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AN autistic Welsh schoolboy will petition the
National Assembly for immediate research into his condition.
Six-year-old Oliver Loch, who developed regressive
autism soon after he had the MMR jab, will hand over the document in
Cardiff at the same time as two other vaccine-damaged children petition
the Government and the Scottish Parliament.
Their parents want every child diagnosed with
autism after 1990 clinically examined.
Oliver's mother Julie, who lives near Newport,
said, "This is what we have been asking for all along - independent
clinical research into these children.
"It's not for all autistic children, it's this
substantial group with regressive autism who may now go on to develop
secondary neurological problems."
The petition has been organised by the Autism
Research Campaign for Health (Arch), of which Mrs Loch is a member, and
the Scottish equivalent Action Against Autism.
All parents who belong to the two groups have
autistic children and they believe their condition was caused by
childhood vaccinations.
Tests on Oliver's blood and other tissues have
revealed he is infected with measles and he will undergo further tests
later this year to determine whether the disease has spread to his
brain.
Oliver's petition is due to be handed over on
September 18.
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