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ShazzieB

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25. Thanks for the info!

Reply to LisaL (Reply #22)

Fri Jun 12, 2026, 05:17 PM

21 hrs ago

I did some googling and have found several reliable sources that say autism can be diagnosed that young but is more typically diagnosed when children get closer to school age.

It still blows my mind that a parent of such a young child would panic to the extent of being willing to pay BIG bucks for a completely unproven and likely risky treatment. Poor kid.

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Autistic children injected with unapproved stem cell treatments supported by RFK Jr [View all] groundloop Yesterday OP

WTAF!!! yellow dahlia Yesterday #1

The parents believe the kids belong to them Bmoboy Yesterday #3

Backwards thinking. Parenting is a responsibility - not ownership. yellow dahlia Yesterday #5

a lot of parents think their children are their property DBoon Yesterday #9

Sad. yellow dahlia Yesterday #12

No, they are desperate GenThePerservering Yesterday #19

Pure unadulterated expensive quackery prescribed by a witch doctor. What could go wrong? flashman13 Yesterday #2

So, immunizations, which have been studied exhaustively, are a problem... 3catwoman3 Yesterday #4

Insignificant benefits means no differences between this treatment and placebo. LisaL Yesterday #7

The Duke study found no benefit. yardwork Yesterday #17

Isn't that special. ... s/ littlemissmartypants Yesterday #6

I remember the horrific episode from the advised use of hyperbaric chambers for these kids hlthe2b Yesterday #8

Where are they obtaining... ultralite001 Yesterday #10

Hire a snake oil salesman and that's what you get - snake oil! JustKay Yesterday #11

Will this snakeoil failure create distrust for legitimate stem cell research and it's funding? QueerDuck Yesterday #13

I'm by no means an expert. WinstonSmith4740 Yesterday #14

"What I really want to know is how do you diagnose an 18 month old child as autistic?" ShazzieB Yesterday #21

There could be signs, even at that age. LisaL Yesterday #22

Thanks for the info! ShazzieB 21 hrs ago #25

Same here, Shazzie! SheltieLover 21 hrs ago #26

I had a severely autistic brother Skittles 21 hrs ago #29

NO one... GiqueCee Yesterday #15

Mr. Anti-Science, RFK Jr, wanting to use science ?? Why didn't Lightening come down and burn his ass down ? dave99 Yesterday #16

Apparently Republicans hate autism even MORE than stem cell research now? Wow. Karasu Yesterday #18

Horrifying. highplainsdem Yesterday #20

+1 pat_k 23 hrs ago #23

We're back to the pre-FDA snake oil days. SamuelAdams 21 hrs ago #24

I despise that man. He must be prosecuted. Passages 21 hrs ago #27

I don't even understand under what theory they think stem cells could cure autism. LisaL 21 hrs ago #28