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> >

> > ups! there...

> >

> > Hi Everyone!

> >

> > Let me start by saying it has been ages since I have posted here,

but

> > so much of this is all thanks to parents like you! please feel

free to

> > forward and cross post this as far and wide as you'd like.

> >

> > My husband and I have an 8 year old son who was diagnosed with

Autism

> > when he was four years old. Over the last four years, we have

spent

> > tireless hours researching possible causes and treatments, talking

to

> > parents and doctors, participating in research studies and trying

new,

> > progressive and sometimes even controversial treatments. It has

been

> > a long, hard road full of exhausting days and frustrating moments,

but

> > even more than that many grand moments of inspiration and victory

as

> > many of you have experienced first hand.

> >

> > Our latest and most incredible news is this:

> > Last month Ricky was re-evaluated by his psychologist,

occupational

> > therapist, speech and language pathologist and others to determine

how

> > he is progressing. I was called in to a meeting to discuss the

test

> > findings and I was told this: Ricky no longer meets the criteria

> > designated to qualify as Autistic. Let me say that again. Our son

is

> > no longer Autistic. I asked if they had ever heard of anyone

" losing "

> > an autism diagnosis. They all said no. Never. The Psychologist

said

> > she considered it " nothing short of miraculous " and wouldn't

believe

> > it if she hadn't seen it for herself. At the end of the meeting I

> > left the room and as I was walking away tears began to stream down

my

> > face. This is what we believed in, this is what we worked for,

this

> > is what we did. Autism is NOT a lifelong sentence. How could it be

> > so if we reversed it?

> >

> > Now, these professionals had never heard of someone " recovering "

from

> > Autism, but let me tell you - I am hearing it more and more. Our

> > research led us to people like you - forward thinking groups of

> > parents and doctors who believe that Autism and related disorders

like

> > Aspergers, PPD/NOS, ADD/ADHD, speech delay etc are treatable and

even

> > reversible. We all know of hundreds of families who are using the

> > treatments we used and who are getting their kids back.

> >

> > Most parents will report that their Autistic children are born

healthy

> > and develop normally for the first year or two of life and then

> > something happens.. something that takes their child away. They

begin

> > to regr ess,toslipaway.Eyecontactstops.Smilesandlaughtergobr >

away. Language stops developing and often disappears. They aren't

> > interested in other kids, in toys, in social interaction and

emotional

> > reciprocity. They become preoccupied with specific things or parts

of

> > things, become sensitive to touch, bright light or sounds. They

> > exhibit self stimulatory behavior like hand flapping, spinning and

> > rocking. The list goes on and on.

> >

> > What happens that causes these kids to slip away? Western medicine

> > will say this is a genetic life-long illness with little hope of

> > improvement. How can that be if Autism has gone from 1 in 10,000

to 1

> > in 150 in just a few short decades? How can that be if our kids

were

> > fine for the first year or two of life and then lost them? Why

can't

> > we get them back? These were the questions I asked. Rob and I

> > refused to believe that there was little to be done. We knew our

son,

> > we knew he was in there and we were determined to get him back. If

he

> > was fine, and then suddenly he was not... how do we fix it?

> >

> > We have come to believe that Autism and related disorders are

> > illnesses of the body that become so bad they affect the mind.

Heal

> > the body, heal the mind. The treatments we have done are nothing

> > radical in our opinion, they make sense. We feed him healthy food

and

> > use quality vitamins, minerals and other supplements like

probiotics

> > and digestive enzymes. We use B-12, cod liver oil, glutathione (a

> > naturally occuring anti-oxidant made by the liver) and most

importanty

> > in our case, treatments for out of control viral infections and

> > chelation therapy to remove toxic levels of heavy metals. Our son

was

> > tested by doctors and found to have toxic levels of lead, mercury

and

> > aluminum in his body. Why? He wasn't exposed to any more than any

> > other kid his age, but we found his body is unable to remove these

> > metals on it's own. Look on the internet for the symptoms of heavy

> > metal poisoning and they are nearly identical Autism. With each

round

> > of chelation we did we saw huge leaps in his social interaction,

eye

> > contact and social language. His fine motor skills improved and he

> > started to write and draw. His recovery happened so fast and the

> > reason became obvious to us.

> >

> > I know this message is getting long so I will stop here. There are

so

> > very many things I could share and so many stories to tell, but

this

> > is an post and not a novel. The point is this:

> >

> > Autism is preventable, treatable and reversible. We did it. Many

> > other parents have too. It isn't always as simple as removing

heavy

> > metals or changing diet as each child is different, but sometimes

the

> > simplest seeming littlest things can make such a huge difference.

I

> > am more than happy to share our story with anyone anytime! Please

> > feel free to forward this to anyone you know and I will gladly

talk to

> > anyone - friend, family or complete stranger - about what we have

> > done. Parents need to know there is so much that can be done, and

> > they can do most of it themselves. There is a huge network of

parents

> > worldwide that are out there doing these things and supporting one

> > another. There is hope. Hang in there and keep moving forward!

> >

> > with much love

> > Mize

> > Ricky's mom

> > lkmize@

> >

> >

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