Tag: ‘therapists’ · TangleBones

What I Wish I Could Say

A woman where I work sent out a request on an inter­nal mail­ing list asking if anyone could rec­om­mend “a good autis­tic spe­cial­ist who prac­tices using the DAN philosophy” in our area. Here’s what I wish I could write her:

Dear XXXXX,

I don’t want this to come across too harshly, but I cer­tainly hope nobody will help you find what you’re look­ing for. DAN is noth­ing but quack­ery, and their use of chela­tion and Lupron is both ill-​advised and unethical.

I would encour­age you to call Kennedy Krieger and talk to them about seeing a neu­rol­o­gist and what­ever other ther­a­pists your child might need - they have all sorts. My son Jared has done won­der­fully work­ing with them.

Best of luck,

Jemal