This Whole Mito Thing (My Final Vent…Hopefully!)
A friend of mine lost her daughter at the age of 2. That is not autism. Trust me, anti-vax parents, you do not want mito. And, should it come out your child does indeed have mito, you’ll wish you had gotten those vaccines. ...
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Has the Government Conceded Vaccines Cause Autism?
However, the child does not have autism - he has a regressive neurological disorder that includes blood and muscle abnormalities not seen in autism, and any clinical resemblance to autism is not a reflection of a common cause. ...
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Vaccines, Autism and the Concession
At no point in either the concession report is it claimed that the developmental regression the child went through was autism. However, in the same way that Leukemia (weakness, paleness; fever and flu-like symptoms) can have the same ...
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David Kirby Asks Now What?? I'll Tell You...
So, essentially this child no longer has the "Autism" diagnosis. But rather, she requires help for manifestations of her mitochondrial disease. So, once again, Mr. Kirby--what does this have to do with your "followers" whose (as far as ...
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Special Needs Information Fair
It takes a lot of money to support an organization like Park Lawn where annual program expenses exceed $6 million. The state and local government does not have the funding to help this and the many other organizations like it." ...
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NY Times Falls for Hoax, Amanda Baggs
This bit of misdirection says nothing at all about autism but discusses a kid with Asperger's. It's impossible to tell if the author is simply ignorant since she won't reply to my information letting her know that she was conned or if ...
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Comment on LaynieWear Attack, PII: Lalinda Lovell, Pervert ...
To say that is ALL Autism Speaks does is clearly showing me that you are reading what you want and disregarding the rest and that includes the work they have done to gain grants for those with autism that are not lucky enough to lead ...
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Yesterday, the Lightbulb FINALLY went off
I got back and picked up my LOUDER THEN WORDS book........ *********** Next time you are in a room with a little over a hundred people, take a good look around. One of the people in that room is going to have an autistic child, ...
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Questions Parents Might Have If They Suspect Or Have Been Given A ...
1) What Is Autism? 2) What does it mean to be “on the spectrum”? 3) How did my child develop autism? Could it have been prevented? 4) Is it safe to have another child? What are the chances that my child’s siblings will have autism? ...
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More Questions for David Kirby
This child has a mitonchondrial disorder, as diagnosed by one of the foremost experts in the field. Learn & understand mito, and realize this case has NOTHING to do with the views you have regarding autism & vaccines. ...
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Swimming lessons not until age 4?
My husband and I giggle and tell him we're not sure if their will be a kiddy pool and try to explain the difference between kiddy and kitty. Our son does not know how to swim on his own yet. I am hoping he learns this summer. We have ...
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Genius May Be an Abnormality
Click here to read my paper entitled 'Choosing the Right Job for People with Autism or Asperger's Syndrome.' For many people with Asperger's, and for me, my life is my work. Life would not be worth living if I did not have ...
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Why do some parents become insistent on treating their child's ...
Would we expect a child who was paralyzed physically to operate in the same way a well child does? Yet these parents want their children, whose brains operate much differently than the typical child, to act as a typical child. ...
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Thank You, Colin Farrell
Whenever the spotlight is shown on famous people who have a child with a disability or disease, I think it helps us average Joe's living with a special-needs child. It shines light on something perhaps not too many people would ...
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Alex YouTubed! - Alex's Life & Times (in over 70 video clips)
Some in the autism community, though they've never met Alex in person, have known of him since my online presence started about 14 years ago, when he was 6 years old. A few other readers here have known Alex his whole life. ...
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Featured Blogger
where I talk how I learned that my daughter understood the magnitude of Nicky’s disability and how it would impact her forever. “Can Schools Do That -What Rights Does My Child Have” which details parents legal rights in the school ...
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Does anyone feel that I should get a diagnosis?
-Obsessions- I have obsessions, which interfere with doing my work, autism/asperger syndrome is one that I think about constantly. I don't talk to people about them though, I can have an obsession and keep it to myself, except for the ...
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Off To See Queensryche Live In Concert!!!!!!!!
I will surely miss his infectious laugh and contagious smile each day but for me to do this is a really big thing since it is for my pleasure and I do feel guilty for leaving him. This is the only time that I have taken a trip all on my ...
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Or Maybe He’s Not…
It has been, and still is, so unbelievably frustrating trying to figure out what is afflicting my poor child and trying to help him. So I have decided just to stop worrying about “what” it is and just put all my energy and time into ...
