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March 2024 addition: This video is by a doctor who has NOT been skeptical of the Covid shots & has become aware of significant issues in the development of the shots based on a recent peer-reviewed study that she goes over in detail. Her approach is pretty easy to understand for the layperson. If you go to the YouTube page where she has posted this video she has links for the material she discusses & much more.

This is the study being discussed: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10810638/

COVID-19 mRNA Vaccines: Lessons Learned from the Registrational Trials and Global Vaccination Campaign

Monitoring Editor: Alexander Muacevic and John R Adler

M. Nathaniel Mead,1 Stephanie Seneff,2 Russ Wolfinger,3 Jessica Rose,4 Kris Denhaerynck,5 Steve Kirsch,6 and Peter A McCullough7,8

Doctor discusses recent covid shot analysis paper, side note, she appears to support Keto as a diet…

She made the following video following the anticipated “retraction” of that important paper:

Follow up video to the previous one, following the retraction of the paper

Here is a pdf file of Spike Detox & immune boosting strategies from Dr. Mercola:

I’ve been asked to gather info on ways to mitigate the negative health consequences of succumbing to the “vax”. This post will likely be a mix of links to resources, info, & commentary on the same. Hope this will be helpful in your search for medical freedom from tyranny, coercion, disability, & death!

I’m having computer challenges so am temporarily using a tablet to add some important links…

https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/natural-immunity-protective-covid-vaccine-severe-illness-rcna71027

https://naomiwolf.substack.com/p/destroying-women-poisoning-breast

mRNA shots are the gift that keeps on giving

Sounding the Alarm: Normalizing the Jab with Lies

WolfMoon warns about possible false info in the above & elsewhere:

Here is significant info from epic Q-Tree researcher Gail Combs on things one can do to boost their own immune system including supporting documentation. The link where the comment & discussion can be found will be shared at the end

Gail Combs

Gail Combs(@gailcombs)

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Coyote

 Reply to  RAC

 December 20, 2022 10:48

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The physicians of the Orthomolecular Medicine News Service and the International Society for Orthomolecular Medicine urge a nutrient-based method to prevent or minimize symptoms for future viral infection. The following inexpensive supplemental levels are recommended for adults; for children reduce these in proportion to body weight:

Vitamin C: 3,000 milligrams (or more) daily, in divided doses.

Vitamin D3: 2,000 International Units daily. (Start with 5,000 IU/day for two weeks, then reduce to 2,000)
meta-analysis of vitamin D as protection against pulmonary infections:
https://www.bmj.com/content/356/bmj.i6583

Magnesium: 400 mg daily (in citrate, malate, chelate, or chloride form)

Zinc: 20 mg daily

Selenium: 100 mcg (micrograms) daily
Vitamin C [1], http://orthomolecular.activehosted.com/index.php?action=social&chash=9b8619251a19057cff70779273e95aa6.134&s=d185c2708608bef09bdb5476e2a16d33#Ref1 Vitamin D [2], http://orthomolecular.activehosted.com/index.php?action=social&chash=9b8619251a19057cff70779273e95aa6.134&s=d185c2708608bef09bdb5476e2a16d33#Ref2 magnesium [3], http://orthomolecular.activehosted.com/index.php?action=social&chash=9b8619251a19057cff70779273e95aa6.134&s=d185c2708608bef09bdb5476e2a16d33#Ref3 zinc [4], http://orthomolecular.activehosted.com/index.php?action=social&chash=9b8619251a19057cff70779273e95aa6.134&s=d185c2708608bef09bdb5476e2a16d33#Ref4 and selenium [5] http://orthomolecular.activehosted.com/index.php?action=social&chash=9b8619251a19057cff70779273e95aa6.134&s=d185c2708608bef09bdb5476e2a16d33#Ref5 have been shown to strengthen the immune system against viruses.
The basis for using high doses of vitamin C to prevent and combat virus-caused illness may be traced back to vitamin C’s early success against polio, first reported in the late 1940s.[6] http://orthomolecular.activehosted.com/index.php?action=social&chash=9b8619251a19057cff70779273e95aa6.134&s=d185c2708608bef09bdb5476e2a16d33#Ref6

Many people are unaware, even surprised, to learn this. Further clinical evidence built up over the decades, leading to an anti-virus protocol published in 1980.[7] http://orthomolecular.activehosted.com/index.php?action=social&chash=9b8619251a19057cff70779273e95aa6.134&s=d185c2708608bef09bdb5476e2a16d33#Ref7

It is important to remember that preventing and treating respiratory infections with large amounts of vitamin C is well established. Those who believe that vitamin C generally has merit, but massive doses are ineffective or somehow harmful, will do well to read the original papers for themselves. To dismiss the work of these doctors simply because they had success so long ago sidesteps a more important question: Why has the benefit of their clinical experience not been presented to the public by responsible governmental authorities, especially in the face of a viral pandemic?

Read the full press release at Orthomolecular.com http://orthomolecular.activehosted.com/index.php?action=social&chash=9b8619251a19057cff70779273e95aa6.134&s=d185c2708608bef09bdb5476e2a16d33

𝗥𝗲𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲𝘀: 1. Vitamin C:
Case HS (2018) Vitamin C questions answered. Orthomolecular Medicine News Servicehttp://orthomolecular.org/resources/omns/v14n12.shtml.
Gonzalez MJ, Berdiel MJ, Duconge J (2018) High dose vitamin C and influenza: A case report. J Orthomol Med. June, 2018, 33(3). https://isom.ca/article/high-dose-vitamin-c-influenza-case-report.
Gorton HC, Jarvis K (1999) The effectiveness of vitamin C in preventing and relieving the symptoms of virus-induced respiratory infections. J Manip Physiol Ther, 22:8, 530-533. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10543583
Hemilä H (2017) Vitamin C and infections. Nutrients. 9(4). pii:E339. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28353648.
Hickey S, Saul AW (2015) Vitamin C: The real story. Basic Health Pub. ISBN-13: 978-1591202233.
Levy TE (2014) The clinical impact of vitamin C. Orthomolecular Medicine News Servicehttp://orthomolecular.org/resources/omns/v10n14.shtml
OMNS (2007) Vitamin C: a highly effective treatment for colds. http://orthomolecular.org/resources/omns/v03n05.shtml.
OMNS (2009) Vitamin C as an antiviral http://orthomolecular.org/resources/omns/v05n09.shtml.
Taylor T (2017) Vitamin C material: where to start, what to watch. OMNShttp://www.orthomolecular.org/resources/omns/v13n20.shtml.
Yejin Kim, Hyemin Kim, Seyeon Bae et al. (2013) Vitamin C is an essential factor on the anti-viral immune responses through the production of interferon-α/β at the initial stage of influenza A virus (H3N2) infection. Immune Netw. 13:70-74. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23700397.

