What ever works for the children is what matters. Dont ever give up……there is always hope…….My son is 4 1/2 yrs old he is in pre-k ese program. This is his 2nd year going to pre-k ese. There are only 8 kids in the class, mostly autistic. My son is not autistic, I could have put him in a regular pre-k classroom, but I didnt. He helps autistic children in some ways and they help him….We all need to help each other…………..God Bless

Did anyone of the negative comments read her book and what remedies she did to get her son better? It is amazing to me how many people will just dismiss things that do not come from the “regular doctors”. I have seem an alternative medicine doctor and have heard him speak on the radio. A lot of the nutritional remedies would be helpful even if it didn’t help the ailment you intended. Not every medication given by a doctor works as intended. You need to keep an open mind. Extra vit c or vit e or a reduction in sugar are very good things. Most doctors will tell yo that vitamins are just expensive urine. I can tell you for a fact that getting my vit c intake up to 6-8000 mg a day in divided dosages got rid of my allergies. Most of these remedies won’t hurt to try. Before you dismiss her remedies, read what here remedies his. God bless her and her son and the rest of you

I have two sons out of five children and both display signs of autism. I have not had either child tested as the older child was diagnosed ADHD when he was young.
I feel sick and sad that autism was not even considered when he was younger. He displayed symptons directly after receiving shots and all the documentation is right in his medical records.
Yes I will immediately seek further evaluation for both children.
If it is proven that they are autistic as I believe they may be I will also be seeking medical treatment for them also.
I applaude you Jenny for getting the message out there for all parents to see. I believe your efforts are to help all children live happy and normal lives and I just want to say thank you.
PS Most people do not even understand what being an indigo means.

I am very happy that Jenny has been able to treat her child and handle his illness. As a teacher I see these children every day and wish every parent was able to handle the problem as she does. Instead of “dealing” with her child she is being procative and doing whatever is needed for her chld, instead of doing what she or her family needs to do. An autistic child needs intesive intervention that most families are unable to provide.

I have a son on the autistic spectrum and have heard about the Indigo children theory through a good friend. My son went through Biomedical intervention and his blood tests showed that his body has high levels of toxins like mercury and lead. My belief is that some parents try to deal with their own grief by “dressing” up autism saying that they belong to the Indigo generation but it is nothing more than more and more of our children are being poisoned by all the toxins around us. Our food is contaminated with additives, preservatives, eating GMO stuff, inhaling polluted air. As parents who are “contaminated” we pass these poisons onto our children.
My two cents worth.

JEN ON THE VIEW..BUM’S RUSH..FOR MORE IMP. GUEST FOLLOWING HER??? BARBS’ BDAY..78..BS…THEY DID NOT WANT HER TO COME UP WITH INDIGO OR CRYSTAL CHILDREN..THEY DONT EVEN MENTION SHE WAS ON ON THEIR WEBSITE..ONLY JOEY FAT ONE….TO SING TO BARB AND GET OLE BILL GETTY ON SCREEN???ANYONE ELSE SEE THIS..

Wow, I can’t believe the negative comments! I have had a very similar experience with my eight year old daughter who was diagnosed at 2years old with autism. Fortunately with early intervention, speech therapy, group therapy and a special diet, my daughter too has reversed her autism characteristics! When she was young, I saw her struggle with communication and all her “strange” behavior traits that I too thought were her personality. She would flap her arms and I nicknamed her BlueBird which means love. She lined up her stuffed animals, closing all doors in the house before we’d leave and struggle with sounds instead of words to communicate.

With constant speech therapy, group therapy which was video taped and special diet my daughter turned the corner! She now is president of her third grade class and has entered the “gate” program for gifted childred. She also has no problem communicating both verbally and physically!

I contribute this 100% to early prevention! IT DOES WORK! Please don’t critise Jenny with her enthusiasum as I believe early intervention can make the difference in every autistic child.

Thanks Jenny for getting the word out there and I hope we have more people step up to help our childred!

THANKS!

Thank you so much for getting the information out there. The DAN doctors are doing remarkable things and as an occupational therapist who works with children diagnosed with Autism I am trying to steer parents in the right direction to get the help they need for their child. You are an angel. Thank you so much.
Beatrice
Cary, NC

I can only comment that more needs to be researched into the vaccine/autism connection. I received a swine flu vacc back in the 70’s and have had seizures since. Neurologists state its “idiopathic” no known cause. I deal with it and take meds for life now. Are these vaccines truly safe? Jenny is trying to do what is best for her son and I commend her. Most of the posters appear to not have read her entire book but focus on indigo and crystal comments.

