Tom

It is distressing to see this stuff, and significant to see the way it is structured. Of course, it does not make any direct personal claims about Dan, but it makes sweeping false claims about the present state of vaccine science, and no doubt it will be maintained by a pharmaceutical guard which will change anything back in seconds and probably automatically. By implication it makes Dan sound eccentric, flate earthist etc., but what they are actually doing is discrediting Wiki as a source.

http://www.ageofautism.com/2014/02/cnn-runs-scared-from-the-truth-about-andrew-wakefield.html

http://www.ageofautism.com/2014/03/internet-bullies-wikipedia-admits-it-has-a-problem.html

The problem that we actually confront is that as these bullies become less and less credible their power becomes more and more frightening.

During this sad time, I am troubled by a HUGELY misleading and defamatory article that I read about Dan on Wikipedia. It isn't right that this misinformation stands. Anyone that can help me edit this site, I would appreciate it. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Olmsted Tom. I have a Wikipedia account, but I never edited an article before, and can't figure out how to do it.

Dan: you will be missed for your relentless courage and never ending pursuit of truth. You've given away a lifetime of service for our kids. YOU WON'T BE FORGOTTEN. Paul Picha

Dan Olmsted love to you on your new journey, thank you for being here and making a difference to humanity in such a big way. I dont know you and only heard about your passing from this world yesterday via Dr Andrew Wakefield.

I have not read any of your work as yet but am eager to.

My heart tells me how beautiful your heart is, your light shines so brightly over all of us here in earth.

Bless you on your journey!

He is my hero!

The poem, "A Requiem to Autism", dedicated to Dan Olmsted and posted below by an anonymous poster, is so deeply moving and such a tribute to his noble commitment to our kids.

So beautiful. Thank you, Anonymous.

God Bless Dan, loved reading his well documented articles, he always had you anxiously waiting for more, a true hero in many respects especially to the vaccine injured, just loved that man.

This is such sad news. Dan was so dedicated to our cause, awesome man who will be missed forever. My condolences to everyone at Age of Autism and to his Family and everyone that knew him. RIP DAN. There will never be another person that will fill his shoes.

Shock and awe. The shock of one gone too soon, and the awe of the incredible inspiration Dan has given us. The first steps of my journey to learn all about vaccines and autism began with Dan's study on the Amish. I know I speak for all of us in counting the blessings we will enjoy from Dan's writings and studies. May God comfort his family and friends and all of us in the vaccine-aware community as we deal with this profound loss.

I want to express my gratitude to Dan. He is my hero. He walked this challenging path before many were knowledgeable and courageous enough to walk it. We will honor him by continuing the struggle until it is won.

Such a tragic loss. I am so very sad to hear this. My condolences to you all at AofA - Mark, Teresa, Kim, John, Anne and everyone. You are a wonderful team and I'm glad that you have each other. It's just heart wrenching. My thoughts go out to everyone on this site, those that knew him personally, and to Dan's family. May peace come to your hearts soon.

Very sad news,

RIP Dan, you made tremendous inroads for this most perilous of paths, and set the ultimate example for those dedicated at AOA.

Dan will be missed - he had courage and integrity and walked the talk. Thank you Dan and rest in peace.

I am just stunned. What a tremendous loss. I never once imagined that he wouldn't be here to see this catastrophe through to the bitter end.
My deepest condolences to Dan's family and close friends. I hope he knew just how very much his work, his words, and his humor was appreciated.

What ever this world is to be, it is better because of Dan. Its hard for me to say rest in peace, because he is, not was, such a powerful voice for those whose voices have been suppressed. My heart aches.

Sincere thoughts and prayers with family and friends at this very sad news .
I'm sure people all over the world will be very sorry to hear about this.
A skilled, gifted, and talented willing worker who has helped so many ordinary families.

Dan allowed himself to be an instrument of truth, and that truth saved my oldest boy's life. Without that truth, my other kids probably would never have been born, so thank you, Dan, for helping to give me my family. To his family and his colleagues here at A of A, I'm so sorry for your loss. May you find the strength to take your grief and turn it into something beautiful and true. Saint Dan Olmsted, pray for us.

