The Handley’s are now proud parents to a third child. Many congratulations to them. I hope their daughter gives them as much pride and happiness as my two have given me over the years.
Of course, for JB, its all about the autism. And so, he details the steps the family took to ‘ensure’ this third child wasn’t autistic. Its, um, interesting reading.
First Brad reminisces about whats on the GR site:
It’s probably worth taking a quick step back. The Generation Rescue website spells out pretty accurately how we feel about the cause of
autism:We believe these neurological disorders (“NDs”) are environmental illnesses caused by an overload of heavy metals, live viruses, and
bacteria. Proper treatment of our children, known as “biomedical intervention”, is leading to recovery for thousands.
Yeah, you do _now_ – it used to be:
It’s nothing more than mercury poisoning
And whilst Brad was happy to carry this simple message to the TV masses, he’s seemingly less happy to go back on and say, well no, I was wrong actually. Its in fact ‘overload of heavy metals, live viruses, and bacteria’. And as for ‘leading to recovery for thousands’…heh yeah, whatever.
But anyway, back to the Emerging Hypothesis of preventing autism. What has JB Handley come up with?
we began to develop a plan to prepare for life before and after birth that we believed would reduce the chances for another autistic child.
And what does this plan entail?
Early Preparation for Mom (prior to conception):
– Switching to a gluten/casein free diet
– Eating organic foods and avoiding all artificial colors, flavors, and preservatives
– Limiting sugar
– Focusing on gut health through a combination of anti-fungal treatment, beneficial bacteria re-population, and digestive enzymes
– Detoxifying the body through a combination of chelation and natural detoxification techniques like FIR sauna, NDF Plus, Zeolites, etc.
– Adding a pre-natal vitamin and B-12During pregnancy:
– Maintaining all dietary approaches listed above
– Avoiding all vaccines
– Avoiding any environmental risks like lead paint, home construction, cleaners and solvents, chemicals, etc.
– Avoiding antibiotics except in life-or-death situations
– Avoiding x-rays and sonograms, unless high-risk birth issues exist
– Continuing supplementation of pre-natal vitamins, probiotics, digestive enzymes, and B-12
– Proper supplementation of mom’s methylation cycle based on geneticsAfter birth:
– Maintaining all dietary approaches and supplements listed above while breastfeeding
– Holding off on introducing solid-foods until at least 6 months
– Avoiding antibiotics for breastfeeding mom and baby except in life-or-death situations
– Avoiding any environmental risks like lead paint, home construction, cleaners and solvents, chemicals, etc.
– Supplementing baby with infant-safe probiotics
– Avoiding all vaccines for at least the first 2 years of life, and then taking extraordinary caution
– At the right time (typically 6 months or older), adding proper methylation cycle support
– At the right time, proper supplementation of Omega3-6-9
– Providing natural detoxification through things like Epsom salt baths
So mum has to go through an extremely rigorous program. What does dad have to do?
Nothing. Nada. Zip. Fuck all.
Children are, it seems, conceived solely by the female and thus the male’s biology plays no part. Or maybe JB just couldn’t stomach the thought that men’s sperm might play a role.
OK now, back on real street, lets look at a few things.
Firstly, this child is a third born female. Sibling risk of recurrence for autism with the previous birth of any child with autism is thought to be about 4.5% (the numbers are higher for families with a firstborn female with autism or more than one child with autism). That’s right, about 4.5%. That means that there is an approximately 95.5% chance, based on the available science, that a third child born into a family with one autistic child who is not a firstborn male, will not be autistic. Let’s say that again – a 95.5 % chance for non-autistic (maybe even higher if the child is female). From a purely statistical perspective, that’s a very high probability for a non-autistic child. (Source).
If this daughter _doesn’t_ end up being autistic, what do you think is more likely to be the reason? The +95% chance it wouldn’t have happened anyway? Or JB’s course of mummy purification?
Left Brain Right Brain 
I’m sorry but, what a complete idiot.
“Detoxifying the body through a combination of chelation and natural detoxification techniques like FIR sauna, NDF Plus, Zeolites, etc.”
I read this as mom is chelated and does the so-called “natural” detoxification bullshit. That’s an assload of quackery.
commiserations, angrymom. a good friend’s sister was told by a famous homeopath that her children had eczema because of vaginal infections picked up during her “premarital promiscuity”. it was all her fault, you see. all her fault.
Coincidentally (or not really), the name of the doctor we saw does start with G. His book is touchy-feely compared to him. He ate during the eval and wore a stained velour jogging suit. I am not a germophobe and I didn’t want to sit on anything in his office or waiting room. His written eval consisted of maybe 10 words–kid is fine, mom is mentally ill was the jist of it–and he still charged $1800.
I have to say, that I could not agree with you in 100% regarding ndley’s Emerging Hypothesis : Left Brain/Right Brain, but it’s just my opinion, which could be wrong 🙂
Hi,
I am new to all of this and trying to make heads and tails out of this disease and proper treatment….Have you all seen or read the story of the playmate Jenny McCarthy’s recovery of autism (her book “Louder than Words” is now I think #8 on Amazon.com though I have yet to read it).
Who is JB Handley? I’m reading up on Generation Rescue….Doesn’t he follow the same protocol of whatever “detox” she’s doing?
Please explain. Also the science behind probability of autism. I saw a Doctor recently on Oprah who has three kids and all with autism…By the way, all of this confusing information about vaccines, she said also was not science.
I’m grateful to anyone who can give me a handle on this…no pun intended.
THANK YOU!
CORRECTION: Jenny McCarthy’s son, EVAN in said recovery from autism…As far as I know the playboy playmate never suffered from the disease….
:-),
V
Sorry, trying to understand…Why the word “suffer” in quotes? And what is NPD?
What’s a mid-level Venture Capitalist?
Appreciate any illucidation; as I am struggling with this myself,
V
Ya know, I’m gonna go ahead and call NPD on Jenny:
_”Everyone has an overwhelming feeling of wanting to put the world right for their child. What arrogance to believe that she was hit with divine light that us mere mortals are not privy to.”_ *
Somewhere, Bettelheim is having a field day with all of this.
* http://www.therealmalingering.com/2007/09/21/the-gluten-free-casein-free-story/
Vered Sharon – thats a big question! :o)
Can I email you? My answer here would wipe out the rest of this thread I think!