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Britney Spears was seen out on Saturday at a fundraiser for autism charity Generation Rescue, headed by Jenny McCarthy, whose six year old son, Evan, has the disorder. Britney looked cleaned up and happy, and US Weekly reports that “she was clapping and smiling a lot” at the event. People.com notes that she didn’t socialize much and stayed with her assistant but that she seemed interested in the presentations.
The event was held at McCarthy and her boyfriend Jim Carrey’s home in Brentwood and was sponsored by Snow Queen Vodka. Also present were Charlie Sheen and his new wife Brooke Mueller, and Rose McGowan and her boyfriend Robert Rodriguez. Rodriguez and McGowan are said to have “kissed and danced all night,” so the reports of their breakup were either premature or they’ve reconciled.
Generation Rescue believes that autism is preventable and reversible. To prevent the disorder they recommend delaying childhood vaccines along with an alternate vaccine schedule. Their website notes that the current CDC vaccine schedule represents an increase in vaccines of 260% since 1983. They are not recommending not vaccinating children, but say that a more prudent approach may prevent autism. Scientific studies have not found a definite connection between autism and childhood vaccinations although many parents claim that their child developed the disorder right after being given vaccines. Some say that the influence of the drugs companies and a concern for public health have led to a suppression of research.
According to the group, neurological disorders such as ADD/ADHD, Asperger’s, and Autism “are environmental illnesses caused by an overload of heavy metals, live viruses, and bacteria.” The recommended treatment is “biomedical” and aimed at reducing the toxic load on the body in part through an all natural diet and supplements. Many parents swear by it, but others say it’s unproven and is not a cure-all.
Britney has sons Sean Preston, who turns three in September, and Jayden James, who will be two in September. Last week she ceded full custody to her ex husband, Kevin Federline. She has two visits a week from the boys and one overnight and it is thought that if she continues to show progress she could move to another overnight and one more day per week.
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19 Responses to “Britney Spears makes public appearance at Jenny McCarthy’s autism fundraiser”
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Wow. She doesn’t looked like some coked up freak anymore. Good for her. Having her mother out of the picture, and her father in it has done wonders for her.
As for the vaccinations bit, I’ve done a lot of research regarding it and its supposed ties to autism, and I have to say, it’s always SOMETHING to do with Autism. First, it was the thimerosal used to preserve it. Then it was the eggs used in some. Now it’s the amount. What next? The needles?
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I agree with Daisyfly. It’s weird. I find myself rooting for her…
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She is looking better but there is still something in her eyes that isn’t quite right.
But obviously she has had a massive mental illness and breakdown so am guessing it will be an age for her to fully recover…if she can, but good luck to her am also rooting for her.
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My son is on the autism spectrum and while my heart completely aches for the parents whose children develop normally until 18 or so month … and then regress … I still don’t think that proves the link to vaccines. In my case, I can look back and see the signs from birth - extremely fussy, no eye contact, hated being in his car seat or anything that wasn’t his bed or my arms (not that he really liked me … it just seemed to calm him down to be facing me, parallel to my body). The latest research from Harvard - released last week - shows there is a genetic component. There are “idle” learning genes that need intense early intervention to get turned back on. These kids can learn, can lead normal lives but they need EARLY and INTENSE help. I think the vaccine argument just takes away from what we KNOW helps these kids - ABA therapy and intense developmental preschools. To me, I wish all our money and energy would be going there rather than fighting to keep kids from being vaccinated. But that’s just my opinion.
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Britney looks great. And she’s helping charity. That’s pretty awesome. I wish her all the best in her life.
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well it´s like their saying that there was no autism before 1983?
what about children that have never been vaccinated? I think is so premature to relate the deasease to it or any other environmental causes.
I just think austim as all other psychological disorders are so far beyond our full understandment, and even tho theres no cure to it, theres treatment and like Chrissy said that´s what we should be focusing on, and how we can improve it! At least for now!As Britney goes, is good to see her getting better, but I really don´t care all that much about her, never did.
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Looks like Jim Carey’s been doing some hard living. I expect that a photo of him in profile would reveal his sair is pulled into a tight, greeezy rat’s tail.
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Agree Blondie. There’s no denying her progress, but at the same time she’s not quite there yet.
