Sep 10 2002
 

The Western Mail

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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