Hi Cindy,

I've wondered about the flea killers that we've been putting on our pets since around the time of the rise of autism.  It is designed, not to kill adult fleas, but to kill their eggs and larvae.  Maybe it harms our kids, too.  

Another thing that came out for public consumption at the time of the rise in autism is Aspartame.  Saccharine (spelling?) was being taken off the market and they needed another sweetener to be rammed through the FDA for approval.  So we got Aspartame and there are still a lot of worries about it.  I think that is one reason why we're seeing a rise in alternative sweeteners like Splenda and Stevia.  Aspartame is not good for you, yet it is ubiquitous, like soy products now.  You find it in EVERYTHING.  I was looking at a box of Fiber One cereal.  14grams of fiber per serving, as healthy as can be!  My husband is a fiber junkie.  I was going to buy the cereal, but I saw Aspartame on the ingredients list and put it back.  Aspartame gives it flavor and keeps the calories low, which is what the public wants.  

Kids had been getting shots for decades before the rise of autism.  They were getting the really nasty kinds of shots with full mercury in them.  Granted, they were not getting as many shots all at once, but they were still getting them.  Research shows that kids with autism are not able to eliminate toxic chemicals from their systems like typical children.  They know this from methods like testing kids' hair--typical kids often have mercury in the hair while autistic kids do not (it shows up in their bloodwork instead).  Therfore, it seems to me that something else out there is causing an immune system deficiency.  So that when some ASD kids get these vaccinations it causes brain damage.  In that regard, yes, the vaccinations are harmful because ASD kids cannot process the toxins.  The answer, for a lot of people, is to just spread the shot schedule out so children can process the toxins.  The question is, will the child be able to process any amount of certain toxins?  How can anyone know how much toxin an immune-deficient child can bear?  Some?  None?  

Anyway, just please don't think that vaccinations cause all cases of autism.  My son was not vaccinated, except for a Vitamin K shot the day he was born--which I really wish the midwife had not given him.  I want researchers to investigate ALL possible causes of autism.  I guess they can skip the "alien" invasion theories, that's fine :)