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FARNINGHAM: Mum attends autistic rally

Elaine Butler, with her son Matthew. Picture by Mike Gunnill Elaine Butler, with her son Matthew. Picture by Mike Gunnill

A MUM with an autistic son has attended a march to help raise awareness of the condition.

Elaine Butler of London Road, Farningham, attended the Open Your Eyes to Autism rally which took place on March 28 in London.

Mrs Butler’s 19-year-old son, Matthew, was diagnosed with the condition when he was just 18 months old.

Matthew developed autism after having an MMR jab.

Around 2,000 people attended the rally which aimed to improve services such as education, for autistic adults and children.

Mrs Butler said: “It was a truly memorable occasion, which energised so many people and raised an essential awareness to empower those whose lives have been blighted by a condition that now affects so many."

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Comments(22)

Richard Cooper says...
3:34pm Mon 6 Apr 09

While this is a very sad story, it's also extremely misleading. It would be far more accurate to say something along the lines of;
"Mrs Butler believes her son developed autism as a resul;t of an MMR jab, although there is no evidence to show this to be the case, and no evidence to show that MMR can cause autistic spectrum disorders."

Your sub-editors could obviously make a better job of it, but still get the point across that there is no evidence for any sort of link between MMR and autism - to suggest that there is is to put public health at risk.


50cent says...
6:40pm Mon 6 Apr 09

It’s not that there is no evidence there is … Your point seems to be it has not been proven beyond reasonable doubt. There are serious concerns about the jabs but these huge drug companies just hush it all up and mainstream media reluctant to report anything due to legal dept of these huge pharmaceutical companies tour-case

Jan Evelyn says...
6:56pm Mon 6 Apr 09

Richard Cooper-There are hundreds of thousands of mother's throughout the world who know their child has been vaccine damaged by MMR causing Autism-unfortunately people like you are brainwashed by the government to believe otherwise. Why won't they provide valid independent research? Because it will show the truth.

J4C0B says...
6:59pm Mon 6 Apr 09

What is misleading is, children have been vaccine damaged regardless of the specific vaccine (the MMR for many) and of their diagnosed condition following such damage (more commonly these days within the Autistic Spectrum). Parents of children who are vaccine damaged and fail to reach the age of 24 months have no rights to claim for Vaccine Damage payments. Currently 25 injections are recommended before 24 months of age. Parents also have to wait anywhere up to 3 years following the damage for a proper diagnosis. The DOH/NHS both vaccinate and diagnose yet parents are being ridiculed for saying MMR causes Autism. The national press have perpetuated such misleading propaganda and now they use misleading scientific evidence claiming there is no link. What a way to go to avoid paying out. Faulty goods, denial, undue worry followed by insincere consoler’s.
Father of a vaccine damaged 17yr old son diagnosed within the Autistic Spectrum Disorder

CHS says...
7:22pm Mon 6 Apr 09

Richard Cooper's post illustrates the fundamental duplicity of the of official government and medical wisdom on vaccination. It doesn't matter how proximal the event and the damage is to vaccination, it is always expediently and cynically dismissed as a coincidence. And if anybody tried to investigate it - like Andrew Wakefield - they would have their career wrecked.

Mr Cooper is a bully.

OPENUREYES says...
7:28pm Mon 6 Apr 09

Congratulations to the editor for printing the truth and wording it as vaccine damage ,as it is vaccine damage. Just because the government say it isn’t vaccine damage and in the same breath the “experts” can’t tell you what caused this sudden relapse into Autism that just happens to coincide with vaccines, which would you believe the mother or the government of course the mother. Vaccines and Autism are becoming more like the John Clease skit and “don’t mention the war” when the Germans come down for breakfast ,The anomaly now is you cant mention Autism and Vaccines or you will be labelled a loony.. well done the editor..

http://www.theonecli
ckgroup.co.uk/news.p
hp?start=2560&end=25
80&view=yes&id=3215


Lovely picture also



Deb Nash says...
7:32pm Mon 6 Apr 09

I am in a very similar situation to Elaine, as my son also regressed into autism after his MMR. That is a fact. I witnessed it with my own eyes. I commend Elaine for all that she has done to raise awareness. We need more pro-active parents like her!

Elaine Butler says...
8:11pm Mon 6 Apr 09

I feel compelled to enlighten Richard Cooper that there is nothing misleading about this and ask why you would have a need to rewrite what I witnessed with my very own eyes.

The high-pitched scream persisted as the urabe Mumps strain shot his brain to pieces and he lost all senses as a result, this remains as vivid as the green gunge he discharged and the projectile vomiting that occurred in the instant destruction of his gut from the live Measles virus that poisoned his system from within, not forgetting how the Rubella virus attacked his joints and limbs before he lapsed into unconsciousness and was given the last rites.

My previously very healthy, happy and perfect precious baby came through but severely brain damaged and in a vegetative state. If the emergency services in attendance did not dispute an immediate and extreme reaction to the MMR vaccine, then why would you? What purpose is there to be served by you doing this? Maybe you have a particular competing interest that we do not know about but even this does not allow you to undermine the horror of what we went through and have gone through since that dreaded day.

