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But what really troubled me about both of these books is the obsessive nature of each author's focus on her child's autism - and the assumption, on the part of both authors, that all parents should be equally obsessed.

Not only is it fiscally, personally and physically dangerous to become obsessive about autism treatments, but the the promise of a cure is disingenuous. The probability of a child with autism being literally cured is astronomically small (though of course symptoms can lessen and all children gain new skills). By playing on parents guilt and anxiety, though, it's not too hard to push families to the brink of financial, physical and personal collapse.