There’s a new autism study on baby teeth out. They’ve studied hair and blood, now it’s baby teeth. Looking for causes of Autism is important, I guess, but I’m more concerned with treating it. You can argue that in order to successfully treat Autism, you need to understand what causes it. In order to cure it, you need to know what causes it. This new Autism study on baby teeth, made possible by a grant from Autism Speaks for $100,000, is the newest attempt by the “professionals” to find out a cause for Autism.
It ( the autism study ) can reveal compounds like pesticides, plastics, even medicine the child was exposed to in the womb and as they grew. – KATV
Autism Study or Communication Devices
As a parent, I can’t help but think about what better uses that $100,000 can be applied to. How many communication devices could that pay for? How many parents of nonverbal children are not able to afford a communication device for their child, and insurance won’t pay? How about grants for medical bills? Therapies? I can go on and on about the kinds of things that I think that money would be better off spent on.
I also, believe it or not, think that there are research studies that the money would benefit. Practical studies. An autism study that actually test a treatment possibility. Studies that look at the brain or genetics for a cause. These are things that make more sense to me to study.
This leads me to a question that I have been wondering about for awhile. Has Autism become a business for non-profits and medical researchers? I know that there are some good ones, but it seems to me that lately, most of them are now treating Autism as a business. Have they forgotten what is really important? I would rather see more practical, and helpful, research being conducted. I’m tired of watching money being spent on silly research that isn’t going to benefit our children. It’s time they started behaving more responsibly.
Oh, Autism Speaks is definitely a business, not a nonprofit looking to help people. Maybe they started out with good intentions, I don’t know, but they definitely have their priorities out of whack now.
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Wow, great information! But I agree to Bonnie that there are Autism organizations sometimes take advantages that they make it business and not to help people……
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that’s crazy they are using all that money when it definitely can be spent elsewhere. I don’t know much about Autism but that seems wrong to me.
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I think it’s incredibly important to focus on the cause and then the prevention of autism. I think they need to focus on the digestive track more so than the teeth, though.
Where I’m torn is for those of us who need money for therapies right now because the cause and prevention are not yet clear to scientists.
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If that study were to result in the discovery of a specific compound present in the majority of kids on the spectrum, it could in turn prevent many children from developing autism at all. Many compounds are hard to trace, except in hair and teeth, so it makes sense to me.
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I really hate donating to such causes unless I know it’s going to what I’m donating too. Like you said the money could be used on better things.
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That’s sad. It’s the kids, adults and families in the “here and now” who need support.
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Actually, in the scope of scientific funding 100k, isn’t really alot. It means it is a very small study. Since it is so small, I would probably question it’s worth.
I don’t particularly care for privately funded research. It usually comes with a bias.
They just lost alot of research when someone left off a freezer. The brain study for the last twenty years was lost. I know that accidents happen, but they don’t seem to have alot of controls in their studies, which makes me question them even more.
I think it is time they got out of the science area, and just helped people that are struggling now.
I too find it rather annoying that they spend all that money on research when they could be using it for other things like helping families.
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That’s sad!
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Medical research is very slow and it sometimes seems to go in the wrong direction, but they need to study just about everything JUST IN CASE there’s a relationship that will lead them to an answer.
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I fully agree that those funds could be put to better use!
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I’ve got to ask ron receveur about that. I can’t believe teeth would possibly have anything to do with autism.