Guest guest Posted January 29, 2009 Report Share Posted January 29, 2009 Thank you so much for posting and sharing your amazing news! Congratulations - you have achieved the unachievable by being a fantastic mother with all the odds against you. I would like to ask two favours. Can I forward this message? and Can you write up your story? - on here or on the TA website. Thanks again, Sara natasa778 wrote: > > 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 regress, to slip away. Eye contact stops. Smiles and laughter go > 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@... > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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