I wrote a post about Jenny McCarthy offering hope to some mothers a couple of months ago... Yes, I understand that was risky. You either love her or hate her, right? Well, it turns out, some thought that opened me up to a debate on vaccinations. The post really wasn't supposed to be about vaccinations... it was about hope, hope that so many in the anti-Jenny camp rape mothers of. Hope that our children CAN function normally...
I understand, our kids will always see the world through different colored glasses, but they can function with proper support and unconditional love. This is the hope I want to instill in others... unlike, the hope that the diagnosing psychologist offered us by telling us our daughter would never have a meaningful relationship, work or live independently... if we didn't do her ABA program!
This post was about the hope Jenny offers. The strength she emits to some. It was to defend a fellow mother who has been criticized for 'speaking outside the box'. My most recent critic responded, "There is NO evidence to indicate that vaccinations cause autism. http://tinyurl.com/ylbnrpc Think critically. http://tinyurl.com/cxnbvv"
Well, I go could go on for a really long time about both of those statements, but this sums up my reaction:
I do think critically -- about a system that deems it perfectly safe to inject mercury into a pregnant woman, yet tell her not to eat tuna fish.
I think critically -- about a system that refuses 3rd party unbiased research.
I think critically -- about the people sitting behind a computer making these comments... I wonder who is paying them.
I think critically -- about the systems (including doctors who chelate) that are taking advantage of desperate mothers and families.
I think critically -- about how there is only one industry that the government says, "Hey, if your product injures or kills a child or baby... don't worry, we have your back. You are not responsible."
I do think critically -- about a system that deems it perfectly safe to inject mercury into a pregnant woman, yet tell her not to eat tuna fish.
I think critically -- about a system that refuses 3rd party unbiased research.
I think critically -- about the people sitting behind a computer making these comments... I wonder who is paying them.
I think critically -- about the systems (including doctors who chelate) that are taking advantage of desperate mothers and families.
I think critically -- about how there is only one industry that the government says, "Hey, if your product injures or kills a child or baby... don't worry, we have your back. You are not responsible."
I think critically -- about the elephant in the middle of America's pestilence among it's children; and wonder why we continue to tip-toe around and defend it.
I think critically -- about much and often!!
I think critically -- about much and often!!
Most importantly, I think critically -- about each calculated move I make in addressing my child's symptomatology (which happens to mimic mercury poisoning- but we won't go there [today]). I think critically about the cost of her traditional and non-traditional treatment, her education, her dietary needs, her spiritual needs, her emotional needs, cognitive needs, physical needs...
You just keep thinking critically and doing what you do. Don't let anyone tell you it is impossible.Nothing is impossible for our children. Absolutely nothing!
ReplyDeleteMy friend, You gave me goosebumps!! Thank you!!
ReplyDeleteGreat Job. You always have the right words. I do not know how anyone could argue against the feelings of a mother. You are the strength of our unity. Until we have answers... Unity within the Autism Community #UWAC TannersDad Tim Welsh
ReplyDeletewhy so much emphasis on Jenny. Temple Grandin is the real autism expert and she offers hope, she is a Professor and an international speaker and author and an adult living with autism and a celebrity in the autism community long before Jenny showed up.
ReplyDeleteYou have the right as a parent to do what you feel is best. I'm totally with you on the DON'T EAT TUNA *oh but this jab is ok...this is MEDICIANAL mercury*
ReplyDeleteYou weigh up the pros and cons for each toxin you subject your children to, the reason people get so difensive is that they feel that by opting out you are telling them that they are wrong. By doing some resurch you are calling them lazy, content to let "THEY" tell them what is right and wrong.
Follow your heart and do what you feel is right, let the doubters jump up and down in vain.xx