2. Vitamin D:
Cannell JJ, Vieth R, Umhau JC et al. (2006) Epidemic influenza and vitamin D. Epidemiol Infect. 134:1129-1140. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16959053.
Cannell JJ, Zasloff M, Garland CF et al. (2008) On the epidemiology of influenza. Virol J. 5:29. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16959053.
Ginde AA, Mansbach JM, Camargo CA Jr. (2009) Association between serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D level and upper respiratory tract infection in the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. Arch Intern Med. 169:384-390. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19237723.
Martineau AR, Jolliffe DA, Hooper RL et al. (2017) Vitamin D supplementation to prevent acute respiratory tract infections: systematic review and meta-analysis of individual participant data. BMJ. 356:i6583. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28202713.
Urashima M, Segawa T, Okazaki M et al. (2010) Randomized trial of vitamin D supplementation to prevent seasonal influenza A in schoolchildren. Am J Clin Nutr. 91:1255-60. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20219962.
von Essen MR, Kongsbak M, Schjerling P et al. (2010) Vitamin D controls T cell antigen receptor signaling and activation of human T cells. Nat Immunol. 11:344-349. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20208539.

3. Magnesium:
Dean C (2017) Magnesium. OMNShttp://www.orthomolecular.org/resources/omns/v13n22.shtml
Dean C. (2017) The Magnesium Miracle. 2nd Ed., Ballantine Books. ISBN-13: 978-0399594441.
Levy TE (2019) Magnesium: Reversing Disease. Medfox Pub. ISBN-13: 978-0998312408

4. Zinc:
Fraker PJ, King LE, Laakko T, Vollmer TL. (2000) The dynamic link between the integrity of the immune system and zinc status. J Nutr. 130:1399S-406S. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10801951.
Liu MJ, Bao S, Gálvez-Peralta M, et al. (2013) ZIP8 regulates host defense through zinc-mediated inhibition of NF-кB. Cell Rep. 3:386-400. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23403290.
Mocchegiani E, Muzzioli M. (2000) Therapeutic application of zinc in human immunodeficiency virus against opportunistic infections. J Nutr. 130:1424S-1431S. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10801955.
Shankar AH, Prasad AS. (1998) Zinc and immune function: the biological basis of altered resistance to infection. Am J Clin Nutr. 68:447S-463S. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9701160.

5. Selenium:
Beck MA, Levander OA, Handy J. (2003) Selenium deficiency and viral infection. J Nutr. 133:1463S-1467S. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12730444.
Hoffmann PR, Berry MJ. (2008) The influence of selenium on immune responses. Mol Nutr Food Res. 52:1273-1280. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18384097.
Steinbrenner H, Al-Quraishy S, Dkhil MA et al. (2015) Dietary selenium in adjuvant therapy of viral and bacterial infections. Adv Nutr. 6:73-82. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25593145.
6. Klenner FR. The treatment of poliomyelitis and other virus diseases with vitamin C. J South Med Surg 1949, 111:210-214. http://www.doctoryourself.com/klennerpaper.html.
7. Cathcart RF. The method of determining proper doses of vitamin C for treatment of diseases by titrating to bowel tolerance. Australian Nurses J 1980, 9(4):9-13. http://www.doctoryourself.com/titration.html

Here is more info from Gail Combs just below the above link:

Gail Combs

Gail Combs(@gailcombs)

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Coyote

 Reply to  RAC

 December 20, 2022 10:45

#1014018

A model of persistent post SARS-CoV-2 induced lung disease for target identification and testing of therapeutic strategies. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35194605/

From Ralph Baric admitting the vaccine is essentially useless.

Abstract

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic remains uncontrolled despite the rapid rollout of safe and effective severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) vaccines, underscoring the need to develop highly effective antivirals. In the setting of waning immunity from infection and vaccination, breakthrough infections are becoming increasingly common and treatment options remain limited....

Internationally Renowned Cardiologist Turns Anti-Covid Vaccine After it Kills His Father52 minute interview:

𝗪𝗢𝗪 𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗜 𝗽𝗼𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝗹𝗼𝗮𝗻 𝗞𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝗻𝗳𝗼 𝗼𝗻 𝗡𝗔𝗧𝗧𝗢𝗞𝗜𝗡𝗔𝗦𝗘 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝗧𝗢𝗢𝗞 𝗗𝗢𝗪𝗡 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗣𝗔𝗚𝗘 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝘂𝗽 𝗮 𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗯𝗮𝗹 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗰𝗹𝗮𝗶𝗺𝗲𝗿 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗰𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗸 𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗮 𝗽𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗕𝗮𝗳𝗳𝗹𝗲 𝗴𝗮𝗯!!!
So use this link instead: https://nattokinasehearthealth.com/nattokinase/health-benefits/
or the paper:
Nattokinase: An Oral Antithrombotic Agent for the Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5372539/

(Nattokinase desolves the fibirin in the Covid induced blood clots.)

FLCCC. https://covid19criticalcare.com/

https://worldcouncilforhealth.org/resources/spike-protein-detox-guide/

SELENIUM
Selenium is important to fight CV19 according to studies.

Selenium, Selenoproteins and Viral Infection https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6769590/

Selenium helps your body to fight viruses https://www.liverdoctor.com/selenium-helps-body-fight-viruses/

Selenium, Selenoproteins and Viral Infection – *https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6769590/
Selenium, Selenoproteins, and Immunity – *https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30200430/
Selenium and viral virulence, Levander OA et al, British Med Bull 1999; 55 (3): 528-533 – *https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/10746343/
Host nutritional selenium status as a driving force for influenza virus mutations. Nelson HK, et al., FASEB J 2001; 15:1846-1848 – *https://faseb.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1096/fj.01-0108com
Selenium deficiency & viral infection. Beck MA., J Nutr 2003;133 (5 Suppl 1):1463S-7S – *https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/12730444/
Host nutritional status and its effect on a viral pathogen. Beck MA, et al, J Infect Diseases 2000; 182 (Suppl): S93-6 – *https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/10944489/
Oxidative stress in viral hepatitis & AIDS. Stehbens W E., Exp Mol Path 2004; 77 (2):121-132 – *https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/15351235/
Suppression of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 viral load with selenium supplementation: a randomized controlled trial. Hurwitz BE et al. Arch Intern Med 2007; 167:148-54 – *https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/17242315/
Selenium may slow the march of AIDS. Press Release – The Pennsylvania State University. December 9, 2008 – *https://www.psu.edu/news/research/story/selenium-may-slow-march-aids/

MORE:
PubMed Search – Selenium and Virus – (many about Selenium as a Covid virus fighter) – https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=Selenium+virus

….

Magnesium regulates antiviral immunity | Nature Reviews Immunology https://www.nature.com/articles/nri3501

Antihistamines

Antihistamines and azithromycin as a treatment for COVID-19 on primary health care – A retrospective observational study in elderly… https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7833340/

Between March and April 2020, 84 elderly patients with suspected COVID-19 living in two nursing homes of Yepes, Toledo (Spain) were treated early with antihistamines (dexchlorpheniramine, cetirizine or loratadine), adding azithromycin in the 25 symptomatic… https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7833340/

Zinc ionophore activity of quercetin and epigallocatechin-gallate: from Hepa 1-6 cells to a liposome model.

