Oprah had Jenny McCarthy on, whose son was diagnosed with Autism and claims that all these diets and such are "curing" Autism. She claims that a good diet will help do it. She said that within two weeks her son's language doubled. She said that it won't work for everyone but it might work.
She claims that video modeling is huge. She says that play therapy is key to help kids how to "properly" play with toys.
I can't help but wondering if she didn't have all the money in the world, would she be able to claim all of these things.
She follows the vaccination rule of "I vaccinated my baby and something happened."
The center for disease control states that the vast majority of research doesn't support the vaccinations but rather that they save lives.
Now they (Holly something or other came on as well and Jenny) claim that there is a period of time that you can cure your child and put them on the road to recovery.
Now Holly is talking about how the "women" do what they have to do but it's the men who have a hard time because it's "the men and their boys."
Holly's son was kicked out of the school and they told her that her son was "unteachable."
Even Holly said that getting her son tested and found him to be "allergic to wheat."
They talk about the "mommy instinct" and how doctors may have not listened but they knew.
It was Holly Robinson.
Well, Oprah is over. I'm interested to hear what all of you have to say. Do you agree/disagree with the diets, vaccines, etc. Do dads take this harder than moms? Do you believe that autism can be cured?
Sorry, I know that this is off topic, but every once in a while, a show hits me and I need to know from people who are there. I hope that's okay.
(also, I saved this on my dvr and I can ask Mike while he is here to make a copy of it if anyone didn't see it and is interested....I think I also have an episode of Oprah from over the summer all about Autism as well).
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I just watched the episode and talked it over with my husband. I was disappointed that they didn't really go into detail about the different therapies that helped her son recover.
We personally don't agree with the vaccine link at least not for Grant, but who knows, maybe some kids have some sort of a trigger for it. I just haven't seen any science to support it.
About the diet, I have friends who swear by it, I'm not sure it would help us either. The most successful thing for Grant is what he gets at school: lots of interaction and modeling. Watching the show just made me grateful for a great school system and teachers that have given a lot to get Grant to where he is now. We hope it just continues and Grant can come all the way out of his box over the next couple years!
We've seen such a difference in his social behavior just in the last couple weeks as he's returned to school. I think we can keep working with him and see him learn about how to play, imagine, recall things, and even tell stories one day.
Video therapy looked helpful, I think Grant isn't quite sure what to do in situations and just needs a model.
I did like that the show brought more attention to Autism. I've been so disappointed by Grant's dr's who are pretty clueless and don't seem to know what to do with him. Hopefully more attention will be called to Autism and more funding will be found for further studies.
For now we're grateful for how far our son's come and have great hope for the future as we keep working together for him.
I couldn't agree with you more. I've seen families who swear by this and that and yet, their child is still in the throws of Autism. While I've not seen a child "recover", I have seen many children be able to be in inclusion classes, accommodate for their differences, and go on to lead successful lives independently. I think that is all we can ask for any child (at least from talking with my own parents about having kids).
Hi, this is Grant's grandma. I thought the show brought up a lot more questions than answers. What is that magical 'window' of time and what if you don't get help early enough? Are you doomed? It would have been more helpful if they had shared more what worked for them. I also thought that a lot of what they were doing were EXACTLY the things that Grant is doing at school everyday.
I also think it would be much easier to give your child attention and help if you had a whole staff to share the load. One thing I have learned is that children with autism take and incredible amount of patience and time. I'm glad Grant has such great parents and teachers!
I completely agree with your comment. I wanted to know when the magical window was. I almost logged into the oprah chat, but I was already watching it so late that I figured it was over.
We do a lot of modeling which sounds like that was what they did. However, they didn't really tell us and really, not all of us have the money that they do....story of our lives.
I still firmly believe that we do right by our children and do the best that we can for them.
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