I applaud Holly Robinson Pete's realistic outlook on having a child with autism. However, Ms McCarthy, I believe, does not have a grip on reality when it comes to autism. Ms. McCarthy has liked therapies for autism to treatment for cancer,,,,some work for some people and some don't. The reality is autism is not a disease that can be cured. Autism is a spectrum disorder and with therapy the child may move up in the spectrum (Aspergers) but that child will still have autism. To put this into an example.......you find out that a person is deaf (diagnosis) so you then teach that person sign language (treatment/therapy) in order to be able to communicate. Despite being able to communicate that person is still deaf. Please understand I am not comparing being deaf to having autism, I am saying that you have a diagnosis and then there is therapy/treatment but the initial diagnosis still exists despite all the therapies.

Let me add that not all parents have the financial means to obtain the therapies and insurance pays for very little of the therapies available for children with autism. SO it was extremely frustrating to see Ms. McCarthy on the show giving families with children with autism false hope for a "cure" for autism.

A concerned Developmental Disability Pediatric Nurse