An Autism Mom's Video Response to the Chicago Tribune Story

“This Too Shall Pass…..”

By Jacey Capurso

I sit here, banging away on my computer, as I continue to reverse the effects of my local hometown rag’s recent articles on biomedical interventions. Family, friends and foes have all emailed me the articles with “Have you seen this?” in the subject box. I have responded to each and every one of them. I reply with one line comprised of one link of one boy who conquered one disorder in the video below.

Living in the Chicago area last week had fired me up once again. Local biomed moms were more than prepared for the articles as emails and yahoo group posts flew around the Windy City. The news of the imminent publishing of, again, some crappy story on biomedical treatments for autism was the hot topic of the week. Honestly, I have resorted to not even justifying the articles as they are absolutely ludicrous. I believe some journal articles justify a healthy back and forth discussion about the treatments, but this series of reporting (if that is what they call it) was not even worth one breath.

Last Saturday night, with husband out of town and kids asleep, my furor continued to burn as I sat at my computer and awaited the “Sunday Paper” to be posted on the Chicago Tribune website. It was “the anger” I had not felt in a long time. In the past 2 years I have been living with some sense of peace as “the anger” was eating me alive. Don’t get me wrong, I am chronically disgusted with the snail’s pace of autism research and the continual run around from our government. I am regularly appalled at the comments from pediatricians and neurologists who have the nerve to look parents in the eye and say, “Find a happy place for you and him. By the time he is a teen, he will be institutionalized.” (An actual quote from a world-renowned epileptologist who diagnosed my son at age 3 with a seizure disorder.) How dare anyone give up hope on my child? Thus, despite my new leaf I have turned, my inner peace had given way to a fiery fit of rage.

However, in light of the upcoming Thanksgiving holiday, my grandmother’s words began to echo in my inflamed brain. “This too shall pass.” Jesus, was I really going to resort to some old fashion maxim when the world is tearing itself apart and destroying our children? Mimi died over 15 years ago when the autism rate was 1 in 10,000. I wondered if she would say this now.

Regardless, I exited out of my biomedical emails and autism yahoo pages. Scanning the screen, I found and clicked on my iMovie icon, which had sat quietly in the corner of my desktop ever since I bought this computer 3 years ago. It had never been touched, yet alone opened. And for the next 5 hours, I worked away at my rebuttal to whatever was coming out of the Chicago Tribune. I watched my final cut at 2 a.m. and had never felt better in my life. My son flickered before me in his You Tube debut and all the anger I had welt up and all the frustration I had harbored earlier that week all faded into a dim memory. I had just witnessed the last 6 years of my life flash before me. All the pain, struggle and sweat had paid off. All the therapy and medical interventions had worked. There is nothing you can say to me that will make me believe otherwise, especially not some flakey words on a piece of newspaper that arrived at my doorstep one morning. The effects of a printed page is nothing compared to my living, breathing recovered son….my recovered son from biomedical intervention.

Thus, remember this of the Chicago Tribune’s Chicago Tribune's articles, “this too shall pass.” Our children are the real story.

At Peace Once Again and Happy Thanksgiving

Jacey Capurso is a mother of a 7 year old son who is recovered from Autism and a 6 year daughter who is recovered from IBS using biomedical intervention. With the tenacity of some dedicated doctors, incredible therapists, and other warrior mothers who have gone before us, her children are incredibly healthy and happy. She now dedicates herself to those who continue to lead the way for real medical interventions for our sick kids....and cried like a baby when her son said the entire Lord's Prayer at the Thanksgiving feast."

Jacey's Quote: "I am tired of hearing how 'the road to recovery (from autism) is not a sprint. It is a marathon.' There is nothing further from the truth! There is no one long, straight, paved road to a finish line. Rather, the path to recovery from autism is more like scaling Mount Everest. It is a climb up a treacherous terrain with jagged edges and loose rocks. You will occasionally have to hold on with your fingertips or stumble back down a couple feet. You always have to look up and reach higher than you ever thought possible, never looking down. You will sweat; you will bleed; and you will scrape your knees along the way. But with others holding your rope, supporting your falls, and lending their hand, you can reach the summit!"

 

Comments

[John]

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[Christina]

Simply Amazing and Beautiful!

Alec is so lucky to have you. No matter what any doctors or professionals say...you are always the expert on your child! You know what works, what doesn't, and most importantly what he needs. Good for you for not listening to them...following your heart...and continuing the climb!! Alec is where he is today because of your strength, courage, hard work, and perseverance. Thank you for sharing Alec and your family's incredible journey. You are all truly an inspiration... and Alec is adorable!

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[Lisa @ TACA]

Jacey: SO wonderful. Thank you for taking the time and sending the message of HOPE out there!

Hugs & gratitude - Lisa

[AnaB]

Like I just said on another post, this is the media acting just as they did during the March to War in 2002: unquestioning mouth pieces for the status quo position, which they later came to regret. It will happen with Autism too. I guess they don't realizing that by refusing to concern themselves with the thousands who have recovered or made significant gains through biomedical treatment that they are selling out children who might benefit from such information?

[Diane Gallant]

Crying here in Tennessee. Love, love, love the Mt. Everest analogy. Your story offers HOPE where the Chicago Trib tried to shatter it.

[Tany]

Excellent post! thank you for giving us the benefit of the pictures of your journey. I love the part where you say "Never doubt the power of a child". That neatly sums up what we know, and people on the outside don't know.

[Paul Shapiro]

Thank you so much for giving us a peek at the herculien efforts both physical and emotional you experienced.. It must have been very difficult on the family. Just a thought try give your beautiful daughter all the attention, nurturing and love that she needs and deserves and is entitled too..

The part that is the saddest of all, is that those paid by the tax payers dollars working for the FDA and CDC are our worst enemies, living in a world of denial and cover-up praying to reach the age of pension, together with most physicians that do not know their ass from their elbow, get paid to help making our children sick and then get paid to treat their symptoms without a clue about what autism is. And the worst of the bunch are the vaccine companies, spreading money around to get every decision to be made to break their way with a deaf ear to the parents.

I am very happy for your success and just keep on keeping on. you and your family are an inspiration to the rest of us

[Teresa Conrick]

Words cannot do justice - absolutely beautiful! And the post from bensmyson was equally moving.

[Just another mom in IL]

Love this!

Thanks for sharing.

I especially love your closing about the "marathon"