Dan was perfect - just perfect- for the place he was in. I often marvelled at how Age of Autism remained that same beacon of decency, kindness, and truth that it was when I first saw it so many years ago. The battle against the Vaccine Holocaust is sometimes tiring and sad for me, but yesterday evening I felt so light and happy and the thought of the grand party we would have at the end of the age of autism came to my mind and I, swore that no matter what I would reach for that event . I saw in my mind all those smiling glowing faces, bursting with joy in the brightly lit , sparkling banquet hall. Most of all I saw Dan Olmsted. Dan, we are going to reach that distant shore, and celebrate for you , and carve your name in the white marble of the Autism Holocaust Memorial. How can we give up when you never did.

This is devastating news! My deepest condolences to his family, friends and colleagues.

My deepest condolences to Dan's friends and family.His death is a huge loss to our community.
This was such a shock, its hard to find the right words to say. Thank you, Dan for everything.

My condolences. Dan gave me hope when I had none. Thank you and I hope you find peace.

I am so sad and shocked that this man full of integrity and good will is not going to be part of our lives any longer. I am so sorry. What' is going to happen next?

I am at a loss for words. Dan was a hero, a mentor, a calm voice in the storm to so many. I cannot believe that he is gone. My deepest condolences to his family.

'Now he is with the Angels'.
Dr.Bradstreet wrote this when we lost our beautiful son, Harry Horne-Roberts, as a result of anti-psychotic drugs prescribed without the knowledge or consent of us his parents. Harry was injured by MMR Pluserix aged one, and grew up autistic. We lost him aged 20.

Dear Dan Olmsted, we are forever in your debt, we in the autism, vaccine-injury community.
You were a shining light, and your work will live forever. We in the community will continue your wonderful work.

Thank you forever, and God Bless you among the Angels.

Saturday morning will not be the same. Like a call from a good friend, every week I so looked forward to those warm, wise, witty, informative and inspiring Weekly Wraps. Dan's journalistic presence, his gentle energy and strong spirit, was steadfast in the fight for the world's innocent against a man-made scourge that he was determined to uncover and wipe out. He made ending the Age of Autism and the Vaccine Holocaust his life's work. Mankind is the beneficiary of the tremendous effort that Dan poured into saving it. He was one of the few professional journalists who would bravely stand up and honestly and exhaustively investigate, speak the truth and provide an outlet leading a wonderful dedicated and talented team to get that truth out to a misinformed, embattled, increasingly poisoned, public. Dan, you were a great man. Thank you for everything you gave. I hope that G-D will now put you to work on the other side leading the Rebel Alliance.

I only "knew" this warrior through this forum, brilliantly resolute in his configuration of words and powerful concepts, his poisoned-tipped arrows from his quiver of truth ripping through, with fierce precision, the bullseye of lies, distortions and pernicious propaganda that seemed to have been so anathema to him.

While the mighty may have fallen, judging by the influence of his prolific works and deeds, the mighty certainly did not go out like a punk...and for this, we, the parents and advocates of the injured and maimed that he seemed to have been so committed to having vindicated, are eternally grateful.

I look forward to reading his (sadly), final, and (hopefully) unamended, upcoming book.

RIP

Dan, I loved your piece on the Amish and so many more. You were a wonderful journalist and author. Thank you

As a parent that has fought along side many other parents, I was upset to hear that Dan has passed on. Anytime we lose one of our soldiers in the autism community it is never an easy thing. I wanted to express true gratitude for all his work in the autism community. You will be greatly missed and your purpose not forgotten.

Dan Olmsted was a sort of Andrew Wakefield of journalism, unafraid to speak the truth and following daringly wherever it led him. In co-founding Age of Autism he created an institution strong enough to survive without him, which is what a real leader does.

I spoke to Dan on the phone just days after my daughter Anna died and passed on the information surrounding her death. I had found the start of the series on the internet that by happenstance was being written around the same time. She died just 10 days after her MMR vaccination. He wrote two moving and informative additions to his "Pox" series about Anna's case. He was a beacon of light from which we have taken our torches. RIP Dan Olmsted.

If I am feeling this level of deep sadness and shock as a mere fan of Dan's amazing articles and books and as someone who only met him on a couple of occasions, I can't imagine the intense grief and sense of loss that his family and close friends are experiencing!

I will always remember his sharp wit, brilliant writing skills and dedication as a tireless warrior of our cause!

Rest in Peace Dan....

Unbelievable, sad, shocking. It's not over till it's over. Dan's work will go forward.

