150 Parents of Autistic Children Launch Organization, Ad Campaign with
Stunning Message: Removing Mercury Reverses Autism in Kids
SAN FRANCISCO, May 24 /U.S. Newswire/ -- More than 150 parents of autistic
children launched a new nonprofit organization, Generation Rescue, today
with a full-page advertisement in USA Today bearing a stunning message:
autism is preventable and reversible. Generation Rescue parents are
successfully treating their children biomedically and removing mercury from
their bodies through a safe and proven detoxification treatment known as
chelation therapy.
The organization's Web site,
treatment information and connects parents with more than 150 "Rescue
Angels," parents who are successfully treating their own autistic children
using a variety of biomedical interventions individualized for each child.
Also announced was the availability of 1,000 parents around the country to
talk to media about the reversal of autism in their children.
"Our message for parents is very simple: autism is reversible," said J.B.
Handley, one of the organization's founding parents and father of a son
diagnosed with autism. "I see every day with my own eyes how my son Jamie
is recovering from what was previously perceived as an untreatable
disorder. With the removal of mercury, Jamie's autistic symptoms go away.
He got a second chance at life, and we want to let other parents who are
struggling out there know it's possible to get their children back."
Charlie Hoover's 7-year-old son Lenny of Royal Palm, Florida, suffered the
classic symptoms of autism - spinning in circles, repetitive behaviors and
tantrums. "After Lenny's diagnosis, the more I read, the more the knot in
my stomach tightened," said Hoover. "It was as if our son had died."
But after chelation therapy rid Lenny's body of mercury, his symptoms
disappeared. Lenny, who loves to play T-ball, is now enrolled in regular
kindergarten. "If your child got lead poisoning from eating paint chips,
you would certainly do something about that," Hoover said. "What's the
difference between mercury and lead?"
The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) estimates that more than 1 in 166
children are diagnosed with autism, up from 1 in 2,500 since the 1970s.
According to the CDC, autism is a life-long disorder that is not treatable.
"For years we have heard the experts say that autism is a lifelong
disability. This simply is not true anymore, thanks to effective biomedical
treatments that can restore many, if not a majority, of autistic children
to full recovery," said Bernard Rimland, Ph.D., Director of the Autism
Research Institute and co- founder of Defeat Autism Now! (DAN!), a network
of doctors throughout the country who treat autistic patients.
"Thousands of formerly autistic patients have shed their autistic symptoms.
They now relate normally to their families and to other children. The
hand-flapping is gone. The tantrums are gone. Most of these children who
used to be lost in their own worlds are now indistinguishable from other
children."
The Autism Research Institute has nearly 1,000 parents nationwide who are
available for media interviews about their successful biomedical treatment
of their autistic children with DAN! doctors (contact
"Our DAN! doctors determine what each individual child needs, then use safe
biomedical interventions to heal that child. Many DAN! Doctors report
excellent results from using chelation to rid the body of mercury and other
toxic metals," said Dr. Rimland.
Recent studies and investigations have indicated that mercury may be behind
the autism epidemic. Mercury, the second most toxic element after
plutonium, is estimated to be 500 to 1,000 times more toxic than lead. The
heavy metal burrows deep into the cells of the brain and other organs and
can lead to serious central nervous system damage and crippling
neurological disorders. Scientific evidence pointing to mercury poisoning
as the cause behind rising autism rates has led many medical doctors to
remove the toxin from the bodies of autistic children through chelation.
"The symptoms of early infant mercury poisoning and autism are virtually
identical," said Dr. Boyd Haley, chairman of the chemistry department at
the University of Kentucky. "Furthermore, research indicates that autistic
children genetically have a harder time excreting mercury from their
bodies. This is why chelation has become such a powerful key for unlocking
and undoing the disorders associated with autism."
Chelation has been used for decades to detoxify people of dangerous levels
of heavy metals, due to industrial accidents or other causes. According to
the CDC, 60,000 Americans underwent some form of chelation last year, and
the therapy is currently under clinical trial with heart disease patients.
In autism treatments, chelating "agents" may be administered orally or
transdermally (through the skin). Once in the bloodstream, the chelating
agent binds to heavy metals and helps remove them from the body.
"Chelation is one of the most effective ways to rid autistic children of
the mercury poisoning which is at the root of their disorder," said Lynne
Mielke, M.D., a Pleasanton, California physician, who is part of the DAN!
network. "The medical establishment already endorses chelation for acute
metal toxicity disorders, and the number of doctors who realize chelation's
benefits for the chronic metal toxicity found in autism is rapidly growing."
Parents are also eager to help fellow parents navigate the road to
treatment for their autistic children. The Generation Rescue Web site,
contacts for more than 150 volunteer "Rescue Angels," who Handley calls the
"heart and soul" of Generation Rescue. "We're parents who want to help
other parents caught in the nightmare of autism find hope and recovery for
their kids," said Handley, who added that the organization is completely
founded, funded and run by parents. "Too often parents believe the outdated
myth that autism is not treatable or reversible. We're here to tell them
otherwise."
Biomedical treatments for autism require the support of a specialized
healthcare provider who can tailor treatment to the individual needs of a
child. While chelation therapy shows great promise, there are many
biomedical treatments being used to heal autistic children.
To view the ad, visit:
About Generation Rescue
Generation Rescue is a nonprofit organization formed by parents of children
diagnosed with autism and other development disorders. Through thorough
research, medical consultation and the use of pioneering new medical
treatments, the founding parents of Generation Rescue have seen tremendous
improvements in their autistic children-including complete recoveries.
Generation Rescue's mission is to provide parents the information and
support to understand the cause of autism and treatment options. The Web
site,
parents the background to make informed decisions about treatment and
connects them with "Rescue Angels," parents of autistic children who
voluntarily provide support and guidance on treatment options and
providers. Generation Rescue is a 501(c) (3) nonprofit founded in 2005.
About the Autism Research Institute (ARI)
Established in 1967 by Dr. Bernard Rimland, the San Diego- based nonprofit
is world headquarters for research and information on autism and related
disorders, and the center of a rapidly growing movement that holds that
autism can be treated effectively through intensive behavior modification
and a variety of individualized biomedical treatments. ARI maintains the
world's largest databank of autistic individuals with over 37,000 detailed
case histories of autistic children from 60 countries, and is a major
source of information on the epidemic and its causes. ARI also helped
develop the Defeat Autism Now! (DAN!) project to train physicians and
healthcare professionals on successful treatment of autism. ARI is a 501
(c) (3). For more information, contact 619-281-7165 or visit
Click here for a link to a one hour press conference (audio), and a
full-page ad in the Wednesday, May 25th, 2005 edition of USA Today:
http://www.generationrescue.org/mediacenter.html
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