My name is
Deborah Delp, I am the mother of a 5 year old boy who suffers from Autism
Spectrum Disorder, better known in the autism community as ASD. I tell you
this because I suspect you will become VERY familiar with the autism
community. The reason? There was a report that I have sent to my group on
yahoo and several others that I am a member of.
You see Mr.
Crawford we as parents/victims know when someone in the government has "set
their cap" to damaging us/our children even farther. Here we have a company
Kirkman Labs that has done nothing for over 30 years but try to help the
autistic by researching, developing and manufacturing vitamin supplements for
those whose immune systems have been damaged by the effects of environmental
assaults and vaccinations.
After my son's
last (very last btw) round of vaccinations at 15 months of age (December 1998)
he began to regress developmentally. Losing speech, eye contact, imaginary
play skills and social skills. It was August of 2000 when he was diagnosed
with autism. In January of 2001 we began to suspect and investigate vaccines
as a possible cause.
As it turns
out we learned that not only was there no non-biased independent testing done
on vaccines waiting for approval but the testing that was conducted by the
pharmaceutical companies was what the FDA based their approvals on! The first
thing that came to my mind after discovering this little tidbit of information
was CONFLICT OF INTEREST! That phrase has been firmly seated in my mind ever
since.
Now if that's
not bad enough your department in the FDA, headed by you is on a witch hunt
against a company that has done nothing but try to help those suffering from
an epidemic rise in a disorder that is third only to spinal bifida and mental
retardation in childhood developmental disorders. Third and climbing fast.
Now onto the
specific topic at hand here. The use of Taurine capsules and your role in all
this. According to the article that was released yesterday the 17th of
October, the headline reads: "FDA's
Senior Veternarian Lester Crawford Sics US Marshalls on popular supplier"
Maybe you can explain
what exactly your title and role actually is.
Also I don't
understand why the comment: ""Dr.
Jeff Bradstreet, a physician in Palm Bay, Florida who treats autistic patients
reports good success in treating autism with Taurine."
has your shorts in a
knot. If the comments are true, (and I have no doubt that they are) and can be
verified (obviously they can be as Kirkmans would not print anything that
can't be verified) then I don't see a reason why the FDA is taking valuable
man hours that would be better spent investigating the rise in autism
and making a target of a company that has done nothing but try to aid those suffering from this
developmental disorder.
I find it very
insulting to my intelligence that you; as a representative of the FDA feel you
have a need to be telling me; as the parent of an ASD child what is best for
MY child. I have researched long and hard BEFORE (something the FDA still
doesn't do an example being the vaccines) deciding to put my son on the
supplements that he was using. I introduced each supplement separately for a
week at a time to gauge any reactions to them and found that he had none to
any of the products that Kirkman produces.
I personally
find Kirkman products to be the best available due mostly to the fact that
they are preservative free with no sugars, fillers, gluten or casein added.
The capsules are made of plant cellulose instead of the typical animal
byproducts.
My son no
longer uses most of the supplements he was on. He has decided (about 6 weeks
ago) that his body doesn't need them anymore (btw he is a non-verbal high
functioning autistic so I guess you're insulting his intelligence as well). I
must admit that I had a few sleepless nights over this but I will say that he
has shown no signs of regressing to his former state of no eye contact, no
pupil reactions to light (a sign btw of mercury poisoning), no social
interactions and no imaginary play. He is doing so well now and I contribute a
great deal of the credit to the Kirkman company and their ever diligent
quality control specifications.
In closing
I would like to say; spend more time investigating the pharmaceutical
companies and their quality control standards and maybe there will be less of
a need for vitamin supplements for our kids. Anyone who doesn't think the
vaccines have something to do with this epidemic rise in autism over the
past 10 to 20 years is either a fool or is a contributor to the cover-up.
Good Day,
Deborah Delp
Mother of Samantha (NT) & JR (ASD)
What we do with
our lives depends on our
motivation to do something with our lives.
D.A.Delp
"Lethal injections
are for criminals.
We need to keep it that way."
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