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Louder Than Words: A Mother's Journey in Healing Autism |  | Author: Jenny McCarthy
Publisher: Plume
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Pages: 224
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Dimensions (in): 7.9 x 5.2 x 0.5
ISBN: 0452289807
Dewey Decimal Number: 618.92858820092
EAN: 9780452289802
ASIN: 0452289807
Publication Date: August 26, 2008
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The New York Times bestseller that is an inspiring story of hope (People) for parents of autistic children
One morning Jenny McCarthy was having a cup of coffee when she sensed something was wrong. She ran into her two-year-old son Evans room and found him having a seizure. Doctor after doctor misdiagnosed Evan untilafter many harrowing, life-threatening episodesone good doctor discovered that Evan is autistic.
With a foreword from Dr. David Feinberg, medical director of the Resnick Neuro-psychiatric Hospital at UCLA, and an introduction by Jerry J. Kartzinel, a top pediatric autism specialist, Louder Than Words follows Jenny as she discovered an intense combination of behavioral therapy, diet, and supplements that became the key to saving Evan from autism. Her story sheds much-needed light on autism through her own heartbreak, struggle, and ultimately hopeful example of how a parent can shape a childs life and happiness.
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louder than words very interesting book August 14, 2010
loves to dive
Louder than Words is a very interesting book written by Jenny McCarthy about her family's experiences with her son's diagnosis with autism. She has some intriguing theories about the environmental causes of autism and the "window of opportunity" for viable treatment of the illness. I would like to see a follow-up book that reports on his progress in the years since the first book was written.
 mom of a newly diagnosed autistic son July 4, 2010
Sarah Jackson
I bought this book the day after my 3 year old son was diagnosed with autism. I want to thank Ms. McCarthy for sharing her story and journey. You have given me hope for my son.
 Disappointed... June 14, 2010
Carol J. Mosbaugh (frankton, in USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
My daughter has Asperger Syndrome and I have purchased quite a few books, poured over dozens of websites, talked with the professionals. I was excited about Jenny's book when my mom told me about it. Maybe finally I would find down to earth answers on where I was headed or what to expect, especially since I knew she had become a single mother along the way, something we shared in common.
Now, I must say, with complete thankfulness, that I did not face Ms. McCarthy's nightmares that stemmed from her son's seizures. Still, I cannot imagine speaking to doctors and nurses with the language she used. I am protective of my child, but the pros are there to assist you with finding resolution. I certainly do not believe every dr./nurse is perfect. In fact, one brought me to tears with his harshness and he was out of line. I would have loved, been thrilled to tell him off but to what end? It would not have changed the situation. What it did was help me to set a standard that was a line between acceptable/unacceptable for future visits & to know when my anger was justified & when it was simply the bi-product of what we were dealing with and too easily misdirected. The language in this book was very uncomfortable. I finished the book but it was also donated to a second hand store shortly thereafter. One of the few books on AS that I tossed aside. My second concern was that she does paint an unrealistic picture for those without her finacial security. If she is exhausted, then imagine what a mother w/o household help, personal assistant, nanny, driver, etc. must feel. I do have insurance but the bills can be overwhelming. I have limited time off that I can use for appts. You almost feel guilty that you cannot provide the level of care and resources she has available. As the average Jane Doe, I don't have the clout to get into the specialists or make the things happen she can. It is discouraging because I am limited in my options. I don't begrudge her the help her money can provide, because if I had the ability, I would do as she has. I was just hoping for more advice for the average parent coping with these things.
I was excited by the purchase and anxious to begin reading. Then, I was let down within the first few chapters. A little too much on her marital life (she could have made the same points on how her marriage suffered with a little less detail), the profanity, and the attitude. I should not have been surprised because to be honest, this is how Ms. McCarthy seems to live her life, at least it is the public persona she presents, so it is probably honest to who she is. To be taken seriously, though, maybe she could have tried a different angle.
The one area I can give her is that I do think there is discussion that needs be heard on what causes the Autism spectrum & other disorders. Maybe these things did simply go undected in the past, but maybe it is because of all the medical "advances". There is a pill or injection for everything it seems, more & more required to just leave your house. It's something that cannot be diregarded.