*https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/Zinc-ionophore-activity-of-quercetin-and-from-Hepa-Dabbagh-Bazarbachi-Clergeaud/9f28bfa5ebf0466f697cb9c820220366fc149c0f

TEA:
Green tea: Epigallocatechin gallate [EGCG] compound found in green tea has been linked to fighting cancer and lowering your risk of cardiovascular disease.
Found in green tea
*https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/egcg-epigallocatechin-gallate#sources

Green tea polyphenol epigallocatechin-3-gallate: inflammation and arthritis
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3146294/

Cancer:
*https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4384709/
*https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6337309/
*https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3831544/

https://rwmalonemd.substack.com/p/well-being-cardiovascular-damage

https://tv.gab.com/channel/warrenvmyers/view/dr-malone-these-vaccines-are-not-630adc10326e96894130967a

https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/naomi-wolf-covid-vax-is-a-bioweapon-aimed-at-reproduction-of-the-next-generation-of-the-west/

Trying to share. The Civic 19 Resources page at Corey’s Digs…This page is very well organized & comprehensive so please check it out!!!

Covid-19 Resources: Medical, Legal, Forms, Jobs & Other Critical Information

https://www.coreysdigs.com

https://emeralddb3.substack.com/p/the-covid-vaccines-corrupt-human

I mentioned the situation at the Q-Tree & got this insightful comment by our Alpha Wolf!

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 Reply to  Valerie Curren

 August 24, 2022 14:46

You want real science that will save your son?

The censored hypothesis of Antonio Chaves that you referenced below is an example of REAL SCIENCE that is being much more effectively squelched. WHY? Because it gives CREDIT to our side – not discreditation like much of the “bad attempts at science out of their fields” that is typified by the “microscope studies”.

Chaves has a brilliant explanation of censored science – why the vaccine damage seems to localize in the heart. Trust me – FAUCI KNEW THIS.

And that is NOT the only place that the vaccine localizes to do damage.

Remember the Swedish study by de Marinis that showed genetic incorporation of the Pfizer vaccine into LIVER CELLS? Yes. This vaccine is an extreme risk for your son.

Don’t wait for “proof” on that to be published and acknowledged. It may be YEARS for the truth to come out, unless there is a “putting down” of the Bidenistas and their depop scheme very soon. Fauci is bailing to PROTECT THE DEATH SCAM.

Your son has DUTIES he must obey here.

  • being alive to care for his future wife in 10 years, 20 years, 30 years
  • not throwing away his liver
  • waiting for the TRUTH to come out
  • honoring his mother by LISTENING TO HER

How long would he WAIT for his future wife? THAT IS KEY.

Is he listening to LUSTS to be with her now? I know where that’s coming from….

Here is the SCIENCE.

https://portal.research.lu.se/en/publications/intracellular-reverse-transcription-of-pfizer-biontech-covid-19-m

Intracellular Reverse Transcription of Pfizer BioNTech COVID-19 mRNA Vaccine BNT162b2 In Vitro in Human Liver Cell Line

Aldén, M.Olofsson Falla, F.Yang, D.Barghouth, M.Luan, C.Rasmussen, M. & De Marinis, Y., 2022, In: Current Issues in Molecular Biology . 44, 3, p. 1115-1126
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

FULL TEXT:

https://www.mdpi.com/1467-3045/44/3/73/htm

Your son needs to do what my great aunt did, when her fiance fled Germany for England – WAIT.

He needs to not do what the fiance did – become impatient and GIVE UP HOPE. He married another woman in England, and regretted it. He wanted to get back together with my great aunt, but she didn’t answer his letters, because she would not break up his marriage.

The spike protein does not belong in the bloodstream. Even Novavax damages the heart.

If your son gets COVID, he will get immunity. If he treats with ivermectin, it will prevent genomic incorporation, thwarting their plot.

There are other ways. Don’t give up hope in TRUTH and LOVE!!!

IN GOD WE TRUST.

Replies are to my original comment found here, none support getting jabbed:

Preparing for or Recovering from the Jab

The Very Best Way is to NOT get injected with the poison!!! Some choices cannot be undone and some people are suffering permanent disability or death…

https://news.bloomberglaw.com/daily-labor-report/insight-employees-can-refuse-workplace-vaccinations

https://www.webmd.com/vaccines/covid-19-vaccine/news/20210409/why-employee-covid-vaccination-mandates-may-not-be-legal

https://www.webmd.com/vaccines/covid-19-vaccine/news/20210409/why-employee-covid-vaccination-mandates-may-not-be-legal

This looks like an Extremely Helpful site to get useful materials, & the main site too:

https://covid19criticalcare.com/covid-19-protocols/i-recover-post-vaccine-treatment/

This article was written before “covid-19 vaccines” were on the scene but has info that May be helpful:

https://www.organiclifestylemagazine.com/issue/17-how-to-detoxify-and-heal-from-vaccinations-for-adults-and-children

A tool for researching “herbal medicine”

https://archive.org/details/encyclopedia-of-herbal-medicine-by-andrew-chevallier

Vaccine Injury efforts:

https://americasfrontlinedoctors.org/news/press-releases/dr-christina-parks-forms-vaccine-injury-treatment-alliance-vi-ta

Dangers of the “vax” continue to be exposed!

https://thomasmoresociety.org/about/air-force-vaccine-mandate-class-action-lawsuit/

http://www.theburningplatform.com/2022/08/10/you-are-25x-more-likely-to-be-injured-and-20x-more-likely-to-die-if-you-get-the-covid-shot/

https://tv.gab.com/channel/white__rabbit/view/emergency-physician-dr-jeff-matheson-speaks-62dd7a4e862011ef2505e688

Regretting taking the jab

This website has numerous testimonials by people who were vax injured:

https://www.realnotrare.com/

from one testimonial found here: https://www.realnotrare.com/post/sarah-cox

Q: What do you wish others knew?

I wish others knew these vaccine injuries are real, people are really suffering. Doctors don’t know how to fix us, we continue to be sick, and we are suffering while also being silenced. We matter too. We want help. We want answers. We want to feel better again.

& from another testimonial found here: https://www.realnotrare.com/post/amy-fosser

Q: What do you wish others knew?

