tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7771487.post6362205574109368893..comments2024-03-27T15:43:53.969-04:00Comments on Adventures in Autism: The Autism Rate is 3.5% in Israel? WTF!Ginger Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04200286625735078479noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7771487.post-15385146973102510152010-07-14T16:40:33.075-04:002010-07-14T16:40:33.075-04:00Does IVF involve/include Thimerosal?Does IVF involve/include Thimerosal?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7771487.post-75085414236226696332010-07-05T23:58:56.062-04:002010-07-05T23:58:56.062-04:00I read your six part series written over 3 years a...I read your six part series written over 3 years ago "Autism in G-d's Economy" in which I found that your beautiful boy Chandler was born in early 2002 so he is now 8 years old while my son Ben is 38 years old, 30 years older. I now realize that I was misled by your short statement in this blog "are we seeing the beginning of the downfall of the human race?" However, you then comment "that the autism epidemic is just the tip of the toxic iceburg that we are about to slam into." I am confused about how you reconcile such statements with your views expressed 3 years ago that include a statement simlar to my own expressed views a decade earlier than then:<br /><br />"I think that G-d may be sprinkling them all around the world to give many of us a chance to show Him who we really are. Do we really serve Him, or do we serve ourselves?..."<br /> <br />In all modesty, I think I have been living "in G-d's economy" for over 30 years thanks to my son Ben, in accordance with my orthodox Judaism (physically and spiritually directly descended from the Pharisees). Is this blog entry an appropriate place to make other such comments or do you wish to contact me by private email at golden.arthur@gmail.com ?<br /><br />Arthur Golden of JerusalemArthur Goldenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03177577505916908123noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7771487.post-64788280123113126932010-07-04T17:26:33.139-04:002010-07-04T17:26:33.139-04:00It is past midnight here, but I look forward to re...It is past midnight here, but I look forward to reading your six part series that you wrote 3 years ago.<br /><br />Despite my involvement in spiritual matters, I also am deeply involved in practical matters. I would also be very interested in reading about "your beautiful boy" (which sounds like he is a lot younger than my own son Ben) and seeing if my "few" more years of experience can generate any more practical suggestions (just in case the world lasts any longer).<br /><br />Arthur Golden of JerusalemArthur Goldenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03177577505916908123noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7771487.post-80121368683467922522010-07-04T16:47:10.258-04:002010-07-04T16:47:10.258-04:00Arthur,
re: the downfall of the human race... I w...Arthur,<br /><br />re: the downfall of the human race... I wholeheartedly agree with you about the materialism corrupting humankind, but perhaps a more succinct verbiage would be that the autism epidemic is just the tip of the toxic iceburg that we are about to slam into. <br /><br />re: the salvation of the human race...<br /><br />I wrote a six part series that touches on that question... I hope you will take the time to read it. <br /><br />http://adventuresinautism.blogspot.com/2007/04/autism-in-gods-economy-least-of-these.htmlGinger Taylorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04200286625735078479noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7771487.post-21626108437286064442010-07-04T16:22:44.081-04:002010-07-04T16:22:44.081-04:00My wife and I have lived in Israel for over 14 yea...My wife and I have lived in Israel for over 14 years, along with our now 38 year-old completely nonverbal son Ben, who was diagnosed with autism over 30 years ago in our home city of Boston under the narrow definition found in DSM-3.<br /><br />I have not found any information about the rate of autism in Israel. I have found that services in Israel for both children and adults with autism are now comparable to those in the U.S. Services in Israel seem to me to be improving while services are declining in the U.S.<br /><br />I do wish to publicly object to the statement "are we seeing the beginning of the downfall of the human race?" Here in Israel, many of us are concerned that we are seeing the end of the downfall of the human race caused by the materialism of "normal" human beings - and it may be that autistics will be the salvation of the human race.