Re: Behaviors OT Boimedical Interventions

[Guest guest]

Few of us on here are medical doctors. I would most certainly

encourage you to look into doing more " indepth " biomedical

interventions. I have loved that ABA has allowed us to " rewire " or

shape my son's behavior but on a cellular level (one that needs a

microscope to observe cell behavior) requires the aid of a physician

dedicated to the new emerging medical science of recovering

children. Nothing is mutually exclusive in this war on autism.

Here, we will give you many of our personal observations but I

encourage you to research and find a qualified DAN! and/or other

autism specialist to help you.

A good read: Children with Starving Brains.

Also the Autism Research Institute has the 2005 Webcast of the DAN!

convention available to watch online along with online viewing of

Recovered Autistic Children.

http://www.autismwebsite.com/ari/index.htm

Lack of sleep is just one symptom of a larger picture -- ABA can

help but paired with thoughtful and scientifically supported

biomedical treatment you can hit this one out of the ball park.

Mom of Tillman who never liked to sleep.

> Hi everyone,

>

> I'm usually a lurker but decided to post because of one particular

> behavior of my child that bothers me. My child 3 years old. He

is

> in a VB program.

>

> My child has sleep problems and sometimes wakes up in the middle

of

> the night (2:00 - 3:00 a.m.) and doesn't go back to sleep until

> about 6-7 a.m. When he wakes up in the middle of the night, he is

> usually very " stimmy " ,laughs uncontrollably and runs around.

> (There's some laughing during the day but not that much). Rather

> than letting him stim, I would get up and let him watch a video

(so

> that I can get some respite instead of running around after him)

as

> letting him watch a video is much

> better than unproductive stimming and laughing.

>

> This behavior really saddens me. I feel like I'm the only one

> dealing with this. Is this type of

> behavior attention-seeking? We do some biomedical interventions

but

> in " moderation " . But somehow, I'm not sure if I'm ready to ascribe

> this behavior to " opiate " activity or a leaky gut.

>

> Any advice, ideas are welcome.

>

> Thanks.