Jenny McCarthy's Son has ASD

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Jenny McCarthy's Son has ASD
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Thu, 05-03-2007 - 11:08am

She just mentioned it on The View. Obviously not a happy thing to hear, but it's nice to have a celebrity voice for ASD.

Small gripe, she mentions she's going to "blow the lid off" things (we probably know all this stuff already). She won't say anything though until September, when her book comes out. UGH!!! Can't say anything until it's time to profit from it?!?!?!?

Okay /vent, back to your regularly scheduled program :)

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Thu, 05-03-2007 - 12:41pm

that steams me. I hate it when celebs do stuff like that.

Betsy

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Thu, 05-03-2007 - 3:43pm

I saw that on The View this morning too.

 
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Thu, 05-03-2007 - 6:31pm

I think it's great that she's going to bring attention to ASD's. As far as her waiting until September, my knee-jerk reaction is to get upset and to think it's greedy.

However, it's possible that she's made a deal with the publisher on how to handle the situation. So, I give her the benefit of the doubt and say that if she has to keep her mouth shut for a few months and that she'll soon have a podium to speak on the subject in a matter of months, then it's worth the wait.

Does that make sense? Sorry, but I've had a tough day (DS at Principal's office for fourth time in two weeks!!!) and I'm having a hard time writing!
Irene

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Thu, 05-03-2007 - 7:34pm

She was 'outed' maybe a month or two ago - I received it in an email alert along with a link to her website:

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Sat, 05-05-2007 - 6:31pm

I finally went and checked out the indigo website.

She sounds kind of the opposite of autism speaks but I did read somewhere that she does have her child in a great autism program and yet at the same time speaks of her unending love for him regardless.

I may not like her style but I am thinking that she may be worth more looking into.

Renee

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