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It is flu season and within the autism community there is great debate whether to vaccinate your child for H1N1. Most in the autism community are familiar with what a vaccine is how it is supposed to help protect one from viral infection as well as potential downside mercury and/or aluminum toxicity. Today I found a wonderful illustration that explains how a virus spreads from one individual to another and from one cell to another. It is basic biology yet something everyone should know, this video clip is just too good not to pass on. I hope you enjoy it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rpj0emEGShQ
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I am speaking tonight at H.C.C on Hemispheric Integration Therapy at the Dale Mabry Campus for those of you who are local and interested please call the office for details. Sorry about the last minute notification. 813-935-4744
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Many in the Autism community are concerned with mercury toxicity especially with regard to vaccinations. In functional medicine we are always concerned with total load on the body. The concept of total load deals with the sum total of all the stressors placed on the of body, which may at some point decompensated the bodies homeostatic mechanisms. Total load on the body with regard to biomedical interventions and Autism Spectrum Disorders may relate to things such as dysbiosis and yeast infections, oxidative stress and heavy metal toxicity. With regard to a mercury toxicity, those that feel this is an issue may want to consider mercury related to dental work and having that mercury removed. This will not eliminate the mercury received from a vaccine however will decrease the potential total mercury toxicity and the potential total load on the body. Below is a link to a website which lists biological dentist. I hope this is helpful
http://www.talkinternational.com/directories/dentists-global.html
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This is an old story from 2004, however it is still as shocking today as it was five years ago. Ignorance is amazing. Lately, I am seeing more and more autism awareness ads. There is a local jewelry store here in Tampa that is donating a portion of the proceeds of one of their holiday sales to Autism Speaks. I think the word is getting out to the world but certainly not fast enough. Interestingly enough, one of my children who was a buddy to a child with autism on our buddy baseball team commented to me that he sees things and people differently now after that experience . We need more of that , we need more autism awareness.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/3877421.stm
