16 Cures for Autism That Without a Doubt Work

[AGXStarseed]

(Not written by me. The following post is meant to be satirical).

For some reason, many family members, friends and even complete strangers seem to have strong opinions about the causes and best “treatments” for autism. And many of those same people are not shy about sharing their advice with every autism parent they meet.

The Mighty asked our readers for some of the most ridiculous “cures” or “treatments” for autism they’ve been offered.

Here’s what they had to say:


1. “Don’t give him anything else to eat. He will eat when he’s hungry. This was from a doctor too.” — If You’re Flappy And You Know It Facebook page

2. “The best/worst one I have heard is simply, ‘They just need a good spanking,’ because, you know, hitting your kid makes a disability go away.” — Lucas Rainey

3. “I had a friend that was told she should give her autistic 5-year-old camel milk to cure her autism…” — Donelle Butschli

4. “‘Send her to my house for a week or two and we will fix that problem!’ Many, many times. Apparently our parenting gave her autism.” — Missy Compeau Bonaguide

5. “‘Going organic’ will cure the autism…” — Leidy Jesse Garcia

6. “Karate. My mother-in-law thinks karate will cure autism. Now, let’s make a list of all the things she thinks I did wrong to cause it in the first place.” — Suzanne Winkowski Zoerb

7. “I heard another parent say, ‘I know if I could just take her to see the dolphins and she could look in their eyes, she would be cured.’ It turns out I have a better poker face than I thought. I did not hold my side or roll around on the floor laughing.” — Laura Bryant

8. “Magnet therapy. This stranger struck up a conversation with me, and when I mentioned my son has autism, she said she had a friend who took care of a little boy who had autism because his mom did drugs while she was pregnant, and the friend took the little boy to a place where he laid on a table with magnets all around his head, and his autism was cured.” — Bailey Annan Sonday

10. “Wheat grass juice.” — Darlene Stauffer

11. “I work with children with autism and have a special needs child of my own. I heard a teacher say one of the students with severe ASD just needed ‘boot camp, and a good kick in the shins.’ Whaaaaa?” — Casey Sidebottom Jennison

12. “Getting rid of our dog. Her barking has caused our son’s autism and sensory processing disorder.” — Katie Little Knobl

13. “Stick him in a sauna for an hour daily for two weeks to flush out the mercury.” — Lindy Burnett

14. “I was told if my son ate broccoli it would cure him… LMAO. Yeah. Ok.” — Donelle Butschli

15. “Chemical castration.” — Kristine Semelis Weiskopf

16. “The most ridiculous one is that they need to be cured. I would never want to change my son! He’s perfect just the way God made him. Autistic children are beautiful, sweet, intelligent, loving, caring. It’s not them who needs to change… it’s society! Maybe if this world had more people like them, it wouldn’t be so filled with hate.” — Cynthia Rogers


SOURCE: http://themighty.com/2015/11/16-cur...16_cures_f0r_autism_that_without_a_doubt_work

 

[Southern Discomfort]

This makes me lose trust in humanity...

 

[Brony714]

And who says all Aspies(for that matter, everybody on the ASD) wants to be "cured" anyways? I think it might come from being diagnosed relatively late in life(age 42), but I've always seen having Aspergers not as a disease, but as a life of just being myself, and not caring what other people think...

 

[umbrellabeach]

And who says all Aspies(for that matter, everybody on the ASD) wants to be "cured" anyways? I think it might come from being diagnosed relatively late in life(age 42), but I've always seen having Aspergers not as a disease, but as a life of just being myself, and not caring what other people think...

They want to cure us because people who are different from them make them insecure.

 

[deathrow2016]

I truthfully want to be cured. This is hell.

 

[Brony714]

They want to cure us because people who are different from them make them insecure.

Some people think we live in a "one size fits all" world... Truth is, one size does not fit all...

 

[Bellatrix]

Number sixteen I like, because it is the only sane bit of advice in that entire list.

 

[Astroganga]

I have sadly come across some of the above in 'alternative medicine' circles. I've also read that a casein and gluten free diet will 'cure' autism .

 

[AGXStarseed]

I have sadly come across some of the above in 'alternative medicine' circles. I've also read that a casein and gluten free diet will 'cure' autism .

It can alleviate some of the more negative traits in some individuals, but serving as an actual 'cure' is nonsense.

 

[Vinca]

It seems as though there are people that think autism is purely manifested in behaviour and therefore if the behaviour of a person with autism changes for the better, then the autism has been 'cured'.

I think that if a person, of any type of neurology, has a food allergy or intolerance, removing said food from the diet can potentially have benefical effects on mood and behaviour but it doesn't mean their neurology has changed.

 

[Maelstrom]

I found the perfect cure for autistic people problems....raw garlic... it maybe has more of the broccoli chemical. And if that doesn't work the Dragon Breath Gaaaaaaarrrrlllliiic! will clear the room, people conflict prevented....

Yes AGXStarseed ,it seems rather futile trying to look for a cure for a brain structure situation, perhaps some day they will find a way to moderate whatever causes the brain growth differences in unborn babies, but I'm not holding my breath until that happens...if ever?
What bothers me is this bizarre parental compulsion to keep trying to get something you know is impossible. It is not kind to be trying to give your child back to the stork all the time. Life doesn't work that way, all you end up doing is making your child feel bad forever. It would be better if parents focused more on helping their children learn coping skills for life, and look for niches in life that suit their differences and skills.

The endless pounding of square pegs through round holes is not good....I don't think parents see just how much suffering they cause with that attitude.

More helping, less hammering.