I sat in disbelief at the arrant stupidity of it when I first came across this a couple of years ago.

' “She was just frustrated with the autism,” Serrano said.'

It's even more frustrating reading things like this and dealing with ignorance when you are autistic, as I am, my sisters, some of my cousins, and No.1 Son.

Hate groups like Autism Speaks, and high-profile celebrities who endorse them don't help with the attitude that doesn't drive people to these quack cures, but certainly contributes to the mentality that we even need curing.

@Thomas-Covenant I agree with you 100%.

My youngest son is on the spectrum (Aspergers). My oldest son has ADHD. I've never been diagnosed, but I'm pretty certain I'm on the spectrum. Dealing with raising both sons along with a daughter is challenging at times, but I wouldn't give it up for the world.

My grandson is Autistic, but he lives six hours away. He's challenging to me at times with I visit, but I handle it.

Even with the melt-downs we have at times I would NEVER subject myself or my children to that poison.

Girls present differently with autism (it's all autism, except ADHD, which a geneticist friend assures me is neurodivergent but not autism). I've discussed this with both my sisters regarding where we inherited it from. I spent years trying to figure out what about our late father was similar to me before I realised it's Mum. The main reason we don't argue the toss with her when she insists it must be from Dad's side is... sigh, three types of dementia at almost 85 years old, so where's the value in it?

My son got his diagnosis at 7. I fought for 12 years before I finally got mine at 47. I don't grieve for the child I didn't get, I celebrate the fine young man I did. He drives, he's a BA (Hons) as of July, he's in full charge of his life in a way I doubt I will ever be, and when it was said he's nothing like me, my response was all of the above, that he had help right through school that I didn't, that he was exactly like me as a child, but he isn't now, and I couldn't be more delighted.

The meltdowns aren't the problem. It's what others do around us when we're having one. Articulating that as a child on the spectrum is something I didn't even know I had to try to do. The best we can do, you and I and others like us, is do better for our wee ones than we received ourselves, with our own experiences and with the better information that is available today.

Anyone with even a basic understanding of chemical reactions knows that the blood and tissue coming out of a child's anus is because of damage done by the abrasive chemical that's been put there. These poor desperate individuals are being scammed by those who know this, yet peddle their wares citing such issue as "evidence" of the "demons" being flushed out of the child. It's torture, and torture is illegal. ABA "therapy" is torture too. The whole thing makes me nauseous just thinking about it.

Apologies for the extended rant. Believe it or not, I condensed this, too.

"Sodium hydroxide" IS bleach.

@AnneWimsey sodium hydroxide is LYE chlorine is bleach.

@azzow2 lye is potassium hydroxide. No lye in clorox/bleach, they are sodium hydroxide.

@AnneWimsey @azzow2
Both Lye and Bleach are common generic terms for various chemicals that have the common effect of whitening and or being toxic to microbiological organisms.
The archaic term fuller can also be used.
They can be commonly Chlorine based, sodium based or Peroxide based, there are one or two other but most industrially manufactured one fall in to these three categories.

@LenHazell53 From my experience of handling these chemicals in an industrial level they are different chemicals where one being a base sodium hydroxide which was once used as soap and can cause chemicals burns in high concentrate. The other being chloride when bubbled in water will create hydro caloric acid. Chlorine will turn you're clothing white, Sodium hydroxide will turn your clothing yellow.

I agree

You are in agreement with the same idea I had. It is somewhat out there, I think of myself, my own idea, not criticizing your idea, but YES. There needs to be more oversight in this regard. What do you think? Can you expound?

@Flowerwall What needs to be and what is reality are two different things. People should have to take and pass a course in parenthood. Tax structures should be such that more than two children should have to pay a tax (this was once the case in Iran). The most important thing would be for us to finally wake up that the Earth cannot support billions and billions of people and the media should stop fostering children. The biggest problem is the drive for procreation. Too many want children and grandchildren and feel life is unlivable without their own kids (we have one such pair here). The programs that have school kids carry around and care for artificial babies is a great one.

My youngest son has Aspergers, and my grandson is Autistic. There has been quite a few "friends" that have sent me articles on using bleach to cure them. I have also read quite a few articles on parents who have severely injured their children because they forced them to drink it. These people need to be charged with cruelty to children and have their children taken away. Unfortunately, (depending on where they live) they are immune because of religious tolerance laws.

I heard a similar story not to long ago. Can't remember exactly where.I think it may have been local.

LOL, so besides being a self-declared Mass Murderer, a Genocidal Maniac, a Misogynist, etc, etc, this 'God' has now taken on Arson as an extra talent and even leaves his calling card to say to the Authorities " I did this, catch me if you can?"
Shit, IF that's the intellect of the Creator the Faithfools believe in is it ANY wonder WHY we are Atheists?