“Detoxifying” a child’s body of “heavy metals” via chelation is an alternative, and not uncontroversial, treatment for autism. It is based on the belief that exposure to environmental toxins is one factor behind the increase in the number of children diagnosed with autism in the past decade-plus. This book talks about the dangers of heavy metal poisoning; this book provides a “protocol” for treating such “poisoning”; these liquid vitamins are said to provide “natural detoxification.” The Body Ecology Diet is offering a three-day workshop to “take the mystery out of autism”; the workshop is “designed to help parents have …read more