I’ve been avoiding this topic since the day i started this blog, but when I read this piece of inanity I had to say something. It’s not going to be the rant I want to spew, but something has to be done about this woman.
I read this article which quotes Jenny McCarthy as stating that her son Evan is the “Poster Child For Hope” after she proved, through him, that autism can be cured by using diet and detox. I Quote:
On handling her son Evan’s autism diagnosis: “I Googled autism and found a community called Generation Rescue, which is a parent-run organization of moms who have been teaching other moms about diet, nutrition, supplements, and detox, and they have done an amazing job of healing their kids. I thought, Well, do I follow this path of moms who are saying their kids got better, or do I follow the path of the medical community who say these kids can’t get better? So I followed these parents and I’m so glad I did, because within a year of doing diet and nutrition with Evan, he lost his autism diagnosis.”
On how Evan is today: “He is the most talkative, social six-year-old little boy, who loves to play with his friends.”
On her deal with God: “I kind of made a deal with God, saying, ‘If you help me and you show me how to heal Evan, I promise I will teach the world how I did it.’ The hard part is everyone from this day on will know Evan’s business. People say, ‘Don’t you get worried that you made him the poster child for autism?’ And I say, “He’s the poster child for hope.’”
[From Jenny McCarthy Says Evan Is “The Poster Child For Hope” | Celebrity Baby Scoop]
Miss McCarthy, please… Your son was misdiagnosed to start with. You put him through unnecessary and unproven quasi-medical witch-doctoring and now claim that he’s better. All while getting a hefty endorsement check from the organizations you claim helped you to “cure” this “disease”.
I’m sorry, but this is utter chaff and I’m so enraged by this that I cannot continue on the topic at the moment. I will revisit this topic when I can be certain to be at least partially polite.
Peace, I’m out
