[tri-med] tri-med] Re: The Age of Autism: The Amish anomaly

>>these illnesses when they arent staring you in the face. I am old enough to 
remember the polio epidemics, albeit the tail end of them. I was even 
hospitalised myself with suspected polio when I was little<<

I tell you sometimes when it IS staring you in the face everyday you are 
hellbent the other way (I mean in favor of vaccines.)  Some of you who have met 
Mike know that he has a slight limp, well, he had polio when he was about 1 yr. 
old.  He was one of the lucky ones, although he did wear those heavy metal 
braces for a time, he doesn't have any other problems other than the limp.  
When it came time for Morgan to have his baby vaccinations I came home with all 
the info. and the pros and cons and asked Mike what he wanted and it was a 
definite "vaccinate him!"  

This is one of the reasons Mike is sensitive about "using" Morgan as an 
example.  When Mike was 5, 6, 7 yrs. old his parents would take him to the 
University medical school and they would use him as an example.  He told me 
that he would cry and ask his parents not to make him do it,  because he would 
have to stand in front of the class in his underwear and his parents weren't in 
the room with him.  His parents thought they were doing something that would 
help others in the long run.   It makes me feel so terrible and I know I would 
never want to do this to Morgan.  We sure do like to "surprise" new drs. with 
Morgan's diagnosis, but we keep it rather low keyed because of this.

"Another belief of mine; that everyone else my age is an adult, whereas I am 
merely in disguise."
Margaret Atwood

Holly --  wife of Mike, mom of Morgan (7 yrs.), partial t18q & partial monosomy 
9p (unbalanced translocation)
mommy to Bonnie, border collie/spaniel mix

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