Jenna McCarthy was on CNN last night.

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I had never heard of Jenny McCarthy until I recently found her book at the library and read it. It was one of those books I couldn't put down. It inspired me to try to do more to become gluten free and maybe someday dairy free. I also loved her suggestion for a test to see if a child is at risk for a vaccine reaction.

That said, my Mom was put off by her language. And we both don't like the way she treated her husband. I'd love to hear his side of the story.

I think it should be a parent's choice in whether or not to vaccinate their child. Vaccines should not be mandated for anything-unless it's by a private school etc that does not receive tax dollars. And there is definitely merit in the gluten free/casein free/sugar free diets and de-toxification. From personal experience, I know that the way I eat and the toxins/chemicals I'm exposed too affect my personality and health and am doing my best to eat a diet and avoid the toxins and chemicals that do bad things to me! It's not easy, BTW, but I keep trying...

[irony]When I heard about these intolerant people, it makes me want to kill them for being so intolerant[/irony]

[spoilers]IT'S A JOKE, HOLD YOUR HORSES (although some people actually feel that way without noticing the irony)[/spoilers]

The biggest problem I have with the interview from the transcript is her contention that autism is "worse" than mumps and measles. Here we go again with the false comparisons. She's completely minimizing mumps and measles, as well as failing to acknowledge that the reason risk for these diseases is so low is because of vaccinations. Oy. I sure hope people who watched this don't decide to skip vaccinations because of her misinformation. I'm also disappointed that she continues to propagate a completely negative view of autism, but that's usual these days.

morning_after Quote:" I'm thinking of something Amanda Baggs said on Anderson Cooper 360: If we cannot communicate with them, it is because we are broken. If they cannot communicate with us, it is because we are broken. Either way, we are broken."

I think the larger organizations would like to feel they can tell us what to do and they know better than we do... I would not say we are "broken" but communications, understand has definatlly broken down in some instances!

I prefer Amanda Baggs Quote"Yeah, I'm Autistic, You got a problem with that?" and it seems far to many people still have...

Well, what she was referring to is how others see her.

In other words, no matter what she does they treat her as broken.

morning_after - exactly how Autism NZ see us for some reason, one bad experience! they need to remember we are all individuals.

Why are so many people calling her a 'bimbo' and insulting her intelligence? It seems she is intelligent enough, she is a positive, bright personality and she is using all her power at the moment towards helping her child. She is recounting her own experiences and they also acknowledge that the vaccine is a 'shock' that overwhelms children that already have the propensity for autism - not that it creates it entirely. She never said she was against vaccines. She speaks based on what she knows and has witnessed first hand. Her son seems to love her a lot and is extraordinarily intelligent and cute. Also Jim Carrey is a great actor, and he seems to think she's the cat's meow. So she can't be all that bad.

The only thing I worry about is the kind of exposure her son is getting through the book. The child of the guy who wrote the Winnie the Poo books, Christopher Robin, suffered for it all his life with disastrous end. This exposure, given she is using his real name and identity, may prove detrimental provided the kind of person he turns out to be. She should also respect his privacy and not expose everything he says and does for her cause.

Hmmmm, better yet... ask her: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Shgoub7b4cs