autism cure?

[Guest guest]

I was just looking at the site www.autisminfo.com . What do you all

think about some of the treatments listed? I first started looking at

this because I realized that I know an MD in our town that I am

pretty sure does " chelation therapy " on autistic kids. I was in his

office once and a nice-enough looking child came in. I thought the

parents were creepy. Anyway, someone there told me about mercury

being the cause of autism. I didn't think much of it except thinking

the kid was probably having issues because the parents were so

creepy. I didn't know anything about autism at the time. The kid

actually seemed very nice to me, nicer than most kids, maybe because

I am on the spectrum? He even talked to me, which most kids don't do.

Anyway, I started looking at it online because I keep thinking I

should say something to this doc at some point, once I know what to

say, especially if he is doing the kind of chelation where they stick

a needle in the kid. It doesn't seem right to me to stick someone who

is already sensitive to everything around them. There is also oral

chelation with no needle involved.

But I know very little about it.

Also, there was something about a child being cured by not drinking

milk and eating gluten.

I guess if someone was very autistic and not drinking milk helped

them enough to be able to learn to communicate or something, that

would be good.... I guess. I am so much at the end of the spectrum

that can reasonably " fake it " for short periods of time (like my job

interview today!) that it is a bit hard for me to imagine what it is

like to not have speech or to be even more sensitive to sensory input

than I already am. When I DO try to imagine it, it makes me realize

that I would probably do some of the same " behaviors " that people

find so objectionable, in self-defense, and as a way of making sense

of my surroundings. I do some of those in limited fashion as it is,

which I have reported in other emails.

Personally it makes me want to go in the house and drink a big glass

of milk and eat a piece of toast (my main food lately is toast)

because I LIKE the way I am, especially the more I learn about it.

Before I ever go harangue the doc about his practices, I would like

to know more of what other people on the spectrum think. He has

probably spent al ot of time learning the technique and believes in

it, so I am sure I won't get him to stop, but it seems wrong to NOT

say at least something, or direct him to some sites so he can think

about it for himself.

If anyone has further info, or opinions about it, I would like to

hear them. I like what jypsy wrote regarding her son's diagnosis,

that life would now be more interesting! It's good to hear from a

parent who likes their child as he/she is. My son does not seem to be

on the spectrum, but there is something a bit " different " about him.

I have had people advise me out the yin-yang on what to do with him,

whereas I don't want to DO anything to or with him because I like him

the way he is. They see some of his behaviors as trouble and to me,

that's their problem not his, since he seems to be a happy kid except

when I won't let him eat popsicles for breakfast.

But what about someone who is NOT happy because they are being

overwhelmed by whatever... would it be good to " treat " them somehow,

or just to try to modify the environment so they can gradually learn

to handle it, or what? Or should the caregivers be the ones who get

treatment?!

Rhonda

[Guest guest]

Rhonda wrote:

>...I know an MD in our town that I am

>pretty sure does " chelation therapy " on autistic kids. ...

>Anyway, I started looking at it online because I keep thinking I

>should say something to this doc at some point, once I know what to

>say, especially if he is doing the kind of chelation where they stick

>a needle in the kid. ...

>But I know very little about it.

If you go to http://www.neurodiversity.com/main.html and scroll down

to the " Biological and Complementary " section, you'll find chelation

section (under Vaccines).

Jane