The lengths some people will go to...

Seriously astounds me.

Once again i will tell you I am very new to the whole Autism (what do i call it?...thing/malarky/issue?) ...*insert suitable name here*...so i am still learning all the phraseology/terminology/abbreiviations and also i am still learning about all the different treatments/cures/fixes that people will heap upon their child to try and "recover" them.

The things i have read have astounded and sickened me. I am going to pick just one of the "treatments" i have read about to talk about here.

Chelation Therapy; now why would any parent put their child through something that is obviously dangerous, when A) "There is no scientific support for chelation therapy as a treatment for autism" (quoted from...http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chelation_therapy)

and B) "Chelation therapy can be hazardous, even conducted with the FDA-approved chelation agents. In August 2005, botched chelation therapy conducted by an ACAM member killed a 5-year-old autistic boy, a 3-year-old nonautistic girl died in February 2005, and a nonautistic adult died in August 2003. These deaths were due to cardiac arrest caused by hypocalcemia during chelation therapy. Only the 3-year-old girl had been medically assessed and found to have an elevated blood lead level and resulting low iron levels and anemia, a proper medical cause for chelation therapy to be conducted.

More than 30 deaths have been recorded in association with IV-administered disodium EDTA since the 1970s." (quoted from the same page as above)

Seriously people how can you justify putting your children at risk like that?

the sooner you stop pointing the finger of blame at vaccines etc and realise that it is genetic the better life will be, stop being so bloody angry at something that can not be changed and embrace it.

I have no issues with anyone genuinely trying to make life better if their child is suffering, but the fact you are willing to take a risk with your childs life over a condition that isn't life threatening...well in all honesty it blows me away.

what lengths will people go to next? if Ms McCarthy or some other Woo follower was to say that rubbing your autisic childs head on the tongue of a shark will cure them...i wonder how many of you would then try it?

But that is stupid and dangerous (i hear you say)...and yet you are willing to go down the CT route, which in my opinion is just as dangerous. (note i did say IN MY OPINION).