Jett Travolta died today......

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Jett had Autism, it was diagnosed and John Travolta was told to ignore the diagnosis.

The level of Autism Jett had and the other aspects of his condition (seizures, etc.) required treatment with medications that Scientology has demonised and campaigned against for decades.

They believe that conditions like Autism and Aspergers Syndrome are psychosomatic and that Scientology can cure these conditions in a matter of hours with "Auditing" (Scientology's combination of psychotherapy and confessional while holding an E-meter - a crude lie detector). Because Jett wasn't cured by Auditing and the Purification Rundown (steam baths, vitamins in very high doses) then he couldn't have Autism.

Rather than question the "Tech" (the dogma of Scientology, called it's "Technology") which CANNOT be wrong, they simply refused the diagnosis.

You have to remember that to a Scientologist, taking the medicines that Jett required to control his seizures would be comparable to a devout Catholic having an abortion everyday, or a Hare Krishna eating a Big Mac for every meal. And accepting the fact that Jett was actually Autistic, that would be heresy.

The fact that Jett did not respond to Auditing and was such obvious proof as to the ineffectiveness of the Tech was a huge embarrassment to the Travoltas. They shut him away for most of the time, he was raised by hired carers, having very little to do with his actual parents. Even friends of Travolta spoke out about his disconnection and shame over his son. Jett was a real thorn in his father's side.

I think there needs to be a full inquest into Jett's death. And I don't know how, but I think we on the Asperger's and Autistic spectrum should be pressuring the police to look into this. The Scientology organisation needs to be questioned over this. We need real medical examination to be carried out (by doctors who are not themselves Scientologists). And there needs to be an independant inquiry into why Jett Travolta was denied the medication that would have most probably meant the difference between his life and death!

This tragedy should have been prevented.

One of the reports stated there would be a autopsy, so that should establish the cause of death and it's fairly usual in a case where no one witnessed the death anyway.

I spose it's like the Jehovahs and blood transfusions, if that's what you believe then that's what you do. I don't know that epilepsy medications are a 'magic bullet' anyway. It's probably more the fact that he was unaccompanied that was the problem. I guess it's more like neglect, and that neglect could and did lead to death in his case.

For a person, 16 is young, for an object such as a car, it's old and worthless. Yet the same amount of time has passed. Is 16 really young?

I blame that stupid cult he is in, it's so obvious that they are behind this.

I don't know that 16 is young or old. It's quite a bit below the halfway point of an average lifetime.

I think that people are a lot more outraged when a young person dies because youth often implies vulnerability, and in this case, with his disability, that's doubly true. Leaving a known strongly autistic epileptic on his own is just plain stupid. If he has a seizure and hits his head, who calls 911? If he goes into meltdown, who's there to put a pillow between head and wall before he hurts his retinas? Either one on its own might be OK; but both... that's negligent. And both conditions untreated, too. If they'd been treated, he might have been fine on his own.

Well, yeah, some seizures are medication resistant, but most aren't. Considering that repeated seizures can cause damage, trying medication makes a lot of sense.

I didn't realize you could get speech therapy without a referral. My mom, an OT, always gets people referred to her; nobody's ever come up to her on their own.

Autism is not lethal, so it's useless to speculate whether he was autistic at this point. None of you are in any position to be making diagnoses or accusing Travolta of denying his son was autistic. The kid obviously didn't die from autism so it's just rude to argue about it.

As for the actual cause of death, if it was simply having a seizure and hitting his head on the bathroom tile, that is not a suspicious or unusual cause of death. It happens quite often, to both the famous and unheard of. I've been as careful as I could with my own health, but one morning I passed out in the bathroom, hit my head quite hard, but luckily I regained consciousness on my own and was able to get help. Others are not quite so lucky.

In this video Jett seems to have sensory issues... and not much 'gist'. Not sure what it all means... but it's interesting to watch. Poor guy... you can tell he struggled a lot.... but at the same time he looked kinda Zen behind those big dopey eyes of his.

http://forums.whyweprotest.net/298-jett ... ism-31978/