Autism and chlorine

[South_Texas_Sun]

I'm not sure what your anecdote about the treatment of your nephew's autism has to do with the state of the science on a link beween thimerosal and autism. Regardless, my caution was against making "wild suppositions" about a link between autism and chlorine. Maybe I should have said basless or unfounded instead, but I think my point remains valid: There is real danger in making invalid assumptions and unsupported accusations.

I'm truly sorry that your family has had to deal with these difficult medical issues. That said, you know nothing about my familiarity with the subject or my personal experience. If you percieve an inaccuracy in my post, deal with that on its merits or lack thereof. Dismissing my arguments with ad hominem pejoratives that are built on assumptions for which you have no basis, and which have no bearing on the substance of those statements, does you no credit.

Again, my post had nothing to do with medical treatment of anything. I don't even know what treatment you're speaking of.

STS

KurtV, don't be so modest! You're still strutting around pretending to know something that you, in fact, know nothing about besides what a 10 second google search can tell you.

How about the 1800+ search hits on thimerosal on medline? Or the 1100+ hits on Pubmed? Surely there's fodder for discussion in the over 1 MILLION hits for autism mercury on Google? How about the US Congressional investigations? The list is LITERALLY endless.

You ADMIT you have no idea what I'm talking about and try to change the subject to my supposed "ad homininem perjoratives". Why don't you stop pretending to sit in judgement on a subject of which you're completely ignorant, and do some research yourself? You could start with the links I've provided.

STS

[JohnT]

P.S. There's a movement afoot to correct the diagnostic terminology regarding doctor or vaccine-created "autism". Many now insist on calling it "toxic encephalopathy", just in case they want to google the related links.

There's also a movement afoot to call it bull$%#^, but that's only by scientists and doctors who've studied it.

[South_Texas_Sun]

There's also a movement afoot to call it bull$%#^, but that's only by scientists and doctors who've studied it.

Hey JohnT! Don't hold back! Tell us what you REALLY think!......lol

My 10 year old nephew, who was formerly diagnosed as severely autistic, now has a better grasp of basic electricity than you demonstrated on that electrical shock thread, and can breadboard a 12 volt power supply faster than most kids can plug in a wall wart.

Try that on for "bull$%#^", bubba!

STS

[drumr]

South Texas Sun:
It is very encouraging to hear the positive results that your nephew has achieved. I will pass this on to the young man's mother. It sounds like the young man I am speaking of is going through the same type of therapy that your nephew went through. I understand it is a very slow process. I don't know alot about autism other than what the mother has told me and the progress I have seen this special person make. He was born normal. It was after he started his immunization shots that he started developing autism at about 1 year old.

I am no expert in this subject by any means, and not trying to encourage a big fight over the causes autism. This is what the young man's parents believe has happened to him. Through the special diet and medicine and therapy, he has shown improvement.

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