My husband and I have 3 beautiful sons, our middle child with moderate to severe autism. We just now found out about the chelation therapy, after about 2 1/2 years of dealing with our child's autism and the excrutiatingly slow "traditional" therapy. We about hit the roof learning about what Thimerisol has done to our baby! I've always believed Autism stemmed from the vaccines, but forever heard how wrong I was. Well, now we know, and all kinds of people are either for chelation or against it. I was told by our DAN doctor that if the protocol is followed to a 'T', the risk factors are almost moot. Perhaps the children certain people are talking about, (the ones with kidney problems) didn't do it right, or have another agenda...I don't know. I do, however know this..the prognosis for our son is NOT good. He is at risk of being "mentally retarded" his whole life no matter how many specialty therapists he has, and right now, thats not an option for us! We will be going along with the toxicologists and DAN doctor to "cure" our son of this dibilitating condition his pediatritions put him in. I'm also convinced that this whole mess could've been avoided if the doctors who give innoculations cared more about patients and less about the lining of their pockets!! If there is a cure, why not fight for it, and not against it!!!!