That this is so unsafe. Your better off without it. It has killed so many people. It has injured an obscene amount of people and counting. Lose the job, refuse the jab. It isn’t worth it. I am a case among thousands that have been silenced and ignored by government and fake media. There is no reason to ban the injured. We are forgotten, abandoned and shamed. This is the emotional anguish that is hardest to deal with, not to be heard, told to shut up, forced to be hidden. This is unacceptable and inhumane…We are being told that we injured are spreading misinformation. HOW? To all those whom are accomplises in this forced ultimatum, shame on them. They are not protecting anyone, and they do more harm. They are liars and thieves. Stealing innocent people’s livelihood, leaving families in financial and emotional ruin. Trust the science they say. My injury is part of the science. Thousands of my vaccine injured warriors are part of the science.

From another testimonial, found here: https://www.realnotrare.com/post/john-parker

Q: What do you wish others knew?

Please listen to our stories and take good care of your health! Yes, the COVID-19 virus can be deadly, but the COVID-19 vaccines can kill or injure you as well. Get informed and weigh the risks and benefits before undergoing any medical treatment.

Why did our government officials, the CDC, and the media insist that these vaccines were “safe and effective” without warning us about the numerous adverse side effects? Are these vaccines truly helping people avoid getting sick and transmitting the virus? Why are they ignoring natural immunity and therapeutics while mercilessly threatening everyone to get vaccinated—when we don’t even know the long-term effects? Why are we being forced to take these shots and yet the manufacturers are not liable for hurting or killing us?

Finally, I would like to share this advice……“You must learn from the mistakes of others. You can’t possibly live long enough to make them all yourself.” Take care and be-aware!

Depopulation is what it’s all really about!

Here is a post containing multiple links and an informed discussion about the depopulation aspects of the “vax”

https://jamesroguski.substack.com/p/stoptheshots

Tools for getting Exemptions from “mandates”

Here is a template letter to modify in order to get out from under unlawful and unconstitutional “vax” mandates:

That letter & other templates can be found here:

https://americasfrontlinedoctors.org/legal/vaccines-and-the-law

American Association of Physicians and Surgeons have multiple resources listed on a Covid-19 page here: https://c19protocols.com/

Here is where they recommend strategies post-“vax”:

https://covid19criticalcare.com/covid-19-protocols/i-recover-post-vaccine-treatment/

Here is an item found at the above site:

Here is a site with multiple documents to use to advocate for your own & a loved one’s freedoms! https://americasfrontlinedoctors.org/legal/vaccines-and-the-law

Here are a couple jumping off places if one desires to declare a religious exemption for any form of medical tyranny:

https://www.carriemadej.com/religious-exemption-letters

https://americasfrontlinedoctors.org/legal/religious-exemptions

https://www.thethinkingconservative.com/guidance-on-how-to-request-a-religious-exemption-for-covid-19-vaccine-mandates-in-the-workplace

https://www.tc.columbia.edu/articles/2021/june/religious–medical-exemptions-from-covid-19-vaccine-mandate/

Here is an example of help in formulating a statement about one’s religious convictions about the “vax” from the above site:

Every time I try to write my personal statement I freeze up. Can you help me?

Sure, start by feeling the truth of your conviction. This is not a writing contest. Let go of your fear and see it as an opportunity to share your voice. You are being wronged and you have the right to state your noble position.

Here’s a starter to help you get going:

Everything about this vaccine goes against my sense (the sense God has given me) of what is the right thing to do.

Write a sentence for each of these (or come up with some more of your own) and connect them to your faith:

  1. Speed of the trials
  2. No long-term studies
  3. Shown to have harmful side effects
  4. No liability for pharmaceutical companies

If any of these resonate with you, connect them with your faith to have your voice heard.

Here is a statement in support of religious exemption from taking the “vax”:

Here is a site with links to multiple faith-based letters.

https://americasfrontlinedoctors.org/legal/religious-exemptions

Many other legal resources can be found here:

https://americasfrontlinedoctors.org/legal

Here is a link where the Frontline Doctors are seeking information from Firefighters re: “vax” issues:

https://americasfrontlinedoctors.org/index/legal/plaintiff/firefighter-constituent/

USE EXTREME CAUTION with these resources, they support depop!

This site discusses some underlying issues connected to potential religious exemptions, though these sites are part of perpetuating the “pandemic” lies so use with caution!

https://www.vaccinesafety.edu/religion-and-vaccines/

Also from the same “conflicted” site, discussion of exemptions by state:

https://www.vaccinesafety.edu/vaccine-exemptions/

Info on the VAERS, Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System:

https://www.vaccinesafety.edu/vaers-vaccine-adverse-event-reporting-system/

So many lies here that make my blood boil so this is USE WITH EXTREME CAUTION!

https://www.vaccinesafety.edu/what-we-know-so-far-covid-19-vaccines/

Details about Covid-19 “vaccines”:

https://www.vaccinesafety.edu/covid-19/

Myocarditis & Pericarditis info from the FDA, CDC, Johns Hopkins (not exactly proven reliable regarding Covid, imo), fyi:

https://www.vaccinesafety.edu/myocarditis-pericarditis-and-mrna-covid-19-vaccines/

Articles & tools & resources on “vax” dangers

Dr. Simone Gold discusses the dangers of the “vax”

A sobering article on the risks of the “vax”

https://americasfrontlinedoctors.org/index/legal/articles/covid-19-investigation-vaccines-injuries-and-deaths

16 states challenge “vax” mandate for healthcare workers:

https://americasfrontlinedoctors.org/index/legal/articles/fighting-back-16-states-challenge-bidens-federal-vaccine-mandate-for-healthcare-workers

The government in bed with big pharma was trying to withhold important info from the public, who await true informed consent:

https://americasfrontlinedoctors.org/index/legal/articles/why-a-judge-ordered-fda-to-release-covid-19-vaccine-data-pronto

To Request Compensation for Injury or Death

The government recognizes that “vaccines” come with risks & accepting the “covid-19 vaccine” puts one in a category of being able to claim compensation for “vaccine injury” or death here:

https://www.hrsa.gov/cicp

request for covid vaccine injury or death compensation

https://www.forbes.com/sites/adamandrzejewski/2021/11/04/feds-pay-zero-claims-for-covid-19-vaccine-injuriesdeaths/?sh=1af282a44a87

https://www.politico.com/news/2022/06/01/vaccine-injury-compensation-programs-overwhelmed-as-congressional-reform-languishes-00033064

https://www.infowars.com/posts/desantis-every-single-mandate-must-be-removed-vaccine-injured-should-be-able-to-sue/

Dr. Madej, Dr. Tenpenny, & Dr. Merrit may be considered controversial, grain of salt here:

Covid “vax” as a bio-weapon:

https://www.carriemadej.com/forum/biological-warfare/5-doctors-agree-bioweaponry

One can dive in deeply here to multiple health related topics including “vax” info…

https://www.carriemadej.com/videos

There are numerous videos by Dr. Tenpenny with info on the “vax” dangers here:

https://www.universallifetools.com/2021/04/dr-sherri-tenpenny-dangers-of-covid-vaccines/

https://www.worldviewweekend.com/profile/dr-sherri-tenpenny

Dr. Tenpenny looks into the medical evidence here:

https://drtenpenny.substack.com/

https://drleemerritt.substack.com/

https://ellacruz.org/2021/04/07/video-dr-lee-merritt-the-vaxx-is-preparing-the-world-for-a-mass-death-event-by-from-rome/

Dr. Lee Merritt: What We’re Seeing With The Shots Is Of Biblical Proportions (Video)

Fact Sheets from the 3 US covid “vax” manufacturers, to approach Informed Consent!

