Special Events in Autism
This video gallery will feature clips of special events that occur within the Autism community. This gallery will be filled with new contributed material as our visitors submit them. If you have a new clip you would like to submit, please contact us through our contact page.
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April 6, 2006: "Mercury Generation March", Washington, D.C.
Congressman Dan Burton (R-5th-IN) speaks to the rally crowd on the importance of citizens communicating with their representatives in congress on the need for removing mercury from vaccines.
Thanks to Kevin Barry & Generation Rescue for providing this footage.
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April 6, 2006: "Mercury Generation March", Washington, D.C.
Kevin Barry, president of Generation Rescue speaks about the autism epidemic and his optimism for the beginning of the end of the epidemic, with California's ban of thimerosal and the expected drop in the rates of new cases of autism. He also introduces a new website, PutChildrenFirst.org to educate the public about the CDC's role in this epidemic.
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April 6, 2006: "Mercury Generation March", Washington, D.C.
Wendy Fournier, president of the National Autism Association, mourns the loss of Dr. Alan Clark and Liz Birt and reads a letter written by Ms. Birt to Senator Enzi about this epidemic and the political scandal surrounding it.
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April 6, 2006: "Mercury Generation March", Washington, D.C.
Lujene Clark of NoMercury.org speaks to the crowd about her son's recovery from autism, the passing of her husband, Dr. Alan Clark and the political fight to bring an end to the Autism epidemic. She also discusses the dangers of mercury in vaccines.
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April 6, 2006: "Mercury Generation March", Washington, D.C.
The Reverend Lisa Sykes, Associate Minister for the Welborne United Methodist Church in Richmond, Virginia, leads the crowd in a prayer and calls for the end of mercury use in vaccines and the lack of transparency surrounding vaccine safety.
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April 6, 2006: "Mercury Generation March", Washington, D.C.
Scott Bono, Board member and Media Consultant of the National Autism Association makes opening comments, and calls for senate investigations and a new IOM meeting that examines biological effects of mercury. This clip starts with some footage of parents marching and chanting in the rally preceeding the speeches in Upper Senate Park.
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July 20, 2005: Power of Truth Autism Rally, Washington, D.C.
Congressman Dave Weldon (R-15th-FL) speaks to the rally crowd on the importance of petitioning their local representatives to change national health policies regarding vaccine safety.
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July 20, 2005: Power of Truth Autism Rally, Washington, D.C.
Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney (D-14th-NY) congratulates the rally crowd for their diligence and and for the difference it has made. She also calls for the passing of leglislation that will remove thimerosal from vaccines.
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July 20, 2005: Power of Truth Autism Rally, Washington, D.C.
Dr. Andrew Wakefield addresses the crowd and voices his displeasure with the Institute of Medicine and its position on vaccine safety research.
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July 20, 2005: Power of Truth Autism Rally, Washington, D.C.
David Kirby calls for the senate to ask the CDC what happened to Verstraten's original data sets that he studied from the Vaccine Safety Datalink database and also calls for open debate discussion on these issues of vaccine safety.
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July 20, 2005: Power of Truth Autism Rally, Washington, D.C.
Wendy Fournier of the National Autism Association speaks about the failure of the national health agencies with regard to the thimerosal/vaccine issue.
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July 20, 2005: Power of Truth Autism Rally, Washington, D.C.
5-year old Zachary Barsamiam speaks about his recovery from Autism. His mother credits his recovery, in part, to "lots of chelation therapy."
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July 20, 2005: Power of Truth Autism Rally, Washington, D.C.
Barbara Loe Fisher, in a rousing speech, turns up the heat on the national health agencies, citing rapid rises in neurological and autoimmune disorders...as attributable to the thimerosal in vaccines.
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July 20, 2005: Power of Truth Autism Rally, Washington, D.C.
Amy Carson of Moms Against Mercury thanks all those who worked hard to make the rally a success and mentioned how difficult attending rallies are for this community because of the demands of having special needs (autistic) children.
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July 20, 2005: Power of Truth Autism Rally, Washington, D.C.
Part 1: Lujene Clark (nomercury.org) reads a message on behalf of Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
NEW! Part 2: Lujene describes her own son's regression into Asperger's at the age of 7 and criticizes the IOM report on the thimerosal issue.
July 20, 2005: Power of Truth Autism Rally, Washington, D.C.
Lyn Redwood speaks to the crowd about the importance and power of dedicated & educated parents in the fight against autism, bad science and bad policy regarding vaccine safety.
July 20, 2005: Power of Truth Autism Rally, Washington, D.C.
Coy Barefoot speaks to the crowd about the autism epidemic as the "greatest public health tragedy in our nation's history" and makes a statement about autism as a form of mercury poisoning. He calls for action on the part of the government to help these children and for reforms to the vaccine program.
July 20, 2005: Power of Truth Autism Rally, Washington, D.C.
Shelley Reynolds speaks to the crowd about the value of biomedical intervention in treating autism, and of the incredible progress her own son has experienced as a result.
