Man claims to cure all cases of autism with intestinal worms

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http://www.AutismTSO.com

My apologies if this has been posted here before. I searched for a while but there's a lot of pages here to search.

This is the website of a man who believes that all autism is caused by a hyperactive immune system, and that all one needs to do in order to cure autism is to place thousands of intestinal worms in one's stomach to give the immune system something to attack.

These worms are a self-destructing type that is native to pigs rather than humans and are unlikely to cause severe problems in humans. But the FDA has not approved them, and in fact has uncovered evidence that they may be harmful after all, and has banned the importation of any shipments of these worms from their production facilities in Thailand. Nevertheless the website seems confident that one can buy the worms directly from the company in Thailand at a cost of about $80 for a week's supply.

Then of course there's the whole child abuse issue. Never have I heard of someone testing a science experiment of this type on their son and getting away with it.

I'm calling bullsh*t
there is no such thing as a cure.
and what kind of fool would want to try to cure autism-oh wait
yeah, the NTs, that's who. hope this guy gets arrested.
needless to say, why fix what isn't broken?

Further, autism per se is not an autoimmune disorder.

I do wonder, however, if this same "doctor" prescribes, for the treatment of arthritis (which is an autoimmune disorder), the application of leeches to the joints.

Has it ever occurred to you that not everyone is satisfied with having this condition. I for one have encountered nothing but obstacles and handicaps from it and would greatly benefit from an effective treatment.

Ok everyone...lets all sing it...you know you want to...and a one and a two and a three..."Nobody likes me everybody hates me I'm gonna eat some worms." Whats the rest of that song????

I'm going to address the curing of autism in a general way. It's not as if there is a virus that can be eliminated from the system or something to do with the immune system, it's how the brain is wired.
I don't even wanna be alive when they have the technology to fool around with a brain to that extent.

As for etg1701, there's nothing wrong with wanting to be cured. But perhaps the advantages of autism are in a form you take for granted.

Last edited by TheMidnightJudge on 23 Jan 2008, 8:41 pm, edited 1 time in total.

...an' you tell us how that works out for ya, y'hear?...

everyone knows the cure for authritis (overactive immune system) is spraying WD40 on it...
(I'm not making this up, there are those that believe...

Love it, love it, love it!

*black screen, basso-profundo voiceover* "Authritis. The crippling disease that may be closer than you think."

Mad scramble for charitable contributions, government grants, and quack cures. Friends, we could be witnessing the start of a new industry!

Well, all else probably failing, people trying this are at least getting their daily dose of protein

He claims WHAT?????! !! !! !

Damn, man... that takes guts...

You know, if we had overactive immune systems there'd be a strong link between autism and early aging and death from health related matters. Supposedly the human immune system is a part of aging in that it attacks the body as well while its trying to fight bacteria and other pathogens. If anything we tend to look a lot younger than our age and I can't say I've seen evidence of us dying any younger or older than any other group per say.

I would have to agree with the bolded part. I don't believe that there is (or that there ever will be) such a thing as a "treatment" or a "cure" for autism/AS. TheMidnightJudge put it best by saying, "it's how the brain is wired."

But, if I may say so, I don't agree with the whole "there's nothing fundamentally wrong with us Aspies" mentality that some people here on WP seem to have.

Wow, this is bananas ;D

B-A-N-A-N-A-S

owww... you hurted my brainses....

Where does he claim to cure all causes of autism? All I could find was he said it cured his son so he thinks it's worth trying and may help other people.

Although it looks like it only reduced some symptoms that he thinks are associated with autism. I'm autistic and don't have many of the symptoms he claims it cured.

http://autismtso.com/about/my_hypothesis/ implies that he believes all autism comes from the same cause and that that is an overactive immune system.

That's not to say, by the way, that I believe none of it does. I'm not averse to the idea that there is a link between autism/AS and gut problems such as celiac disease and colitis. But to simply equate the two, and imagine that treating one will also treat the other, is madness. And that's beside the point that intestinal worms have never been shown to be an effective treatment for autoimmune disorders in the first place. And that these particular ones are illegal.