Some people should simply not be parents.

[Odin2005]

Ran into this thread at an Asperger's/Autism message board I frequent:

http://www.aspiesforfreedom.com/showthread.php?tid=282

I found this transcript of a chat on "Dietary Interventions: GFCF and Beyond".
Its to advise parents on diet etc for kids with autism, I was horrified to read parts of it.

"Mommyo {public msg} Can you put vitamins in frozen pops without losing their potency?
Maximom229 {public msg} vitamins........
Maximom229 {public msg} Ok, there is a nice way to teach them and a not so nice way. The nice way works about 5% of the time. The not nice way is effective about 70% of the time. Ever given a cat a pill?
Mommyo {public msg} This is not fun.
Maximom229 {public msg} Lay him down on his back, use GFCF butter to grease the pill, cram it as far back in his mouth to one side as you can.
Mommyo {public msg} I hate autism.
Maximom229 {public msg} Flood his mouth with water and plug his nose.
Rebecca Attempts to comfort Mommyo.
Maximom229 {public msg} Be prepared for him to bite your finger. The feeling comes back in about a week - trust me. He will spit the pill out, and you will cram it back in.
Mommyo {public msg} lol"

What the hell are these 'experts' thinking????
http://www.parenthoodchat.com/ta_1_7_03.html

so now the nuts are waterboarding their autistic kids as part of the latest BS diet fad. Jesus Christ... :puke: :cry:

[quakerboy]

1. that is rediculous

There is a reason all the old folks homes mash the pills and put them in applesauce. Who dosn't love applesauce?

[Odin2005]

2. My mom often crushed my ritalin and put in it chocolate milk when I was little.

[quakerboy]

3. I took mine willingly

And raised hell when they tried to give me the generic that didn't work as well.

[Odin2005]

4. My mom tried generic and it didn't work for me, either.

[quakerboy]

5. That has always struck me as odd

We even did our own blind studies to see if it was a psychosomatic thing. It wasnt. I could tell the difference, and the teachers could always tell the difference.

I guess it seems odd to me that a generic can be different. I thought the whole idea was that it was identical, just by some manufacturer other than the one with the original patent.

[lazarus]

6. generics work fine for me

and for my daughter. We're all different, I guess.

[BlueIris]

7. Holy shit.

Horrifying, indeed.

[LeftyMom]

8. Now are we talking a flintstone chewable here, or some woo pills that "cure" autism?

I'm guessing the latter since:

1. These are GFCF nuts.

2. They're willing to drown the kid to get them to take a pill.

[BlueIris]

10. I'm almost afraid to ask, but what does "GFCF" mean?

:shrug:

[Odin2005]

12. Gluten-free/Casein-free.

It's all part of some BS woo that says gluten intolerance causes autism or some similar BS. It's basically taking all the tasty carbs out of the diet.

[BlueIris]

13. Ohhh, okay. I didn't know people were blaming autism on gluten now.

Yikers.

[Odin2005]

14. Popularized by Nut-Job and ex-pornstar Jenny McCarthy.

Who claims that it "cured" her Autistic son. Though her son probably doesn't even have Autism, but a genetic disorder with similar symptoms, Landau-Kleffner Syndrome.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=387x1140

[Odin2005]

11. Yup. Sickening, isn't it?

[Blue Diadem]

9. Why don't they give them gummy chewable vitamins?

Cripes, that's beyond cruel to do what maximom suggests.