Would You Use New Stem Cell Treatment to Cure Your Child's Autism?

I would use both adult stem cells and the embryonic stem cells. Yes, to your question.

Dawn

Well good news, the district court of DC just ruled adult stem cells are a drug and can be controlled as such. I may see this technology in the nursing home. :( They have already started using it to regrow cartilage something I am very much lacking in my knees. :(

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000087239639044440580457...

From what I have learned I haven't seen it working for autism yet.

As the mom to a nonverbal autistic little boy I would honestly say no way in hell. As another mom stated my child does not need a cure. Would I like life to be easier for him? Of course. Would I want to change who he is? Nope not even one little bit. He is who he is and I love him. I cannot imagine our life being different. Now, if he is able to talk once he is older great, if he is able to be potty trained, also great but neither of those two things would ever make me even entertain the idea of using stem cells to 'cure' him. My son is not diseased, he is not in pain nor does he have any medical issues so I'm certain this 'taints' my viewpoint on this matter.

I'm not going to try to answer this question -- I'm not a parent of a child with autism, and I haven't walked the walk. I just want to say, I love this question, and I love the responses from parents with autistic children. Thank you for posting it.

M.

I can't see the video so i'm just answering the question. I don't have an autistic child, so I'm basing my answer on what I see from my family dealing with an autistic child.

They have had to deal with a lot. Tantrums in stores where people come up and tell them what horrible parents they are and how spoiled their child is, dealing with issues at school, fighting for funding, counseling. Dealing with a sometimes violent child that can get upset because his food doesn't come fast enough or that isn't what he expected. They can't carry on a conversation uninterrupted, they can change their plans last minute or it sets off a firestorm. They have to worry about what will happen to their son, what type of life he will have, what will happen to him when he gets older, what his brother will go through to care for him, how all this affects his brother. So much worry, so much that affects even the smallest parts of their lives.

How could they NOT want to cure him?? Does that mean they don't love him? Of course not!! It means that they are doing the best that they can as parents for their child. Getting him the help he needs physically.

With all due respect I don't understand how someone can say that they would NOT want their child cured if there were a way.