Angela--

Do you know whether or not Fitzpatrick has had his son tested for
mercury toxicity?

The argument of "coincidence" is a common way for these folks to
dismiss the treatments that we watch work before our very eyes.
Unfortunately, Fitzpatrick's dismissal seems like it extends to his
poor son.

When Fitzpatrick says that he has witnessed his son's condition
deterioate despite "all" interventions, did he also say which
treatments he has tried--or not tried?

My heart goes out to the young Fitzpatrick and his brainwashed dad.

BTW--I'm a university professor of language and calculated my son's
mean-length of utterances and frequency pre- and post-chelation. His
progress from three-word fragments to three-sentence paragraphs with
full use of pronouns (the most difficult part of a language)
happened within a week. The math doesn't lie.

Since then, my wife and I have making this same "coincidence" happen
on a regular basis.

Guess we're just lucky.

Davey's Dad



--- In EOHarm@yahoogroups.com, "Angela Medlin" <angelamedlin@n...>
wrote:
>
>
> His reply to my email:
>
> Dear Angela
>
> I am delighted to hear that your son's condition has improved. I
wish I
>
> could say the same about my severely autistic son, whose condition
has
>
> continued to deteriorate despite all forms of intervention. One of
the many
>
> mysteries of children with autistic spectrum disorders is that
their level
>
> of functioning fluctuates over time for reasons that are simply not
>
> understood (and little is understood about autism). If a
deterioration
>
> coincides with immunisation or some other event, it is
understandable that
>
> parents should make a connection; if their improvement coincides
with some
>
> intervention, whether in the form of a school or behavioural
program, a
>
> special diet or some form of medication or other treatment, it is
also not
>
> surprising that parents attribute the improvement to the
intervention.
>
> However, before any such treatments are recommended for children,
I believe
>
> that it is important that some basic evaluations are made - to try
to
>
> establish whether they really are effective, and also to establish
whether
>
> they are safe. Neither has been done with mercury chelation
treatment so I
>
> would be very wary of using it or recommending it. You only have
to look at
>
> the history of autism treatments to see how they come and go and
many
>
> parents have experienced dramatic results with all sorts of
treatments -
>
> such as secretin - that have now been discredited (or shown to be
>
> positively harmful, like 'holding therapy', or various drug
regimes). In my
>
> experience desperate parents are vulnerable to claims of wonder
cures that
>
> are likely to exhaust their reserves of energy and hope (not to
mention
>
> money) and ultimately leave them disappointed.
>
> I'm sorry if you found my review upsetting, but I believe that the
>
> anti-mercury campaign is not based on sound science and is likely
to cause
>
> more harm than good.
>
> I sincerely hope that your child continues to improve (though I
doubt
>
> whether this will have anything to do with mercury).
>
> Best wishes
>
> Mike