If it ain't broke, let's not, for parents' sake, try to fix it
I read Katharine Child's report "Autistic kids fed bleach" (November 2) with mixed emotions. Having raised two healthy children, I can't begin to imagine what the growing number of families with autistic children have to endure.It brings back memories of the parents in the UK who were arrested for wanting to take their son to Europe for treatment not yet legally registered in the UK.Worldwide, people die of allergies to antibiotics, alcohol poisoning, tobacco-induced cancer.Now that these dedicated, caring and conscientious parents have found respite in a simple remedy, they are subjected to all manner of rhetoric because someone has, ill-advisedly, referred to it as a medicine instead of a remedy.Let's be pragmatic in this case.Give battle-fatigued parents freedom of choice, and rejoice in the peace and joy they and their imprisoned children have found...
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