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

"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

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

"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

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).

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

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.

In article ,
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

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
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Lies.
Steve

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.