RE: What is a DAN???

March 1, 2006

DAN is a " Defeat AUtism Now " doctor who treats autism as a biomedical

condition that has behavioral and physcial symtpoms, not as a pscyhological

condition.

Most DAN doctors have concluded that some kind of environmental assault

causes autism, such as the mercury in vacinnes or the environment. Many DAN

doctors have given up a mainstream career to save their child or to follow

the research that goes against what the mainstream wants to believe. THe

research is robust and there are lots of studies to back up the approach.

THe best place in my opinion to get started learning about this is:

This site will link you to other sites.

DAN was started by Bernard Rimland, who singlehandedly ended the terrible

belief in the early 60's that " refrigerator moms " caused autism by writing a

book proving it was a biomedical condition and NOT caused by the Moms. He

did the research because his son was born autistic and he knew his wife did

not cause it because she was very loving and because her older child was

fine. Can you imagine not only dealing with an ill child but being blamed

for it? I guess that happened to Elaine also! I understand that she was

blamed for her child's GI problems. I guess things are better than they used

to be. A little!

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From: pecanbread [mailto:pecanbread ] On

Behalf Of New Forest Farm

Sent: Wednesday, March 01, 2006 8:17 PM

To: PecanBread Yahoo List

Subject: What is a DAN???

Can someone explain this term?

Thank you,

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V.

Mother to Owen (dx w/Infantile Spsams on 10/14/05 @6mos., weaning off

Topomax, and started Vigabatrin on 1/24/05.)

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