Please do not mock the life sentence that has been inflicted upon our son and us as his loving family, simply because of a need for you to Open Your Eyes to the wealth of evidence that does support the link. To choose not to see is one thing but to express such a regrettable view will only ensure that this greatest public health disaster of all times continues and with 1 in 38 boys now affected, how much more of a public health risk can you get than that!

Richard Cooper says...
8:56pm Mon 6 Apr 09

I certainly do not intend to mock anyone who has autistic family members - and I have no "competing interest" other than in interest in public health.


However - can I just ask - did all these symptoms (screaming, projectile vomiting, unconciousness, joint failure, green mucus, loss of all senses and near death) really come on immediately the jab was administered, as your comment implies?

If so, what was the medical opinion given by the doctor's on the scene?

Seonaid says...
9:06pm Tue 7 Apr 09

I am so sorry to read about what happened to this lovely looking young man. My son also was damaged by MMR vaccine, but he was 15 years old when he received it. Symptoms started to show within a week of getting it. He has been troubled with severe neurological problems ever since. Now an adult, he was recently diagnosed as having Asperger's Syndrome. I have been told they have begun paying compensation to MMR damaged persons in the USA. I wonder how long that will take to happen in UK? I have heard so many stories of children who have regressed into autism after this triple vaccine, but it's seldom reported in the press. Well done News Shopper - and very best wishes to this brave mother and her son.

CHS says...
9:18pm Tue 7 Apr 09

Richard Cooper

"If so, what was the medical opinion given by the doctors on the scene."

And, of course, if they swiftly announced that it was all coincidence - and the events were unconnected - you would of course immediately believe them?

The point is, isn't it, that even manufacturers admit in principle that these vaccines can have catastrophic consequences, but there is a culture of denial (of which you are part, if only on a voluntary basis)?

The basic, two fingered message, to any parent confronted by vaccine damage is "prove it!".







Vicki F says...
10:44am Wed 8 Apr 09

To Richard Cooper, Oxford,
As the writer of this article I would like to reply to your post. Matthew developed autism after his MMR jab. Fact. I did not say the jab caused his autism. You have obviously read 'between the lines' and found it misleading which it actually is not.
Vicki Foster, north Kent reporter.

Richard Cooper says...
10:50am Wed 8 Apr 09

To: Vicki Foster

If you are not claiming that the jab caused his autism, why mention it at all? You could just as easily have said "developed autism after playing with a teddy bear", "developed autism after eating pureed baby food", or "developed autism after watching CBeebies". However, it is clear that the implication is that the jab caused the autism - and it is disingenuous of you to suggest otherwise.

Richard Cooper says...
10:54am Wed 8 Apr 09

To: Vicki Foster

If you genuinely did not mean to imply that the jab had caused autism, given that any reasonable reader would understand that that's exactly what you did mean to imply, I feel it would be appropriate to issue some sort of retraction, clarification or apology for that implication.

Vicki Foster says...
11:09am Wed 8 Apr 09

The fact is Matthew did not develop autism after watching tv or playing with a teddy bear, it was after having an MMR jab and the article is about Matthew and his mum so it was included.
Can I ask what your involvement is with this particular situation?
A retraction, clarification or apology would only come about if there was something factually incorrect with the article and Mrs Butler raised concerns, however, as she is happy with the article there is no need for anything like you suggested. There is nothing wrong with what is written in the article.

Richard Cooper says...
11:12am Wed 8 Apr 09

So you *did* mean to imply that the MMR jab caused Matthew's autism. Why bother saying you didn't mean that?

Please don't bluster and try to point out that you didn't actually *write* that - it's perfectly clear what the implication is.

pumpkinpie says...
2:26pm Wed 8 Apr 09

God I have never seen someone go so far and stoop so low to try and prove a point. Why are you so interested Richard? Like a previous post said, what involvement do you have with this issue. You clearly do have one otherwise why get so worked up about it?
I can't imagine what it must be like to see your child have to go throw something like this, I don't have any so don't know, but Matthew is lucky to have such a caring family. All the best to you.

Elaine Butler says...
3:18pm Wed 8 Apr 09

The delay in responding to Richard Cooper is as much to do with the pain of revisiting that dreaded day, as it is balancing the 24/7 demands of a brain damaged young adult but my wish to help others has given me the strength and I am sorry for what has turned out to be a lengthy reply.

The initial cry became a high pitched scream associated brain trauma, soon after the skin was pierced and this continued unremittingly, as Matthew’s temperature shot through the roof with profuse sweating. Convulsions saw the expulsion of body fluids as his senses failed and his body became limp and lifeless, all within six hours.

It would have been far easier for both the doctor, who came from what was then our GP surgery where the vaccine had been given and the emergency ambulance crew who attended if Matthew had not regained consciousness, as they appeared more concerned for the repercussions that would come from a link to the MMR vaccine given only six hours earlier.

