To H Re: Henry Winkler Vaccinations

[Guest guest]

A thought that creates great GI spasms as I believe my son is

autistic

> because of the same damn vaccine.

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I'm in the same boat, and I just pray that it wasn't any hepB shots I

gave that caused anyone's autism! Poor Brett got it, too. Of

course, while I was working (around 11/99), we got a new ruling that

we could no longer give the vaccine to newborns. They wanted to wait

until they were a week old. I wonder if anyone's discovered that 1

week old babies can handle mercury better than 10 hour old ones?

Hindsight is 20-20.

Hang in there-

Sue

[Guest guest]

got her first Hep B vaccine in the first 2 days of life while at the

hospital, and she has PDD. My husband made the doctor wait on until she

was 9 months old for her first Hep B shot and she is NT. He didn't know

why...just said he didn't feel comfortable giving it when she was so tiny. Wish

we would have listened to our own fears back then with !

, it is amazing how many nurses have autistic kids! I understand that

parents of autistic kids tend to be professionals, highly intelligent, and often

have college degrees or better. Is this true? Has anyone else heard this?

H, mom to 3 yrs, PDD; and 23 months

[Guest guest]

In a message dated 4/22/01 10:50:05 AM Eastern Standard Time, harder@...

writes:

> I understand that parents of autistic kids tend to be professionals, highly

> intelligent, and often have college degrees or better. Is this true? Has

> anyone else heard this?

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While it is not true in all cases, the statistics do show that the majority

of autistic kids come from educated parents with above average intelligence.

Maybe that is just God's way of looking after these little guys.

[Guest guest]

I also wonder if the people who are " educated " are the ones who tend to have

better jobs and therefore, health insurance--we tend to be up to date on our

vaccinations and feel they are important --its what educated people do for

their children--isnt that what we thought.

Re: To H Re: Henry Winkler Vaccinations

> In a message dated 4/22/01 10:50:05 AM Eastern Standard Time,

harder@...

> writes:

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> > I understand that parents of autistic kids tend to be professionals,

highly

> > intelligent, and often have college degrees or better. Is this true?

Has

> > anyone else heard this?

> >

> >

>

> While it is not true in all cases, the statistics do show that the

majority

> of autistic kids come from educated parents with above average

intelligence.

> Maybe that is just God's way of looking after these little guys.

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>

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[Guest guest]

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I also wonder if the people who are " educated " are the ones who tend to have

better jobs and therefore, health insurance--we tend to be up to date on our

vaccinations and feel they are important --its what educated people do for

their children--isn't that what we thought.

Just to toss this out, the uneducated (who might be on state aid) also vaccinate

their children. Maybe those with higher incomes and more 'educated' are more

likely to be the ones with computers and more likely to attend most of the

conferences as well as having the confidence to do more for their children. Our

county is agriculture oriented and Evan's school is full of kids who have single

mom's struggling to earn an income for their children, educated parents

struggling to find the right help for their child and farm families doing the

same. Actually around here it is the families with more money and education who

have been able to get the in-home ABA for their children. I think it is because

they are more apt to go out and find out more than the less educated. Some of

the lower educated (high school) give up more easily, not knowing that there is

help out there for them. they do not even seek local help because they do not

realize that it is there. Perhaps it is because when they are first told about

some of these places, they forget about it in their grief.

My grandson has state aid as his secondary health insurance and I wish it was

the only one. His dad's insurance is HMO and we have to go to the doctor to get

a referral for everything. She has been very helpful but there are some things

I could take Evan to on State aid only that the HMO would refuse.

Betty