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Ali,
I have it recorded to DVD and will be glad to send. The show was really good and focused on hope, faith and recovery. I don't have a child with autism but do have one with a rare kidney condition that seems to be more prevalent since all these vaccines. I totally agree with a mother's intuition and the thing that I loved most was the message of hope and options to help your kids.
My hat is off to you and Chris for your role in bringing more focus on this topic.
I definitely will read the book as I was very impressed with Jenny's viewpoint and dedication to helping her child first and then other moms.
Stacy B.

I felt that Jenny and Oprah were very conscientious with their comments about immunizations. As far as calling our children Autistic instead of saying their HAVE Autism... if you remove the stigma, the label doesn't matter.

Hi Ali...I totally agree with what Stacy said above. This show was all about hope, faith and recovery. Those were Jenny's words...I LOVED her energy. What a inspiration and enthusiastic advocate for autism. It was a great show and I tvoed it too and would be glad to send it off to you. I was also impressed with the response Oprah received from the CDC saying that the current case studies did not see a coorelation but they are still investigating. Yes, still investigating...so, the door is still open :)

Thank you so much for posting about the Oprah show! After watching it, I went out and bought Jenny Mcarthy's book and am in awe of her and what other mothers like her do for their children.

I don't think my son has autism but he does have some issues with sleeping and probably ADHD, he hasn't been officially diagnosed although we've seen a psychologist & psychiatrist / the psychiatrist though he was sleep deprived by his own doing & prescribed blood pressue medication that helps him to fall asleep. I saw the thing on Oprah & I'm going to try the the gluten free / dairy free diet. My son is so smart but he definately has some issues and I don't know exactly what it is but I'm excited to hear about alternatives to medication like diet and I'm going to try that. Jenny was also on 20/20 btw & I also just watched that. I've always loved her b/cs I think she is very geniune & has a lot of great things to say.

I just got the chance to watch the Oprah show on DVR, maybe I was just stalling...I watched the show and fought to hold back tears thinking of you and Chris and so many other mothers I have come to know through scrapbooking and then I was really taken back by what Jenny had to point out about signs. Some of these signs I see in my son and my question to you is how can you tell the difference between stuborness and autism; perfectionist "line up the cars" behavior and autism?
It's obviously late here in Oregon and my son was asleep while I watched this, it made me want to wake him up and hug him tight. And then I thought about the message you have been conveying lately about taking in the day to day moments and I plan to get up in the morning and play the day away with him!

Happy Friday. Always a pleasure to read what you have to say for the day!! Love the stamps! I got the chance to meet you when you were in San Diego in June and I really enjoyed listening to you talk. I have been scraping for several years and have never tried anything besides 12x12 albums. Thank you for sharing your art at the event in June. It opened up my eyes to the mini album and I love them.
keep creating the wonderful art you do!!!!