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Jenny McCarthy Opens Up About Her Son With Autism
People.com ^ | 9/18/07 | Stephen M. Silverman

Posted on 09/27/2007 11:53:48 PM PDT by L.A.Justice

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To: Kimmers
Autism seems to be diagnosis to cover a wide range of problems....

That's the problem. Many parents would rather hear that their child has Autism rather than what they actually have, so now Autism has become the Autism "spectrum."

21 posted on 09/28/2007 3:51:16 AM PDT by Moonman62 (The issue of whether cheap labor makes America great should have been settled by the Civil War.)
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To: tlb

Unfortunately autism has become a catch-all term for any and all mental issues.


22 posted on 09/28/2007 3:53:09 AM PDT by Straight Vermonter (Posting from deep behind the Maple Curtain)
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To: L.A.Justice

People, people, people........let’s look at the source for all these ‘facts’......this is ‘People’ Magazine not the New England Journal of Medicine (which has its own agenda problems)....the magazine is the equivalent of day-time TV and an equal IQ level. Even my native Californian sister-in-law social worker is ashamed to admit she actually BUYS and reads this rag.


23 posted on 09/28/2007 4:43:53 AM PDT by NHResident
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To: Kimmers

Thank You!!


24 posted on 09/28/2007 5:42:59 AM PDT by enuf
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To: tlb; afraidfortherepublic; dead; seowulf; Severa; alnick; FormerLurker; Mack the knife; ...

The hand flapping is almost a prime indicator for me.

The seizures, while not uncommon among Autistic children, can stem from a wide variety of ailments.


25 posted on 09/28/2007 5:45:51 AM PDT by Incorrigible (If I lead, follow me; If I pause, push me; If I retreat, kill me.)
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To: karnage

Jenny McCarthy ping.


26 posted on 09/28/2007 5:47:23 AM PDT by Oberon (What does it take to make government shrink?)
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To: Orgiveme

Autism ping


27 posted on 09/28/2007 5:58:31 AM PDT by RhoTheta (Environmentalists worship the ground I walk on.)
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To: j. earl carter

“The story isn’t true. There is no way that a child whose heart has stopped and has to be revived by paramedics would be released from a hospital so that the mother could drive the kid 3 hours to another hospital. Period. Didn’t happen as described in the article.”

I know a person whose 4 year old boy had a fever, was examined in the ER around midnight, sent home, and was found dead in his bed by his mom at 6 am.


28 posted on 09/28/2007 5:59:16 AM PDT by toldyou
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To: Lovebloggers

“Every child with autism presents differently than the next.”

There certainly are differences, but there are also “classic” signs of Autism that are found in quite a number of kids.


29 posted on 09/28/2007 6:04:05 AM PDT by RavenATB
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To: tlb

The hand flapping is quite typical. Some will have seizures but not all. Autistic kids do not follow a specific pattern.


30 posted on 09/28/2007 6:06:18 AM PDT by Sue Perkick (And I hope that what I’ve done here today doesn’t force you to have a negative opinion of me….)
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To: Lovebloggers

Here we go again. LOL.

Sure doesn’t feel “trendy”.


31 posted on 09/28/2007 6:08:34 AM PDT by Sue Perkick (And I hope that what I’ve done here today doesn’t force you to have a negative opinion of me….)
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To: Always Right

I didn’t suggest the child doesn’t have autism. I simply note there seems to be other problems such that autism is the lesser problem the child faces. But these other physical or nervous problems are lumped in with the mental disorder of autism in a manner that at least going by WebMD is confusing and misleading.


32 posted on 09/28/2007 6:20:30 AM PDT by tlb
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To: Lovebloggers
I had my son tested for sensitivity to them and he was fine so I did not try this diet.

God bless your dear heart, and be with you, your son, and your whole family.

33 posted on 09/28/2007 6:45:12 AM PDT by xJones
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It may be that she was in a panicked state & thought his heart had stopped. That's not unusual when someone is in a life or death situation. But I wasn't there. So I can't say that she was wrong. I'm sure she has taken her son to people who are familiar with autism. She should probably trust them over internet resources.
34 posted on 09/28/2007 6:48:57 AM PDT by Sue Perkick (And I hope that what I’ve done here today doesn’t force you to have a negative opinion of me….)
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To: xJones

I saw her on Oprah and she said she noticed a difference in two weeks, gluten and dairy free. Also of interest was her technique in helping her son learn how to throw and catch a ball. Because he had no instincts to tell him what to do, she videotaped a friend and herself and verbally walked him through it. He got it immediately. She also realized this applied to other things, like play, in that he didn’t know what to do with cars, for example. So she became a very hands on teacher.


35 posted on 09/28/2007 6:50:54 AM PDT by sarasota
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To: tlb

Sounds like those are seizure related. She was very vocal in Oprah about these changes occuring after his series of immunizations, a common story among parents with autistic children.


36 posted on 09/28/2007 6:52:35 AM PDT by sarasota
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To: Kimmers

Bless you for helping these kids. Without my daughter’s special ed teacher in high school, my daughter would never have made any progress.


37 posted on 09/28/2007 6:54:54 AM PDT by sarasota
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To: sarasota

Some people are having success with the diet while other see no results at all. Frustrating but she seems to really be on the right track & I think it’s good she’s out in the open trying to help her son & others at the same time.


38 posted on 09/28/2007 7:01:31 AM PDT by Sue Perkick (And I hope that what I’ve done here today doesn’t force you to have a negative opinion of me….)
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To: sarasota

Video modeling is a very successful tool in teaching autistic children skills. My son does very well with it also.


39 posted on 09/28/2007 7:12:55 AM PDT by Lovebloggers
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To: xJones

Thank you so much for your kind words. Be well.


40 posted on 09/28/2007 7:14:19 AM PDT by Lovebloggers
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