I met a woman in the park today. Her little girl is four years old and I recognized the arm movements first. It took me all of one second to figure out she is somewhere on the autistic spectrum.
We got to talking and she recently had her darling evaluated at a prestigious Virginia medical center. The doctors there told her there was nothing they could do to help her and that "the schools deal with the issues related to autism."
This is malpractice if you ask me. There is SO MUCH that can be done bio-medically.
This is LAZY doctors who can't read a little on their own if the info isn't spoon fed to them by the government or the pharmeceutical companies that own our elected officials. Let me say it again. L....A.....Z.....Y!
Before we found our DAN! doctor we saw many doctors who touted the same line..."Nothing wrong, nothing you can do,it's a behaviorial issue, a parenting issue." Within two visits, our DAN! doc had reduced our daughter's symptoms dramatically. Even though we still have our days, the quality of life for our daughter and our family is MUCH better that it ever was. Her amazing tutor, who's specialty is brain injured children, assures me my child is bright and college bound.
Autism is a brain injury. It is treatable. There is much to be done. Anyone who tells you otherwise has a lot to learn, or a lot invested in not learning.
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I never trust doctors who speak in absolutes. Too many times have they been proven wrong. My OBGYN told my friend she'd never have children. She has a beautiful daughter. My doctor told me I could never get breast cancer because it only occurrs in the women on my father's side. I didn't have to look very far to find other doctors who disagreed. So glad that you have found one that does not accept that the diagnosis is the end. It sounds like he treats it more as a beginning to finding the answers to making life for your daughter the best it can be.
PS - Congrats on your draft! (I read the news on Jennifer's blog. Well done!)
Doctors know, mothers "know". Mothers should never give their power away to doctors! Mothers, UNITE!
I guess someone knew she needed to to find YOU and Riley, and so put you in the park together, eh?
Life's a beautiful thing!!!
Mothers may "know" but sadly, most mainstream physicians don't even come close.
Hi, Michelle. I thought it was just me; I too find a great many doctors to be intellectually lazy. A lot of them are too busy seeing patients to actually do any science. I've had an unidentified infection for about the last 10 years. It nearly killed me in 2005. And I still can't find a doctor who will commit to doing the necessary detective work to uncover the cause. This experience has been a real eye opener.
Paul
Ontario, Canada
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