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The Britmeds 2008 (1st March)
"From an early age I have been fascinated by the workings of life. The human body is a remarkable machine with many diverse systems producing an organism that could never be artificially reproduced. My love of science is just one of my ...
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Excuses Excuses
I have a son with autism and I am going to great lengths to get him a babysitter so that I can attend the presentations at that time of day, and at the risk of severely disrupting my son’s own schedule and overall well-being—-I have to ...
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"Too open" about it...
So, in the face of feedback that perhaps I'm too open about having a child with autism, the whole of my being says, NO WAY! This is as much a part of me as my need to create- to knit & weave & dye beautiful colours. ...
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More On The Vaccine/Autism Case That The Government Coneeded
4) If the government is claiming that this child does NOT have autism, then how many other children might also have something else that merely "mimics" autism? Is it possible that 10%-20% of the cases that we now label as "autism," are ...
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Q&A: late talker?
So my gut tells me that if there is anything amiss it is probably specifically speech related and not something broader (autism spectrum). I don't work and she is my only child so I thought maybe she's just not hearing as much language ...
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Girl’s writings opening new window on autism
“It feels like my legs are on fire and a million ants are crawling up my arms,” Carly has written about the urge to hit herself. “I want to be like Taryn,” she has written of her twin sister, who does not have autism. ...
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Writing Beyond Disability Stereotypes and Heading towards the Light
It's his own normal," Lord said. She continued, "My daughter is often asked what it's like to have a brother with autism, and she always just shrugs. 'I don't know what it's like not to have a brother with autism,' she says." ...
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I Almost Lost My Child Today
I have never been so scared as I was today during Griffin's swimming session, I actually saw my child struggling for his life after he wandered from his OT and ended up in the deep water. I was terrified as I watched his head go under ...
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Is my Child Autistic?
The symptoms of Autism are many, and they vary in each child. Just because you see some symptoms of Autism in your child does not mean they are Autistic. There are other medical conditions that have the same symptoms. ...
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"Cameron" My Personal Experience with Autism - Feb 25,2008
Autism Speaks and Cure Autism Now. Thank you for caring enough to read my blog, it means more to me than you will ever understand. If I have enlightened at least one person, my mission is accomplished. Please feel free to comment. ...
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Acupuncture for Conception
He said he does offer acupuncture for infertility. He sees women at all stages of infertility, but he most often treats women who have had several failed in vitro attempts. Infertility Specialists at the Sheer Institute in Peoria, ...
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I was so angry yesterday I couldn't even write on here LONG sorry lol
I have two children with Autistic Spectrum Disorders and one child with Attention Deficit Disorder. I have always put my children FIRST. I have fought for their rights for 14 years and in return they have gotten the best services. ...
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What do I know
Writer Marc Coleman states that "What is happening with autism calls on our resources of outrage." But just a few lines later he writes, "Thank God, I have no experience of autism in my immediate family: in Ireland that would be some ...
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Echolalia and Autism: Why Does My Child Sound Like a TV Show?
When Tommy was 3, 4, and 5 years old he was verbal. In fact, he was very verbal. Of course, most of his language consisted of bits and...
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ABC News Considers Actually Reporting That The Government Has ...
In short, the column suggests that the federal government has chosen to concede to one case in which the plaintiff claims that her child developed features consistent with an autism spectrum disorder after receiving her vaccinations. ...
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Same Sex Classrooms
He might as well have said: ‘Boys are active, girls are passive. Boys should go out and have jobs, girls should stay home and have babies.’ ” While Sax, a gadfly, enjoys telling this story, Younger calls it “a fiction,” though he does ...
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Don't Like Your Friend's Kid?
We definitely have friends whose kids I don't like," says the Phoenix ice-sports retailer. "I figure out other ways to occupy my time when they're around."But maybe that's not an option for you, and the child is creating a roadblock in ...
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Autism’s Not Invisible in New Jersey
My son does fall under this sort of classification—-when my son was preschool age, we knew that he had less language and seemed to struggle more with academic programs than many of the other children. At that point, no one was inclined, ...
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A Letter to Grandparents
What does my grandchild need from me? He needs to know that you are a safe haven in a bewildering world. It may seem a lot to ask to be flexible with a child who appears to be misbehaving, but inflexibility will only put distance ...
