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Thread #126713   Message #2828392
Posted By: Emma B
02-Feb-10 - 03:21 PM
Thread Name: A Wish for Autism
Subject: RE: A Wish for Autism
Yes I read Rhonda's 'message'

This is what I also read on her web site

"I started giving my son the MaxGxl on December 17, 2008. He had been suffering from PANDAS* since September, 2007. We were looking into special schools and receiving Special Olympics ® invitations because he was doing so poorly…
Within one week we saw subtle improvements.
Within two weeks his focus was better.
Within seven weeks his PANDAS was completely GONE! He went from 100% shadowed at school to 20% modified in three months! Am I convinced? You bet I am!
Did I sign up to be a distributer?
You'd better believe it!
Just like Sam's Club (which I LOVE!)
I pay a membership fee to get the discount AND I tell everyone I know about their great food.
The difference: MaxGxl GIVES me a bonus check – just for sharing the news about the greatest thing that has ever happened to / for my son!

If I could GIVE this to you I would!

The good news: YOU can afford MaxGxl: $69.00 a month + tax and shipping! Honestly, unless you live in a bubble completely devoid of all toxins, YOU can't afford NOT to take MaxGxl! ***

Even more good news: YOU can become an associate and earn money for helping others – just like me! I'd LOVE to have YOU on my team!!! "


I'm sorry but I didn't put any of the books in the 'shopping cart' on her web page either.

I don't normally quote Daily Mail articles but here is one that does seem to resemble the traditions of investigative journalism

"The great autism rip-off" ... How a huge industry feeds on parents desperate to cure their children

"to discover exactly what is being offered to parents, I visited five practitioners of 'biomedical' autism therapies posing as a parent of a three-year-old boy diagnosed with ASD.

Although the practitioners stopped short of saying they could 'cure' autism, each described to me instances of young patients who had been transformed by their treatments and were able to lead totally normal lives and participate fully in mainstream education...............

.......At the end of the investigation I speak to Richard Mills, a director of Research Autism, a coalition of parents, those with autism, academics and medical experts, set up by the National Autistic Society (NAS) and the Institute of Child Health to study new treatments for autism.

'Your experiences are not uncommon,' he says. 'There is no evidence that any of these treatments work. There is evidence that some do not work, and even could do harm.'

Mills, who has worked in the field of autism research for the past 30 years, describes the helplessness and despair parents feel when trying one unsuccessful treatment after another.

'Parents often tell us they weren't made aware of possible negative effects and many spend thousands, running up bills on credit cards, on treatments that don't work.

'Many of the practitioners who sell these treatments are no better than snake-oil salesmen. This kind of hard-sell approach is completely immoral. Lack of regulation means anyone can set themselves up and claim to be able to successfully treat autism, without any proof that it's actually possible,' he says.


Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1023351/The-great-autism-rip---How-huge-industry-feeds-parents-desperate-cure-children.html#ixzz0ePYw7l7X


*PANDAS, is an abbreviation for Pediatric Autoimmune Neuropsychiatric Disorders Associated with Streptococcal Infections. The term is used to describe a subset of children who have Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) and/or tic disorders such as Tourette's Syndrome, and in whom symptoms worsen following strep. infections such as "Strep throat" and Scarlet Fever.

My 'wish' for autism - a realistic look at the hidden selling of unproved expensive 'treatments' behind these emotive videos

*** Advert for the pyramid selling tactics of MaxGXL on the net

"I Am NOT Kidding…

I Have Made Millions In This Industry Because Of The Secrets I Am About To Share With You On Generating Leads, I Suggest You Listen Closely If You Want To Do The SAME..."

it appears - 'no experience is mnecessary'

"Everyone is entitled to their own opinion, but not their own facts." - Daniel Patrick Moynihan