Health Canada Seizes MMS

I am so excited to see Health Canada finally trying to stop the sale of MMS. I wrote about the horrors of MMS here. It's essentially bleach. It's used as a disinfectant and in the production of pulp and paper. It is NOT made for human consumption, but despite this, people are making their autistic children drink it in hopes of a "cure."

Despite Health Canada issuing advisories on this product since 2010, this is the first I've seen of them actually seizing it.

It doesn't mean that it will completely stop people from torturing and abusing their children - if they can't get their hands on MMS, I'm sure they'll find something else. But anything to make it a little harder to carry out their actions makes me happy and hopefully it will make a few people think.

More coverage here:

The Toronto Star

Global News

Autism Parenting Magazine Disappoints

A fellow Autistic blogger, M Kelter, alerted me last week that he is no longer contributing to Autism Parenting Magazine because this month's issue includes coverage on a "curebie" doctor. You need a subscription to see the full issue, but you can see the list of contents on their site.

(If you know me by now, you know I don't provide a voice or links to things I don't agree with, so you'll have to do your own research - besides, I think that is better than just listening to my opinion! So while I will tell my story, I will not name names. I don't believe in giving these people a forum or space on my blog.)

So this particular doctor is a doctor of engineering, but since his daughter was diagnosed as autistic, he suddenly became some sort of biological expert. He no longer gets her vaccinated (he believes vaccines caused her autism) and he believes some sort of mixture of vitamins/supplements will "cure" her.

So after M Kelter informed me of his decision to cut ties with the magazine, I tweeted them to ask why they were including an anti-vaxxer in their magazine. To my great disappointment, they never replied to me. They did speak to him and said it was a matter of a difference of opinion. I'm sorry (actually, I'm not) this particular difference of opinion not only hurts Autistics, but it hurts all of society.

I don't believe you can seriously say you are working in the best interests of autistic people while simultaneously advocating for their "cure."

Also, when "treatments" become a matter of opinion and not based on actual reputable and real scientific facts, you have a great possibility for harm. I mean, I could say I believe eating worms is more effective than brushing my teeth, but that doesn't suddenly make it right, no matter how educated I am.

Why is it ok to experiment on Autistic people? I'm pretty sure most of us these kids didn't sign up to be test subjects. Meanwhile "doctors" and parents think it's totally cool to inject their Autistic kid with B12 in their ass in the middle of the night because CURE.

Not cool, Doc, not cool. Stick to building roads or bridges or whatever kind of engineering you were actually trained for. Shame on Autism Parenting Mag for giving a voice to a quack.

Quack, Woo and Other Scary Noises

I don't remember exactly where I initially discovered this, and to many I'm sure it's old news, but I recently found out about Miracle Mineral Solution or MMS. It is being touted as a cure-all for everything from cancer, to HIV, to autism. Does it kill virii and bacteria? Yes, but do you want to know how? Because it's bleach. Bleach kills pretty much everything, but that doesn't make it good medicine. Bleach also kills people. 

People are slowly poisoning their children by making them drink bleach. They also give bleach enemas, eye drops, ear drops, nose drops or make them breathe in the fumes.

The children, in response, are suffering from vomiting, diarrhea and confusion, as is normal when you're getting poisoned. What makes this so sickening is this is happening to some of our most vulnerable children - those with special needs - many of whom are non-verbal. They can't even describe the pain they're in.

This is abuse and it needs to stop.

If you want more details and can stomach it, watch some videos by one of the proponents, explaining how to mix the bleach solution in a baby bottle and give it to a child. This makes me cry.

I have not seen one post anywhere saying this MMS stuff "cured" autism. Does the child become listless, quiet, sullen and sick? Yes. But that doesn't mean the autism is gone, it means he is sick from being poisoned with bleach. Parents who think they'd rather have a dead child than a child with autism need serious help right away and their child put in a safe home.

Here's another insane practice I found: fecal transplants. Yes, you read that right. If you have the stomach to read that site, it explains how you collect your "healthy adult" feces for a week in a bucket. I'm not sure that any adult who collects their poop in a bucket for a week is mentally healthy, but we'll gloss over that bit. I'm also not sure why a week is the magic amount of time. Why not 3 days? Is a week 5 or 7 days? Anyway, then you mix it all together and shove it into a cake icing cone. Somehow you do that process without throwing up - but maybe you're insane and disassociative by that point, who knows? Finally, you wrestle your poor innocent child and shove your shit up your child's ass. Literally.
Again, this is a abuse, in my eyes.

 I can understand a parent feeling overwhelmed with a special needs child. I can understand being stressed. But at some point, if it all becomes too much, you need to reach out for help and support. I'm not saying it's easy, but there are other options. You can get therapy to learn how to cope. You can put your child in foster care (part time). You can do so many other sane and loving things to deal with the situation, but poisoning/torturing them is not the answer.

So while all of this unproven mad quackery falls under the umbrella of crazy unscientific woo, it's not as innocuous as homeopathy or even hyperbaric oxygen therapy. At least those things don't kill kids and they don't hurt during the procedure. All they do is waste people's money.

What I have issue with are things that are dangerous, deadly, painful and abusive. MMS and fecal transplants fit the bill. All I want to do is go and give all those children hugs and rescue them.