Jenny McCarthy has this new age-type website called IndigoMoms.com. She’s jumping on the “Indigo Child” bandwagon which is this kind of implausible esoteric concept that there are old-soul special children born after 1980 to help guide our planet to a higher level of consiousness or something. It all sounds like hoo-ha to me. These children are supposedly extra sensitive while having super abilities. Although I think my kid is special it doesn’t mean I’m about to attribute supernatural qualities to him the next time he freaks out when his matchbox cars aren’t lined up right.

McCarthy’s four year-old son, along with his mom believing he’s an “Crystal Child,” (which is like an Indigo child but psychic), has also sadly been diagnosed with autism. McCarthy is going to write a book about her experience with her son’s illness. While her first three books, “Belly Laughs,” “Baby Laughs,” and “Life Laughs” focused on the humor surrounding the pregnancy, birth and infant stage, this one sounds a lot more serious to go along with the subject:

In Touch can exclusively reveal that the comic has written a memoir about her quest to help her 4-year-old son, Evan, called Louder than Words: A Mother’s Journey In Healing Autism.

“It’s a heartbreaking story about a serious health issue,” Jenny tells In Touch. It’s quite serious, profound and beautiful. I’m hoping this book will shift the world. It’s an Oprah book, for sure…” Jenny, 34, believes that Evan (whose father is her ex-husband John Asher) is a “crystal child” with angelic abilities that make him vulnerable and powerful. “Evan is hypersensitive to air and water,” Jenny reveals. She’s now made it her life’s mission to change the education system to make it better for kids like Evan. “I want our children to start each day in silent meditation,” she writes. “I want organic cafeterias, outdoor class sessions, getting rid of rote memorization. I want it all.”

[From In Touch print edition, April 23, 2007 via Sammie’s Effluvia]

It sounds like McCarthy thinks her new age approach is the solution for everything. I guess you can’t blame her for wanting to believe in something when she’s dealing with such a difficult illness with her child. That’s an incredibly hard thing to go through and my heart goes out to her and other parents with autistic children.

A recent study by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention found that about one in 150 children develops autism or a related disorder like Asperger’s syndrome by age 8.

McCarthy’s new book is listed on Amazon with a publication date of September 6, 2007.