<br /><br />Arthur GoldenArthur Goldenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03177577505916908123noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7771487.post-85542591812006328392010-07-04T13:18:07.849-04:002010-07-04T13:18:07.849-04:00I share your frustration. Do you remember old show...I share your frustration. Do you remember old shows like Twilight Zone, which would show people in the future to be like mindless zombies, walking around in a daze? I'm beginning to see what they mean.Mrs. Edhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02144247274657295271noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7771487.post-46861646396491976862010-07-02T11:17:32.051-04:002010-07-02T11:17:32.051-04:00OMG... Thank you Michelle... you are right. BADLY...OMG... Thank you Michelle... you are right. BADLY written article!<br /><br />BAD Science Daily!!!<br /><br />This should have read: "a significantly higher number than the 3.5% IVF rate in the general Israeli population."<br /><br />So anyone know what the real rate in Israel is?<br /><br />For that matter... any one know what the REAL rate in the US is?Ginger Taylorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04200286625735078479noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7771487.post-66690505826147146692010-07-02T10:54:05.271-04:002010-07-02T10:54:05.271-04:00The 3.5% figure is the rate of IVF, not of autism,...The 3.5% figure is <a href="http://imfar.confex.com/imfar/2010/webprogram/Paper6471.html" rel="nofollow">the rate of IVF</a>, not of autism, in case anyone's interested.<br /><br />"Of the 564 participants, 461 (81%) children, (M=39.8 months, SD=26.3) were diagnosed with ASD. IVF was present in 10.2% (47/438) which was significantly higher than the rate in the general Israeli population (3.5%)..."Michelle Dawsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11279402169161555639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7771487.post-29324956047615133172010-07-02T06:48:45.368-04:002010-07-02T06:48:45.368-04:00I'm not exactly sure it's the one in twent...I'm not exactly sure it's the one in twenty nine number that has me terrified. Like with the gulf spill, it's the overall piture that I find scarier than any of the individual statistics. (Which I think can be and often are twisted.) <br /><br />At any rate, you can consider me officially freaked out, nonetheless. Have been for six years.Robin Nemethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17033173723137251018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7771487.post-65127526632651246742010-07-02T02:00:53.689-04:002010-07-02T02:00:53.689-04:00I didn't understand why people weren't fre...I didn't understand why people weren't freaking out when it was one in 266. I guess it will have to be fifty percent before our leaders take notice. Or doctors. Obviously, big pharma is never going to care, they will just switch to making the drugs that "cure" or "prevent" autism, the way that vaccines "prevent" illness. I remember a documentary where the doctors who made a fortune from surgical breast implants supplemented that fortune by removing them also when they were found to be toxic. I bet cigarette manufacturers make Nicorette too.<br /><br />SilkBlogStalkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13639279894298362648noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7771487.post-35841518274437554502010-07-01T23:39:00.496-04:002010-07-01T23:39:00.496-04:00Unbelievable! I had not seen this...thanks so much...Unbelievable! I had not seen this...thanks so much for posting.Lynnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10901229142046583059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7771487.post-32208644034486203822010-07-01T17:34:56.931-04:002010-07-01T17:34:56.931-04:00Well... looks like you called it Leslie.
I am s...Well... looks like you called it Leslie. <br /><br />I am still just in shock. <br /><br />Just one more crime against humanity that will go ignored? To what end?Ginger Taylorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04200286625735078479noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7771487.post-57239146151816181272010-07-01T17:31:15.998-04:002010-07-01T17:31:15.998-04:00Ginger, maybe they are just better at counting tha...Ginger, maybe they are just better at counting than we are. I wrote this blog in May about autism rates in the U.S. and what they would be now, given that we haven't done anything to cap the well, if rates have grown as steadily between the 1998 birth cohort and today as they did prior.<br />http://blogs.chron.com/autisminthehouse/2010/05/one_in_29.htmlfareastphillipshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17175607965383962984noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7771487.post-50858856162130797832010-07-01T16:43:56.777-04:002010-07-01T16:43:56.777-04:00Maybe the people here would like to work with you ...Maybe the people here would like to work with you to stir up some anger!<br />http://www.mifne-autism.com/research/K Fullerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11143196249757545392noreply@blogger.com