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Autism and Chelation Therapy
"In Lafayette, California, Jamie Handley was born autistic. Jamie is
now 3; no longer autistic; is plump and playing baseball. His parents chose chelation therapy. A therapy which strips the body of heavy metals. Plus vitamins. The Handleys and 150 other sets of parents are organizing an international support group." Paul Harvey News 26 May 2005 |
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"Tim Campbell" wrote in message oups.com... "In Lafayette, California, Jamie Handley was born autistic. Jamie is now 3; no longer autistic; is plump and playing baseball. His parents chose chelation therapy. A therapy which strips the body of heavy metals. Plus vitamins. The Handleys and 150 other sets of parents are organizing an international support group." Paul Harvey News 26 May 2005 Chelation has never been shown to help anyone with autism in a good study. This is an example of anecdote. I am sure the parents were doing other things, besides chelation. And, we don't know how accurate the diagnosis of autism was. This is why the plural of anecdote is not data. Jeff |
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In article . net,
"Jeff" wrote: "Tim Campbell" wrote in message oups.com... "In Lafayette, California, Jamie Handley was born autistic. Jamie is now 3; no longer autistic; is plump and playing baseball. His parents chose chelation therapy. A therapy which strips the body of heavy metals. Plus vitamins. The Handleys and 150 other sets of parents are organizing an international support group." Paul Harvey News 26 May 2005 Chelation has never been shown to help anyone with autism in a good study. This is an example of anecdote. I am sure the parents were doing other things, besides chelation. And, we don't know how accurate the diagnosis of autism was. This is why the plural of anecdote is not data. Jeff I would add that autism can't be diagnosed in an infant -- it is usually closer to 3 when that diagnosis is made. So the story doesn't even make sense. -- Children won't care how much you know until they know how much you care |
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"dragonlady" wrote in message ... In article . net, "Jeff" wrote: "Tim Campbell" wrote in message oups.com... "In Lafayette, California, Jamie Handley was born autistic. Jamie is now 3; no longer autistic; is plump and playing baseball. His parents chose chelation therapy. A therapy which strips the body of heavy metals. Plus vitamins. The Handleys and 150 other sets of parents are organizing an international support group." Paul Harvey News 26 May 2005 Chelation has never been shown to help anyone with autism in a good study. This is an example of anecdote. I am sure the parents were doing other things, besides chelation. And, we don't know how accurate the diagnosis of autism was. This is why the plural of anecdote is not data. Jeff I would add that autism can't be diagnosed in an infant -- it is usually closer to 3 when that diagnosis is made. So the story doesn't even make sense. You're correct. In other reports about the child, it was stated that he was developing normally unitl 18 months of age. The fact that this report got this wrong speaks about the quality of the reporting and the knowledge of the reporter about science and medicine. Jeff -- Children won't care how much you know until they know how much you care |
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Jeff wrote:
The fact that this report got this wrong speaks about the quality of the reporting and the knowledge of the reporter about science and medicine. Not to mention writing. I was trying to figure out whether removing vitamins was supposed to be a good thing or a side-effect until I realized what the writer was trying to say is that the parents were GIVING vitamins as a second type of therapy (which, of course, would damage the credibility of the experiment if it had any). |
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Jeff wrote: You're correct. In other reports about the child, it was stated that he was developing normally unitl 18 months of age. The fact that this report got this wrong speaks about the quality of the reporting and the knowledge of the reporter about science and medicine. I would say "this report" quoted in the OP was not by a reporter at all. Instead, it was regurgitated, poorly, from the original report in the San Francisco Chronicle (or similar): http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cg...AGU0CU2K71.DTL Jan |
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dragonlady wrote:
In article . net, "Jeff" wrote: "Tim Campbell" wrote in message groups.com... "In Lafayette, California, Jamie Handley was born autistic. Jamie is now 3; no longer autistic; is plump and playing baseball. His parents chose chelation therapy. A therapy which strips the body of heavy metals. Plus vitamins. The Handleys and 150 other sets of parents are organizing an international support group." Paul Harvey News 26 May 2005 Chelation has never been shown to help anyone with autism in a good study. This is an example of anecdote. I am sure the parents were doing other things, besides chelation. And, we don't know how accurate the diagnosis of autism was. This is why the plural of anecdote is not data. Jeff I would add that autism can't be diagnosed in an infant -- it is usually closer to 3 when that diagnosis is made. So the story doesn't even make sense. That goes against one of the FHB's (firmly held beliefs) of the anti-vac liars. I do recall mention of a study where they found indicia for autism in early videos of kids who were later diagnosed as Autistic. |
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Mark Probert wrote: dragonlady wrote: In article . net, "Jeff" wrote: "Tim Campbell" wrote in message groups.com... "In Lafayette, California, Jamie Handley was born autistic. Jamie is now 3; no longer autistic; is plump and playing baseball. His parents chose chelation therapy. A therapy which strips the body of heavy metals. Plus vitamins. The Handleys and 150 other sets of parents are organizing an international support group." Paul Harvey News 26 May 2005 Chelation has never been shown to help anyone with autism in a good study. This is an example of anecdote. I am sure the parents were doing other things, besides chelation. And, we don't know how accurate the diagnosis of autism was. This is why the plural of anecdote is not data. Jeff I would add that autism can't be diagnosed in an infant -- it is usually closer to 3 when that diagnosis is made. So the story doesn't even make sense. That goes against one of the FHB's (firmly held beliefs) of the anti-vac liars. I do recall mention of a study where they found indicia for autism in early videos of kids who were later diagnosed as Autistic. I've heard they're doing research in this area. I hope it CAN be diagnosed earlier -- and that they find an early intervention technique that can reduce the severity of this condition. -- Children won't care how much you know until they know how much you care |
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Tim Campbell wrote:
"In Lafayette, California, Jamie Handley was born autistic. Jamie is now 3; no longer autistic; is plump and playing baseball. His parents chose chelation therapy. A therapy which strips the body of heavy metals. Plus vitamins. The Handleys and 150 other sets of parents are organizing an international support group." Paul Harvey News 26 May 2005 ----------------- Lies. Steve |
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dragonlady wrote:
In article , Mark Probert wrote: dragonlady wrote: In article . net, "Jeff" wrote: "Tim Campbell" wrote in message legroups.com... "In Lafayette, California, Jamie Handley was born autistic. Jamie is now 3; no longer autistic; is plump and playing baseball. His parents chose chelation therapy. A therapy which strips the body of heavy metals. Plus vitamins. The Handleys and 150 other sets of parents are organizing an international support group." Paul Harvey News 26 May 2005 Chelation has never been shown to help anyone with autism in a good study. This is an example of anecdote. I am sure the parents were doing other things, besides chelation. And, we don't know how accurate the diagnosis of autism was. This is why the plural of anecdote is not data. Jeff I would add that autism can't be diagnosed in an infant -- it is usually closer to 3 when that diagnosis is made. So the story doesn't even make sense. That goes against one of the FHB's (firmly held beliefs) of the anti-vac liars. I do recall mention of a study where they found indicia for autism in early videos of kids who were later diagnosed as Autistic. I've heard they're doing research in this area. I hope it CAN be diagnosed earlier -- and that they find an early intervention technique that can reduce the severity of this condition. Hopefully, with less time wasted on the BS of Thimerosal and MMR, they can get around to that serious investigation. |
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