Comments on: Green the Vaccine March http://thespecialparent.com/2008/06/06/green-the-vaccine-march/ Special People Parenting Special Kids Thu, 01 Apr 2010 20:55:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 By: Kyron http://thespecialparent.com/2008/06/06/green-the-vaccine-march/comment-page-1/#comment-186 Kyron Fri, 27 Jun 2008 01:13:37 +0000 http://thespecialparent.com/2008/06/06/green-the-vaccine-march/#comment-186 Ekie, A open forum here as long as the debate is respectful. I just don't want bashing and name calling of which I don't feel you did either. I truly appreciate input from others, especially someone like you who would have a opinion framed by your individual experience. Thank you so much for putting a different perspective on the debate! Welcome and I hope you'll continue to contribute from a perspective we can all learn from. ~Kyron Ekie,

A open forum here as long as the debate is respectful. I just don’t want bashing and name calling of which I don’t feel you did either. I truly appreciate input from others, especially someone like you who would have a opinion framed by your individual experience. Thank you so much for putting a different perspective on the debate! Welcome and I hope you’ll continue to contribute from a perspective we can all learn from.

~Kyron

]]> By: Ekie http://thespecialparent.com/2008/06/06/green-the-vaccine-march/comment-page-1/#comment-185 Ekie Fri, 27 Jun 2008 00:23:09 +0000 http://thespecialparent.com/2008/06/06/green-the-vaccine-march/#comment-185 As an adult on the spectrum, I must respectfully disagree with you. Millions of children the world over are suffering from lack of clean drinking water, food, and access to health care, and many of those children are in the US. Part of living in a democracy means that we give up things personally in order so that the entire population can benefit. When you look at the big picture, vaccines are a tremendously successful scientific breakthrough, and I've known people with polio and plenty of people with ASD's, and I'd much, much rather have the ASD than polio or smallpox or measles (which is on the rise due to parents who are afraid of their kids getting autism if they vaccinate them.) Also, we don't actually have evidence that the incidence of autism is any less in less-economically-developed countries - it's just that autism-like behaviors may be more accepted (or ignored) in some cultures, and also that, y'know, when you're trying to not starve to death you don't have time to sign your kid up for Floortime. I'm open for debate. I just wish that during the debate, people would stop telling me and my friends how much we're suffering. I've got food in my stomach, a roof over my head, access to doctors.......who am I to complain when so much of the world is dying of natural disasters/evil dictators/our own misguided foreign policy? I wish that people would think about things in the global schema. (Sorry if this offended you or anyone else. I hope it did not. I really didn't mean to. Please email me if you'd like to continue this discussion.) As an adult on the spectrum, I must respectfully disagree with you. Millions of children the world over are suffering from lack of clean drinking water, food, and access to health care, and many of those children are in the US. Part of living in a democracy means that we give up things personally in order so that the entire population can benefit. When you look at the big picture, vaccines are a tremendously successful scientific breakthrough, and I’ve known people with polio and plenty of people with ASD’s, and I’d much, much rather have the ASD than polio or smallpox or measles (which is on the rise due to parents who are afraid of their kids getting autism if they vaccinate them.) Also, we don’t actually have evidence that the incidence of autism is any less in less-economically-developed countries – it’s just that autism-like behaviors may be more accepted (or ignored) in some cultures, and also that, y’know, when you’re trying to not starve to death you don’t have time to sign your kid up for Floortime.

I’m open for debate. I just wish that during the debate, people would stop telling me and my friends how much we’re suffering. I’ve got food in my stomach, a roof over my head, access to doctors…….who am I to complain when so much of the world is dying of natural disasters/evil dictators/our own misguided foreign policy? I wish that people would think about things in the global schema.

(Sorry if this offended you or anyone else. I hope it did not. I really didn’t mean to. Please email me if you’d like to continue this discussion.)

]]> By: Stacey http://thespecialparent.com/2008/06/06/green-the-vaccine-march/comment-page-1/#comment-184 Stacey Sat, 07 Jun 2008 15:36:18 +0000 http://thespecialparent.com/2008/06/06/green-the-vaccine-march/#comment-184 Thank you ...Thank you !!! Well written--- When my son started to have issues (In my opinion) at about 9 months old I was convinced it was Autism--- then I did a bunch of research-- and now I know it isn't/wasn't Autism-- That being said, I think that we do need to change and investigate how,and when we give these kids their vaccinations-- The CDC is not always about protecting EACH child-- more often then not they want to protect all kids... --- There has got to be another way? Let's learn to value our kids, for who they are-- and be cautious about everything! sorry for my ~ rant Thank you …Thank you !!! Well written—
When my son started to have issues (In my opinion)
at about 9 months old I was convinced it was Autism— then I did a bunch of research– and now I know it isn’t/wasn’t Autism–
That being said, I think that we do need to change and investigate how,and when we give these kids their vaccinations–
The CDC is not always about protecting EACH child– more often then not they want to protect all kids… —
There has got to be another way?
Let’s learn to value our kids, for who they are– and be cautious about everything!
sorry for my ~ rant

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