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Determined couple treats son's autism.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
Byline: Pam Kelley
CHARLOTTE, N.C. _ Little by little, mercury is coming out of Drew Dabney's body. As it departs, Drew's parents say their little boy is returning.
The 3-year-old makes eye contact again. He laughs. And one memorable day last summer, he said "Mama." His mom hadn't heard that since he was 15 months old.
Kim and Bailey Dabney are among a growing number of parents nationally who are treating their autistic children with biomedical therapies such as chelation, dietary restrictions, vitamins and enzyme supplements.
The treatments are largely unproven. Some, like chelation, which uses chemical compounds to remove heavy metals from the body, are controversial and expensive.
But these parents say traditional medicine offers few answers about autism, so they've sought their own, reading books, attending conferences and networking with other parents. The treatments won't do any harm, they say, and they feel they owe it to their children to try them.
"There is no proven cure. No one has it," says Kim Dabney, who lives in Charlotte, N.C. "All of us parents are out there trying to find our own solutions."
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