Why We Fight, by JB Handley 5/1/08

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05/01/2008

WHY WE FIGHT

By J.B. Handley

Like 140 other families, my wife and I hosted a recent screening of

Autism Yesterday. If you haven't seen the film yet, I hope you take

the time to take a look. At 26 minutes long, it's a quick viewing,

and I think for newly diagnosed families it can make a real

difference (it's now available at amazon.com HERE).

At our screening, we were blessed to have McCarthy, four of the

families from the film, and, most importantly, two of the recovered

children who had been featured in the movie. For the 250 attendees of

our screening, seeing these beautiful, completely recovered children

on stage was a memorable, powerful, and for some, life altering

experience.

We have received so many beautiful emails from parents who saw the

film. I thought I would share this one below, which was particularly

moving:

I just wanted to share something with you all as a result of your DVD.

My laptop was out in the garage today and the DVD was sticking out of

the slot. I guess my 7 year old, " recovered " daughter popped it into

the computer and watched it for a bit before I realized what she had

done. We watched together for a bit.

I have never told Macie that she is, was autistic. I have only told

her that she is allergic to some things and has to take vitamins

because her body doesn't always work right. When we have chelated, I

have told her that her body isn't able to get rid of bad stuff like

some people and so we take things that help get the bad stuff out.

Anyway, she continued to watch and listen. Every now and then, she

would turn to me and say things like, is that what happened to me,

that is what I used to do, or ask if she did that too when she was

little.

Then she asked if she was autistic. I told her that yes, she was, but

that she was almost all better now because of all of the hard work

that she did with her vitamins and working with her teachers and the

space machine (hbot). She loved watching the kids and seeing them get

better. By the end, she knew all of their names.

When it was over, she turned to me and said, " Mom, maybe we should

write to the President of the United States and tell him not to give

anymore shots to kids because it makes them get lost. "

I turned to her and took her face in my hands, tears began to fill my

eyes. I was, at that moment, so incredibly proud and sad and

overwhelmed, encouraged and hopeful.

I told her that what she just said was the smartest and most

beautiful thing she has ever said in her whole life. She beamed, we

hugged and then she said, " I love you, mom " . I will remember that

moment for the rest of my life.

And it has given me more resolve to continue the fight. Thank you for

this wonderful movie.

Kris Wiseman

Proud Rescue Angel

J.B. Handley is Editor at Large for Age of Autism and co-founder of

Generation Rescue.