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Parents of Children with Autism Call Decision in Wakefield Trial a Threat to Medical Integrity GMC Findings Uphold Status Quo, Discourage Physicians from Listening to Parents' Concerns Nixa, MO – Parents of children with autism around the world are calling the findings against Dr. Andrew Wakefield in the UK's General Medical Council (GMC) unjust and a threat to researchers investigating autism as a medical condition. The verdict comes less than a month after an article in the journal Pediatrics1 urged further study of a link between gastrointestinal disturbances and autism originally pointed out by Dr. Wakefield in 1988. The GMC hearings have been labeled a smear campaign from the beginning by thousands of parents in the autism community who hold Dr. Wakefield in high regard for his pioneering work to understand autism's medical underpinnings. Many parents of children with autism view the GMC investigation as little more than character assassination of a physician brave enough to investigate controversial issues, and fear that relevant science will never advance if researchers are forced to put their careers in jeopardy by following the scientific truth wherever it leads. Additional confirmation of Dr. Wakefield's early findings was published yesterday by a research team led by Arthur Krigsman, MD in the journal Autism Insights.2 The researchers found a significant association between ileo and/or colonic inflammation and the onset of developmental disorder, which further supports autism as a medical versus a behavioral condition as parents have been reporting for years to the medical community. “Dr Wakefield was one of the first physicians to take the concerns of parents seriously and investigate the medical conditions they noted in their children,” commented NAA Board Chair Lori McIlwain. “The real danger comes from those unwilling to ask questions, seek answers and challenge comfortable science for the sake of propelling medicine to a higher level of safety. Here's a doctor who asks the questions others are too afraid to ask, even though it's their obligation to ask them on behalf of our children. Bravo to Dr. Andrew Wakefield.” For more information on autism, visit www.nationalautismassociation.org1 Evaluation, Diagnosis, and Treatment of Gastrointestinal Disorders in Individuals With ASDs: A Consensus Report, Timothy Buie, MD, et al, Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School Pediatrics, Vol. 125 Supplement January 2010 2 Clinical Presentation and Histologic Findings at Ileocolonoscopy in Children with Autistic Spectrum Disorder and Chronic Gastrointestinal Symptoms, Arthur Krigsman, MD, et al, New York University School of Medicine, Autism Insights, 27 Jan 2010 - 30 - Think Autism. Think Cure.
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I Agree with this statement.. Totally Every Physician, Nurse or medical personnel who administers the H1N1 vaccine (or any vaccine) should be asking themselves why they are injecting the following ingredients into patients that have been scientifically proven to cause immunotoxicity, neurotoxicity, sterility and cancer:????????? http://preventdisease.com/news/09/103009_vaccine_sterility_immunotoxicity_neurotoxicity.shtml
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National Autism Association Says BMJ Article is Yet Another Attempt to Thwart Vaccine Safety Research Washington, DC – The British Medical Journal published an article today attacking Dr. Andrew Wakefield and his work towards a better understanding of the medical issues involved in the development of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). Dr. Wakefield co-authored the case series reported in the British Journal, The Lancet, in 1998, which identified a novel inflammatory bowel disease in children diagnosed with autism. The association between autism and bowel disease has been repeatedly confirmed by subsequent studies, [i] [ii] [iii] [iv] including a consensus report published a year ago in Pediatrics.[v] In recent years, US Federal Vaccine Court has conceded multiple times that immunizations have led to cases of autism, or “autistic-like” symptoms, and multiple sub-symptoms associated with the disorder. According to the US Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) in 2008, 1322 cases of vaccine injury compensation settled out of court by the US Government in unpublished settlements. According to a statement from HRSA: "We have compensated cases in which children exhibited an encephalopathy, or general brain disease. Encephalopathy may be accompanied by a medical progression of an array of symptoms including autistic behavior, autism, or seizures.” Yet medical professionals who question vaccine safety oftentimes come under harsh scrutiny and ongoing attacks. “It has been proven time and again that vaccines trigger adverse reactions in certain individuals,” states NAA President and parent Wendy Fournier. “While any adverse reaction may be an uncomfortable reality, turning a blind eye to negative outcomes – or attacking those who investigate them – causes the greater amount of harm to the hundreds of thousands of children injected with vaccines each day.” In late 2009, a report released by Centers for Disease Control revealed “an increase in identified ASD prevalence, ranging from 27 percent to 95 percent with an average increase of 57 percent.” http://www.cdc.gov/media/transcripts/2009/t091218.htm The report showed that ASD now affects an average of about 1 in 110 individuals and that “. . .more children are identified with an ASD than in the past. These new numbers are concerning and indicate that even more individuals, families and communities are struggling to find answers.” The report also noted, “. . .a true increase in risk cannot be ruled out. We know there are multiple and complex genetic and environmental factors which result in multiple forms of autism and we have much to learn about the causes.” “But what have we learned since that time?” asks Fournier. “Year after year, we’re faced with little to no answers. Studying our children, investigating when and how they regressed, why so many of them have seizure disorders, inflammatory bowel disease, and other serious health complications may hold the answers we so desperately need. A historical study comparing vaccinated versus unvaccinated populations for total health outcomes has the potential to help us learn and find critical answers, yet repeated requests for such studies have been denied by our federal health agencies. A character assassination initiative against those who look for answers only serves to stunt medical progress for our children and perpetuate unnecessary public health risks.” -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [i] Clinical Presentation and Histologic Findings at Ileocolonoscopy in Children with Autistic Spectrum Disorder and Chronic Gastrointestinal Symptoms, Arthur Krigsman, MD, et al, New York University School of Medicine, Autism Insights, 27 Jan 2010 [ii] Endoscopic and Histological Characteristics of the Digestive Mucosa in Autistic Children with gastro-Intestinal Symptoms.Gonzalez L, et al. ArchVenez Pueric Pediatr, 2005;69:19-25. [iii] Panenteric IBD-like disease in a patient with regressive autism shown for the first time by wireless capsulenteroscopy: Another piece in the jig-saw of the gut-brain syndrome? Balzola F, et al. American Journal of Gastroenterology. 2005. 100(4):979-981. [iv] Childhood autism and eosinophilic colitis. Chen B, Girgis S, El-Matary W.. Digestion. 2010;81:127-9. Epub 2010 Jan 9]. [v] Evaluation, Diagnosis, and Treatment of Gastrointestinal Disorders in Individuals With ASDs: A Consensus Report, Timothy Buie, MD, et al, Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School Pediatrics, Vol. 125 Supplement January 2010
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