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Medical Forum / General / Alternative / July 2008Regressive autism
From: http://www.wisconsinmedicalsociety.org/savant_syndrome/savant_articles/doctor_down Dr. Down described in some detail the unusual features of these cases that simply did not fit the typical clinical picture of mental retardation that he had been accustomed to seeing. In these children the early months of childhood were uneventful and "intelligence dawned in the accustomed way." But later, around age six or so, "a change took place in that the child's look had lost its wonted brightness; it took less notice of those around it; many of its movements became rhythmical and automatic." There was "cessation of increasing intelligence", deferred speech and "lessened responsiveness to all the endearments of its friends." Dr. Down writes "I have had many examples of children who had spoken well and with understanding, but who lost speech at the period of the second dentition, and had also suspension of mental growth." Dr. Down provides several examples. One was a boy who "attracted no particular attention during the first six years of life" but then "during the period of second dentition" suddenly lost speech. "He heard everything that was said, but never replied to a question." This child did gradually regain some speech but "afterwards always spoke of himself in the third person." The other case example was that of two brothers who also "both lost speech at the period of second dentition." What happened at the "second dentition?" | "Ridicule is the only weapon which can be used against | | unintelligible propositions. Ideas must be distinct | | before reason can act on them" -- Thomas Jefferson | +-------- D. C. Sessions <dcs@lumbercartel.com> ---------+ http://www.whale.to/vaccine/regressive_autism.html > http://www.whale.to/vaccine/regressive_autism.html Since it's a short page and Scudamore still hasn't figured out how to cut and paste his own material, I'll quote the whole thing as if he had had the courtesy to post it himself: > [Major indication autism is mostly vaccine caused.] Well, that's convincing -- if you say so, how can anyone doubt it? > I would also be particularly interested to learn of any > documented cases of completely unvaccinated children who [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > of the Evidence for a Link Between Vaccination and > Regressive Autism--David Thrower Obviously, someone who never looked very hard. The post at the beginning of the thread (John didn't have the courtesy to quote it) cites several. > "They claim that autism naturally occurs at about 18 > months, when the MMR is routinely given, so the [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > sharply in the mid-1980s, when the MMR vaccine came > into wide use. A coincidence? Hardly!"--Dr Rimland Well, I *could* jump to the obvious conclusion that Rimland (who makes his living from telling people that vaccines cause all the ills of mankind) is simply lying. However, I'll be charitable and simply point out that he might be utterly clueless, since late-onset autism was well established in the literature more than a century ago as a distinct and fairly common developmental disability. (Again, original post cited source.) It's really quite impressive that John's only response to my citation of original sources for the existence of late onset autism over a century ago is to quote the unsupported opinions of people with a conflict of interest while ignoring conflicting original sources: http://www.wisconsinmedicalsociety.org/savant_syndrome/savant_articles/doctor_down | "Ridicule is the only weapon which can be used against | | unintelligible propositions. Ideas must be distinct | | before reason can act on them" -- Thomas Jefferson | +-------- D. C. Sessions <dcs@lumbercartel.com> ---------+ [ ] http://www.whale.to/vaccine/regressive_autism.html http://www.whale.to/vaccines/thrower2006.pdf > It's really quite impressive that John's only response to > my citation of original sources for the existence of late > onset autism over a century ago is to quote the unsupported > opinions of people with a conflict of interest while ignoring > conflicting original sources: You quackpots. Rimland is independent. http://www.whale.to/vaccine/ploy.html >> It's really quite impressive that John's only response to >> my citation of original sources for the existence of late [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > You quackpots. My, that's a devastating rebuttal to a post that proves that you've been lying and passing on the lies of others regarding regressive autism. It certainly demolishes my sources point-by-point beyond any doubt. > Rimland is independent. http://www.whale.to/vaccine/ploy.html Well, yes, he's independent -- the dead usually are. While alive, on the other hand, he supported himself with books and speaking tours which depended on the (proven false) notion that autism is something new. In your case, ignorance is a reasonable excuse -- Rimland, on the other hand, had no excuse for ignoring the documented history of developmental disabilities going back hundreds of years. | "Ridicule is the only weapon which can be used against | | unintelligible propositions. Ideas must be distinct | | before reason can act on them" -- Thomas Jefferson | +-------- D. C. Sessions <dcs@lumbercartel.com> ---------+ |
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