What then is recovery or declassification?
I have been told that some experts say that if a child recovers from autism
then they were misdiagnosed. Certainly this indicates very little expectation
for the potential of people with autism. If an orphaned child remains in the
devastating conditions to which he or she were abandoned there is little hope
of this person reaching their potential. By denying what is known about autism
and not taking measures to unite the treatment approaches which are available
now we are keeping the individuals with autism isolated from an environment
of potential recovery.
We must move forward and look at those
people who have recovered and comprehensively identify what brought about
the miracle. Thus far diet, auditory integration therapy, fish-liver oil supplementation,
IVIG therapy and secretin therapy, behavior modification and supplementing
with some nutrients and micronutrients have resulted in documented cases
of recovery, accompanied by sheer determination, will-power, faith and love.
This is the only logical place to look for the much needed guidance for working
with this population, as well as with the expectation and anticipation that
improvement or recovery is possible.
Autism and GOD (generation of diversity)
Autism and GOD (Generation of Diversity), the
evolution of the immune system; immunity of the human ‘herd’ leads us
to a modern day dilemma. It is the strength of the adaptability of the organism
which results in it’s capacity for survival. We are at the threshold of great
changes taking place in our human development. Some of these changes are
a direct result of man’s creative ingenuity and the fight for survival. At
the scientific level this has included vaccination. The development of the
vaccine and the further development of more vaccines have contributed to
evolutionary changes which can be seen in the human population and will likely
be seen in the future generations in ways which we cannot yet begin to comprehend.
The evolutionary changes of modern man
are seen first and are most evident in the ethnoculturally diverse populations.
The areas of our chemical design are most vulnerable when two different types
of people come together and this vulnerability can be additionally impacted
by a dramatic change in location for which either or neither individual is
biologically prepared resulting in offspring who exhibit the wide range of
variation some of which is seen in modern day disease etiology. Areas of our
chemical design which are most vulnerable are not exclusive to ethnoculturally
diverse populations; in isolated populations where there is little change
in genetic and environmental input the weakness of the population can be seen
also as diseases which are prevalent in that culture. Add to this scenario
the innovations of modern science which include the development of vaccines,
genetic engineering of our food, the use of food additives and chemicals,
crop spraying and artificial fertilizers, seasonal foods now used for year
round consumption, electricity, motor transport, industry, television, computers,
cell phones and then look at the available information which indicates how
we, as humans, are reacting to these changes.
The molecular biologists, using some
of the most advanced tools of modern man, are finding some of the patterns
and changes which are taking place in our human population. Some of the most
recently studied areas are the ‘hypervariable regions’ in our DNA and in particular
the Human Leukocyte Antigens (HLA) histocompatibility antigens governed by
genes of the HLA complex and the human major histocompatibility complex (MHC)
– a region on the short arm of chromosome 6 with regions A, B, C and D -
the region of our DNA which interacts with our immune system. Immunogenetic
(IoGc) research is telling us that how we develop in the womb is not governed
solely by our DNA and the environmental insults (impact) that the fetus is
susceptible to, but is also due to the response of our own developing immune
system. The immune system develops to protect the host and the impact of
the immune system during fetal development includes changes which alter our
genetic make-up. Some of the terms used to describe these processes are so
far called transduction and frameshifting.
How modern day man is reacting to the
environment, including everything from the womb experience to the bustling
life in the city, impacts our chemical design. When we are reproducing, the
chemistry of our bodies further impacts the new lives we create; even our
emotional state contributes to chemical information which influences the developing
fetus. At the basic level of this scenario lies the fact that, although we
are different as organisms from plants and other animals, we do share much
common genetic material. Genetic research is engineering ways to look at
the human genome more closely as well as the genomes of more simple plants
and animals. This research has led to the available techniques being used
today to determine things such as paternity and is also beginning to look
at the ways in which we are being altered as a result of drug use, vaccination,
agricultural practice and food distribution. Food distribution is becoming
more important for research because most human populations no longer have
to go to the food source, nor do most of us participate in the growth and
manufacture of food sources. Additionally, organizations such as the World
Health Organization make decisions that affect us globally based on what they
collectively think is good for the world population, but often do not account
for individual practices within that population, or variables such as food
intolerance within human populations or the metabolic, genetic and environmental
differences that make for differences in food and nutrition needs.
Research is showing us that in addition
to the ethnically diverse populations such as those found in the UK and the
USA the ethnically stable populations react to the same modern day influences
in ways that can be measured as a response which is specific or unique for
that population. What molecular biology is finding is that the impact of modern
life is resulting in and exacerbating the diseases of modern man: gout, arthritis,
cancer, heart disease, immune deficiency, psychological illness, and diseases
relating to reproduction and aging. What we want to know is how does
this impact us individually, at the family level and at the community level.
We need to understand these things because individually we might choose to
take measures which could positively impact the outcome for ourselves and
our families and communities.
