Product Description

When Jenny McCarthy published Louder Than Words, the story of her successful efforts to save her son, Evan, from autism, the response was tremendous. It hit 3 on the New York Times bestseller list and Jenny and Evan were featured on the covers of several magazines, including People. But what she hadn t anticipated was the overwhelming response from other parents of autistic children, who sought her out to share their stories. No two autistic children heal in exactly the same way. And in her new book, Jenny expands her message to share recovery stories from parents across the country. MOTHER WARRIORS shows how each parent fought to find her own child s perfect remedy of interventions and teaches parents how to navigate safely through the many autism therapies. Along the way, Jenny shares her own journey as an autism advocate and mother as well as the progress of her son, Evan. Emotional and genuinely practical, MOTHER WARRIORS will inspire a generation of parents with hope.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #41078 in Books
• Published on: 2009-03-31
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 272 pages

Customer Reviews

A Book you must read if your child is autistic
This is a colletion of examples of the ways that diet and other changes can help you to bring your child back to you
It tells the journey taken by different familys with an autistic child who battled against all odds and helped bring back the speech and interreaction with there children
You owe it to your child to try this,What have you got to lose

It deserves attention
In this book, JMcC shares her story, and those of other Moms and a Dad across America, who have had children with autism.

I think anybody who already is in this position, or is thinking about vaccinating their child, might find this book valuable.

For example, according to one story in this book a child had a cold, and was given Tylenol, which lowered the level of glutathione, which made the child's immune response even weaker. The child then got vaccinated for three different live viruses, and some mercury. A perfect storm.

I am not suggesting this is the cause of autism, like most people, I don't know, but isn't it better to do a little advance investigation to be safe rather than sorry. There is some evidence in the book that viruses and rubella can cause autism at a later age, and so it's not just limited to children.

If you read this book you will discover that there are several different known causes, there is hope, and there are resources and strategies available, and you are not alone.

The word cure in relation to autism is contentious. So she makes the point instead that someone can recover from autism. It's like if someone has an accident, they cannot be cured from the accident, but they can recover from it.

In fact, at the back of the book is a list of DAN (Defeat Autism Now) doctors across the USA. It's encouraging to know that there is a subset of doctors committed to doing something about this.

I was a little bit disappointed with the Barbara Walters incident on The View, although it is appropriate for Babs to challenge the level of medical support for a cure. At least she did give fair warning.

If you're like me the further you get into this book, the more you realise that something can be done.

For those who say JMcC is too in your face, I am glad someone out there is fighting the fight, and I am glad she now has the company of other Warrior Moms. Yes, the mainstream medical community may take issue, but often change does not happen without some antagonism. So, I hope the antagonism level gets high enough.

I don't know if the author is planning to write any more books on autism. If she does it would be a great help if there was a chapter by a doctor with case experience showing the strategies that they have used successfully with case examples.

There must be many doctors out there who would love to help children with autism.

I hope you find this review helpful.

Fascinating.
I found this book to be both fascinating and informative. It opened my eyes to simple but effective things that can be done by those who are willing to "give it a go".