Here are a few ideas for a new name....Parent's Worst Nightmare
Syndrome PWNS or Living He** not otherwise specified LH-NOS....
ok ok I'll stop.
K

--- In EOHarm@yahoogroups.com, "E Jennifer Brown" <kycokafarm@c...>
wrote:
> Lenny,
>
> How about Traumatic Brain Injury? Or does that not fully explain
the whole
> picture? These kids were healthy before the shots...
>
> Jenn
>
> E. Jennifer Brown
> The New Jersey Chapter of The National Autism Association
> <http://www.naanj.org/> www.naanj.org
> Think Autism. Think Cure.
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> schaferatsprynet
> Sent: Tuesday, April 26, 2005 1:23 AM
> To: EOHarm@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [EOHarm] Re: A Rose by any other name
>
>
>
> Hi Maurine,
> Autism and Autism Spectrum Disorder isn't a good labelling system,
> especially if what we are really taking about is mercury poisoning.
> Autism dx is based on observation of behaviors, and that makes
things
> fuzzy. Also, there are likely other, additional factors at work,
> perhaps pathology triggered by mercury acting as a catalyst. All
> speculation, I am quick to add. The search for a better lable is
> mostly a whimsical exercise at this point.
> -Lenny
>
> --- In EOHarm@yahoogroups.com, "Maurine Meleck" <emaurine@e...>
wrote:
> > Hi Rita, This is Maurine. What's the new name for?
> > Going to Atlanta Sunday for Safe Minds dinner where David Kirby
will
> be. I am looking forward to meeting him. MM
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: RITA SHREFFLER
> > To: EOHarm@yahoogroups.com
> > Sent: Friday, April 22, 2005 4:45 PM
> > Subject: Re: [EOHarm] A Rose by any other name
> >
> >
> > Thanks, Lenny. One of those might work....However, I'm
> wondering--since never before in history have children been
> consistently injected with mercury, maybe this calls for an entirely
> new name? It's a whole new type of exposure and resulting
phenomenon
> than the other terms were created to describe.
> >
> > I'd go for just about anything, though, that calls a spade a
> spade. My personal favorite is still Injected Mercury Syndrome,
even
> if only as the nickname for something more scientific-sounding.
Your
> spell checker will like it, too.....
> >
> > Rita
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Rita,
> >
> > Regarding your search for a better word for autism, here are
three
> > candidates:
> >
> > acrodynia "ak-row-die-nee-ah"
> >
> > mercurialism
> >
> > hydrargyrism or hydrargyria "hi-drar-guy-ree-ah" or
> > "hi-drar-guy-ree-are" for those from the UK or Massachusetts
> >
> > (Webster's 3rd New)
> >
> > A shorthand for hydrargyrism could be hygism
> >
> > All mean mercury poisoning. hydrargyria seems to be the one
used in
> > contemporary medical speak (and is my personal preference).
My word
> > spell checker hates all four.
> >
> > Lenny
> >
> >
> >
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