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- mesapiegrande, on 04/02/2009, -1/+25Having a child with Autism I can attest that when he is sick and has a fever he is much more laid back and talks more. If only he wasn't so miserable it might actually be nice. Hopefully some treatments can be developed using these new theories.
- Enfenestrate, on 04/02/2009, -1/+24he means back and forth
- Kronich, on 04/02/2009, -5/+24This is invredible news for anyone that knows of someone affected by Autism..
- HappyScrappy, on 04/02/2009, -1/+17The reports you are referring to are incredibly unscientific. They are essentially nonsense. Chelation therapy is used to remove heavy metals from the blood. These people are trying to blame autism on mercury, and then by extension, vaccinations.
All the available info, like that virtually none of the vaccinations given in the US don't contain mercury, doesn't impede these jackasses from spreading their nonsense. - amabaie, on 04/02/2009, -3/+17That's great news. I know a couple people who are believed to have a mild form of autism, so I like to read that there are possible improvements coming up.
- inactive, on 04/02/2009, -2/+16Sadly, nothing will shut those ***** up. Doesn't matter how many studies get released that contradict their *****, it doesn't matter that the guy who started this fuss was found out to be a ***** liar. Hell, they basically come right out and admit upfront that they don't give a ***** what science says. They're just so completely disconnected from reality that there's really nothing that can be done.
- Dermy, on 04/02/2009, -2/+12I am a behavior therapist, and my job consists of working with Autistic children in their homes... This does not bode well for my career, but I am happy to see some progress and a sign that people with this disorder may have better development.
- Ladymongoose, on 04/02/2009, -0/+10If there is a treatment out there that can help my autistic son talk and interact better, I'm all for it. I hate the thought of him going through life struggling to make friends and communicate.
- tomcat4u, on 04/02/2009, -1/+10YEA, damn liberals and their autism!!
Wha? The hell you talkin bout? - Rivetgeek, on 04/02/2009, -1/+10yes a different person...one that's not destined to live a very difficult and arduous life. poor bastards
- lornefs, on 04/02/2009, -5/+14Great news if true.
I guess these lucky people won't be special anymore though.
Does it mean that vaccines will be ok then? Maybe Jenny Mccarthy can shut her stupid yap. - FredFredrickson, on 04/02/2009, -1/+10Well, you could say the same thing about someone who has downs syndrome... but if you found out how to reverse that problem, wouldn't you want to do it?
- Mtdewrulz, on 04/02/2009, -7/+15Autistic kids rock!
- Cerialthriller, on 04/02/2009, -2/+10lets not cure anything, they will be different people. That guy over there with HIV won't be depressed all the time and he'll be a different person if we cure him, so screw it, i like him how he is...
- BoneheadFarker, on 04/02/2009, -0/+7Please...don't buy into the new-age *****...
- aduzik, on 04/02/2009, -0/+7Yes it has, and no they don't. There has never been any scientific evidence to suggest that there's any correlation between vaccines and autism.
- CoreyHalliwell, on 04/02/2009, -1/+8I have nothing but faith in the fact that the brain, especially when young can become anything we allow it to be. I'm glad to see that psychology is starting to show some flex in regards to mental disorders and not just forcing people to be stuck with labels.
- FredFredrickson, on 04/02/2009, -1/+8Vaccines are okay now. They don't cause autism.
I know Jenny McCarthy probably means well, but she's done great damage to her cause by perpetuating these stupid rumors. It's a shame, really. - Kahnza, on 04/02/2009, -0/+6or you're not funny and non-autistic people just don't want to hurt your feelings
- inactive, on 04/02/2009, -0/+6I know, I know, I understand why they do it. It's just, gah, every time I see an outbreak of a preventable disease in the news caused because of this ***** vaccine/autism myth, I just... Makes me so ***** angry.
- FunkyMan, on 04/02/2009, -0/+6This is one theory, and not yet based on a lot of evidence. As a clinical researcher and pediatrician, I've read a lot of theories that people latch onto about autism (because of the need for hope), which didn't pan out and were disproven. Unfortunately it will take 10-20 years to prove and develop therapies. Although, I'm sure in the next year quacks around the world will claim that they can fix this pathway with some "treatment" or another.
- Enfenestrate, on 04/02/2009, -1/+7chelation therapy is the removal of murcury that's in the kids' bodies because of mercury-containing vaccines. There's really no scientific evidence that mercury is the cause of autism, or that the removal of it actually works, despite what Jenny McCarthy claims.
- thinkb4utype, on 04/02/2009, -0/+5One of the best books I've ever read was written by a animal behaviorist with autism. Without her autism, she would not have the ability she does to understand animals, I highly recommend the book: Animals in Translation by Temple Grandin
- dehnomac, on 04/03/2009, -0/+5Being a father of an aspergers child, I believe he would like some of the autism traits to be gone and other traits he would see as normal, though I would not. Traits that would be nice to be rid of is anxiety, panic attacks, and meltdowns. As others have said here, getting rid of all of his traits would make him, not him anymore.
- HappyScrappy, on 04/02/2009, -0/+5There's no mercury in the vaccines used in the US. Mercury (thimerasol) is only used in multi-dose vaccines where needles (hopefully a different one each time) are put into the bottle to draw out doses repeatedly.
In the use, virtually all vaccines are single-dose and do not contain thimerasol. And the few people who do receive multi-dose vaccines are not the upper class dunderheads who are making up this vaccine link. - anonymousmedic, on 04/02/2009, -1/+6NEWSFLASH!
