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How to Fight Autism

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    Dr. Martha Herbert discusses her new book and her effort to combat the growing trend of autism.

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36 -- they are.

But -- -- -- harbored as an assistant professor.

-- neurology at Harvard Medical School.

And pediatric neurologist.

At Massachusetts General Hospital -- shoes -- director of the transcend research program.

She sits on the scientific advisory.

Committee of Autism Speaks -- -- and title.

The autism all revolution.

Whole -- strategist.

For making life fallen committee is available or wars published by a friends over the balance on the morning and -- -- morning Mario and great Kelly.

Oh well harmful I'm.

By all I've been involved in this raging debate over autism for a number of years now.

And I don't want.

Yeah albeit and sometimes I take one side and a number of -- -- particularly crucial I don't right.

Dot com.

-- got involved.

Because of David -- his book.

-- home.

Paul -- suffered a little -- evidence of harm evidence of harm marshals -- Citi C said or someone.

Downturn when they were trying to determine if so I'm aerosol.

Caused autism or contributed to a but it couldn't find any evidence of harm -- mr.

Kerr reported -- -- not -- same as saying.

That it doesn't subtle but it any rent all we have most government have.

-- -- statistics now.

-- -- -- -- trying rivaled I was from 2008 I believe that one and 88.

Children autism spectrum disorders and was up 78% from 2002.

-- -- because.

Well nobody knows but I think that.

It's things in the environment many different things that are converging on our bodies talks on -- toxins.

Could be infections could be a lot of different things.

But the bodies of more and more children and the brains are having a harder time handling it.

Hall -- they sense visually assess.

-- -- Better diagnostics.

By governor dialysis and Telefonica you get out of the course this some better diagnostics the more people there are -- what people are going to be aware and the more you gonna notice.

But that doesn't explain the whole thing we have to explain the rest of it and do something about it as the body of people -- thank goodness.

Genetics.

But all I'm -- -- of course but never made sense to me.

Trevor do genetic component of well right now they've identified upwards of 300 genes associated with ought to some.

And the truth is that most of them may be make too little bit more vulnerable but they're not gonna cause the -- to -- to actually trigger the doctors and you also need.

-- a fair bit of environment and the -- the genetic vulnerability the more environment you need.

Event five Merrill assault.

Which they say they're taken on almost a sharp sell don't know -- of course there.

And their friend and reflection of aluminum producer -- -- Merrill sold conservative than any way to you know ought to have some.

Well the problem with.

With metals and and other toxic is that they -- bed for the immune system or they can stimulate or over stimulates immune system -- my real current.

Concern is to make sure that we.

-- -- the kinds of stimuli that make the immune system.

Go into overdrive or under drive or whatever problems there are associated with -- militants.

I think government cents a -- Kim -- him its -- them.

Is the call the overwhelming preponderance of vaccinations.

Young children have to give some are trained the timer.

Warner and monitors in insolvent like 35.

Brands such mission -- multiple.

-- solution -- I just -- computed to.

That a single shot with time Russell -- -- -- just Morgan Kelly yeah well maybe even cause autism awareness start add them all -- becomes more than.

500 -- -- tolerant government you're essentially you.

Well what what I -- interested in is how we can do a better job in protecting the public.

From the infectious diseases that these vaccines are meant to protect us from some -- and Edwards wanna -- a doctor look -- in -- cave.

Most of the lights one up but no there's -- -- gone back on whatever I apologize and doctor Herbert has not -- in a -- in Apocalypse Now.

To London from our own rough notion that we -- attractive of that anyway if we're talking without a martyr of Harvard -- -- Bristol.

-- revolutionize your general about a -- strong.

Well I think we need to -- the immune system to me.

And -- the the -- -- the in the metabolism of the body those -- the things that take a hit from whatever sorts of stimuli command.

From the environment.

And -- vaccines are contained.

Chemicals which are meant to stimulate the immune system but there's a lot of other things too and I think we need to do.

There are the last number of years there -- remarkable advances in in immunology and I think over the next decade or two we'll have a better way of protecting people and in the -- time.

We have to do the best we can.

With what we have to know it's gonna I -- -- And I want of his raving -- -- -- answers.

I think I have a lot of what I think I'm really good at is make sure we asked the right questions.

One a similar question for sure graft.

Well one thing I think is that we are seeing people get better from autism and how is that happening.

What can -- teach us if we could really know what these kids go through to get better.

That would allow us to get a lot more kids.

Better because.

We have numbers of 188 and people are getting better we should set the bar at its profound improvement.

In people -- -- to some people go to some can be brilliance.

We would have them have the --

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