Asperger's Syndrome is a supposed severe developmental disorder characterised by major difficulties in social interaction, and restricted and unusual patterns of interest and behaviour, similar to autism, the syndrome is still under debate (in 2003) with some researchers arguing that it is a form of autism. The condition was originally described by Hans Asperger in Vienna in 1944, but didn't receive much attention until the 1980's, and was officially defined in 1994 following field trials by Volkmar et al who studied a group of 1000 children and adolescents diagnosed as having autism and related disorders. The clinical features of Asperger's syndrome are generally described as: 1) little or no empathy; 2) naive, inappropriate, one-sided social interaction, with little ability to form friendships and consequential social isolation; 3) pedantic and monotonic speech; 4) poor nonverbal communication; 5) intense absorption in circumscribed topics such as the weather, facts about television stations, railway tables or maps, which are learned in rote fashion and reflect a poor understanding, conveying the impression of eccentricity; and 6) clumsy and ill-coordinated movements and an odd posture. Research Asperger's Syndrome
Autism is a serious, supposed mental disorder seen in children characterised by a lack of empathy and understanding for the environment outside of the self. Autism was first proposed by Kanner in 1943, previous to then the symptoms associated with the condition were diagnosed as a form of schizophrenia or of social behavioural difficulties. Frequently persons diagnosed with autism exhibit quite brilliant memory retention, mental mathematical skill, or artistic creativity bordering on genius, and yet paradoxically most are classified as being of 'low intelligence' and having lerning difficulties. The precise manner of autism, and its causes are highly controversial and at best unknown at this time. Research Autism
A vaccine was originally a preparation of cowpox from a cow (whence the name) for protection against smallpox. Today, a vaccine is a preparation of modified pathogens (viruses or bacteria) that is introduced into the body, usually either orally or by a hypodermic syringe, with the view to induce the specific antibody reaction that produces immunity against a particular disease. In 1796, Edward Jenner was the first to inoculate a child (supposedly) successfully with cowpox virus to produce immunity to smallpox. His method, the application of an infective agent to an abraded skin surface, is still used in smallpox inoculation. However, officially vaccinations are only 80% effective, and reviewing the decline of instances of polio and other diseases both before and after inoculations started over the past hundred years reveals a uniformcurve, questioning whether inoculations are effective at all.
The side-effects of many inoculations are similarly dangerous and may induce severe brain damage, for example (since the introduction of the MMR vaccine in the UK for measles, mumps and Rubella, incidences of autism in children rose 400% from 1 in 1000 to 4 in 1000, as the vaccine can rupture the intestine wall allowing proteins to escape into the blood system and damage the brain). The problem for independent thinkers, is that it is impossible to prove or disprove whether an inoculation has succeeded, unless the patient then contracts the disease against which they were inoculated, in which case the inoculation obviously failed. However, in cases where an inoculated patient does not contract a disease who can say with certainty that their own immunity system would not have prevented the disease being contracted without the inoculation.
Vaccines have long been controversial, propagated by propaganda. The original concept was to immunise against smallpox by infecting patients with cowpox. However, there is serious doubt that the original vaccinations were effective at all. During the smallpoxepidemic of 1871, 91.5% of the patients suffering from smallpox at the HighgateSmallpoxHospital in London had been previously vaccinated - while only 90% of the London population as a whole had been vaccinated, and in 1881 96% of the patients suffering from smallpox at the HighgateSmallpoxHospital in London had been vaccinated, while again only 90% of the general population of London had been vaccinated. Despite strong evidence then and now that vaccines are ineffective at all but making profit for their manufacturers, and in many cases are actually very dangerous to the patients to which they are administered, in 1853 the British government introduced compulsory vaccination and popular belief among the less educated population is still one of the effectiveness of vaccines. Research Vaccine
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