I spoke about our work with autistic children in Minnesota. When I said that we have documented over 100 cases of recovery from autism, a parent looked at me and called me a liar. She said, “Show me the proof!”
I asked her if she was going to be at the Autism Society of Minnesota conference where we would be in about a month. She said, “Yes.” I then told her that the records are in my Houston office, and I would bring something for her to see at that conference.
I told her that I have the report from a psychologist who diagnosed a 4 year old boy as autistic. I have a second report prepared by the same psychologist 2 years later, which completely removed the autistic diagnosis.
I told the woman that I had standing permission from the mother to share signed copies of the reports, which include the child’s name and the psychologist’s name. I told the woman that she can even contact the psychologist if she wished.
The woman said, “You’ve offended me and I simply don’t believe you. You offend me because you think my child needs to be fixed.”
I told her that the idea of accepting her child as he is, and not trying to change him, is doing such a disservice to her child. I explained that it is a disservice, because her child is in pain. He is in emotional pain, because he cannot verbally process emotions. He is most likely also in physical pain. I know this, because of what I have been told by the kids who have come out of autism. They have told us what they felt and what they remembered about what it was like to be autistic. I told her, I am sorry, but it is a crime against your child that you are being duped into believing that you should just accept your child as he is.
I saw her again a month or so later and handed her the record. She looked at it and her eyes narrowed as she read. She literally stepped back as if I had slapped her. She looked me in the eye and said, “You probably falsified all of this.”
I just looked at her and said, “You know, you are welcome to your opinion and you are also welcome to call that psychologist, because I guarantee you that she will remember the case.”
The mother said, “How do I know that you didn’t pay her off?”
I said, “How do you know that big pharma didn’t pay off these vaccine reps?”
Fortunately, [the attitude of this woman] is in the minority, but it is growing with the messages out there today.
We are not willing to dilute our message about autism. The people who come to us are the people we can help. We have always said that our doors are open by the grace of God – they will be closed by the grace of God – and in between, God is going to bring in the people we can help the most. For most parents in the autism community, they welcome the news that anyone is interested, much less able, to help their children feel better. Most parents do realize they are very ill, or in pain.
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