After extensive research with more still to come it has been determined
by a major autism review (Medical Research Council 2001) that the genetic
involvement in autism is very variable and affects 5 to 10% of the autism
population. Of this 5 to 10% approximately 2% have co-occurring Down syndrome,
nearly 1% have Fragile X Syndrome and the additional 2 to 7% of the autism
population present with a chromosomal or genetic defect which are markers
for conditions such as tuberous sclerosis (TSC), phenylketonuria (PKU), Turner
syndrome, Blindness, Deafness and hypopigmentary as well as hyperpigmentary
diseases, disorders and conditions. Whereas these diseases, disorders and
conditions may not appear at first glance to have much in common, a closer
look reveals that the type of disease and presentation in the autism population
reveals a pigment factor which supports the immunological information which
has been gathered for this population. Sex chromosome disorders which co-occur
with autism include Fragile X and Turner syndrome, while pigmentary or pterin
disorders include PKU, TSC, Retinopathy of prematurity (ROP), blindness,
deafness, Hypomelanosis of Ito and vitiligo. Autism is most easily understood
as an immune system adaptation to the genetics of the individual and a response
to the environment. Changes have occurred rapidly as a result of the introduction
of the vaccine in the form of a live attenuated virus placed inside a lipid
filled chloroplast at the turn of the twentieth century. At the turn
of the 19th century when Jenner’s smallpox vaccine was being used widely,
the first descriptions of Down syndrome followed the vaccine trail as has
been described by Gerhard Buchwald.
Vaccination
As we move towards understanding the significance
of this ‘syndrome’ and look at the complete picture it is evident that autism
is sometimes a very severe condition, indeed especially for those who experience
a vaccine reaction for whatever reason, whether it is a reaction to thimerisol
and/or mercury, given when the child was suffering from an undetermined illness
or when the child was experiencing a food related immune response or allergic
reaction triggered by the environment, or whether some other factor was involved
such as genetic predisposition, immaturity of the immune system, or an immune
system that reacts atypically to the incoming pathogen(s). The vaccine reaction
can be mild to severe and signs and symptoms can include acute symptoms -
fever, diarrhea, bronchitis, pneumonia, excessive somnolence, frequent or
inconsolable crying, penetrating and heart rending shrieking, fainting or
shock, slowness of recall and confusion, generalized convulsions, encephalitis,
meningitis, swollen limbs around the point of inoculation, whooping cough
type cough, and ultimately cessation of breathing and potentially death; and
chronic symptoms – recurrent colds, persistent amber or green phlegm, inflamed
eyes, loss of eye contact, squinting, middle ear inflammation, chronic bronchitis,
expectoration, coughing, asthma, eczema, allergies, inflamed joints, tiredness
and lack of vigor, excessive thirst, diabetes, diarrhea, constipation, headache,
disturbed sleep with periods of waking and crying, epilepsy, rigidity of
the back, muscle cramps, lightheadedness, lack of concentration, loss of
memory, growth disturbance, lack of coordination, disturbed development, behavioral
problems such as fidgeting, aggressiveness, irritation, moodiness, emotional
imbalance, confusion, loss of will power, mental torpidity. There is also
no clear demarcation between acute and chronic complaints as the acute conditions
are often the beginning of chronic suffering. These signs and symptoms are
strikingly similar to those identified for nerve agent poisoning: acute symptoms
- miosis (eye pupil constriction, resulting in dimmed vision), frontal headache
and eye pain, runny nose, anorexia (loss of appetite), nausea, excessive
sweating, tightness in the chest, heartburn, abdominal cramps, vomiting,
profuse sweating, dyspnea (shortness of breath), tenesmus (painful,
ineffective straining to urinate or defecate) drooling and tearing, excessive
urinary frequency, involuntary urination or defecation, excessive bronchial
secretion, fatigue, mild generalized weakness, twitching, jerking, and staggering,
cramps, pallor (paleness), tension, anxiety, jitteriness, restlessness emotional
lability, giddiness, insomnia, headache, drowsiness, slowness of recall and
confusion, ataxia (lack of muscle control), slurred speech, coma, areflexia
(loss of reflexes), Cheyne-Stokes respiration (alternating periods of rapid
breathing and not breathing), generalized convulsions and finally, cessation
of breathing, death.
‘Post Vaccine Syndrome’ as a result
of a vaccine reaction might increase the individuals likelihood of developing
a disease, disorder or condition to which he or she had a predisposition but
without the additional insult to the immune system might not have developed.
Long-term, the vaccine injured child may develop a host of diseases, disorders
or conditions which have been linked to vaccine reaction. These include: encephalitis
(fatal in one-third of the cases), meningitis, cerebral palsy (CP) - approximately
4% of ASD’s have also CP, paralysis, Guillain-Barré syndrome (acute
idiopathic polyneuritis), ADHD, allergies, multiple chemical sensitivities,
aplastic anemia, autism, demyelination, Coeliac disease, Crohn's disease,
dermatomyositis, epilepsy, deafness, Henoch-Schoenlein purpura, otitis media,
polio, Stevens-Johnson syndrome and thrombocytopenia purpura.