I think the dietary change also had alot to do with Evan’s progress and that is wonderful.

I would like to clarify the scientific side of
this discussion. I’m a Research Professor in
Human Genetics at UCLA, and a large portion of
my work over the past 7 years has been devoted to trying to find the “genes for autism”. Just as others above have pointed out that you should not be quick to judge the actions of
parents of autistic children unless you have been there yourself, I would add that you should not be quick to make pronouncements about what is and isn’t known about autism unless you have been doing the research. So,
let me just touch on a few major points:

(1) Autism is very strongly genetic, this
is a proven fact, not speculation. Here
is the simplest way this has be proven: if you look at identical twins, if one
is Autistic, the other will also be Autistic
about 90% of the time. Indeed, if you loosen up the definition of Autism a bit,
this figure rises to nearly 100%. Moreover,
this is true even for identical twins that
are raised apart—so it is very much in the
genes, and very little in the environment.
In fact, among all complex disorders, Autism is one of the most strongly genetic in the above sense.
Caveats:
(a) these studies were done over
a decade ago, when Autism was defined
by the most severe critera. The current
definition of autism is broader, and the
perhaps that would weaken the genetic
basis a bit—those studies need to be done.
(b) The above does not mean _every_ case
of autism is inherited. They could be due
to a spontaneous genetic mutation, or they
could indeed be due to a strong environmental
insult, such as ingesting some toxin during
pregnancy. But, the above does mean this
is not generally the case—the only valid
general statement is that Autism is strongly
genetic, and other causes are exceptions to
this.
(c) Just because the risk for Autism is
strongly genetic, that does not mean that
the course of the disorder cannot be altered.
Some treatments help some people, who would
otherwise fare much worse without treatment.
So, by all means, it is worthwhile pursue the therapies that are out there, and to make
the effort as a parent or caretaker.

A final word on the genetic basis of Autism,
since there seems to be resistance to this
notion, even though the science behind it
if very well established: if you have an autistic child, its
often pretty easy affirm the above genetic result: look at your immediate relatives for signs of fairly strong mood or social disturbances…often if there is
a severely autistic child, these component traits will be evident in near relatives.
I can’t speak with any authority about Jenny McCarthy, except to note that she clearly has a very flamboyant personality, and she may well have some mood disturbances in her family history.

(2) There is no evidence for an
Autism epidemic. The main reason
that the incidence of Autism has risen
from 1 in ~5,000 a decade ago to 1 in ~200
is _seems to be_ due to a broader definition that is more widely applied. For example,
one large study in the state of Georgia compare students in special education classes
in recent years to those a decade or more ago. They made an Autism diagnosis based on the description of the child given in the special education assessment records. They found
comparable rates of Autism now and then,
and consistent with the current rates. This
strongly supports the idea that the diagnostic process has changed, not the
fundamental incidence of the disorder.
Caveats
(a) This sort of study needs to be done
on a larger scale to be certain—maybe
the state of Georgia is different than
the nation as a whole. But the Georgia
study was a large study, so it should
otherwise be reliable.
(b) This dose not rule out the possibility
that there are factors leading to an increase
in the actual incidence of autism—it just
suggests any such factors are minor, not
the major component of the story. For example, assortative mating, or what one
might describe colloquially as “nerds marry nerds and have super-nerdy kids” makes genetic sense, and I would guess it
is happening, for example especially in
places like Silicon Valley. Also, it would
not surprise me if vaccines or environmental
toxins are impacting some especially susceptible kids—but the point is, there
is no evidence that these or anything else is driving an epidemic of autism, while in
contrast there is clear evidence that
it is being diagnosed much more widely now
than a decade ago.

(3) Finally, a comment on “Indigo Children”.
I can’t claim to be an expert on them,
but then no one else can either. I will say
that as an expert in genetics, though,
ANY statements that Indigo’s are a new
wave in human evolution are pure fantasy.
There is simply zero–thats 0.000—evidence that these children are any genetically different than similar such children who were being born 100 or 1000 years ago. This is just stuff someone pulled out of thin air (likely inside their head). But, I don’t
want to overstep the bounds of science, so
I would say this to Jenny McCarthy and others: You don’t need Indigo children crap
to believe that every child is unique and
valuable, and has things that make them special in positive ways, even though others may simply label them disabled. There is
no need to proclaim them to be from a
spiritual super-race to gain respect for them—better to just promote the idea that
all people have basic human dignity that should be respected and that all people have qualities that should be cherished, and we need to affirm this especially for those
impacted by disabilities.