Hopeful Leadership in Treating Autism

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http://anon.autismri.com.edgesuite.net/anon.autismri/RecoveredChildren/AutismIsTreatableVideo-highband.wmv

Despite the incredibly complex situation as relates to autism, there is hope-I strongly encourage parents and journalists visiting this site to watch the entire video above and pay attention to some of the academic credentials of some of the people involved here.

The function of children on the autistic spectrum can be improved, more and more children are showing such gains after leaving the treatment of establishment physicians. Some card-carrying members of the AAP (such as in my community) are starting to pay attention so that over time this situation will continue to improve despite the attacks on the brave clinicians who are taking on this uphill battle.

The continued improvements in increasingly larger numbers of kids is further evidence that we have neglected one of the most common pediatric problems. The neglect goes back decades to Bernard Rimland, PhD who first debunked the "bad mothering" theory from another PhD of my Alma Mater. This neglect really has huge impacts on our country's GDP down the line and state budgets RIGHT NOW.

The collective neurobehavioral functioning of this society's children needs to climb quickly so that the numerically heavy population needing their work productivity in the next 30 years will actually have a societal safety net. The baby boomers who are so set on denying this are the same people that will reap the rewards of their neglect of this issue, unfortunately a lot of lawyers, farmers, accountants, truck drivers, some teachers and others of that generation's cohorts really don't realize what the MDs of their generation are neglecting here.

Autism is treatable, and its not just behavioral interventions or by the use of a single pharmacologic approach; its complicated and its high time the real geniuses inside academic medicine started paying attention to the people on the video above.

Thanks again to KOMU and the University of Missouri School of Journalism.

There are likely few other Journalism Schools in this country (land of the free home of the brave) that would have the guts to face the wrath of academic medicine on their own university quadrangles as relates to the topics you have addressed here. Another sign of the the coercive nature of the health profession that screams across campus at those interested in finding the truth.

Seems rather unhealthy, doesn't it?

Edward F. Fogarty, MD

Chairman of Radiology

University of North Dakota School of Medicine

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This person wants to share what they wish the media would cover. This item was emailed to this blog---AR

I would like people to know that our kids can get better and be productive people with early intervention.

I would like to not be accused of being a bad mother or not spending enough time with my son. I am exhausted every single day, give me a break!

I would like any kind of medical insurance.

I would like Doctors to get in the game and not look at us, tell us they are sorry and send us out the door. There are treatments available who cares if it is medicine or natural. We just need help. Get on board people!

I would like Doctors to listen to us and learn. We know more about this than they do.

I would like parents of "normal" children to teach their children not to discriminate against our children and to be compassionate. They are kids just like yours & have feelings just like yours.

I would like parents of "normal" children to not shield their children from mine just because he is different. He is a beautiful child, just like yours & he is also a very intelligent child.

He can be capable of amazing things if we just let him live his life and quit judging him. He is smarter than we are.

My son is 8, he reads, spells and punctuates at a University level. Who would not want this?? If so WHY????

My husband and I are some of the luckiest people in the word to have such a special little boy. I am a mother just like you. I love my son. He is not broken, he is perfect.

Chelation Therapy

Hi everyone. My name is Robert Kessler, I'm working as a research assistant on the series. I am researching specifically chelation therapy. If you have any experience with or knowledge about chelation therapy, I'd love to hear about it. I'm just looking for anything you've got: what age is best to start, different types, which method of administering is better, anything. I would also like to know about bio meds. I want to make sure that my knowledge of chelation therapy is as complete as it could possibly be. Thank you for taking your time to share your experience and/or knowledge with me.

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Rainmom said...
for some ideas on stories, you might want to read the blogs below. Parents are angry. Darn right we are. No where in history has there ever been an epidemic that got ignored like autism. "Awareness" is a joke- being aware does not help fix our kids. Imagine being "aware" your child has leukemia, and the doctors are "aware" your child has leukemia, but instead of helping your get your child well, they recommended you go on a leukemia fundraiser walk to raise "awareness? This is exactly what's happening in autism.

Our government refuses to help our kids, our medical centers and medical society refuse to help our kids (unless you want psych meds- they hand those out like candy). This is an epidemic of never before seen proportion, and we've got treatments and therapies that can help these kids- but 90% of them are completely uncovered or paid for by any state services, schools, or insurance companies. Imagine having a child with leukemia, and having to pay CASH for all of the treatments? Welcome to autism- because that's what's happening.

Treatment after treatment is either called "experimental" (chelation, gf-cf diets, supplementing vitamins and minerals, food allergy treatments, etc) --or else called necessary (ABA) - but then refused insurance and medicaid coverage. Autism rates outrank childhood cancer, diabetes, cerebral palsy, and down syndrome combined....but no one has a telethon to raise money for our kids.

One giant organization is raising money left and right- to look for "those genes". Sick, sick, sick- there is no such thing as a genetic epidemic. We need paid treatments. Generation Rescue did what the CDC has REFUSED to do- conduct a survey comparing vaccinated vs unvaccinated kids- and the results are incredible- read for yourself (link below)

Here's some eye openers too:
http://pouringdownautism.blogspot.com
http://kimstagliano.blogspot.com/2007/03/guest-blogger-ive-been-asked-to-post.html

websites:
http://www.rescuepost.com/
www.generationrescue.org
www.autism.com
www.tacanow.org

Tami G
WA state