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Teaching Kids to be Honest
I kept thinking if my 4-year-old had been with me I would have had to turn in the money to teach him right from wrong. But I also think it was kind of a stupid thing to do too. Parent Center says to lead by example:. Set a good example. ...
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My Child With Autism
I am first and foremost a child -- a child with autism. I am not primarily “autistic.” My autism is only one aspect of my total character. It does not define me as a person. Are you a person with thoughts, feelings and many talents, ...
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Autism speaks, but la la, I’m not listening
What I do know is that my child has autism, and I don’t like to think about what the outcome might have been if I’d done this-and-such instead of that-and-so. It’s not productive, and it makes me feel sad and helpless. ...
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Excellent Awards
Also to “Kristina Chew” over at “Autism Vox.” Yes I know it’s another autism blog for goodness sake and yes she does have the biggest brain on the blogosphere [and possibly off the blogosphere too] I think her blog was the first one I ...
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Where's the real "Evidence of Harm"?
There are people willing to kill their children all in the name of ridding autism from their lives. There are parents who say they would rather their autistic child have cancer because at least he or she would just die but still 'love ...
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Stepping Up: Combatting Antivaccinationist Misinformation
I just know my child has autism, and I don’t like to hear about your pediatrician, who started insisting that his patients follow the modified immunization schedule five years ago, has recently had his first and only case of autism. ...
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The Medication Question Again
And that’s an unfounded notion—-a serious misunderstanding—of the very real, very careful thinking that parents who have chosen to use medication for a child have put themselves through. As Warner asks,. “what if, examined in the light ...
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Mark Blaxill and Looking at the Data
More to the point, you have taken personal pleasure in advancing ideas that harm my child. You have described yourself with glee as "an evil ND enforcer." In an open society, you have every right to express those views in open venues of ...
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Can schools do that? What rights does my child have?
That being the case learning our child's right and some of the basic legal stuff is essential. Learning some basics has helped me to send the important message that "I mean business" which has translated to getting most of my sons needs ...
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Autism & Nutrition–Part 1
as Karyn Serrousi says, “track down and slay the beast that has invaded my child’s body.” Another recent book (2005), EVIDENCE OF HARM, by David Kirby explores in great depth the relationship between vaccinations and autism. ...
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Coming Clean
But does it mean we have to take the facts of autism and just accept that it is probably going to make for a much more difficult road for the child who has that to hoe, than for children who are "normal" -as if we really all can agree ...
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Mysterious Nephew...
The seizures only last from 30-60 seconds and he does not stiffen but just shakes. They did a spinal tap on him and an EEG and they both came back ok. Does anyone have a child that has simular symptoms or ideas of what this could be? ...
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Excellent Awards
Also to "Kristina Chew" over at "Autism Vox." Yes I know it's another autism blog for goodness sake and yes she does have the biggest brain on the blogosphere [and possibly off the blogosphere too] I think her blog was the first one I ...
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Autism part two
I remember one psychiatrist saying “support groups for very young children with autism are always so hopeful. I have never met the parents of an autistic three year old who didn’t say their child was ‘mildly’ or ‘Moderately’ autistic. ...
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Out of the loop
Instead of my sotto voce son’s voice, I have the giggly, fast talking mimic, a child exchange. “Be quiet or I’ll smear pooh all over your beds!” My startle reflex is keen, but I don’t crash the car. “What did you say?” “Nothing.” ...
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Hate to waste $30
We have to pursue this option not because we cannot or are not willing to pay for insurance; we have to pursue it because my child will not make the insurance companies any money and so she is uninsurable. ...
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My Child has Autism! What is My Role in His Education?
It does not matter if your child is verbal or not, if his diagnosis is light, moderate or severe on the spectrum. You have to remember that your child has a disorder that affect his communication skills and makes him unable to fend for ...
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Justified Choices
Not a day goes by when I don’t wonder if medicating my child is the right way to go. He has been diagnosed with Autism, ADHD, Severe Separation Anxiety, and Sensory issues. He is taking medications for ADHD and Anxiety. ...
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Buddy-of-the-Week Program (for Autism/Asperger's) by Anne Reel
S/he arranges to come in at a time the child will be out of the classroom for a special activity (ie, PT, OT, Speech, a special library visit). At times I have picked up my son early in order to facilitate the class meeting. ...
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Symptoms Of Autism - How To Tell If Your Child Is Autistic
So, is my child autistic? Here are some signs you should look out for. An autistic child does not maintain eye contact, nor does he communicate effectively. If you ask him a question, he just might not answer you, nor respond to you ...
