Ascaac

As an educator of children with special needs, I would encourage anyone to check their facts before investing in places like this center, which promises cures for all kinds of things from ALS to Parkinson's to autism. I can't claim to know how difficult it is to live with a child with autism, to watch a parent suffer from Alzheimer's or to feel your body failing you with M. S. I can only imagine the moments of desperation and longing for a cure. Not only that, but I'm sure that hearing these stories of friends of family of friends of people you know having these "miracle cures", can create a kind of hope that probably overrides good, solid research and judgment.

The American Stem Cell and Anti-Aging Center (ASCAAC) boasts of those miracle cures, and for $25,000 for a two-day treatment, a child with autism can be in the world and learn how to speak again. Supposedly. This isn't based on any valid science. These places feed on desperation. So I urge any parent or individual who's considering this kind of drastic measure, to slow down, gather your facts and use your best judgment based on those facts.

2010-09-02 As an update, Sitejabber posted this guest blog post that I wrote on the subject: http://www.sitejabber.com/blog/2010/09/02/weekly-scam-alert-stem-cell-treatment-scams/