You know, it does seem obvious from the little I have seen of this child that he had autism. It appears the family denied this. But, they may have been treating it anyhow, even if they did not label it autism. The Travoltas mentioned detox therapy. Coincidentally (or maybe not so coincidentally), CAN and several autism activists promote detox therapy in the treatment of autism. We don't know everything these parents did for their child, and to treat his developmental issues. Further, there have been public statements that these people treated their son's seizures, with and without medication. There is no negligence on the part of the parents here for how they chose to treat their child's seizures, regardless of their religious beliefs (and I am NOT a fan of scientology at all and I agree that Kawasaki's disease neither causes seizures nor developmental problems!). It would be different if they were withholding medicine proven to work for religious reasons, causing great risk of serious injury or death and there is nothing to show that this is what happened here. It really bothers me that the public feels the need to question anything in this case. These people obviously deeply loved their son and they just lost him! I know grief. It is such a vulnerable time when one questions their own actions and whether they could have done more or different or better. I cannot imagine having such grief compounded by a nosy, clamoring public casting ugly innuendos and blame during such a horrible time. People should back off and feel some shame. My heart goes out to them in this awful period in their lives and to everyone else who has lost someone dear to them.
