The fact that people can see the same “miraculous” results with and without biomedical interventions would, I hope, give a parent pause. I am in “your community” and I know what you go through and I know that desire for the quick fix. I know that feeling of wanting, NEEDING to do something so you can feel like your the one in charge not the autism. When considering treatments try and keep perspective. Don’t just take one side’s opinion but research the pros AND cons. Support research in any way you can (CADDRE in the U.S. is beginning a 5 year nationwide study called SEED – study to explore early development for example). And be respectful. Remember that whatever your feelings about the cause and best treatment for autism in the end we’re all working towards the same end – trying to help our children grow and realize all the potential they carry inside of them.

That’s not actually “belief”, it’s really HYSTERIA. I’m all too familiar with SafeMINDS, TACA, DAN, et al. They don’t speak for me or my child. I am totally offended by the way Lisa Ackerman spins her tale of deception about “poisoned” children who are “toxic train wrecks”.

Actually, you are in exactly the right place. You will never hear any doubt or questioning of the “vaccines-cause-autism” dogma on any of the “biomed” sites – they simply won’t tolerate it.

Take a moment and think about it – if there really was a massive conspiracy to “cover-up” the “fact” that vaccines (MMR or others) caused autism, wouldn’t you have expected to hear from a “whistle-blower” (or several) by now?

The CIA can’t keep its extra-territorial prisons secret for a couple of years, yet somehow the CDC, FDA, AMA (which onlt has 18% of US physicians as members) and Big Pharma have managed to keep tens of thousands of people from talking?

You’d think that somewhere, some GS-4 clerk would have decided that he or she could make more money in one appearance on Oprah than they could in a lifetime at their job. Yet, for some inexplicable reason, nobody has come forth to tell the whole sordid story from the inside perspective.

Strange.

There are a number of parents who share your story of regression after the MMR – there are also a number of parents whose children showed regression between 15 and 18 months but didn’t get the MMR jab. Perhaps, just perhaps, the story is a bit more complicated than you see it.

I hope that you keep coming back and that you will try to keep an open mind.

Prometheus

I am not judging McCarthy the person. I am judging McCarthy, the official spokesperson for TACA. She contradicts herself. She makes basic factual errors and she makes statements that are not supported by the scientific literature. And she does this on prime time TV and is spreading misinformation that will damage the vaccine programme and lead to children suffering from preventable diseases. That is my beef with Jenny.

To answer Kathi, it is possible that DMSO enhances transdermal absorption of substances such as DMSA (a chelating agent), but it hasn’t yet been shown. DMSO enhances transdermal absorption of some compounds and not others.

And that’s the funny part.

The evil drug companies (you know, Big Pharma) would have to show that their transdermal drug was actually absorbed.

“Alternative” autism practitioners, on the other hand, do not know if the drugs they give you to smear on your child’s skin are ever absorbed.

This issue has been brought before some of the key players in transdermal autism therapy and their reaction has been, “I’m too busy to find out if my remedy gets absorbed.”

Remember, it is their ethical responsibility (if not legal responsibility) to find out if their cream works before they start selling it at $150 an ounce.

As far as “someone” doing studies on “alternative” autism therapies, the usual procedure is for the people who want to market a product to test the treatment before they start to sell it.

It is completely backwards to market the treatment and then insist that “someone” do the research to see if it works and is safe.

Prometheus