and i realize you're mine, and indeed a fool am i.
Im very irritated with Jenny McCarthy. I'm pleased that she wants to inform the public about autism, because her son is autistic, and because autism is on the rise, and people need to be informed about autism. I'm glad that Jenny is willing to come forth and be a sort of spokesperson for the disorder.
I'm displeased with her because she's claiming she can... and it kind of makes me sick to my stomach just typing this... cure the disorder. She has a book out that says "How I Cured My Son". Newsflash Jenny: Autism is a disorder. not a disease or a virus. Disorders are not just magically cured by diets.
My brother is autistic, and we have done everything possible for him to make him as normal as possible. He has progressed and he is a wonderful practically normal adult, but he still has little autistic tendencies here and there. Does that mean we failed to "cure" him? No. This means that he has grown, and he has made tremendous progress, but the autism still exists.
I DO NOT believe Jenny's son Evan is "cured". He has probably come an incredibly long way from when he was first diagnosed, but he's not "cured". Autism, as of right now, is not curable. She throws that word around like it's nothing! It makes me angry. It makes me feel like, because my brother still cant form sentences correctly or walk correctly, or take instructions correctly... all three are his worst problems right now... that we've failed him, even though when he was first diagnosed, he spoke gibberish, and reverted back to crawling... forgetting or unable to speak any of the words we taught him, and unable to walk again. Even though he's progressed tremendously and completed high school taking mostly what my brother calls "normal kid classes" that we've failed him because he's not completely... gag... "cured".
Well Jenny, first of all, theres no proof that the MMR vaccine causes autism... i mean, i got it, and i turned out fine... and you're going to kick yourself when the true "cure" comes out. (i'm being positive and saying "when" instead of "if" because autism is becoming such an epidemic that they are going to try their damnedest to find a cure, and i'm being optimistic... because im sick of being a pessimistic realist.)
aaaaand, now that i got that out, i'm going to stop being angry and be happy.