What JBJr said… “Chelation DOES cure some people”

Yeh.

It totally cured a five year old boy the other month.

:(

It was said above:
HN, JBJr is deleting lots of stuff about what he wrote to jypsy off-list a few months back when he was causing trouble on the Aut-Advo group . He said something like homosexuality could be cured if the homosexuals just got themselves some self-esteem.

In fact, JB Jr wrote to me almost 2 years ago after a comment I made on a list – not Aut-Advo. There was no exchange happening on the list itself between he and I at the time. He was just offering me his helpful advice that “There ARE cures for autism”, “Chelation DOES cure some people” and “There is also a cure for being gay.
That cure is called self-respect.”

Just to nitpick, gifted children tend to have a comorbidity of nearsightedness, and many of the comorbidities of gifted children are similar to those of autistic children, so based on that I’d say nearsightedness is a common comorbidity of autism. (I’m quite nearsighted BTW.)

“To add on to Kev’s point…you’re working from the premise that all autistic children in the UK with gastrointestinal issues are not getting appropriate treatment”.

– Where did I say ALL? I’m sure that there are some doctors over there who are actually listening to their patients/parents. They may just be somewhat quiet about it due to the ton of bricks that would fall on their heads if they speak up.
– Sue M.

To add on to Kev’s point…you’re working from the premise that all autistic children in the UK with gastrointestinal issues are not getting appropriate treatment. However, you have little evidence (other than the anecdote in the article you posted) to back that up.

You’ve made it quite clear that you believe that there’s a vaccine/autism connection, that there’s a coverup, that there is widespread malfeasance and negligence on this issue. What you’ve failed to provide is a meaningful set of facts to back that up.

“Be that as it may, if young Laurence has gastro issues and if no mainstream medic over here treated him for those issues then its criminal negligence and his mother should take it up with the GMC.”

Sorry if that removes your need for a good old rant.

“Now, how about addressing the medical SYSTEM which allows this to happen over and over and over again… to countless children, not just Laurence”

It does? Where? I’ve no doubt that some people recieve poor treatment for their autistic kids (we’ve been on the recieving end of it ourselves) but its nothing to do with a system – just random ineptitude.

I’m really not sure what you want me to address here Sue. Sorry. I completely agree with you that if Laurence has been mistreated or ignored then the Doctors concerned should be hauled over the coals.

1) The newspaper sucks.
2) The reporter was lazy.
3) It’s the mother’s fault for not following up more intently with a group who overseas the very doctors who are ignoring her concerns. (Yeah, that will do a lot).

– Good commentary, Kev. Now, how about addressing the medical SYSTEM which allows this to happen over and over and over again… to countless children, not just Laurence (obviously).

By the way, I was “cowards” above. I was doing an experiment. I wanted to see what kind of response that I would get to the article which I posted in regards to the sick little boy vs. the response that I would get in regards to the comment on Jannalou’s “issues”. Of course, you guys came through just as I expected… Very little care in the world for the little boy but many comments on Jannalou’s problems… ahhhh, priorities…

– Sue M.