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‘Autistic kids are being experimented on’: inside America’s booming market for unproven stem cell infusions
Feeling abandoned and overwhelmed, families are turning to controversial new therapies backed by the US health secretary Landyn Holdren is an eight-year-old autistic child who has high support needs and is nonspeaking. His mother, Christy Holdren, says he can be self-harming, slapping his chest, face or head when distressed. Later this month, she will spend $15,000 on an unapproved stem cell treatment she hopes might help him. Continue reading...
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Feeling abandoned and overwhelmed, families are turning to controversial new therapies backed by the US health secretary Landyn Holdren is an eight-year-old autistic child who has high support needs and is nonspeaking. His mother, Christy Holdren, says he can be self-harming, slapping his chest, face or head when distressed. Later this month, she will spend $15,000 on an unapproved stem cell treatment she hopes might help him. Continue reading...
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According to The Guardian’s linked item, ‘Autistic kids are being experimented on’: inside America’s booming market for unproven stem cell infusions, Feeling abandoned and overwhelmed, families are turning to controversial new therapies backed by the US health secretary Landyn Holdren is an eight-year-old autistic child who has high support needs and is nonspeaking. His mother, Christy Holdren, says he can be self-harming, slapping his chest, face or head when distressed. Later this month, she will spend $15,000 on an unapproved stem cell treatment she hopes might help him. Continue reading…
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