[POSSIBLE SPAM] Re: Re: Fwd: Exciting news

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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@...

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