YouTube - Talk About Curing Autism. An Introduction For New Parents.
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- TouchArt
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- video added April 03, 2008
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Autism is an enigma.
There has been much debate about the cause, obviously there is something going wrong and more and more children and their parents are suffering with this.
I wonder how many of these families that have children with autism have looked at how they are raising their children, analyzed what they have fed them, what they have injected them with, etc.
Does anyone know if any qualitative studies have been done to see if there are any commonalities among those affected with Autism?
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Autism is a developmental language disorder that displays deficits in one's communication tendencies. People with autism have reduced social interaction, difficulties with communication, restricted interests, and atypical play skills. For example, a child with autism does not symbolically play with toys and will instead focus on one foot of a bear or stroke a certain part of a plastic toy.
It is generally agreed upon in the research and clinical fields of communication sciences and disorders that Jenny McCarthy's son does NOT have autism, and it is unfortunate that she claims to have found a "cure". He has an acquired seizure disorder that presents with autism-like symptoms.
Consequently, she has NOT found the cure for autism by opposing vaccinations or implementing gluten-free diets. If anything, gluten-free diets have been shown to reduced behavioral problems in children due to gastroenterology problems that they may not have means to communicate. It does not fix autism.
Additionally, a team of researchers for Autism Consortium have found that 1% of people with autism share a gene quality on the 16th chromosome. More information on this can be found here: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,321506,00.html
At this point, Jenny McCarthy is right about one thing: early intervention is key to helping children with autism develop a means to communicate with peers and loved ones.
Though I could not find any more reputable sources to support what I have said above, the following blog entry delves into what I've mentioned:
http://adventuresinautism.blogspot.com/2008/03/my-friends-pediatrician-jennys-so...-
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- skunderpants
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