This vaccine had just destroyed my perfectly happy, healthy and precious baby and they were desperate not to report it as such, well they managed just that, as neither entry appeared on Matthew’s medical notes when we asked for a copy of them some time later. So what sort of politically sensitive collusion was that and motivated by what? No amount of scaremongering or persuasion would convince me that studies funded by Government and/or the Pharmaceutical Industry are to be believed.

Nevertheless the verbal diagnosis at the time was:
Meningo-encephalitis
A life-threatening assault on all body systems
Induced autoimmune dysfunction
Threatened bowel collapse and chronic damage to the G.I. tract
Acute respiratory asphyxiation as a result

As Matthew was not expected to pull through and as we did not trust the determination there was to ignore how the MMR vaccine had directly caused this, we would not allow Matthew to be removed from our home.

The dangers and devastation caused by that particular vaccine were known to Government for sometime before it was introduced, it had seen worldwide withdrawal from all other civilised countries and ought never to have been allowed into the UK, yet it took a further 18 months after the destruction of Matthew before it was discreetly withdrawn from use.

On reflection this damage really ought not to have surprised us, for the barbaric and inhumane man-made attack on an underdeveloped vulnerable body it was, by three live attenuated viruses cultivated through foreign hosts that range from Tissue Culture ; Embryonated Eggs ; Live Animals ; Humans .

So where exactly does this feature in the health of the nation? Concern for our food and drink intake, requires manufacturers to list the ingredients of food stuffs to enable us to choose what we eat, yet the components of vaccines injected into our life sustaining body systems can remain hidden, in whose interest is that?

In the real interest of Public health we ought to know exactly what goes into these cocktails of vaccines and the full extent of the hidden undisclosed viruses contained within; the biological contaminants; the polluted fragments of RNA, DNA with cellular degradation products; toxic heavy metals; along with the added chemicals, additives, preservatives, proteins and enzymes, all of which we would refuse to eat if we were invited to.

No doubt such a keen interest in public health would extend beyond blind faith, to know that official checks for contaminants are restricted and filtration is limited, to avoid the removal of the viruses themselves. As the viruses are not kept in sterile fluid, the vaccines given to our children cannot be purified, yet they are injected into their vulnerable life supporting systems and how anyone can live with doing or supporting that is truly beyond belief!

At the very least there ought to be transparency with this game of Russian Roulette that we are expected to play with our precious babies, not be faced with the risk of being struck off your GP’s list and for no other GP to accept you, as we were threatened with. Why would we be left unaware of all this contamination, despite all the consequences for long-term public health and particularly for the damage these contaminants can cause, which cannot be calculated as no testing on the uniqueness of individuals is possible and therefore a vast range of unknown pollutants remain ignored but in the vaccine - one size cannot fit all!

Amongst all other chemicals, glutamic acid is used to stabilise the components in many viral based vaccines, which increases histamine response to make an immune reaction worse and we wonder why we have seen an alarming increase in asthma and a whole range of allergies and food intolerances.

Contrary to the convenience of vested interest to discredit what we have witnessed, we are not anti-vaccine but in the true interest of public health, we believe that vaccines have to become safer and pre-screening to test for natural immunity is essential to avoid a destructive overload.

We all ought to take heed of the words from a former Government Medical Officer Dr Peter Fletcher, who was Chief Scientific Officer at the Department of Health and responsible for deciding whether medicines are safe. He has accused the Government of "utterly inexplicable complacency" over the MMR triple vaccine for children.

His words are history in the making, he has seen a "steady accumulation of evidence" from scientists worldwide that the measles, mumps and rubella jab is causing brain damage in certain children and if it is proven that the jab causes autism, "the refusal by governments to evaluate the risks properly will make this one of the greatest scandals in medical history".

He also added that "There are very powerful people in positions of great authority in Britain and elsewhere who have staked their reputations and careers on the safety of MMR and they are willing to do almost anything to protect them."

I really do think that this says it all - Open Your Eyes - with this article the News Shopper has done far more for public health and it is this sort of genuine interest in public health that ought to be applauded, as it is so desperately needed and long overdue.

CHS says...
3:45pm Wed 8 Apr 09

It is the ultimate humiliation isn't it? Not only do you have the indescribable pain of having your child struck down before your eyes, you then have to be lectured and browbeaten by know-it-alls like Richard Cooper.

OPENUREYES says...
3:57pm Wed 8 Apr 09

Dick Coopper requires like the article below OMERTA when vaccind damage is obvious..your parents got one thing right .."Richard"more than can be said for you..

http://www.ageofauti
sm.com/2009/04/merck
-demands-omerta.html
#more





CHS says...
4:03pm Wed 8 Apr 09

Of course, I was forgetting the other thing. If it happens to your kid you are supposed to go away and shut up about it.

Seonaid says...
8:46pm Wed 8 Apr 09

I wonder what Richard's comments might be on this report?

http://tiny.cc/207E8


It's over three years since this article appeared in The Telegraph. It sounds as if Matthew Butler narrowly escaped being included in this list.

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