Such sad news. I first encountered Dan, like many people, through his powerful UPI columns. When I was the editor in chief at Chelsea Green Publishing (back in 2007-2008), I proposed the idea of turning those columns into a book. Eventually, he worked with another publisher and Age of Autism, the book, was borne. We talked more recently about his new, forthcoming book and I, too, am looking forward to it. Dan's work and legacy will live on thanks to this site, his books, and his columns that will endure and give folks a reassuring hand on their shoulder that, no, they're not alone.

Heartbroken at the passing of Dan Olmstead.......a cornerstone of AOA. Your words always validated what my heart held! My sincere condolences to your family and many friends!

Dan Olmsted if you can hear me up there (for that is where you must be by now) .
I am forever grateful for your Amish community reports early on in this debacle .
Rest assured , the fight will go on with more determination than ever .
I feel we are as close to the tipping point as we have ever been and its a shame you didn't see it.

Thanks for all you did .

Regarding the rest of you involved in this fight , we cannot afford to lose any more important people , so look after yourselves .

There are some children whose lives have been spared the utter devastation of vaccine injury thanks to his decade of tireless effort; it is however incredibly sad that he will not see the end of the holocaust.

Fear no more the frown of the great,
Thou art past the tyrant's stroke:
Care no more to clothe and eat;
To thee the reed is as the oak:
The sceptre, learning, physic, must
All follow this, and come to dust.

VACCINES CAUSE AUTISM

Although I never had the pleasure to meet you Dan I am certain that you knew the above declaration to be true.

I did read many of your articles and I was always thankful for what you and others contributed to AOA.

I really expected to meet you one day and share the victory of the cure for the plague we call autism.

I guess we will have to discuss it in heaven.

VACCINES CAUSE AUTISM

Dan's contribution and legacy lives on.
Rest in peace, my friend.

Well, I did not expect this news tonight. It feels as if I have lost a brother or a son, although I never met him. My most heartfelt condolences to his husband and family -- I feel strongly that he will be irreplaceable. But what he started cannot now be stopped. Like Laura wrote, the fact that he did all this with "no skin in the game," is incredible to me -- maybe to you also?-- because it is a fact that many of us have very close relatives who cannot face that inconvenient truth that they have pretty close "kin" in this game! Well shame on them. Dan Olmsted, you are a hero. I can't see real good right now, can't see into the future due to the mess of salt rimmed tears splatted all over my glasses. But Dan Olmsted can see just fine. I believe. Thank you and rest in peace now.

So sad... thanks, Dan, for all you did.

My heart is broken.
Dan, thank you for given my son a voice, a loud voice, on this battle.
I'll never forget what you have done to our community.
Thank you from the bottom of my broken heart.

Deepest sympathy to Dan's family, and all in the Age of Autism community. Such an enormous loss. RIP Dan...your mission will continue through the many lives you've touched.

Oh no... I'm so sad to hear this news. Dan's columns were some of the first that I encountered along the way on this journey of understanding the devastation of our vaccination policies. I remember reading his columns and thinking "this can't be right, can it?"... And it was... And it is...

Blessings to his family and friends... Thoughts and prayers are with you.

My husband and I are so shocked and saddened by Dan's sudden passing and wish to pass on our condolences to his family and friends. There is not a day goes by when we don't log onto AOA to get the truth in journalism because we certainly don't get it from mainstream and government news stations here in Australia. Dan will always be greatly appreciated and will be deeply, missed by our autism community around the world not just for his contribution to journalism but for just being a lovely caring human being. R.I.P.

For almost 15 years, I have been on a quest to find and reveal the truth of what happened to my son, Yates and a generation of vaccine injured children.

Throughout the journey, Dan Olmsted and Age of Autism have been a beacon of light and hope guiding me forward.

We will reach the point where the truth is accepted as self evident.

When we reach the moment of truth, it will be in large part because of the work and sacrifice of Dan Olmsted.

I don't know where to start. Ever since I got involved in this, he's been there. I talk to him all the time; he's been a constant support.

Where would we be without him?

Such a huge loss to our community and the profession of journalism. I remember buying him a drink at the bar after the vaccine march in Chicago a few years back. So kind. So engaging. So smart. Tears and prayers for his family and our community who must carry on without him.

Oh No. What a shock to see this news.... such a talented courageous person, a life lived strongly and one that Mattered. Rest in peace with that knowledge.
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I am so sorry. A tragic loss for the autism community.

...So sorry & sad. Sending prayers to the families / especially Kim & Mark and to all those who knew him well.

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