Moderna’s fact sheet:

https://eua.modernatx.com/covid19vaccine-eua/eua-fact-sheet-providers.pdf?

Pfizer fact sheets:

https://www.fda.gov/emergency-preparedness-and-response/coronavirus-disease-2019-covid-19/comirnaty-and-pfizer-biontech-covid-19-vaccine#additional

Janssen fact sheet:

Where you can find some vaccine package inserts, to get more informed consent, including a couple for covid “vax’s”:

https://www.vaccinesafety.edu/package-inserts-and-manufacturers-for-some-us-licensed-vaccines-and-immunoglobulins/

genocidal psychopath skates

These are more items of Potential Benefit, I have not closely reviewed them since I’m really trying to get this post out to benefit my son in a timely manner. So things that we may choose to dive into more deeply later, for your consideration:

From a recent newsletter in my inbox:

VAXXCHOICE

https://www.truthforhealth.org/

Numerous important videos to consider in next 2, then social media links:

https://www.bitchute.com/channel/qtfmzk82KQOb/

https://rumble.com/user/Vaxxchoice

https://gab.com/Vaxxchoice

https://t.me/+jnAs9x5yolUwYWMx

More People & Resources to examine:

Looking for Mark Levin’s original show w/ this roadmap, or writings on the same would be important. Any researchers who find that material, please share in the comments, thanks!

https://www.mediamatters.org/mark-levin/fox-news-host-mark-levin-brags-about-providing-legal-roadmap-dodge-vaccine-mandates

https://www.marklevinshow.com/

https://freespoke.com/search/web?q=mark+levin+landmark+legal+vaccine

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Levin

https://landmarklegal.org/

https://www.mediamatters.org/mark-levin/fox-host-mark-levin-even-vaccinated-will-get-delta-variant-right-mister-producer-so

https://www.foxnews.com/person/l/mark-levin

Some of these Christian Legal Organizations may have tools to resist tyranny:

https://thomasmoresociety.org/

https://www.rutherford.org/

https://www.nbc29.com/2020/09/22/rutherford-institute-creates-opt-out-form-asserting-fourth-amendment-rights-during-virtual-learning/

https://aclj.org/

https://www.heritage.org/press/heritage-foundation-files-lawsuit-against-biden-covid-vaccine-mandate

Home

More articles:

https://news.bloomberglaw.com/daily-labor-report/vaccine-mandate-lawsuits-sparked-by-shots-emergency-status

https://www.heritage.org/press/heritage-president-kevin-roberts-talks-supreme-court-victory-covid-19-vaccine-mandate

https://www.churchrights.org/c19-pjiresources-page

People to explore:

Stew Peters, the Stew Peters Show has numerous informative videos

Robert Malone, invented mRNA vaccines, took jab & now regrets it, medical info

Peter McCollough, doctor speaking out about the jabs

Zev Zelenko, recently deceased his Zelenko protocol & materials are very helpful

Brian Ardis, doctor whose earlier work during the “pandemic” was very important

Websites & Researchers:

TheQTree.com has a Major Body of Work on Covid

WolfMoon, Q-Tree administrator, scientist, epic author, deals in Real Science

Gail Combs, Q-Tree epic researcher, she brings the sauce!

Aubergine, Q-Tree contributor, much info on natural healing using plants

Daughn, former Q-Tree contributor who organized much “pandemic” info on the site

Other materials re: covid:

There is an Amazing Polly video at this Q-Tree comment, 20 minutes on those dead Canadian doctors that you & Andrea might find interesting…

Medical testimony “proving” the shots are worse than not getting them…

video from suspended account, discussion linked below

https://twitter.com/HungDaviddeviva/status/1544363229723631617

First Hand Story of a Canadian Traveler

The below comment has details on covid treatments…

https://marica1776.wordpress.com/2022/07/21/the-shot-across-the-bow-shadow-and-i-think-ivana-trump-was-pushed/comment-page-2/#comment-889986

https://pjmedia.com/columns/david-solway-2/2022/06/07/a-canadian-to-an-american-friend-you-think-you-have-it-bad-n1603711

This is info on dealing with cancer &/or tumors, which can be a significantly increased risk to one’s health after taking the “vaccines” pushed on society…

Q-Treeper expounds on tumor reduction!

Gail Combs

Gail Combs(@gailcombs)Online

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May 24, 2023 14:59

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Coothie,

In the mean time on the subject of Tumors:

Unexpected Antitumorigenic Effect of Fenbendazole when Combined with Supplementary Vitamins

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2687140/

….Tumor size was measured by caliper at 4-d intervals until the largest tumors reached a calculated volume of 1500 mm3. Neither diet supplemented with vitamins alone nor fenbendazole alone caused altered tumor growth as compared with that of controls. However, the group supplemented with both vitamins and fenbendazole exhibited significant inhibition of tumor growth. The mechanism for this synergy is unknown and deserves further investigation…..

AND

Clinical Oncology: Case Reports: Fenbendazole Enhancing Anti-Tumor Effect: A Case Series

https://www.scitechnol.com/peer-review/fenbendazole-enhancing-antitumor-effect-a-case-series-2Kms.php?article_id=14307

AND

Fenbendazole Cancer Protocol: Step By Step Guide

https://healnavigator.com/treatments/fenbendazole-cancer-protocol/?hnref=orange

Fenbendazole Dosage Guide

https://fenbendazolehelp.org/fenbendazole-dosage-guide

The stuff is so save we use it on baby horses, sheep and goats as their first wormer. I can not find it now but one horse blog mentioned they tried 50X the effective dose and it still had no bad effects.

Info from a tweet, in case the evil powers that be disappear it as per usual. This appears to be a Great Bottom Line!

