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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]@22:36- I feel sorry for people like you who refuse to entertain the possibility that your child's issues may have a medical root cause.  I guess it's much easier to sit around watching "Dancing with the Stars" while eating bon bons, than researching how to help your child overcome their illness.  That's what the doctors are for, right??  Ten or twenty years from now when the data matures from all of those clinical trials, we will know the answer beyond doubt, but it will be too late for your child.[/quote]

I have a child with an ASD who has made ENORMOUS strides, going from being barely verbal to being fully functioning in a mainstream classroom with many friends.  He still has an ASD but unless you know what you are looking for, you wouldn't see it.  And I did it the fully mainstream way -- speech therapy, floortime, social skills groups.  I do not sit around eating bon bons and watching TV -- I have worked my ass off for my child.  But I also have not pursued interventions that have no basis in science.  You are not more virtuous because you have pursued these things.  You also do not have all the answers, because at this point no one does.  "Beyond a doubt?"  You can't say this until the studies come out, at this point you are just guessing.  And I really hate this "it will be too late for your child" glee.  I want all our children to do well, regardless of what methods their parents pursue.  I want your child to do well, I want my child to do well.  And I believe we are all doing our best for our kids.[/quote]

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