Your Piece on Chelation

[Guest guest]

Dear Ms. Hart:

Thank you for your intelligent and balanced piece on chelation. Your

story reflected the experience of many parents of children with

neurodevelopmental disorders, including our experience with our own

son. Through the use of biomedical interventions, including chelation

and other methods of detoxification our son, now 6, is improving every

day.

You are courageous to have taken on the story and talented to have

presented it so well.

I would like to point out something to you that is extremely important.

Our son was first diagnosed with heavy metal toxicity and other

disorders long before a neurologist labeled him with the word " autism. "

The neurologist conducted no tests and did not review our son's medical

records - she only observed our son in a small room for about 40

minutes. (She is a world famous neurologist, known for her involvement

in " autism " research and treatment). We refrain from using the label

" autism " to describe our son's problems because it does not describe

his physiological condition, just some of the symptomatic behaviors

that are sometimes characteristic of his physiological problems.

So-called experts on " autism " are adept at shoehorning these

characteristic behaviors into the " autism " checklist.

In the introduction to your piece the anchor stated that chelation is a

treatment for " autism " and some critics shown in the piece referred to

it in the same way. We view chelation as a treatment for heavy metal

toxicity, including lead and mercury poisoning. We used chelation and

other detoxification methods to treat the heavy metal toxicity

diagnosis given to our son – not to treat " autism " . No one yet knows

what " autism " is, but heavy metal toxicity is identifiable and testable

through recognized procedures, such as urinary toxicity testing. The

biomedical interventions that we have used have helped dramatically

with our son's condition, and he is healthier, happier, and more

functional because of them. Whether " autism " is involved is irrelevant.

That is a label stuck on our children by a medical establishment and

regime too ignorant of what afflicts our children to deal with their

problems in a meaningful way. That is why so-called " experts " can claim

that improvements seen after chelation " would have occurred anyway " –

in their playbook chelation does not treat " autism " . But their playbook

also says that " autism " is lifelong and not treatable. The experts

shouldn't be able to have it both ways, although these " experts " twist

and ridicule parents' experience to fit their preconceived paradigm.

The Shoemakers' wonderful experience with their son is clear and

unequivocal no matter what the experts may opine.

Thanks for your piece. Well done.

Lori & Krakow

Great Neck, New York

[Guest guest]

Wonderful letter, Bob!

>

> Dear Ms. Hart:

>

> Thank you for your intelligent and balanced piece on chelation.

Your

> story reflected the experience of many parents of children with

> neurodevelopmental disorders, including our experience with our

own

> son. Through the use of biomedical interventions, including

chelation

> and other methods of detoxification our son, now 6, is improving

every

> day.

>

> You are courageous to have taken on the story and talented to have

> presented it so well.

>

> I would like to point out something to you that is extremely

important.

> Our son was first diagnosed with heavy metal toxicity and other

> disorders long before a neurologist labeled him with the

word " autism. "

> The neurologist conducted no tests and did not review our son's

medical

> records - she only observed our son in a small room for about 40

> minutes. (She is a world famous neurologist, known for her

involvement

> in " autism " research and treatment). We refrain from using the

label

> " autism " to describe our son's problems because it does not

describe

> his physiological condition, just some of the symptomatic

behaviors

> that are sometimes characteristic of his physiological problems.

> So-called experts on " autism " are adept at shoehorning these

> characteristic behaviors into the " autism " checklist.

>

> In the introduction to your piece the anchor stated that chelation

is a

> treatment for " autism " and some critics shown in the piece

referred to

> it in the same way. We view chelation as a treatment for heavy

metal

> toxicity, including lead and mercury poisoning. We used chelation

and

> other detoxification methods to treat the heavy metal toxicity

> diagnosis given to our son – not to treat " autism " . No one yet

knows

> what " autism " is, but heavy metal toxicity is identifiable and

testable

> through recognized procedures, such as urinary toxicity testing.

The

> biomedical interventions that we have used have helped

dramatically

> with our son's condition, and he is healthier, happier, and more

> functional because of them. Whether " autism " is involved is

irrelevant.

> That is a label stuck on our children by a medical establishment

and

> regime too ignorant of what afflicts our children to deal with

their

> problems in a meaningful way. That is why so-called " experts " can

claim

> that improvements seen after chelation " would have occurred

anyway " –

> in their playbook chelation does not treat " autism " . But their

playbook

> also says that " autism " is lifelong and not treatable. The experts

> shouldn't be able to have it both ways, although these " experts "

twist

> and ridicule parents' experience to fit their preconceived

paradigm.

>

> The Shoemakers' wonderful experience with their son is clear and

> unequivocal no matter what the experts may opine.

>

> Thanks for your piece. Well done.

>

> Lori & Krakow

> Great Neck, New York

>