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proverbialwisdom

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Thu Apr 19, 2012, 01:03 PM
Apr 2012

Old forum: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=222&topic_id=109466&mesg_id=109468

http://adventuresinautism.blogspot.com/2009/07/maine-cdc-autism-conference-genes-and.html

VIDEO: Maine CDC Autism Conference: Genes and Environment, Developmental and Chronic: An Inclusive Approach to Autism Science

Martha Herbert, MD, PhD


Pediatric Neurologist
Massachusetts General Hospital
Harvard Medical School


http://adventuresinautism.blogspot.com/2009/05/sun-rises-first-in-maine-or-maine-way.html

May 14, 2009

The Sun Rises First in Maine Or Maine, The Way Life Should Be


On Tuesday, May 12th in Augusta Maine, the Maine Center for Disease Control & Prevention, Department of Health & Human Services, the American Academy of Pediatrics - Maine Chapter, the Maine Medical Association, the Maine Osteopathic Association, the Maine Emergency Medical Services, the Autism Society of Maine, the Downeast Association of Physician Assistants, national figures in autism research, causation and treatment, state developmental pediatricians, state DAN physicians, biomed parents, non biomed parents, and autism treatment and therapy providers of all kinds met to do something that has never been done before in this country.

Listen to one another...


Full conference video available; excerpt above.


http://www.thebostonchannel.com/video/18567384/index.html

POSTED: 4:10 pm EDT January 26, 2009

Martha Herbert MD PhD
, "It frustrates me that we are not focusing a massive quantity of energy like a Manhattan Project type of energy on what is going on in an entire generation." Herbert, a child neurologist at Mass General Hospital, says nothing in her training prepared her for the number of kids coming in with autism, ADD, ADHD and other developmental disorders..." (part 1, minute 54)

Excerpt from ABC's Chronicle: Toxic Kids (4 parts)
What is making American children sick? Cancer rates are climbing. Cases of autism, attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, and asthma are through the roof. Is the answer all around us " in the food our kids eat, the air they breathe, and the clothes they wear?" Tonight, Chronicle investigates a provocative thesis about the American lifestyle and its effects on children's health.
I have worked with kids on the autism spectrum HockeyMom Mar 2012 #1
The ratio is about 4 to 1 KamaAina Mar 2012 #3
BiPolar also seems to dominate among girls HockeyMom Mar 2012 #14
It's now being considered that ADHD is a possible sign of later onset of bipolar. I know GreenPartyVoter Mar 2012 #20
Now that you mention it HockeyMom Mar 2012 #21
Maybe. My mom was on hormone replacement therapy when she was GreenPartyVoter Mar 2012 #22
I've met a lot of guys who are bi-polar. Neoma Apr 2012 #37
I have one of each, Throckmorton Mar 2012 #7
There is an interesting book called "The Imprinted Gene" that... Odin2005 Mar 2012 #15
Thanks, Odin. BlueIris May 2012 #60
Cue someone blaming vaccines in three... two... TheWraith Mar 2012 #2
One boy's family blamed it on the vaccines HockeyMom Mar 2012 #5
So how does the family try and explain it? sakabatou Mar 2012 #9
Probably the same way laundry_queen Apr 2012 #46
three... More likely an extreme shortage of the pro-hormone Cholecalciferol Bearware Apr 2012 #26
Until the source is known nothing should be taken off the table. harun Apr 2012 #34
In that case, I declare that autism is caused by unicorn shit. TheWraith Apr 2012 #36
Stay tuned. proverbialwisdom Apr 2012 #39
A bit of logic miss there.. X_Digger Mar 2012 #4
+1 sakabatou Mar 2012 #6
I recall a resent study of late middle age people Throckmorton Mar 2012 #10
Funny you should mention that zipplewrath Mar 2012 #11
*nod* Or a study (were it possible).. X_Digger Mar 2012 #13
While that is definitely true, HockeyMom Mar 2012 #17
You were expecting accurate journalism? TheWraith Mar 2012 #23
I live in hope. X_Digger Mar 2012 #24
For years I was diagnosed as having an anxiety disorder sakabatou Mar 2012 #8
See, I TOLD people that it is about more people getting diagnosed. Odin2005 Mar 2012 #12
I agree with you on the anti-vax folks. AverageJoe90 Apr 2012 #44
Higher rates in Utah? Didn't someone just post an apology letter from a grandparent midnight Mar 2012 #16
I know two families with Autism Marrah_G Mar 2012 #18
In the old days, the low-functioning autistic kids would have simply been labeled Lydia Leftcoast Mar 2012 #19
OFFICIAL DATA: the autism rate for boys born in NJ in 2000 is 1 in 29 reports Mark Blaxill (@ 4:09). proverbialwisdom Apr 2012 #25
"Living in Utah... baby boy will have a 1 in 32 chance of being autistic, the highest risk in US." proverbialwisdom Apr 2012 #27
ENVIRONMENTAL QUESTIONS: Occupy EPA Action, 3/30/12,"If the EPA were occupied with sound science..." proverbialwisdom Apr 2012 #28
Of mice & children: does this happen in infants & should it comprise a contraindication, like fever? proverbialwisdom Apr 2012 #29
I'm sorry, but 1 in 32!?!? AverageJoe90 Apr 2012 #45
Wrong, sorry. The stats are from ADDM, a project of the CDC and its parent agency, DHHS. proverbialwisdom Apr 2012 #48
This message was self-deleted by its author AverageJoe90 Apr 2012 #54
I'm terribly sorry, but........ AverageJoe90 Apr 2012 #55
Runs 1 to 2 in my house. Throckmorton Apr 2012 #30
Consider $$$ as factor in increase of this diagnosis panzerfaust Apr 2012 #31
You MUST read this even if a more nuanced explanation is ultimately more accurate (eg post #26). proverbialwisdom Apr 2012 #32
HHS Press Release naming new public members of Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee: proverbialwisdom Apr 2012 #33
Ouch, PUSHBACK. The devastating grievances detailed here warrant attention. proverbialwisdom Apr 2012 #35
Post removed Post removed Apr 2012 #38
Harvard Health Publications: The Autism Revolution by Martha Herbert, MD, PhD, with Karen Weintraub. proverbialwisdom Apr 2012 #40
Previous links. proverbialwisdom Apr 2012 #41
I know very little about autism, but saw this at Alternet today, polly7 Apr 2012 #42
More on Brick Township, NJ reported by Mark Blaxill here: proverbialwisdom Apr 2012 #49
More on NJ Senator Lautenberg's Safe Chemicals Act here. proverbialwisdom Apr 2012 #50
My view is the EXACT opposite. AverageJoe90 Apr 2012 #43
A lot of Autistic people were misdiagnosed or undiagnosed until... Odin2005 Apr 2012 #47
It's kind of ironic, but....... AverageJoe90 Apr 2012 #56
I have aspergers raps Apr 2012 #51
Welcome to DU! gkhouston Apr 2012 #52
Welcome! Odin2005 Apr 2012 #53
As an ADD guy who was misdiagnosed as supposedly being Aspie........ AverageJoe90 Apr 2012 #57
Physicians for Social Responsibility: Impending Vote on Safe Chemicals Act! proverbialwisdom May 2012 #58
Could school funding have anything to do with it? jmowreader May 2012 #59
"Not 1 newborn American baby has been tested without finding 100's of chemicals in umbilical cord." proverbialwisdom May 2012 #61
Age of Autism = Bullshit. Odin2005 May 2012 #62
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