Happy Mother's Day!
I hope everyone has a wonderful day. I hope my sister has a fantastic day with her family, (she doesn't live here). We have never spent a Mother's Day together. It's something we'll have to do. I hope all my mom friends have a fantastic day as well.
Sunday, May 8, 2011
Friday, May 6, 2011
Invesigators and families of vaccine injured children report
I received an email this morning with this news article. I'm pasting it here. At first I could only find a few places which had the news, and those were Age of Autism and a few Autism boards. I haven't seen any mainstream news pick it up yet, and I'm not surprised.
Investigators and Families of Vaccine-Injured Children to Unveil Report Detailing Clear Vaccine-Autism Link Based on Government’s Own Data
Watch the press conference live! Click on the Facebook icon in the lower right of the video player window to easily embed the video on the FB page to share with friends and family. Also, the video can also easily be embedded into web pages and blogs just like a YouTube video. The event will be archived immediately for those who are unable to watch the live webcast.
Report Demands Immediate Congressional Action
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Elizabeth Birt Center for Autism Law & Advocacy (EBCALA)
Elizabeth Birt Center for Autism Law & Advocacy (EBCALA)
Contact Nicole Williams, (301) 625-7772
or Danielle Orso, (480) 200-4411
or Danielle Orso, (480) 200-4411
Directors of the Elizabeth Birt Center for Autism Law and Advocacy (EBCALA), parents and vaccine-injured children will hold a press conference on the steps of the U.S. Court of Federal Claims (717 Madison Place, NW in Washington, DC) on Tuesday, May 10 at 12:00 PM EST to unveil an investigation linking vaccine injury to autism. For over 20 years, the federal government has publicly denied a vaccine-autism link, while at the same time its Vaccine Injury Compensation Program (VICP) has been awarding damages for vaccine injury to children with brain damage, seizures and autism. This investigation, based on public, verifiable government data, breaks new ground in the controversial vaccine-autism debate.
The investigation found that a substantial number of children compensated for vaccine injury also have autism. The government has asserted that it “does not track” autism among the vaccine-injured. Based on this preliminary investigation, the evidence suggests that autism is at least three times more prevalent among vaccine-injured children than among children in the general population.
The federal government has called autism a “national health emergency,” conservatively affecting 1 in 110 children and costing the country billions of dollars each year.
Because almost all children in the United States are required by law to receive between 30-45 vaccines in order to attend public school, it is crucial that the VICP decide cases with justice and transparency.
EBCALA and the families of the vaccine-injured call on Congress to investigate the VICP, the only forum in which parents may bring claims of vaccine injury on behalf of their children.
| Where | United States Court of Claims 717 Madison Place, NW Washington, DC |
| When | Tuesday, May 10 12 noon EST |
http://www.ebcala.org/media/investigators-and-families-of-vaccine-injured-children-to-unveil-report-detailing-clear-vaccine-autism-link-based-on-government%E2%80%99s-own-data
I believe we are supposed to be able to view it live here- http://www.ustream.tv/user/zenworks, according to Age of Autism.
Butterflies
Sigh, I have a lot of home school photos to share of our work, but alas, they are still on the camera, and not downloaded yet. The last day of co op was Thursday. Our showcase is next week. I'm excited to see the kids perform and the displays of their work. Our son is excited to play his rock and roll songs, and display his art too. And though co op is over, and public school ends next month, we are not finished. I plan to school lightly through the summer. A few worksheets through the week, to keep the mind fresh.
Other than school, I've been informed that by our oldest that when he grows up, he will build a robot that will do what we tell it to do and help us. I immediately thought of the movie, I Robot, where the robots all revolt and try to take over! Along with robots, he said he also wants to study bugs. Already, I think he memorized half the bugs of Florida, especially the butterflies. Butterflies are perhaps one of his favourite things. Just last week, he had a Monarch climb up his arm, up his face and set there. For him, it was one of the best things in the world. Happiness just radiated out.
Other than school, I've been informed that by our oldest that when he grows up, he will build a robot that will do what we tell it to do and help us. I immediately thought of the movie, I Robot, where the robots all revolt and try to take over! Along with robots, he said he also wants to study bugs. Already, I think he memorized half the bugs of Florida, especially the butterflies. Butterflies are perhaps one of his favourite things. Just last week, he had a Monarch climb up his arm, up his face and set there. For him, it was one of the best things in the world. Happiness just radiated out.
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