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John Travolta, defying Scientology, acknowledged son's autism

Title: John Travolta, defying Scientology, acknowledged son's autism
Date: Thursday, 11 June 2009
Publisher: Gawker
Author: John Cook
Main source: gawker.com

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According to a Bahamian police report taken in February after his son Jett's death last year, Travolta acknowledged in his own words that "Jett suffered from a seizure disorder and was autistic." That's a big no-no in Scientology. The report was obtained by the National Enquirer. Travolta's use of the term "autistic" seems to be a break from church doctrine, which teaches that pyschiatric diagnoses are fake ailments invented by Nazi psychiatrists so they can give people drugs to keep them ... [Read the rest at gawker.com]