Guest guest Posted February 26, 2001 Report Share Posted February 26, 2001 Ric, I am not certain how to respond. It is so obvious you are embedded with hatred and bitterness towards anyone who would attempt to be a friend or try to assist you that I probably can do nothing except what I feel in my heart. That is to offer prayer for you. Your responses to Judy and myself are uninformed, judgemental and unfair. I seriously doubt that anyone would join this list to profit from the misfortunes of others. They would spend their time where it would be more profitable. I mortgaged my home to start Miracle Mountain. It took all of my retirement fund. My pay is not in the form of money but in the gratification of helping children and adults who need it. That includes you, if you would desire to try our program. I have watched autistic children talk for the first time in their life while tears rolled down their Mothers face, tears of happiness. This, along with my grandson with CP, is my motivation. If you wish to question my motives, that is entirely up to you. I think the main therapy you need is Love. God loves you and so do I. When you let bitterness build up (for whatever reason) it is like a poison which goes through your brain and your heart making it difficult to recognize who your friends are. If you do not want to be cured of Autism, that is certainly your right. However, I would really encourage you to work on the other problems you have before you let them destroy you. If I can help, let me know. The one Rx that will make life much easier for you is Prayer. And I offer that to you now. Many people will walk in and out of your life, but only true friends will leave footprints in your heart. > Date: Sun, 25 Feb 2001 18:27:10 -0500 > > Subject: about curing autism - > > wrote > > >We treat children with Autism. > > Interesting. And what do you treat them with? Drugs? Coersive therapy? > Who gets to judge what a treated child should behave like? Certainly not > the child. And not the opinion of the autistic community either. Just > people who have no idea what it is like to be autistic. That smacks of > chauvinism and conceit. > > Treatment implies disease. So Autism is a disease? What makes you so sure > of that? Are you aware of the dissenting opinions currently in print? Are > you aware of the level of anger and disgust felt by many adults on the > autistic spectrum towards this attitude? My own opinion is far from being > the most radical one. > > If you don't believe me, check out this web site. > > http://www.autistics.org/ > > On this page you will find a cartoon. It is about CAN. > I warn you, it is very strong. But it shows how deeply felt the negative > reaction to " curing autism " can be. I don't feel quite as outraged as the > author of this cartoon did. > > It was no trouble for me to find this either, one email to a friend and > this URL came in the reply. > (the nature of this cartoon is so controversial i will be suprised if it > stays up much longer, so if it isn't there, i'll be happy to post it to > anyone who would like to see it.) > > > > >You obviously have no idea what Autism is > >other than your own. > > > Should i respond to you by saying that you obviously have no idea what > autism is AT ALL? Tit for tat? > It sounds to me that you haven't considered the implications of your > approach to autism and that perhaps, just perhaps, all that you do may not > be in the best interests of the child you " treat " . > > How CAN it be if you don't continually challenge the assumptions you hold? > Or carefully consider the viewpoint of someone who is diametrically opposed > to your point of view rather than dismiss it as someone who lacks > compassion? > > > Ric > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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