I've heard radio programs that discussed Australia's more aggressive public "health" programs that seek out Aboriginal children for multiple vaccinations at one time and how the mothers have become fearfull and hide from the authorities - one might suppose they have learned of a cause to hide. --- Jocelyn Knowd <jknowd@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > What an interesting article. It makes me wonder > about the incidence of > autism in other culturally isolated communities, has > anyone done a survey > in Outer Mongolia, or the Amazon jungle, or even in > tribal communities such > as the Australian Aboriginal communities living in > the outback. > > As a sideline: Franks's younger brother had a little > girl called Fiona, in > Ireland, in the 60's. When we last visited them in > 2001, I had the > opportunity to ask them about Fiona, as all we knew > was that she died as a > small child. Her mother Trixie told me that "she was > a perfectly normal > baby, even quite beautiful, and people used to stop > her in the street to > admire her, then she was vaccinated and after that > went into a sort of > decline could not sit up, and failed to thrive, and > finally died". They > have three other children all boys (grown men now). > Trixie is adamant that > the vaccination was responsible, but nothing was > known about it at that time. > > Very interesting subject Nanci. > > At 08:23 PM 22/04/2005 -0700, you wrote: > >Very interesting reading . . . > >The Age of Autism: The Amish anomaly > >http://www.washtimes.com/upi-breaking/20050321-115921-9566r.htm > > > >By Dan Olmsted UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL > > > >Lancaster, PA, Apr. 18 (UPI) -- Part 1 of 2. Where > are the autistic Amish? > >Here in Lancaster County, heart of Pennsylvania > Dutch country, there > >should be well over 100 with some form of the > disorder. > > > >I have come here to find them, but so far my > mission has failed, and the > >very few I have identified > > Building ___ooOOoo__ Rainbows > > www.trisomyonline.org > > Families Helping Families > On-line > > > Building ___ooOOoo__ Rainbows > www.trisomyonline.org > Families Helping Families On-line > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com Building ___ooOOoo__ Rainbows www.trisomyonline.org Families Helping Families On-line