I have an autistic son who is 8 and he also is “amazing”. He was born premature at 26 weeks and he is very verbal and if you weren’t told he is autistic, you wouldn’t know. I would absolutely love to contact Jenny McCarthy and speak to her. I loved her book and I have some questions that I’m sure she could/would answer for me.
Thanks.

I have an ASD (Autism Spectrum Disorder) myself, so I enjoy hearing celebs open up about their children with autism or other ASDs.

I do, however, want to point out that, while I am glad Evan benefited from the gf/cf diet, that doesn’t mean that all kids with autism should go on those diets.

I, for example, was never put on any sort of diet, and I have done just fine without one. I DID take various mineral and vitamin supplements for awhile (Folic Acid, Vitamn B6, and Vitamn E were just some of them), but no doctor recommended that. My parents simply wanted me to be as healthy as possible (and, due to the fact that I had severe troubles with food and eating for the first few years of my life, I’m guessing they were probably concerned that I hadn’t been getting as many of those vitamns and minerals as I should have).

I honestly don’t know whether they helped improve my ASD or not. In fact, about the only major thing that happened while I was on them (other than simply getting a boost of those vital nutrients) was that I developed an allergy to the Vitamn B6 tablets and had to stop taking them!

These days, the only supplement I take is Calcium, and that’s because I understand how important it is for women in particular to get plenty of calcium.

I’ve always thought Jim was a wonderful person, and this article just confirms it!

I am so glad Jenny’s son benifitted from the special diets. I tried my son on the gf/cf diet with no real improvement.

He refused 99% of the foods since me didn’t like the texture, and no matter how many different foods I tried to give him, he would only consume the soy milk and juices. If it wasn’t for the vitamines he would have been extreamly malnurished. Then 7 months after he started the diet he started to loose a lot of weight because there just wasn’t enough calories to sustain him anymore.

I had no choice but to give him foods that contained gluten and casien. I did try for a while to keep everything as organic as I could, and he did show slight improvements with talking (went from non verbal to being echolalic) but the rising cost in food and the dramatic cut in our income put a end to that.

Jenny takes a very mature attitude to the vaccine issue. A lot of people who are ‘pro’ MMR etc seem to think that people who don’t want their children to have it are anti-vaccine, when nothing could be further from the truth in the majority of cases. They simply want choice and protection, the same as all parents do. Jenny is an inspiration for all those who know and love autistic children and Jim seems like a fantastic influence around Evan. What a wonderful and beautiful family.

I’m so disappointed in the title of Jenny’s new book “Healing Autism”. True Autism cannot be healed. I do not believe her son ever was Austistic. I have worked with many Autistic kids in the past, including some who were doing this diet, and not one is healed. They can be helped, but not healed.

wow. what a great man. you can say what you will about jenny mccarthy, but she is one incredible mother. i really hope this doesn’t turn into a vaccine debate, but instead, one that discusses and praises the power and strength that is inherent in all mothers, especially those mothers who have to fight for their children, whether it be autism or cancer or learning disabilities. can we all just say that there are no boundaries on the lengths to which we would go for our children?