Autism- Alternative Therapies
At this writing, it is April, which is
National Autism Awareness Month. I've seen two popular talk
shows cover the topic, and like most rather controversial
topics, the "other side" was barely mentioned. I agree that we
need to get information about autism out to the public so that
parents can recognize the signs early and get help. But like
most health crises, we aren't being completely honest with
ourselves if all we talk about are therapies which "train"
autistic children to a higher level of functioning.
Unfortunately, it is difficult to solve a puzzle when it has
many solutions, and when you are looking at many different
models as keys. This is what autism is. Because autism is
basically a list of symptoms, there is no way of telling exactly
how many different factors are involved in causing these
symptoms. So the solution is not that easy to find. It doesn't
help that mainstream medicine tends to shun or ignore
environmental factors in autism as well as other diseases and
syndromes. This page is dedicated to
information that might help parents or family members in finding
solutions that have not come from their doctor. We will add
links as we come across them, and we invite you to share links
and stories of alternative therapies with us so that we can add
them here. I met a woman with three autistic children who were
damaged by "hot lot" vaccines in California. She was able to use
alternative therapies such as heavy metal removal to get all
three of them to such high functioning levels that one had
Asperger's, and the other two were diagnosed with ADHD. Before
she began treatment, they were non-responsive and couldn't do
much beyond drool. There are other stories out there like this
and we want to hear them! Following are links
to autism therapies as well as information regarding some
possible causes and how to avoid them:
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