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The Age of Autism: The Amish anomaly
The Washington Times ^
| April 18, 2005
| Dan Omstead
Posted on 04/20/2005 8:26:42 AM PDT by agsloss
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Apparently autism is nonexistent in Amish who do not vaccinate, but is seen in the younger Amish who do vaccinate. (I apologize for the poor editing of the above article--it's my first post).
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posted on
04/20/2005 8:26:45 AM PDT
by
agsloss
To: agsloss; AmishDude
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posted on
04/20/2005 8:27:49 AM PDT
by
dennisw
("Sursum corda")
To: agsloss
What evidence leads you to believe they don't vaccinate?
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posted on
04/20/2005 8:29:49 AM PDT
by
AppyPappy
(If You're Not A Part Of The Solution, There's Good Money To Be Made In Prolonging The Problem.)
To: Orgiveme; RhoTheta
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posted on
04/20/2005 8:31:36 AM PDT
by
Egon
(Liberals: The only group of people they don't want to kill are those that kill others.)
To: agsloss; neverdem
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posted on
04/20/2005 8:32:08 AM PDT
by
Fiddlstix
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To: agsloss
My parents, of somewhat conservative Mennonite background, did not have me vaccinated against most childhood diseases.
I have gone through mumps, measles, chickenpox at the least, from what I can remember.
While my hearing is not perfect, that is probably due to an ear infection I had when I was two.
I am strong like bull and very rarely get sick; when I feel something coming on I drink more water and try to eat some spicy food, and that clears it up for me.
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04/20/2005 8:33:33 AM PDT
by
ikka
To: AppyPappy
They usually don't. My grandfather (Mennonite) wasn't certain if he should put lightning rods on his barn, since he didn't want to interfere with God's will if God should decide to strike his barn.
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posted on
04/20/2005 8:34:52 AM PDT
by
ikka
To: agsloss
To: AppyPappy
I live among Amish farmers and they sure as heck do vaccinate their babies/toddlers. I hate it when they bottle up my doctors office because they all come at once in a van with back to back appointments spanning two plus hours. They do take very good care of their children and afford them many hours of play and attention.
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posted on
04/20/2005 8:36:09 AM PDT
by
blackdog
(Happy as a bastard on father's day............)
To: agsloss
This is interesting. My godchild is autistic, and we believe it may be due to the MMR hab (the combined Mumps Measle Rubella jab). Do the younger Amish use vaccinations preserved with a mercury compound?
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To: agsloss
So I guess you're going to next provide yet more anecdotal evidence that Autism is caused by Vaccinations?
Ok...Post it...You obviously have something you want to say...Say it so it can be stepped on... Honestly, WE are fighting a whooping cough epidemic in the northland due to the incompetent freaks who fall for this bunk...
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04/20/2005 8:36:51 AM PDT
by
Explodo
(Pessimism is simply pattern recognition)
To: AppyPappy
"What evidence leads you to believe they don't vaccinate?"
It is part of their culture -- they reject eveything modern, including electricity and automobiles (they still drive horse n buggy). They claim a religious exemption from otherwise "mandatory" vaccinations.
Curiously enough, in spite of the on-going controversy about vaccinations, no one had asked this question before.
To: ikka
They usually don't. My grandfather (Mennonite) wasn't certain if he should put lightning rods on his barn, since he didn't want to interfere with God's will if God should decide to strike his barn. But why was it not against God's will to disturb the field and cut down the trees to make boards to make the barn?
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posted on
04/20/2005 8:38:15 AM PDT
by
Koblenz
(Holland: a very tolerant country. Until someone shoots you on a public street in broad daylight...)
To: agere_contra
Everyone may think I am bizzare but I feel that many of the children who are diagnosed with Autism, actually have had too much input from tv and the brains developed differently.
I may be wrong but my Great-Nephew was recently diagnosed and he repeats everything on tv.
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posted on
04/20/2005 8:39:19 AM PDT
by
netmilsmom
(Oh Lord help me this day to keep my big mouth shut)
To: AppyPappy
See Part 2 of the article, which I just posted.
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posted on
04/20/2005 8:39:21 AM PDT
by
agsloss
To: AppyPappy
What evidence leads you to believe they don't vaccinate? I don't know about Agsloss's experience but having midwifed for over 10 years for both 'Old Order' and 'Swartzendruber' Amish as well as a Mennonite community, I can definitely say that the more traditional the community the more resistant to such things.
To: ikka; agsloss
I'm sure I'll be flamed for this, but I didn't have my children vaccinated. (mostly because I was young and against doing anything someone told me I "had" to do)
The 5 of them have grown into very healthy adults, with strong immune systems. My 4 immunized granchildren are not so lucky. They have allergies, ongoing ear infections, and at 4 years old, my grandson got leukemia.
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04/20/2005 8:40:20 AM PDT
by
colorcountry
(All the people like us are we, and everyone else is They. ...Rudyard Kipling)
To: agsloss
very interesting artlcle. My daughter was first thought to have Asberger's disorder....I'll look forward to the next column.
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posted on
04/20/2005 8:40:28 AM PDT
by
peacebaby
(Carpe dune!)
To: agsloss
Thanks -- GREAT post, very interesting.
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04/20/2005 8:40:47 AM PDT
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bboop
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