What is missing from today's dialogue is the effect autism is having on families, our society and what the unknown factors are. The 300lb. gorilla in the room is that our children with autism today will soon become adults with autism.

She has claimed that vaccines cause autism and that chelation therapy helped cure her son—claims considered false by the medical community. McCarthy then parlayed her Playboy fame into a television and film acting career. She began her career in 1993 as a nude model for Playboy magazine and was later named their Playmate of the Year.