Just to be clear, are you trying to say that Donna Williams is not autistic?

Here is what Donna William’s web page has to say:

“Other diagnoses over the years including primary immune deficiencies (lack of white cells, no IgA, low IgG2, D deficiency), gluten, salicylate and phenol intolerance, severe casein allergy, type 2 diabetes, a B12 deficiency and a genetic myalgic condition which results in higher levels of inflammation than most people. I was also diagnosed with atypical epilepsy after an EEG, with visual perceptual processing disorder, mood anxiety and compulsive disorders and in 2010 got an additional diagnosis of Dissociative Identity Disorder D.I.D. ”

It appears this no diagnosis is in addition to her others.

I’ll add, I don’t think “high functioning” and “low functioning” are accurate or valuable terms. Ms. Williams is a good example where such a simple label is somewhat misleading.

YouTube – 1210donna’s Channel Channel of Donna Williams, international bestselling author, artist, with autism recently diagnosed with Dissociative Identity Disorder

interesting!

Whether Ms. McCarthy’s son has Landau-Kleffner syndrome (LKS) is an important question in regards to his recovery. Kids with LKS often make very large gains when their seizures are controlled. That would mean that it was the seizure meds, not the diet, antifungals or whatever else, that helped him make his progress.

Can you deny a child the right to be treated? If they have GI problems, or chronic bacteria and viruses or mercury in their sytem and lack nutriments…do you think it doesn’t have to be treated because ‘it’s part of the condition called autism’.

No, I can’t deny a child the right to be treated. Never said I did. There are, however, a lot of people who either through misunderstanding, ignorance or just plain desire to spread misinformation, who promote the idea that a segment of the autism community would deny treatment for GI problems, infections, mercury and the like.

Now, it is another thing entirely to point out when these “therapies” are based on bad science and needlessly put children at risk. I will speak out when I see that happening. If people wish to put a false label on me for those actions, it is not of my doing.

She chose to exploit and enhance her celebrity status with the damaging public claim not only that her son had autism, but that it was caused by a vaccine and, moreover, she cured it with biomedical treatments.

These are public claims, for which she has produced not a shred of evidence, and which all public circumstantial evidence suggests are false.

This is truly shocking conduct. If she is unable to substantiate her allegations, she deserves nothing but the public’s contempt.

Discussions about being a real autistic have absolutely no sense. Autism is defined by : behaviours and cognitive and physical traits but not by medical labs. Doctors say: we don’t know why they have autism, we don’t know what’s going on, but we are certain that your son has autism and will never recover. Therefore the definition of autism is ” a condition that you are not allowed to recover from’. If you do then there was a misdiagnosis…this is absolutely ridiculous.

My friend’s daughter was autistic from birth, Kanner syndrome (the worse diagnosis). Her dd also recovered with biomed (and therapies) going from an IQ of 60 (mental retardation) to 140 (exceptionnally gifted). All other skills came back, stopped mutilation, stims etc…

But it’s true the diet doesn’t work for all of them…just like cancer for example some people recover and some people die…would this be a good reason not to try it and just give up?

Can you deny a child the right to be treated? If they have GI problems, or chronic bacteria and viruses or mercury in their sytem and lack nutriments…do you think it doesn’t have to be treated because ‘it’s part of the condition called autism’.

Doctor’s who still pass on this stupid autism=uncurable myth are a shame to science and their patients.

Senta.