Re: The Mom at WalMart with Son

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Hi,

My son was mild, but had more obvious physical " tic " (exactly right

word, as that is what he likes to call them). When we first happened

upon A-M, we didn't even recognize them as related - mostly just

considered the verbal stuff as indicators. But, we quickly changed our

mind. What we implemented made improvements immediately, but doesn't

keep them gone unless consistent. We are hoping chelation will make the

difference there. We added GSE, and he does have to dose daily (10

drops in 6 oz of water) or they start to come back. In addition to GSE,

we added probiotics and enzymes. Probiotic, morning only, enzyme, every

meal. We've also added Vit C, Vit A and D. I'm wanting to up the C and

maybe the A to see if that helps, but we've been battling getting an

" adult " child to remember the supplements in the first place, so moving

forward slowly to create routines. His dad is even noticing now when he

stops his supps though - he starts to walk funny again and has his hands

all over himself, especially the face.

The verbal has improved dramatically, but again wasn't that bad. The

OCD has been nearly completely eliminated. He still has a bit of a time

with schedule changes, but much better than before. When he was not

forgetting supps, that was like night and day. It has been MONTHS

(thankfully) since we've had the brain to mouth road block, and he has

only had one fit of anger in months. He recognized the fit immediately

because he broke his Wii remote. He was actually more upset about being

out of control than breaking his remote. So, that was major progress

because he noticed that there had been improvement. It was the first

time he'd ever recognized one of his fits. He is rather disconnected

from himself still though, working hard here to get him to notice things

about himself, actions, feelings, etc. We'll see how that goes. Sure

could use some input on that. If he could just connect with himself and

be able to notice these things it would be so helpful.

Anyway, we are still slowly adding stuff, just trying to get him

straightened out some before chelation. We found out that with him

yeast was already a problem, so addressed that first. We also found out

that he has phenol issues, so got No-Fenol, though that didn't make as

big a difference as the other things.

Hope that helps some. With him being older, his cooperation has been

much necessary, but he cooperates better when feeling betting, so it is

rather interesting to orchestrate.

Don't know how much relates to the young man you met, but hope something

there helps. When facing a new homeschooler who thinks they aren't

capable, I like to point out that no one is going to care about or for

that person's child more than they do. That in itself makes them the

most capable person to help their child. It seems to help in that

situation. Maybe your reassurance will be what this mom needs to step

out and make some necessary changes to help her son. I hope she does

contact you.

P.

Boopercat@... wrote:

>

> Yesterday in the Wal-mart line was a 20 year old man and his mother. He

> clearly had autism. I introduced myself and told her that my daughter

> had the

> same diagnosis as well. After speaking with her, it was clear that it

> was a very

> nice but uneducated woman with no confidence in herself to help her

> son. As

> she said " I'm not very smart. " She had turned him over to the school

> system

> and they had done virtually nothing for him. Now he is going to age

> out of the

> school systemin one year and I think that concerns her. I gave her my

> email

> address and phone number. I am hoping she will call me so I can tell

> her some

> of the things we have done and are exploring with my daughter. Here's

> the

> thing though. Although my daughter has verbal stims, this young man

> has verbal

> AND physical tics. REminded me of tourettes and including physical

> jerks. I

> don't know know what to tell her to do about that. If she does call

> me, does

> anyone have recommendations for this? Thank you.

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