Wendy Fournier is the president of the National Autism Association. She joins Coy Barefoot on WINA’s Charlottesville–Right Now to talk about her own family’s experience with autism as well as the latest research. She also updates listeners on legislation in the Senate to give the Food and Drug Administration oversight of the nation’s compounding pharmacies. Currently they’re regulated by state governments. Fournier says this will limit the options of parents of autistic children, who need individually prepared medications.
Fournier also reports on a recent workshop on autism and the environment held by the Institute of Medicine. She reports that a representative of the CDC appeared at the meeting and listed Thimerosal, an ethyl mercury-based vaccine preservative, as one of possible key triggers of autism. This is a welcome line of research for many parents, scientists, and doctors who have advocated for many years now that there is a connection between mercury poisoning and autism.
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My daughter Amaya also has “Autism” and sensory issues. My wife and I caught it early and Amaya has come a long way in less than a year’s time. The one thing that we learned, that most of the medical field never mentions, is that most of these children are normal and just have viral and/or fungal issues going on in their brains. These can be treated and your child can live a normal life again. I encourage you to read some of the material on a new website I put together (still in the works): http://www.not-autism.org
I think this information could be very helpful for you. As parents we have to rise up above the current medical system and do what is right for our children as the current system is dismissing our precious children.
Justin Lofton
Not Autism Blog