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Today, as I came into the living room I caught a bit of news on the TV: the show host was grilling Dr. Andrew Wakefield about his claim that vaccinations "may" cause autism. They had another authoritative sounding fellow practically shouting with indignation "how can Wakefield continue to claim the link in face of all the evidence that there is none?" And yet, 1 in 150 children fits the autistic label, up 100 fold from only 20-some years ago. Have you noticed the rising tide of autism in our society? Recently I was reminded of it quite directly, as one of my nieces announced that her child was "officially autistic". Which allegedly is a good thing, because there are government funded programs for helping these children (at least here in Canada ...) and please do not get me started on the issues around health insurance. Or do: write me your questions, and I will address them in our next newsletter. Anyway, the point I am trying to make is this: for some reason more and more people are developing this syndro