Considering Oprah just signed her to a contract, I suppose we will hear quite a bit more from her. I hope it is with more eloquence and less vulgarity. As a celebrity, she is able to have a voice & can get in doors that could make a difference. If you want to have influence & be a force for change, then do so but maybe with a little more grace, tolerance and less harsh language/attitude.
BTW...I am glad for her son's progress and hope the same for the rest of us!
It's all about attitude May 3, 2010
Rossa Forbes (cyberspace)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Rossa Forbes is a contributor to Goddess Shift: Women Leading for a Change
Louder Than Words is a mother's story about helping her son overcome autism. The "autistic" baby and "schizophrenic" baby may have common traits (pale, gentle, detached, undemanding) Autism presents itself early (toddler years) and schizophrenia generally presents between the ages of 15 and 25 for men and 25 to 35 for women. I believe that these two conditions are related although they present in different ways. Schizophrenia touches more people's lives than autism because it is much more prevalent in the population (typically 1% of the adult population versus less than 1%).
Jenny McCarthy reaches the conclusion that doctors are relatively clueless in the basic understanding of the problem and that is why we (the collective mother) have to do our own research. I couldn't agree more. We learn to trust our instincts and always look for cause, something doctors do not do when they hand out autism and schizophrenia diagnoses. We are told that "nobody knows what causes this" but are told we have to accept something for which no medical test has been invented. We observe that attitude makes a huge difference and that some mothers are willing to go the extra, unpopular mile to find a solution for their child and others are not.
Diet and supplements are a the main focus of the author's research (emphasis on yeast build-up and candida produced by a weakened immune system). Because her son recovered at the level of vitamin support and medications, Ms McCarthy does not explore, because she might not be aware of, or not subscribe to, the concept of higher levels of healing (psychic, spiritual, energetic). Some people (both autistic and schizophrenic) will be greatly improved or even cured through the diet and supplement approach, but many will not be. This seemingly chronic group continues to baffle medical science. There is often a lot more to the picture.
Louder Than Words does not look at what I call the "dark side of the soul", to confront aspects of ourselves/our environment/our inheritance that may have contributed to the child's condition. In her book, Jenny McCarthy takes a poll of the mothers in her son's autism program. They are all unhappy in their marriages. She asks them who would divorce their husband if they could. Every hand in the room shot up. An understandable but superficial way of explaining this is that the child's illness is putting a strain on the parent's relationship. Energy medicine and other viewpoints would say that the child's illness is in essence holding a mirror up to a problem in the family energy field. It does not cause the problem, it reflects the problem.
Jenny McCarthy believes that her son was born with a weakened immune system, but she stops asking why at this stage. From my own research I realized that my son was born with symptoms that may have predisposed him to schizophrenia and I asked "why"? This led me to a whole new area of very intriguing research. I developed my own belief that the root of the problem in my son's case lay in a trauma to the energy field. A misaligned energy field can be corrected in many different ways.
Energy medicine looks at the electric energy connection between the mind/body and seeks to balance the energy fields. Like Jenny McCarthy, I had to start my education from scratch. There are a lot of therapies that are targeted to not only schizophrenia, but many other mental health conditions such as autism, bi-polar, depression, epilepsy, anxiety, etc. The therapies that my son and I underwent include orthomolecular (vitamin supplements and nutrition), assemblage point shift (shamanic in origin), Family Constellation Therapy (the family has its own energy field), craniosacral therapy and bioharmonic sound resonance.
I recommend this book because it demonstrates the attitude that is necessary to develop. Whether you are a fan of Jenny McCarthy or not, her attitude is what got her the kind of results that often elude other people. She recognizes that she could wait around forever for help that conventional medicine was failing to deliver. When it comes to your own child, why the wait?
 Can't get past the language..... April 29, 2010
P. Barnard (Alabama)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I am sure this book was informative view on autism but I could not get past the filthy language. Shining a different light on Jenny. Still fill sorry for her family to have to fight doctors to get answers.
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