jmac and the huffpo
http://www.psychology.uconn.edu/people/Faculty/Fein/Fein.html
http://www.ajc.com/health/content/health/stories/2009/05/08/autism_recover.html
http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/TenWays/story?id=3730135&page=2
http://blogs.abcnews.com/theworldnewser/2010/01/journal-says-no-proof-special-diets-help-autistic-children.html
and then, http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dr-patricia-fitzgerald/jenny-mccarthys-autism-cr_b_190486.html
Long and short of it, is that by the time you get to the last link, which is a story run by the Huffington Post, you'll be shaking your head with the plain misinformation and sloppy research done in its writing. Of course, I prefer to take my advice on developmental disorders from real doctors, not acupuncturist/homeopaths or someone who was made famous by picking her nose on MTV.
Of note is the clinical research of a university professor showing that sometimes autistic children DO just get "better," which a quick google search turned up and was apparently too much work for "dr." Fitzgerald. Also notable is the misleading statistic use, the lack of any evidence that diet helps autism as opposed to the extra attention or any myriad of other possible reason, or even a brief explanation of what food might even have to do with autism in the first place.
All in all, I just don't know what to do or say, so I shake my head.
http://www.ajc.com/health/content/health/stories/2009/05/08/autism_recover.html
http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/TenWays/story?id=3730135&page=2
http://blogs.abcnews.com/theworldnewser/2010/01/journal-says-no-proof-special-diets-help-autistic-children.html
and then, http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dr-patricia-fitzgerald/jenny-mccarthys-autism-cr_b_190486.html
Long and short of it, is that by the time you get to the last link, which is a story run by the Huffington Post, you'll be shaking your head with the plain misinformation and sloppy research done in its writing. Of course, I prefer to take my advice on developmental disorders from real doctors, not acupuncturist/homeopaths or someone who was made famous by picking her nose on MTV.
Of note is the clinical research of a university professor showing that sometimes autistic children DO just get "better," which a quick google search turned up and was apparently too much work for "dr." Fitzgerald. Also notable is the misleading statistic use, the lack of any evidence that diet helps autism as opposed to the extra attention or any myriad of other possible reason, or even a brief explanation of what food might even have to do with autism in the first place.
All in all, I just don't know what to do or say, so I shake my head.
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