Jenny McCarthy is a new-aged moron. She hypes anti-vaccination causes by using emotion of "oh, look at my poor boy" as her only proof, in addition to "Oh, believe me. I was in Hollywood." The only people who DO listen to her are the people who are stuck gawking at her chest too long to listen to the pseudo-scientific new age ***** she spews forth.
/NEWSFLASH. - guyincognitoo, on 04/02/2009, -0/+5Only the optional flu shot has a mercury derivative in it. Everything else has been clean for years.
- inigomntoya, on 04/02/2009, -1/+6Simply giving this "wonder drug" alone will not eradicate autism. Therapy will also be involved to help autistic people identify and correct bad behaviors.
This also isn't getting rid of children born with autism. So, I wouldn't worry so much if I were you... - solboldi, on 04/02/2009, -0/+5Yes, it is very good news. Perhaps people will stop blaming vacccines now.
- anonymousmedic, on 04/02/2009, -0/+4bremstrong: Chelation therapy is an anti-vaccine propaganda ploy and pseudoscience. Thimerosil and Mercury have not been used in most vaccines since 2000.
Also, it's not premature to rule out Mercury. Since Mercury stopped being used as a preservitive, (and not mercury, but a metabolizable allotrope of mercury, big difference), the incidence of autism has actually INCREASED. In addition, multiple government studies have shown no link causitive to thimerisol. - joe7845, on 04/03/2009, -0/+4Go to PubMed and search for "autism gray white matter" or "autism minicolumns" or "autism neuron density" or "autism cortical thickness." Those are just a few off the top of my head.
- Kahnza, on 04/02/2009, -0/+4you must not be funny
- sodappop, on 04/02/2009, -0/+4Enfen made me giggle!
- joe7845, on 04/02/2009, -2/+6The claim that autistic brains are structurally "normal" in general contradicts decades of scientific findings, many of those based on autopsies. The differences can't usually be seen in an MRI, but there are group differences.
- tomcat4u, on 04/02/2009, -2/+5There's nothing wrong with autistics in the same way there's nothing wrong with those with Down Syndrome. They are not at fault.
But that doesn't mean they don't have problems, and we as non-autistics and non-DSers can observe them and make judgments on them. And I believe autism isn't healthy. - AndrewDB, on 04/02/2009, -0/+3***** you Medic.
- Garofoli, on 04/02/2009, -2/+5Don't bury him, you're all assuming he's criticizing Kronich. he could merely be suggesting that Kronich is one who knows someone affected by autism.
- nullcodes, on 04/02/2009, -1/+4Of course it's reversible, IN THEORY even if there were structural problems it still is reversible (displaced or non existent things can always be replaced or grown in place ,, gene issues can be fixed via gene therapy .. hell even whole organs and limbs can be regrown someday .. if salamanders and all fetuses know how to do it we can crack the code too if companies boost science funding to 5 times current levels for about 10 years). However since it's a brain thing, I bet the therapy etc. that has to take place during the reversing would be massively difficult and require mad patience though not impossible.
- Thuktun, on 04/03/2009, -0/+3People with high-functioning autism spectrum disorders, like Asperger Syndrome, are probably going to say that they're fine the way they are. My son's been diagnosed with it, and he doesn't see a problem; from his perspective, it's others that don't relate properly to him. I've probably also got AS and feel the same way.
If you could "cure" us, we would be different people. - MWeather, on 04/02/2009, -0/+3No one should have to, but it's nice to be able to.
- FredFredrickson, on 04/02/2009, -2/+5Autism is a disorder, it's not an ethnicity or nationality.
- cguwilliams, on 04/02/2009, -0/+3I agree completely regarding therapy. What I think is missing from discussions regarding autism are the voices of actual individuals with autism.
- enantiodromia, on 04/24/2009, -1/+3yeah, it would totally suck if my toddler finally started speaking and would sit still for once in his life...
it's much better to live with something incredibly hard every second of all of our lives. - arenas46, on 04/03/2009, -0/+2no.
- enantiodromia, on 04/24/2009, -0/+2that's totally true for us too, actually.
- Ladymongoose, on 04/03/2009, -1/+3I would think that were my son, in the future, to realize that this procedure helped him communicate with more ease and was able to make friends, rather than longingly watching children his age at a park..then yes, absolutely he would want it. I am sure he would prefer it to banging his head with his hands in frustration in being unable to communicate his feelings and not knowing how to play with other kids.
I believe that autistic children have special gifts (my son has a photographic memory and can figure out things older children have trouble with) but in the face of a lonely life and possibly special care in the future, then I would take this procedure in a heartbeat, were it proved safe and effective. I would never want to do anything to take away his 'specialness' but faced with a future of his struggling to achieve what comes naturally to other people, then I have to say yes, without question I would do it. Right now, the future is too sad to face. - rolosworld, on 04/03/2009, -0/+2Not what I was asking for, but still dugg up for helping me find this:
http://www.neurology.org/cgi/content/abstract/67/4 ... - BattleChimp, on 04/02/2009, -0/+2tee hee
- ManyAsOne, on 04/02/2009, -0/+2As do some LFA individuals with the ability to communicate. (Contrary to popular belief, the two are not mutually exclusive.)
- anonymousmedic, on 04/03/2009, -0/+2Your kidding, right? Her entire ARGUEMENT is based on the platform that the MMR vaccine caused her child to be autistic.
I've looked into the issue more than you think. McCarthey is at the heart of the Indigo Child, Pseudoscientific new-age movement, and the premise that vaccines are the cause of autism. -
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