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Hello! My name is Trish , and I'm the grandmother of a wonderful little boy named Noah. He will be 5 on May 29th. He was dx with autism, shortly before his 3rd birthday. He is well on his way towards recovery, but as all of you know too well, it's a road that takes many directions. Noah has 3 sibs: Abbey, age 10, who is 7 and MacKenzie (Noah's partner in crime), age 3. I also have a 14 yr old grandaughter, Jordan, who lives in Dublin; a suburb of Columbus. That is my other home..... I commute between Euclid and Dublin, as I can't retire from my job yet, and my dh's business is there. I guess that makes me a week-end / summer wife, but it gives me the chance to be available to both my dd's and help out wherever they need me. With Noah, it's a lot! I work at Broadmoor School (Lake Co board MR/DD), with the greatest bunch of kids

that you would ever want to meet. I've been in this field forever, it seems, but I never stop learning from the kids I have been blessed to work with. We have a great staff all of whom share the same work ethics. At school, I am on the autism committee which gives me an opportunity to help raise awareness, to learn and to share information with staff and parents on the subject of autism. Noah regressed into autism, shortly after receiving his flu shot. There may have been prior vaccine or environmental damage, but this is what threw him over the edge!!! It's a long story, and I recently wrote about it. When I get more familiar with this group and it's format, I will try to post it. At any rate, we are doing the DAN! protocol with Dr. DeMio (great guy!!!). We are doing vitamin and mineral supplementation, chelation with td-dmps, td-glutithione and the gf/cf diet. We began using LDN (low dose

naltrexone) on Oct. 29th and have had phenominal gains! We just began using td-B12, so I really don't have any feedback on its effects yet. Noah has been attending school in a center based pre-school class (4 half days per week) for the past 2 years. Upon the recommendation of his Educational Team, he will be attending The Achievemant Center in Highland Hills, beginning with the summer camp program. There he will receive intensive speech, ot and other therapies that will hopefully, help bring him to level. He has lost most of his autistic-like behaviors, but still has speech and language deficits. He also has major problems with transitions and social skills. We have his IEP on Wed. I cannot say enough about the wonderful, caring staff that has worked within a tight budget and such a condensed schedule and still put forth every effort to bring Noah to the educational level that he is. I am a

member of the groups GFCFKids, chelatingkids2, and asd_solutions. I have learned so much from members of these wonderful groups. I am especially looking forward to being a part of this group, as we share the same home town...How 'bout those Cav's!!!???? -Trish

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