Dr. Dennis Walker

@drdenwalker

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Everyone should know this: Vitamin C, elemental Zinc, Quercetin and Vitamin D3/K2, magnesium are the most basic preventative measure you can take. Ph@rma simply don’t want you to know that. RT and Share

Thoughts on “I Can’t Do This Special Needs Life”

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It’s always with a bit of fear & trepidation that I ever decide to engage the special needs arena more directly than daily life requires, especially when it’s mandatory (like IEP time).  Well, this short article came into my inbox and some of her thoughts below really resonated…

I can’t do this; be a wife, a mom, a nurse and keep my tears behind dry eyes.  I had dreams of doing things in the medical field a lifetime ago. That didn’t happen for reasons upon reasons. But here I am, working (and living) in the medical field every day. I didn’t expect my patient would be my own child. Now that those long-lost dreams are alive and well in my everyday life all I can think of every moment is, “Please God, I can’t do this.”

from: http://www.keyministry.org/specialneedsparenting/2017/6/9/i-cant-do-this-special-needs-life

The bolded part in the above quotation is what got me back typing away here.  Through a series of seemingly random events I studied and graduated University with a Pre-Med Degree (BS, Bio-Medical Chemistry).  I did take the MCAT (Medical College Admissions Test) and did marginally well but just never applied to Medical School.  At that time I was getting burned out on an extreme science emphasis like my basically Chemistry Major/Biology Minor Degree had demanded; I needed a break.  Being pretty eclectic in my interests & “motivations” (if one can even say I have the latter!) I was just not really interested in then pursuing medicine right out of my undergraduate program; I ended up pursing Christian Counseling instead…

The ironic thing is that I partially made this decision because I “wanted to have a life” and thought the extensive studies and training involved in Med School would mean many years before I would get much reprieve or enjoyment out of living.  Amazingly, before a decade had passed, I too, like the mom above, was facing the most challenging of all patients, my own extremely complex special needs child, and truly my life would never be my own again…

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Frankly I don’t know how anyone copes with the challenges, upheavals, sorrows, rage, exhaustion, confusion, depression, isolation, and tediousness of it all without the Lord’s saving Grace & Peace!  These extensive trials have driven our family to the Foot of the Cross time & time again.  And even with His “Peace that passes understanding” there are many days when we just have to slog it out…& it ain’t pretty either!

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I still honestly don’t know what to do with all the “stuff” that has been crammed down into my soul with minimal if any real “processing” time or resolution.  It is difficult for me to make sense of some of those special needs experiences without some outlet for said processing–which is one of the reasons for the existence of this blog at all.

Only considering my “special” son’s particular needs, here’s some of what we’ve faced:

  • Pregnancy problems/IUGR (Intra-Uterine Growth Retardation AKA small for gestational age)
  • Prematurity, Very Low Birth Weight, 2# 6 oz (qualified for SSI in the hospital)
  • Failure to Thrive
  • Congestive Heart Failure
  • Complex structural birth defects
  • 2 1/2 months in the NICU (Neo Natal Intensive Care Unit)
  • Ambulance ride to a different hospital for Open-Heart Surgery
  • Living apart from my husband for 3 months during heavy season of stress
  • Inability to directly breastfeed my son due to his weakness, so nearly 3 months of pumping breastmilk for him to be gavage fed via a tube in his nose, or alternatively to feed his twin when we were apart because I was in the hospital with his brother around the clock…
  • Open heart surgery at 2 1/2 months & ~4 pounds; the night beforehand being the only time our entire immediate family was in one room together, as in I was preparing myself/us for the possibility that our son would die & that pre-op visit would be all the time that we ever had together as an intact family…
  • Urinary Tract Infection delaying hospital discharge, I discovered this
  • Relatively short time at “home”; Life threatening respiratory infection (RSV) leading to an across state ambulance ride and re-hospitalization, and the admission X-Ray revealing an unexplained broken rib so “formality” inquiries; he had a second RSV hospitalization when about a year old
  • Breathing Machine (Nebulizer) with meds & chest percussions
  • Seemingly endless vomiting with practically every feeding and/or dosage of meds
  • Various Proprioceptive & Vestibular interventions, brushing, joint compression, etc (mostly done by me)
  • Problems with hernias requiring near emergency surgery during the post-op phase from Heart Surgery
  • Visiting Nurses
  • Medicaid
  • WIC
  • County Health Departments
  • Numerous Medical Specialists with sometimes conflicting advice
  • In Home Therapy visits (PT, OT, Speech)
  • In Home Teaching, in three different cities
  • Preventive Care Services, support for a family in near crisis
  • Being written up in our local paper because of the uniqueness of our situation
  • Authorized coverage for respite child care so my husband & I could get a reprieve, but an inability to use this service because we couldn’t find anyone capable of handling Josiah’s needs and our other two or three kids…
  • Major behavioral & emotional problems
  • Balance Problems & Hearing Loss needing Myringotomy Ear Tubes surgically placed numerous times to help correct
  • Autism Spectrum issues, but not diagnosed early enough nor classic enough to get real help from the school system
  • Sound Field System in School
  • Neuropsychological Testing numerous times, virtually all data was ignored by school “professionals”
  • Unspecified Neurological Impairments
  • Balance, Equilibrium, Processing, & Sensory Challenges
  • Unusual Therapies; Sensory Integration Therapy, Music Therapy, Art Therapy, Social Skills Group, etc.
  • Early-On Program
  • Developmental Assessment Clinics
  • Virtually no “typical” twin experiences, nothing like what “the books” say
  • Complex staged birth defect surgeries
  • Positional Head Deformity, requiring an orthotic helmet to reshape the skull
  • Moving our residence across the state to be closer to adequate medical care (husband’s job change & our near year separation, except for weekends, during the entire selling/moving process)
  • Second Open Heart Surgery at about 4 1/2 years with statements implying that another heart surgery would be likely within a decade (though a 3rd surgery in this domain still pends)
  • High Blood Pressure, Blood Pressure Monitoring Machine, spotty compliance
  • Numerous Medications over the years
  • Social isolation for our son in particular, but our family as well, due to the complex challenges & lack of awareness on other people’s parts
  • Years of car rides, mornings, announcements of plans changing, etc that resulted in ceaseless screaming, hitting, kicking, etc…=familial upheaval
  • Years of deliberate “button pushing” of all family members, being a deliberate atomic bomb within the family=massive stress
  • Lifelong Pediatric Cardiology care
  • Lifelong Pediatric Urology care
  • Massive battles with Special Education after having positive Special Ed Pre-School experiences
  • Only one month in “real school” with his twin brother
  • Having to “repeat” a year of Special Ed Pre-school due to educational negligence, incompetence, &/or indifference & my own weaknesses in entering the fray
  • Severe Learning Disability in Math, misinterpreted as global delay
  • Tutoring
  • Being told for years we needed Advocacy help, but rarely finding any available and/or affordable
  • Community Mental Health, home & center-based care
  • Insurance challenges in getting needed services covered/provided
  • Respite Care, both in home and center based
  • Chronic Bedwetting, well into the teen years
  • Multiple Sleep Disorders requiring CPAP usage
  • Congenital Double Vision, eventually “corrected” surgically
  • Student Aides/Para-Professional involvement only after major battles with Special Ed even though doctors insisted this was vital at the outset of regular schooling
  • Massive Educational & Disability Discrimination…any real recourse here???
  • Learning about free advocacy training and materials but when pursuing them discovering the programs were cut; same now in relation to job training issues
  • Having a Brain Tumor and Liver Masses discovered at virtually the same time
  • Getting Cancer evaluations
  • Human Growth Hormone deficiencies, but no real treatment because of other complicating issues
  • Being accused by school staff of inappropriate behavior that he didn’t do, and not allowing a parent to be present to assist him in processing the situation
  • Brain Tumor removal through the nasal passage, so no visible scarring!
  • Ultimately needing & getting a whole Liver Transplant
  • Lifelong Liver Transplant Clinic care
  • ADHD, Depression, Anxiety, OCD (Obsessive Compulsive Disorder)
  • Unexplained dizzy spells, EEGs don’t reveal reasons
  • “Hypoglycemia”
  • Emergency Room Runs for injuries & once for an environmental breathing issue that I thought meant my son would die in my arms before we reached the hospital
  • Pervert encounters in the park as a child and at school as an adolescent, with major emotional fallout
  • Spiritual battles that periodically resurface & blindside & overwhelm him
  • Continuing to help him navigate the world, including processing why even though he and his twin brother are a minute apart in birth times their life experiences are worlds apart

