Autism and the Amish
An article in two parts (one, two) in the The Washington Times examines an interesting question of “are there any autistic Amish?”. The Amish , made famous in the Harrison Ford film Witness, are a reclusive religious group who eschew the trappings of modern life which includes vaccinations. If autism is a genetic condition then there should be over 100 Amish with autism in the community the article looks at. Yet the journalist can only find one and that is an adopted child from China. The article goes on to look at the role of mercury and thimerosal in vaccines. For more information see Mercury and Autism.
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Comments on: Autism and the Amish
I read your the article, “Autism and the Amish community”. I am intriqued by this study, due to the fact that I have an autistic daughter (age 5) with all immunizations, and a son (age 1) with no immuniztions, that is showing intestinal yeast overgrowth (as so many autistic children do), as well as learning delays.
With all of the talk of immuniztions (mercury) causing autism through vaccinations, one would think I would be a good test subject for study!
Posted by: Jennifer Kasfeldt July 28th, 2006 at 2:33 pm
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