Guest guest Posted June 18, 2007 Report Share Posted June 18, 2007 You are absolutely right that all our children are precious, autistic or not. Sorry for the sloppy language. I certainly didn't mean any offense. Best Nicola > ===>Hi Nicola, > > Ours was never dx'd with autism or pdd-nos, just ADHD and we have done 6 hair tests, each one normal but chelation was helpful for all her symptoms. And yes, there was a lot of concern about making her worse as there is for any child whose parents are considering chelation. > > To answer an earlier question you asked concerning how many mercury toxic kids are there....many, many of them, I dare say most. My dgd started kindergarten this year. I am a psychologist and had been asked to consult on the case of a little ADHD boy. I had not been in a classroom for probably 15 years and was shocked at what I found. > > I could only identify 8 out of the 23 kids in her class without some kind of developmental delay be it; adhd, dyslexia, fine motor delay, speech articulation problems,etc. One little girl, 5, constantly complained that the other kids were looking at her (arsenic toxicity likely) And we live in the middle of Amish country so 7 out of the 8 unaffected kids were Amish and not vaccinated and I would give anything to know if the 8th child was vaccinated. I'm betting he wasn't. > > Also, I am sure you didn't mean anything by it, but be careful in making statements such as " parents with autistic kids have little to lose " . Each child, regardless of the severity of Autism is as precious to their parents as your child is to you. We don't decide the worth of a child by the presence of lack of his or her handicaps. All children have their strengths and weaknesses and Autistic children are often extremely gifted, more so than " normal " children. > > We don't assume ours is more valuable because she has always had perfectly articulated speech, is in kindergarten but has math and reading skills at the 7th grade level. Like all, we didn't pick her and are just trying to help her reach her potential. > > As I said I am sure you meant no harm but we have to be cautious in our language. > > Best wishes, > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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