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Well, my oldest son has mentioned on a number of occasions how I “never use my education”, since I’m not currently in the workforce.  It has honestly taken every aspect of what I’ve learned formally, inter-personally, spiritually, and experientially to navigate the extremely treacherous waters that Special Needs Parenting has led us through.  Some doctors have kindly indicated that I have a virtual medical degree by way of this personal parenting experience.  Whatever I have become, much of it is now attributable to being a Special Needs Mom.  It has become a burden, a badge of honor/courage, and ultimately a blessing.  In God’s Kingdom He brings Beauty for Ashes, Light from Darkness, and Hope beyond Despair!

Though I didn’t ask for this calling, as much as it lies within me, I try not to shirk the attendant responsibilities.  We’ve spoken as a family on these matters a number of times and we all agree we wouldn’t change things, even if we could.  As my eldest son has said, “Josiah is the heart of our family!”  So we are Challenged, Confused, Cracked Up, and Comforted by his uniqueness.  He still sees the Lord with “unveiled face”, being so pure of heart.  The rest of us might be relatively normal by this world’s standards, but Josiah stands tallest and purest in the Kingdom of God!  It is all of our privileges to walk along side of him in this crazy, painful, wonderful life…

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Commenting on “Only the Rich will Have Rights” Article

I’ve recently decided to check out the blog, ComfortInTheMidstOfChaos.com in the hope that I will find writings that speak to me where I am currently.  This is a community of Christian Parents whose children have complex special needs.  If you’ve read anything here at Special Connections you may guess why that sounds appealing.

Because I’m basically still reeling from some very difficult, painful, unethical, and frankly illegal events surrounding my son’s education (or lack therof), I clicked on the “special education” tag at the above website.  The article below jumped out sufficiently for me to write to the author in the comments section.

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http://www.comfortinthemidstofchaos.com/2015/01/are-you-serious-awards-volume-xl-only.html

Below are my comments as shared with the above blog post, though due to the character limit they were posted there in batches.

We have just experienced the fallout of this dilemma first hand. Our 20 year old autistic (among many other issues) son “graduated” last Spring with a “diploma” though he still cannot do 3rd grade math! At the IEP near the end of the school year I (again) raised the issue of Transition Services and provided several “age appropriate transition assessments” to show areas where he still needed significant help. By the way, the school has done Zero Transition goals or services over the years even though I have asked in writing for such Legally Mandated services to be provided. They once again refused, and also refused to reconvene the IEP to address outstanding issues and my son’s need for clarification from IEP Team Members.

The bottom line is that we ended up filing a Due Process Hearing Request near the end of 2015…and I had been working on the issues related to that filing leading up to the IEP and before filing, for about 8 months preceding it. We tried to find an attorney or legal advocate including returning to the University based “poverty law center” who had assisted us a decade ago when we had been compelled to file for Due Process, again as a last resort. The law center said no; our state’s Protection & Advocacy organization said our situation was too complex (after working with us over the phone and email for a month) so no; a state level Autism Organization did basically the same thing as P & A.

We are in a lower income situation and our son is on SSI, Medicaid, and Food Stamps so he personally, a legal adult Not under guardianship, is definitely low income. I went through our state’s Bar Association (phone & web) and sent emails to every attorney listed who had Special Education expertise and also did pro bono work…no takers. We contacted another university’s disability law clinic–no. I was in the process of trying Legal Aid (who seemed unlikely to have special education expertise but would at least be free)…

Anyway, a relative offered us a sum of money that could enable us to “hire” legal advocacy for the filing of motions, oral arguments, and conducting the hearing itself. We visited this attorney’s office and he basically told us it would cost us at least $20,000 to have a lawyer see us through the Hearing, which of course (even with help) we didn’t have.

In fact, in our state (Michigan) the school district attorneys are now habitually going after families and their lawyers to get attorney fees, claiming the filings were “frivolous” even when they are clearly not. They also apparently get $100,000 insurance money from the taxpayers whenever someone files Due Process so they can pretty much Always defeat the little guy (who already has the burden of proof and a major uphill battle). The lawyer examined the school district’s lawyers’ motion to dismiss (where they either denied or ignored every issue we raised) and seeing that they hadn’t already tried to hit us up for attorney fees said he would talk with them and get the case dismissed (like he was doing us a favor by Not allowing the Significant Issues we raised in the Due Process Hearing Request get a “fair” hearing). I thought we were there to hire him to represent our son, but he talked as if we decided to proceed Josiah would be on his own in court…

The financial component of what would likely fall on our head if we proceeded, our direct attorney costs and the likelihood of being “sued” to pay for the school’s attorneys, regardless of the legitimacy of our issues really scared most of the other family members at the meeting. My husband was afraid that if we proceeded we could lose our house (though not having $20,000 meant, apparently, not proceeding at all)!

So instead of helping us with our case “our” attorney (who at least lowered his fee) appeared to never read our actual hearing request (it was nearly 40 pages long after all), nor did he review some of the supporting documentation I sent him electronically to show “proof” of what was being contended, nor to offer us any advice or analysis on the “merits” of our case, or lack thereof. Needless to say I was, and basically still am, furious. I felt as if the 15 plus years of Wrightslaw and other advocacy training and self education I’ve attained was pointless. I could have rolled over and played dead at virtually every IEP meeting we’ve had and gotten virtually the same results!

The upshot was that our disabled son was pressured to sign a “with prejudice” dismissal of the case request so that the case would just go away…and we were all supposed to be grateful that at least the school wouldn’t try to make us pay for their lawyers! How is that protecting the rights of the disabled, especially the lower income disabled (& their families)?

