mately, no genetically based theory can explain
the exponential rise in autism (the human
genome doesn’t mutate that quickly) and it also
leaves parents, especially those of little boys,
feeling anxious and helpless to protect their chil-
dren. It is puzzling that the bulk of autism
research focuses on genetics rather than on
environmental triggers, both pre- and postnatal.
I deeply wish the Stanford scientists success in
finding e;ective treatments for those already
diagnosed with autism, but I believe it is at least
as critical to focus research on preventing future
children and their parents from facing this heart-
breaking diagnosis.
Cynthia Nevison, MS, ’88, PhD ’94
Boulder, Colorado
niques] practitioner, I have solved a number of
such cases just by following the instructions I
received as a trainee. Don’t discard the responsibility of vaccines too hastily, as there are diverse
possible causes, but—in my opinion—the major
cause is the presence of chemicals in food (
coloring, flavoring, preserving).
As a scientist involved in neuroscience
research as early as the ’60s, I recommend
that any rigorous bottom-up research must be
complemented with more approximate top-down research (not just behavioral) for uncovering the clues toward the global destructive
processes and their healing processes. Typi-
cally, the role of glial cells and neurotransmit-
ters is currently underestimated, as well as the
physiology of bodily meridians.
Michel Depeyrot, MS ’ 66, PhD ’ 68
Corenc-Le-Haut, France
More Movie Memories
The article on “Flicks” (“What You Don’t Know
About,” Farm Report, January/February)
states that Flicks has been a Stanford tradition
“since the 1960s.” That statement understates
the age of the Stanford Sunday night movies
by more than a decade. When I entered Stan-
ford as a freshman in September or October
I was so disappointed in my alma mater after
reading “Uncloaking Autism” that I promptly
threw the entire magazine in the garbage. My
husband and I are both alumni, and we have
a 17-year-old son who has what we are
absolutely convinced is “vaccine-induced”
autism. There is no excuse for the information
you printed stating that it has been proven
that vaccines do not cause autism. On the
contrary, there is a growing body of evidence
that implicates vaccines in the current epi-
demic of autism, and in a host of other child-
hood illnesses and disorders.
Uncloaking autism, like uncloaking any other of
the recently multiplying diseases (from Alzheimer’s to obesity) requires looking at their relationship with allergies: nutritional and endogenous.
Take allergy [to mean] excess of energy. As a
NAET [Nambudripad’s Allergy Elimination Tech-
