Re: Autism improvements

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Hi Jenna, it sounds like you have learned a lot from a therapy point of view. I

did just as you are doing when my son first regressed. I went to ECI and

hardcore learned all that I could. Though he made progress....he was still

very autistic. Your son is making great strides, but if the core problems

aren't addressed he may regress or progress very slowly. Children with

autism often have mitochondrial problems, poor detox ability, deeply altered

bacteria in the intestines, and immune problems, infections.

While the politics of autism are argued, you have a window of time to take all

the latest information that makes sense and apply it. I don't believe it's

ever too late, but it makes sense to apply what you can while the child is

young. The autism going untreated is another issue and more complicated. The

child is more rigid and it gets much harder.

Simply put, take away what harms the human body and give what heals was the

belief I stuck with.

Best bet is to remove gluten, casein, soy, corn, sugar, rice, anything

artificial, or processed. Anything in a box. If it's not a whole food, a

real food like an organic carrot I wouldn't serve it. Along with removing

foods, you can add healing foods like living greens spirulina, and lots of

cultured foods to repopulate the intestines. We make cultured vegetables,

young coconut kefir, and raw goat kefir (just recently added this). Dr Volpe

can give you more insight on the liver, good fats/proteins, minerals etc...

Once you get habits in place you can really benefit from a DAN practioner.

A basic list of foods we worked up to:

all non starchy (organic if possible) vegetables

ocean vegetables

coconut oil

ghee

olive oil (not heated)

celtic salt

free range chicken and eggs

grassfed beef

free range turkey

plant based proteins like hemp, chia, br rice, pea proteins

sour fruits like green apple, lemon, lime, cranberry (unsweetened)

soaked millet

soaked quinoa

soaked almonds

Even honey, bananas, and agave are feeding infections though natural sugars. In

our home, anything they craved....we took away. If they want it...it's feeding

something.

Diet is very important. It takes a ton of work but the results are worth it

for a lifetime. The work you put into diet will set the stage for all other

parts of raising a child. I mean if the child is winning in the food pantry

arena...chances are the rest of his life will be a battle.

There is no ONE WAY, I just hope to inspire you to know that there is a lot you

can do. Your child has limitless potential. None of it is easy...but there are

many answers now.

Something else we are really seeing huge benefit with.... is running a Son-Rise

playroom to address social areas.

My son is in Kindergarten now at age 6 and aside from missing most of his early

childhood...he's normal now. He is catching up, and a regular little boy who

is connected to us. He's academically on target, and biomedically recovered. We

still work daily running his Son-Rise playroom, and have an excellent

diet/supplements....but the hard part is over. Our life is normal and we can

now rest a bit. We are so thankful and hope to share hope with as many other

families as possible.

Even when my child was deeply affected, he was beautiful. Don't miss this

precious young time in your son's life living in fear. They are only tiny once.

Some links below for your review.

All the best,

http://www.bodyecology.com/autism.php

http://www.autismtreatmentcenter.org/document.php?sectionid=18 & documentid=19 & med\

iatype=video & mediaid=20 & part=0

http://www.clinicforautism.com/

http://www.doctorvolpe.com/autism.html

It's challenging to change the diet with our kids because they have such deeply

altered flora in the digestive system. Once your child will eat platefuls of

vegetables (not corn, lima beans, peas, and potatoes)....then you know you've

turned a corner.

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> My son is very young, he is only 26 months old. Last year my son had a

> major regression. He lost all of his speech and his social skills. We got

> him in ECI, did autism testing of course he was on the road to intervention.

> A year later he has made major improvements, major! He has finally gotten

> back language his receptive language has grown leaps and bounds at 16 months

> his receptive language was at 7 months. He hasn't been tested recently but

> I am sure his receptive language is at least 18-20 months. He is also

> starting to say words.. he has even started saying I love you and one, two,

> three, he is just starting to copy 2 word sentences.

> He still has major sensory issues but he is learning to regulate himself.

> He has learned in therapy he works best if he gets his weighted blanket and

> sits on my lap! He will even stay focused (for the most part) for the whole

> 30 minutes. He also recognizes when his body needs different sensory inputs

> and he strives to get it.

> He still doesn't look at people in the eyes, he still hate change and does

> not cope well at all with it. he will interact some with kids (some days),

> he doesn't really smile, and doesn't get the concept of pretend play.

> My question is, where does all this improvements leave him? I am so excited

> for the improvements but so scared for his future. I am scared he is going

> to test out of therapy soon and I won't know how to handle his next change.

> That he might regress again, or he will always struggle but since he is at

> his level he won't get the help he needs.

> Has anyone else been there, I of course know every child is different, I

> just don't have a clue as what to expect in the next chapter of his life...

> not that i ever had... but I at least had a few clues.

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> Thanks,

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> Jenna

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