Sign up now for a
Free Email Account &
your own Online
Writing Portfolio!
Username:
Password:  
Entry Calendar
<<     February     >>
SMTWTFS
   1234
567891011
12131415161718
19202122232425
26272829
Complete archive | RSS
Sponsored Links

Click Here To Bid  

Read a Newbie
Badges
Testimonials
Tell a Friend
Know someone who'd
like this page?

Email Address:

Optional Comment:

Who's Online?
Members: 489    
Guests: 551    
   
Total Online Now: 1040    
Writing.Com Time

Tuesday
February 14, 2012
10:36pm EST


Content Rating Notice:  Recommended for Readers 18 Years and Older Only
  >> Book >> Parenting >> ID #953544  |   Show DetailsPrinter Friendly Page Tell A Friend
Jonah's Journey
The adventures of my nine year old son Jonah, who has autism.
Rated:
18+
by
Avg Rating: (16)
<<< Previous | Back to Entry List | Next >>>
Entry #351890, added on 06-06-05 @ 9:26 am EDT
   Entry Access Restriction: None.
a cureEntry #351890
People like to send me articles about autism. I understand that their motivation is kind, but I'm rarely hearing something I haven't heard before.

Yesterday I got one from a friend which says stuff like: "Generation Rescue parents are successfully treating their children biomedically and removing mercury from their bodies through a safe and proven detoxification treatment known as chelation therapy," explains spokesgal Anne Purdy.

"Our message for parents is very simple: Autism is reversible," explains J.B. Handley, one of the organization's founding parents and father of a son diagnosed with autism.

I answered my friend's e-mail, and this article, with the following:

Thanks for thinking of us. I've read a lot of these types of articles. Unfortunately autism is one of those things where everyone thinks they've got it all figured out and nobody really does. There are always these people who claim you can "reverse" or "cure" autism by doing this or that -- providing a special diet, sauna treatments, chelation, medication, etc. ad nauseum! It might work for one kid but there's no scientific proof that it will work for another. Jonah's school has a nice wholistic approach that feels right for us.

For me it's like religion: every group likes to believe they have a handle on the truth.





"Whenever I'm caught between two evils, I take the one I've never tried."
         ~ Mae West (1892 - 1980)

















© Copyright 2005 winklett (UN: winklett at Writing.Com). All rights reserved.
winklett has granted Writing.Com, its affiliates and its syndicates non-exclusive rights to display this work.
<<< Previous | Back to Entry List | Next >>>

Log In To Leave Feedback
Username:
Password:
Not a Member?
Signup right now, for free!

All accounts include:
*Bullet* FREE Email @Writing.Com!
*Bullet* FREE Portfolio Services!