autism cure - on oprah now...

jenny mccarthy is on oprah now talking about her son evan who was diagnosed with autism aged 2 and is now (at 5) recovering....

very interesting...

I remember seeing Jenny McCarthy on "Ellen" talking about this issue - it was really interesting and she's written a book about it I think.

they didnt say, but i think it is a combination of environmental factors and the vaccine. they said that they werent against vaccinations but that the one size fits all approach may not be the right one. i think too that holly said that some kids may be predisposed to become autistic and that should be looked into.

Interestingly the CDC gave a statement re the vaccination theory that didnt completely rule it out and said that they were looking into the possibility that some component (cant remember the name sorry) may be linked to the onset of autism in some children.

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I would say and I did not watch this, but from my limited knowledge I would have said it can't be cured completly, but with the right support diet etc it can be managered and those that have teh right support from a young age can go on to live productive lives. As far as teh vaccine thing goes i think there is a possiblity this can be a link, but I do beleve other factor's might be involved.
As I said this is from my limited knowledge.

fiona- yes what you say is totally true..they dont like to confirm till about 6..though often it is obvious before then..depends on where on the scale they are.

Big confession here - I'm so terrified of Joshua being autistic (I have three first cousins who are autistic to varying degrees) that I am a bad mother and have not taken him for his 15month immunisations.....

Oi - no 'bad mother' talk over that one, y'hear!!     Ella hasn't had the Meningoccal vac's because my decision after researching it was that it's still under-developed and I didn't want to risk her having it.  Sure, people say 'why risk her getting the disease', but lets face it - could be risks either way and we all make the call that we do based on our gut instincts about what we've read and researched. 

Well Spencer hasn't had any vaccines and I don't think that i'm a bad mum, I think I have just made a decision not to give them to him. Afterall in nz it is informed consent, so that doesn't mean you must have them or that you are bad for not having them, it just means that you got informed and decided not to consent.

I'm not sure about the whole autism thing, it is quite scary that such an increase as occured but I do sometimes think that people are too quick to put children into boxes and what may have once just been seen as willful or shy etc is now autism or ADHD, but then I also don't know much about it so could just be talking out of my A hole. I definitely think that more research needs to be done into the possible causes and anything like diets that can be done to help the condition.

I am totally pro vaccines and will still probably delay the MMR, mostly becasue I don't understand the need for them to be given all at once. If it wasn't so expensive I would consider getting them seperatly.