjects. The results indicate that a large subset of ASD patients shows evidence of bacterial and/or viral infections (odds ratio = 16.5, P < 0.001). The significance of these infections in ASD is discussed in terms of appropriate treatment. © 2007 Wiley-Liss, Inc. PMID: 17265454 Nora Middletontikigal@... Nora Middletontikigal@...