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@Chrissy I am interested in your comment because it sounds like my son for the 1st 3 months of his life, minus the hating the car seat. My husband and I labelled him as collichy. I’m just wondering when you started to realize that your baby was so uncomfortable and if there was ever a interuption in his distress for a signifigant period of time. I am an interested mother and am not trying to be critical or judgemental in any way, just trying to gather information.
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The large increase in autism diagnoses comes largely from the fact that now it is called the “autism spectrum of disorders” and covers many more symptoms than it previously did (ie, in 1983). This taken into account makes the claim about vaccines shaky at best, so promoters of fundraising for “cures” and so on ignore it so that they can continue to say that it is the vaccines that are the problem.
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Vaccines do not cause autism. Let me repeat. Vaccines do not cause autism. I almost typed that in all caps, but I didn’t want to shout. ; )
I’ve worked with kids with autism for 14 years, covering the whole spectrum from kids with pervasive, classic autism to kids with high functioning autism spectrum disorders like Asperger’s Syndrome. Four of the kids I’ve known have NEVER had a vaccine, and I can promise you they were still profoundly affected by autism.
Chrissy is correct - intense early intervention for very young children with autism is the most effective way to minimize the long term effects of the disorder. We need to be pouring our resources into making sure these therapies are available to EVERY child who needs them, not trying to find someone to blame.
@Larissa - autism is not a psychological disorder, it’s a neurological disorder, there’s an important difference. The brain of a person with autism works differently than the brain of a neurotypical person because there are fewer/different connections between neurons within the brain. Autism shares many characteristics with some hard hitting psych disorders, but the root causes for those characteristics are much different.
Heh, I could go on about this all day, but I’ll spare y’all. : )
Brit looks great! She still needs to find a hairdresser who can make a weave look normal, but she looks really healthy.
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Jim’s sporting that 70’s porn star look.
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I just wanted to point out that Jemmy McCarthy isn’t anti-vaccine….She wants to green our vaccines. That means taking out the mercury, aluminum and just all the crap they put in there and try a different way to preserve them.
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CC, the only vaccine that still contains mercury is one particular flu vaccine. The rest have been mercury free since 2004.
And yes. She IS anti-vaccine. She’s just less Tom Cruisey about it.
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@Larissa - hey, no problem! It’s a really common misconception, and it’s easy to think it’s true. I hope I didn’t sound snarky, I get really overzealous about autism. It’s such a mysterious disorder, there’s a lot of incorrect or partially incorrect information circling about it. Knowledge is power, right?
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Really, everyone I’ve known who has autistic children had a history of it in their family. Even when a relative was not diagnosed with autism there was something ‘off’ about them. I bet if Jenny goes hunting into her and the father’s background, they will find a link. I know some people with 2 autistic kids and they can be described (the parents)as living in their own little world. I’m sure it is genetic.
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My son is on the spectrum and hearing people say flat out that it’s not this or it’s not that is infuriating. No one knows why kids get it or not and I agree that some doctors might be overdiagnosing it, however I think to deny that kids who were vaccinated before 2002 when they stopped a certain kind was withdrawn from the market might have suffered because of it. My son was given an immunization and within a few months he was suddenly exhibiting bizarre behavior for a baby. I’m not saying 100% that it was that one shot that did it, but I know that before then he was different than he was afterwards. I got him assessed and sure enough the best pediatricians in Chicago said he was definitely on the spectrum. I died a little that day but then I got off my ass, hit the internet, and tried every single thing that I could find. I developed a new diet for him, gave the poor kid fish oil with just about everything, worked with him with speech and physical therapy until I was blue in the face. I didn’t have help, I was a single mother of an 18month old son with Autism and a 6 month old daughter. It’s not impossible to do, you just have to prioritize and decide that your child’s development is the fundamental task at hand and that everything else needs to take a back seat.
Now, at age 7, he is virtually symptom free, is taking classes 1-2 years ahead of his grade level, and has a great social network. Having a kid with Autism is a challenge, but you have to be willing to do whatver it takes to help them through it. They’re your responsibility and when you look at your child you know you will do anything for them.
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nice to see her out on something official. she looks pretty good. all the best to her, really.
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