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Jenny Jets Off with Son Evan

Jenny Jets Off with Son Evan

Funny lady Jenny McCarthy and her son 5-year-old son Evan Joseph Asher take to the skies at LAX airport on Monday in Los Angeles.

In May 2007, Jenny, 34, announced that Evan was diagnosed with autism. She recently penned about her experience, titled “Louder Than Words: A Mother’s Journey in Healing Autism.” Both mother and son are on the cover (see below)!

“It’s a heartbreaking story about a serious health issue,” Jenny has said.

“Louder Than Words” will be released on September 6 but you can pre-order it now from Amazon.

15+ pictures inside of Jenny and Evan

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Dear Jenny, Even though you are a Scientologist you have not let that belief system compromise the health and well-being of your precious son - unlike the Travoltas - who refuse to admit their son has the same medical condition. I applaud your tireless effort to heal your son and share your experience and journey with others who are in the same situation as yourself. I admire your strong sense of self and courage in taking up this important issue in Louder Than Words: A Mother’s Journey in Healing Autism and will be first in line 9/6/07 when it comes out.

Miss mcarthy is a sluut who takes off her clothes that’s what she’s good for, wait till you son gets older and see’s how his whhore of a mom he has.

As the mother of an autistic child I am thrilled she came out about this. We have to be careful of where we take our children due to the wide range of sensitivites they may have. Maybe that is why you don’t see a lot of photos of him? Autism has a wide spectrum. Awareness is needed! You go girl……we love you!

Awwww, he reminds me of my own son at that age, diagnosed at 4 at UCLA with autism! Having an autism child is a hard row to hoe no matter who you are. Jen seems like an excellent mom & loves her son very much, u can tell!
A mom loves her kids no matter what, but a disabled child needs love even more and harder, cuz your all they got & they depend on you FOREVER, not likely they will ever be on their own. Of course some recover, but its a small percent.
AUTISM IS A LIFE LONG DISABILITY! And a very lonely life! Divorce rate is 99%. Not many men want a woman with a disabled son. High maintenance. Trust me,I know. I hope Jim can hang in there with them. Jenny has the fight of her life and it doesnt leave much room for careers or relationships. Its a learning curve in the beginning but she has a lot of years ahead yet.
I hope she keeps her feet on the ground and her head outta of the clouds and her humor intact cuz shes going to need it.
She can believe in indigo and crystal children all she wants, but it doesnt change the fact that her son is autistic. That’s reality.
BTW, my son’s doing great, with a lot of years of perserverance and hard work. He speaks and is happy but is limited in what he can do as far as interacting socially, its still hard for him & his ability to handle stress is also limited.
You can take them so far but you cant change public opinion about this disablity any more than you can take the stress out of their daily lives, noise etc.
Most of your their young life you intergrate but when they are older, you spend the rest of your life protecting them from meanies in the public & trying to keep their stress level down. Its hard.
I do things that make my son happy and I keep him at home, but in the community as much as possible.
Its also difficult to trust people in the public arena due to our kids vulnerabilites.
Theres just too many people out there who dont get autism & are there taking advantage of people like our kids who are different.
Its a very misunderstood diagnois and their peers dont have time for someone they think is strange.
Its heartbreaking what a mom of an autistic child watches her child endure.

Jenny good luck, my heart goes out to you. Your child is blessed and so are you,,,,now thats a fact!
You have been given a very special child who will always be child of GOD no matter what their age. They are innocents.
Sincerely, Jane, a parent of autism son diagnosed 1984.

From one mother of an autistic child to another … you go girl! You have the power to bring light to this very dark disorder. I applaud you for seeking biomedical tx for Evan and am thrilled to hear you are working with Dr. Kartzinel. He is truly one of my fave DAN docs. I’m eager to learn more about your story and your battle against the beast “autism”. Your son is truly blessed to have you fight so hard for him and be able to provide him with tx that folks like myself can’t unfortunately afford. Pave the way for the rest of us … and let the world know the real truth behind autism!

It’s nice(sarcasm) {Lacey,amle,FlaMama, and others…)
to see that alot of the previous posters,
don’t understand what they are talking about,however

those of us with kids,that have special needs — get it..
You do what you can ~~ when you can
to talk about your path,
in hopes that you may help others deal!

It is nice to see Jenny doing all that she can for her child

She’s an extra-special mom to an extra-special kid–!!!!

Kids don’t get Autism, they are born with it..– it is not anything that the parents’ do,or don’t do… The kdis are JUST different than others, — some people are lefties, some are righties…
GET used to it…

BE, kind, and be Aware of Autism!

Robert Ferguson @ 09/19/2007 at 2:32 pm

I saw Jenny and Evan on Oprah. Jenny is so vibrant and along with Jim I am sure Evan will do very well. A happy couple I hope.

Pam Napier @ 09/20/2007 at 2:05 pm

I feel she done this book to help others parents with austic children. YOU KNOW TO RAISE AWARENESS.

Why do some people see the worst in every situation?

I have read the book and there is a lot of insight in there for myself. I have 2 autistic children of my own and let me tell all of you who want to bad mouth Jenny…You have no idea what you are talking about. She is not trying to make money off of her son, she is a concerned parent and if she can help other parents out there with the same thing she has gone through with her own personal experiences then, I am greatful for someone like her. Those of you who have said nasty things about Jenny and the Travoltas need to be ashamed of yourself. Everyone deals with their personal lifes differently.

HEY you guys, leave off with the haircut stuff ect… my son is autistic and he CANNOT stand to have his hair cut due to sensory issues, it would have been hard enough to get little Evan to sit long enough for a fringe trim, and the absolute heartache at watching your child scream in fear at scissors near their skin (scissors cut remember)…. BRAVO Jenny, you give mums’ like myself a new sense of pride at even the smallest of things, like getting a hug from your autistic child who still calls you by your first name because, well, that’s your name right?
As for the Travolta’s, we only have a small handfull of friends, and family, who really are supportive of our son, his diagnosis, and his early intervention program. You know who you can count on in a crisis, and really your first reaction in finding out that autism is the diagnosis is to protect this fragile being with your life! It hurts when people (especially family) question your reasoning and motives for allowing your child to attend a special kindy for children with special needs, although now, almost two years later with school looming on the horizon, nobody can deny the absolute turn around in our son’s behaviour, speech and general interaction (he doesn’t scream when another child touches him now) and I applaud loudly parents out there, particularly the single parents of autistic kids who not only cope, but help their beautiful special children come out into the sunshine with the rest of the world… society should not be so quick to judge Jenny’s motives, or her dear little son’s haircut!

hi jenny i read half of your book, and the same happen to my son. he was talking but after the shots received my son slowly regressed. now he like things thats spin,like taking his toy truck upside down and spining the wheels and continue or playing with strange object, it is so weird because my son has done the same thing yours and theres no dout that the shots did it. thank u jenny and i am a father with a full heart also very defensive when it comes to him and people

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