We had and still have extremely serious and legitimate issues, many of which have been problematic for years, some going back to 2001 when the school disregarded autism and outside (hospital based) neuropsych testing showing my son’s IQ to be “low normal” and they decided he had an IQ 30-40 points lower than the outside testing showed…put him in a class for mentally/cognitively impaired students, didn’t address his autism, denied him access to general ed in any meaningful way until our prior hearing request (which finally got him a Para Pro, which had been a doctor’s written recommendation from at least 2000), refused to re-mediate his areas of learning disabilities because they preferred to use their significantly lower iQ during the “severe discrepancy” LD era, even though his math LD met that more stringent requirement even considering the IQ they claimed he had…and many other things.

The irony is that we would probably never have pursued Due Process this time if they had been willing to Finally address his Transition Needs. I had mistakenly thought that that area got short shrift when other heath crises (like a Brain Tumor and eventual Liver Transplant) took preeminence. Apparently it was the same as always, obvious needs that would be disregarded, denied, or dismissed…

I could go on at even greater length here, and I’m sorry for going into this so much, but it is still very fresh and raw. In fact, today was to be the day the Hearing was to have happened/started. At this point I’m trying to regroup to find another way to get my son’s significant needs addressed when a system tasked with caring for these issues was extremely derelict in its duties. Given that Michigan is usually quite generous, in that it provides Special Education through age 26 (unless one “graduates”) it is even more frustrating.

My son’s doctor has said that kids that have high-functioning autism are the one who aren’t getting their needs met, not in school and definitely not in the adult services industry. If you are high enough functioning to handle the academics then they apparently completely disregard the independent living skills side of the equation. If you can’t handle the academics then the “life skills” track means you never acquire anything like a high school education. If you examine the IDEA requirements for post-secondary transition you have to wonder where the “diploma” track kids will get those issues addressed if they are busy taking the course requirements for graduation…and graduating kids without high school skills and no transition services violates the letter & spirit of IDEA!

Here’s our bottom line, too weary over the years to step our issues up to the next level after the extreme exhaustion and years of dispute that accompanied our first Due Process request (that took like 2 years to resolve, when 60 days is “required”)…overwhelmed by Brain Tumor & Liver Transplant issues that exactly overlaid the years when Transition should have been addressed (and initially when we should have confirmed that the Settlement terms from the first Due Process request were followed–they weren’t entirely). Being lied to by school staff that you don’t get functional needs met when you’re on the diploma track and being too beaten down by the IEP process (always backed up to the end of the school year so there’s no maneuverability for “procedural safeguards”) to start the battle all over again when school starts. Being unable to find virtually Any Advocacy to assist us over the years so living with the “as good as it gets” aspect of the IEP that was, from my perspective, No Good At All (and Never Legally Compliant ANY Year). When finally filing Due Process again, as a last resort, being told that because you don’t have deep enough pockets to absorb attorney fees for your son AND the school you can’t/mustn’t proceed.

And here’s the real kicker, since our son is Not under guardianship, if you cannot find an attorney to represent him then HE MUST ACT AS HIS OWN ATTORNEY. So in order to vindicate our son’s rights he must be mightily violated by the system in order to proceed. Someone on the spectrum, with communication, attentional, and processing issues will be forced to act as his own trial attorney in a hearing. He doesn’t have near the breadth of understanding of special ed law, or even his own educational history, that his mother does, but she cannot speak on his behalf! The attorney insisted that the hearing experience would virtually destroy Josiah, being made to listen to people he cares about potentially lying and saying horrible things about him (even if they didn’t believe them but in order to protect their jobs). His twin and father were convinced to “quit”…Josiah and I, not quite so much…

We are praying about where to go from here, but it is an incredible heartache to me that we cannot even, apparently, have our legitimate issues heard nor obviously afford to find someone to proceed. Now it may be that even if we found someone free who could proceed we cannot carry on because of the “with prejudice” dismissal (which apparently means cannot be brought up again and is used to dismiss a case on the merits–which were never addressed in any venue, not even our alleged “legal representative”). Being told by the attorney that if we’d come to him a year ago he could have “kicked them in the…” but now it’s basically too late. “You can’t do anything to help your son…but I really hope you’ll become an advocate to help others…you know the special ed law better than the administrative law judge who would have decided your case”…what does a parent even say to news like that?

Thanks for letting me vent, and thanks for writing about the many issues families face. I only just found your blog after reading your recent article on Rare Diseases and Not Being Alone that you published through Special Needs Parenting. I am planning to read many of your postings in my process of moving forward from this devastating disappointment.

Blessings In Christ,

Valerie Curren

PS I recently started blogging at SpecialConnections@WordPress.com and would love to have you stop by! Best Regards!

Also, I’ve been writing a medically focused CarePage.com blog mostly emphasizing Josiah’s needs for several years now, trying to cope with Brain Tumor & Liver Transplant for a while here:

http://www.carepages.com/carepages/JournalingForTheJazzman/

And my son Josiah is working on finding his own voice here:

http://www.carepages.com/carepages/JosiahTheOvercomer/

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I have not yet, until this reply, written about so many of the details of what has transpired surrounding our Due Process Hearing Request and the horrible and entirely ineffective results from attempting to assert my son’s legal protections.  If you are reading this page our family would greatly appreciate your prayers on our behalf as we seek to find a way to move forward that addresses our son’s myriad needs, redresses existing grievances (if that is even possible now), and hopefully ultimately blazes a trail so other students and families won’t have to suffer the major setbacks that have been body blows to us all.

There is Always Hope…and the Lord is still Light & Life even when all about us is seemingly darkness.  May you too find Rest, Peace, Joy (even in the midst of sorrow), Light, Love, and Hope in Him!  Blessings, Valerie

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Adding the below link on 7-16-19 I realized that our carepages blogs have ended due to the service closing.  So if anyone wants to really wade into the weeds here is where we are sharing some of our journey online:

I archived the CarePage about Josiah’s needs here:

JazzmanJournal.wordpress.com

Josiah & I archived his CarePage here (& he continues to add things):

JosiahTheSecretWeapon.wordpress.com

I continue sharing about Josiah’s journey (& the family’s to a lesser extent) here:

https://www.caringbridge.org/visit/josiahcurren

Josiah is on Facebook & Twitter; here is his twitter feed:

PPS  Here is a true tale from a bit of the other side of the equation, hopeful & healing!

https://wqth.wordpress.com/2019/02/03/make-your-house-a-sanctuary-this-spring/

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A few other posts I’ve done that touch on the theme of this post loosely:

https://specialconnections.wordpress.com/2018/08/18/complex-ptsd-personal-touchpoints/

https://specialconnections.wordpress.com/2018/09/09/special-needs-parenting-trauma-ptsd/

https://specialconnections.wordpress.com/2018/09/04/special-needs-parenting-some-ancillary-aspects-encouragements/

https://specialconnections.wordpress.com/2017/06/13/thoughts-on-i-cant-do-this-special-needs-life/

https://specialconnections.wordpress.com/2018/10/17/special-forces/

https://specialconnections.wordpress.com/2018/08/14/insights-on-spiritual-warfare/

Please let me know if anything I’ve shared blesses you.  God Bless!

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