Re: NBC Chelation Story/aired in Boston

[Guest guest]

The story just aired on the 4 pm news here in Boston. Josh Shoemaker

looks really amazing-- his language, his eye contact, his affect.

He's adorable. Thank you so much to the Shoemaker family for sharing

their story and putting themselves out there.

It looks like Boston abbreviated some of the good stuff-- definitely

the SLP saying that Josh is the only child she's worked with that's

going to kindergarten completely normal and that it's because of

chelation, and possibly some other stuff. But all in all, a great

story. I think the before and after video is what will really stand

out.

Jeannie

>

> I love this:

> " Why he improved, I don't know. Would he improved on his own, I

don't know. But as of now mercury is not a cause of autism based on

the studies we know now and chelation is not an acceptable form of

treatment for autism. "

> That is like saying " Gee, we don't know for sure that the plastic

over this person's face was causing them to suffocate just because

when we removed the plastic they started breathing again. " That is

just too simple. There has to be another explanation.

> >

> > From: " Fournier " <@...>

> > Date: 2006/03/03 Fri PM 02:47:25 EST

> > <EOHarm >

> > Subject: NBC Chelation Story

> >

> > Here's the script from an NBC affiliate for the story on

chelation that will

> > be running today and tonight.

> >

> >

> > S/ Dr. Phil DeMio/ Prescribes chelation for autism :55 - 1:00

> >

> > S/ Dr. Bill Goldman/ Pediatrician 1:36 - 1:49

> >

> > S/ McCloskey/ Speech Language Therapist 1:55 - 1:59

> >

> > (--ANCHOR LEAD--)

> >

> > IT'S A TREATMENT THAT'S BEEN AROUND FOR DECADES -- IT'S CALLED

CHELATION,

> >

> > (key - lay - shun) AND IT'S COMMONLY USED TO TREAT LEAD

POISONING.

> >

> > BUT NOW SOME PARENTS CLAIM THAT CHELATION IS BRINGING ABOUT

DRAMATIC

> >

> > CHANGE IN THEIR AUTISTIC CHILDREN. AND NOT WITHOUT CONTROVERSY.

> >

> >

> >

> > NOW ALMOST FOUR JOSH SHOEMAKER IS NOT HIS OLD SELF, HIS PARENTS

ARE HAPPY

> >

> > TO SAY.

> >

> > (SOT: Angie Shoemaker/ Josh's mother :09 - :12)

> >

> > " It's just not even comparable he's just not the same child. "

> >

> > JOSH WAS DIAGNOSED WITH AUTISM A YEAR AGO. THIS IS HOME VIDEO

FROM JUNE.

> >

> > HIS PARENTS SAY JOSH BARELY SPOKE, RARELY RESPONDED, AND HAD

SLID INTO

> >

> > HIS OWN WORLD.

> >

> > : Shoemaker/ Josh's father

> >

> > " He used to spin himself in circles constantly, we were losing

him

> >

> > daily. "

> >

> > " This is my camera " )

> >

> > BUT WITHIN FIVE MONTHS, THIS WAS JOSH: TALKING, AND RESPONSIVE.

THE

> >

> > SHOEMAKERS CREDIT A TREATMENT CALLED CHELATION OUTLINED IN THIS

EDITION

> >

> > OF MOTHERING MAGAZINE.

> >

> > (nats)

> >

> > JOSH'S PARENTS SPREAD A SULFUR-BASED CREAM ON HIS SKIN, A

COMPOUND THEY

> >

> > AND DOCTORS WHO PRESCRIBE IT, SAY ROOTS OUT TOXINS LIKE MERCURY

FROM THE

> >

> > BODY, TOXINS THEY BLAME FOR JOSH'S AUTISM.

> >

> > (SOT: Dr. Phil DeMio/ Prescribes chelation for autism :55 -

1:00 )

> >

> > " The sulfur grabs onto the mercury like a magnet so our body can

excrete

> >

> > it where it would never have the ability to do that on its own

without

> >

> > something like this. "

> >

> > (REPORTER STANDUP: Hart/ Reporting 1:00 - 1:13 )

> >

> > " But there's far from consensus about what causes autism, and

most

> >

> > doctors see no place for chelation in dealing with it. Two years

ago the

> >

> > Centers for Disease Control commissioned a report that found no

evidence

> >

> > of a mercury-autism link. "

> >

> > (nats: baby crying)

> >

> > MERCURY'S EFFECTS ON CHILDREN, THOUGH, ARE A CONCERN THE F-D-A

WARNS

> >

> > PREGNANT WOMEN TO AVOID CERTAIN FISH AND HAD A MERCURY

INGREDIENT REMOVED

> >

> > FROM MOST VACCINES.

> >

> > BUT CAN CHELATION, A TREATMENT BIG INSURERS COVER FOR MERCURY

POISONING,

> >

> > HELP AGAINST AUTISM? ONE PEDIATRICIAN CAUTIONS THAT JOSH'S

PROGRESS,

> >

> > THOUGH DRAMATIC, ISN'T PROOF.

> >

> > (SOT: Dr. Bill Goldman/ Pediatrician 1:36 - 1:49 )

> >

> > " Why he improved, I don't know. Would he improved on his own, I

don't

> >

> > know. But as of now mercury is not a cause of autism based on the

> >

> > studies we know now and chelation is not an acceptable form of

treatment

> >

> > for autism. "

> >

> > JOSH'S PARENTS -- AND SPEECH THERAPIST -- SAY IT'S PROOF TO THEM.

> >

> > (SOT: McCloskey/ Speech Language Therapist 1:55 - 1:59 )

> >

> > " Josh is the only child I've ever worked with that I can say

he's gonna

> >

> > go to kindergarten being a perfectly normal kindergartner and he

was not

> >

> > a perfectly normal two year old and it's chelation that did it. "

> >

> > (SOT: Angie Shoemaker/ Josh's mother 2:05 - 2:09 )

> >

> > " It's like he went from his world, into ours. "

> >

> > A JOYFUL RELIEF FOR JOSH'S PARENTS CONVINCED THAT THEY FOUND THE

SOLUTION

> >

> > FOR HIM.

> >

> > ( -- ANCHOR TAG -- )

> >

> > CHELATION IS F-D-A APPROVED, BUT ONLY TO TREAT LEAD POISONING.

> >

> > FEDERAL RESEARCHERS ARE LOOKING INTO WHETHER IT CAN HELP HEART

PATIENTS

> >

> > BY DRAINING CALCIUM FROM CLOGGED ARTERIES.

> >

> > NOT ALL CHELATING AGENTS ARE THE SAME. THE F-D-A THIS WEEK SAID

THAT ONE

> >

> > DRUG COMMONLY USED TO TREAT LEAD POISONING, CALLED ENDRATE,

CAUSED THE

> >

> > DEATHS OF TWO PEOPLE LAST YEAR. THIS IS NOT THE CHELATING

COMPOUND THAT

> >

> > THE SHOEMAKERS HAVE USED TO TREAT THEIR SON JOSH.

> >

> >

> >

>

> H.

> I love someone with autism!

>