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WHAT DISEASE DO YOU WANT YOUR CHILD TO GET? Posted By: Zurama
Posted On: 06/23/2008
By Julie Obradovic
Reprinted from Age of Autism

In the aftermath of the Green the Vaccines Rally, the inevitable criticism of the participants and their purpose swooped in with the force of the thunderstorm that struck DC that afternoon.

In the recent years of being an "Autism activist", I have found it much easier to simply steer clear of this criticism. Message boards, Bloggers and editorials that paint me as a fear-mongering fool who uses her child as an experiment only put me in a bad mood.

Initially I was compelled to argue, fighting for my dignity and looking for compassion. What I realized is that is exhaustive work, and frankly, quite fruitless, especially when the bully you're battling is anonymous.

And so it has been that I have chosen to ignore the negativity and focus on the task at hand: finding a way to help families with Autism improve the health and well-being of their children, themselves, and their finances.

None-the-less, occasionally it becomes necessary to stand up and be heard. It's as if the opposition got a new memo on how to belittle one of "us", and frankly, it's annoying.

For starters, as JB Handley addressed in his essay "Moving the Goal Posts", we are now guilty of "changing the game". Evidently we can't make up our minds about what part of the vaccine or vaccines cause Autism.

Is it the mercury? Is it the aluminum? Is it both? Is it too many vaccines in combination? Somehow our inability to stick to one story makes us inauthentic.......

http://www.ageofautism.com/2008/06/what-disease-do.html
Tags:  autism,  activism,  cause
       
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