Nope. I read a post from the Save Terri website detailing the miraculous progress Terri allegedly made courtesy of some quackery.
No doubt the Schiavos have some real doctors on their team, but they've also gotten some quacks on board a couple of times.
In an interview a few hours earlier, Schindler described the incident to WorldNetDaily. He said he was holding a cell phone to Terri's ear as she listened intently to the speaker, propped in her jerry-chair at about a 30-degree angle. Suddenly she sat up straight and tried to get out of her chair, despite her weak legs and muscles that were slack from lack of exercise.
His daughter's response stunned Schindler, who grabbed the phone and asked, "My God, what did you tell her?"
The speaker said he had warned, "If you don't get up and get out of there, you're going to die there."
"He was ecstatic when I told him what Terri had tried to do," Schindler said.
Robert Schindler speaks to reporters outside hospice (photo: Gary McCullough, Christian Communication Network). |
And so was Schindler. It was part of a covert rehabilitation program the desperate father and Galaxy Wave Group a therapeutic company on the cutting-edge of medical technology devised for Terri in a bold attempt to bring her to a point of recovery where even Florida judges would realize they could not allow her to be starved.
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In 2001, after sixteen years of development, the ADAM Technology found a niche in successfully assisting people who suffered from autoimmune diseases, Parkinson's, migraines and similar issues. After successfully assisting more than a thousand clients, we received a request to apply the ADAM Technology to those suffering with autism.
In May of 2002, we started to work with five autistic children in the United States. It was an extremely difficult time, as we immediately discovered a complexity to the minds of these children. This first test assisted four of the five children. The fifth child is still in the ADAM program and we are presently observing progress. The initial study was different from the present technology. All sessions in the first test were conducted by telephone.
On December 15, 2002, the Galaxy Wave Team officially launched a controversial program aimed at restoring people who had been labeled with autism.
The knowledge gained from the initial program was sufficient for Galaxy Wave Group to launch a beta program of a size and type that was astounding. The program is known as the ADAM Autistic Automated Internet Interface. This program allows for the autistic child to become connected with the ADAM Technology without the need for a counselor being on the telephone with the child.
In the original ADAM Program we dealt with each person one-on-one. With the development of the ADAM Automated Internet Interface, we integrated the human interface with the computer. This is working successfully in more than 60% of the cases. However, there are some children that require a dualistic approach, incorporating one-on-one sessions along with the automated program. For these children the technology is combined with a limited human one-on-one interface.
This program is an educational program delivered via the Internet, in conjunction with a new form of telepathic communication
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You're absolutely right.
The parent's star "doctor" is a quack published in the scholarly, peer-reviewed National Enquirer. This "Doctor" Hammesfahr has been found guilty by the State of Florida of "exercising influence on the patient in such a manner as to exploit the patient for financial gain" His sentence included fine, probation, supervision, court costs, community service, ethics education, monthly review
The fine and court courts were in excess of $54,000. (See page 16)
Of course, the Schindlers have been victimized also by alternative-medicine New-Age quacks.
Family reveals secret therapy sessions
Beginning in late November last year and continuing until the end of February, Terri received daily, hour-long therapy sessions by telephone with company president Dr. Joe Champion or one of his therapists.
Doctor Champion is the president of the Galaxy Wave Group. After you wade through the crap advertised in the Galaxy Wave webpage, you come across this little disclaimer at the very bottom: The scientists at Galaxy Wave Group are not medical doctors.