Parents On Opposite Ends Of The Spectrum

A statement by "Countering Age of Autism"

"By choosing to label parents as either biomed or ND, the "biomed" parents are creating a false divide and making themselves the stars of their own plays. It's no longer about their children. It's about them arguing they are the better parents because they would go to any extreme to "recover" their child. That's frakking offensive in so many ways. I don't have to recover my children, I don't think I lost them. And I think it's offensive to children on the spectrum to think that they have been lost, that they "died," that it would have been better if the child had cancer."

Parents are completely divided. 

Today I read 3 pages worth of professionals against a supplement I was about to order. 

Were they against the actual supplement or against a Bio -Medical approach? 

Does there need to be so much intensity surrounding this? 

The short answer is yes. 

Adults will brush a negative comment made to them, but when it comes to your children...the gloves come off. 

The passion and desire for change is fueled by the intense love for our children. 

This is a love like no other. 

It takes you to places you never thought you could go.


And for the record, I am one of those parents mentioned in the above statement. 

I think if this was any other disorder/disease and a parent did nothing while jeopardizing the well being of the child, people would freak out. ie Insulin for a diabetic. 

X needs assistance eliminating the acids in his body which helps restore his alkaline reserve. 

When this is stable, the daily production of toxins and acids can be eliminated. 

I would have an excuse if I didn't know this, but I do. 

How can you do nothing when you know some of the underlying conditions hindering the chance of successful behavioral therapy? 

Yes, I am still pro ABA. I support a variety of therapies. 

I am 'one of those moms'.