Warning over this line of discussion....Re: McCarthy

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Hi Guys,

The goal of this group is to focus on how to heal our kids and NOT to

focus on .

I'm saying that while having been her press adviser for some time now

and certainly personally enjoy the banter, but not here.

For the record. has never (to my knowledge) said cure. The

press has used the word over and over in describing 's message,

but we have talked about this in great length and if you truly follow

her appearances she talks very articulately about it in a sound bite

that we developed that says " you can't be cured by getting hit by a

bus, but you can recover and some people recover so well you can't tel

they were ever hit by a bus. " She also talks about individuality as

well and says, " different people that are hit by a bus would break

different bones and would need different types of therapy. "

So, let's drop the discussion for two reasons:

1.) doesn't say cured, the press does.

2.) This group is not here to debate 's position, the group is

about working to improve and recovery children. If you want to do

that, do it. If not, please allow others to do so.

If you can't follow the simple theme of the group it will lead to

being removed from the group (which I hate to do but if it helps the

group itself I would be forced to).

- Stan

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> > > > I'm sorry but I disagree with your post. I have friends who have

> > > children who have been undiagnosed and you wouldn't know they have

> > > autism without being told. We are learning so much compared to the

> > > fridge parent concept from long ago. Some kids can get better with

> > > diet, supplements etc. Whereas some kids don't respond. We don't

> know

> > > the lone " cause " so how can say there is no cure ? I also think

> > > McCarthy has brought a huge level of awareness to Autism with

> > > her books and because she feels she has cured her son based on where

> > > he was and what is viewed as typical is projecting hopefulllness to

> > > other parents and the autism community not hurtfullness.

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> > > > Re: McCarthy

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> > > > I have to say one thing that is frustrating is 's claims of

> > > curing her son's autism. Plain and simple, autism is not curable.

> > > Symptoms can be treated but autism is not curable. Saying autism is

> > > curable, I believe, is irresponsible and gives the impression to the

> > > general public that every child with autism is the same and curable.

> > > Austims is a spectrum disorder with varying levels of function,

> > > symptoms and response to therapy. I believe this message hurts all

> > > the organizations that due great work in autism awareness and

> > > research.

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> > > > This is my thought and frustration.

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> > > > Matt

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