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Myth, Science, and Autism: A Message from the AAP
Though theories such as the refrigerator mother theory of autism have long been discredited, parents today still seem to have a fervent emotional need to say that they did not, that they had no part, in causing a child to become ...
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Thinking Out Loud To Yourself--So Your Child Learns How
Children who have difficulty with all things social, that is children with autism spectrum disorders, often have difficulty developing a functional private speech system because it does not come natural to talk things over with ...
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The Remaining Four Candidates on Autism
The Democrats: Clinton and Obama have actually developed plans although, in my humble opinion, Clinton’s in more of a plan that Obama’s. I think Clinton actually gets it… Obama– not so much… He seems to lump Autism in with ...
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Kids and Stress
Tune in to your child’s worries. Start by observing your child a bit closer to see how he handles stress. Each child copes differently, but how does your kid deal with pressure? Does he have difficulty concentrating or is he excessively ...
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ABA vs Play Therapy.
My job is to actually get down on the floor and play with the child, relating to him or her as if I, too, were a child. At the same time, I have to retain that level of control, so that the child does not become confused about my status ...
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Fix it...
It's not like he was in an exclusive art school, this is a center for kids with autism. My child is not even severe! what would she do in a severe kind of setting? urgh! - In any case, he has been much calmer the last 4 days or so and ...
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caffeine,drugs and Autism and violence- The truth about it
I have never taken serious medication in my 27 years of living for me caffeine, flax seed, and pain killers (asperin, tylenol) is all i take, and it has helped me greatly and just be aware of what your child is taking for perscription ...
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Going to the Heart of Autism:The Relationship Development ...
Often when parents are told of their child's diagnosis, no one sits down with them and even explains what autism is. While autism researchers have basically reached a consensus about this during the last ten or twenty years, ...
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Al Capone Does My Shirts and Autism movie
I also found it interesting in both Al Capone Does my Shirts and the movie how the mother of the child with autism reacted to the situation. Within the novel the mother is very protective of Natalie and really wants her to go to the ...
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UNC Prof Suggests Abortion for Down Syndrome Babies
"In my opinion, the moral thing for older mothers to do is to have amniocentesis, as soon during pregnancy as is safe for the fetus, test whether placental cells have a third chromosome #21, and abort the fetus if it does," he said, ...
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Out of the loop
Instead of my sotto voce son’s voice, I have the giggly, fast talking mimic, a child exchange. "Be quiet or I'll smear pooh all over your beds!" My startle reflex is keen, but I don't crash the car. "What did you say?" "Nothing." ...
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Autism Articles Feb 19-22nd 2008
Question: "What one thing do you think my autistic child would want me to know about him?" Carly: "I think he would want you to know that he knows more than you think he does. He is lucky to have nice parents." ...
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What Autism Speaks Chooses To Report On...
We have never done a special diet. My child does have some dietary restrictions, these are for documented medical reasons. My child has a weighted blanket, again, this is something I would recommend. I don't necessarily consider this a ...
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[Torah/Theology]The Fifth Commandment and My NT Parents
In addition, I have no further interest in Forum politics if I can avoid it. That is another subject that I will no longer post on. By "Forum politics" I am not referring to subjects related to Autism/Asperger advocacy. ...
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My child constantly lies
Does anybody have any advice for me please. My 11yo boy constantly lies - and over the stupidest things sometimes. After an incident at school, we got FIVE different versions of what happened !! Father was most put out by the lying and ...
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The not so magical Disney trip
Me bickering with her to stop telling me what to do , how to dress my child and how to f'in feed him. At least my sweetie was asking " castle?" which means that our constant repeating of where we were going must have somehow sunk in ...
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Comment on This post is mainly for three sorts of people, who are ...
My child was evaluated for autism and was not found to be on the spectrum, but in the time it took (waiting for the appointment) for her echolalia and other signals to go away, I thought she was going to be diagnosed and so tried to ...
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Anyone have a child with autism? If so what are some of the ...
My wife and I have a child with autism. Our oldest son is borderline autistic, and was diagnosed when he was about 3. For him, some of the challenges we have with him, is keeping his attention focused. He's a very smart child, ...
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The Big Trade-off
But affection is a huge blessing and way to connect here at home. I'd be very unhappy if I could not hug and kiss my child, like my Friend can't do with hers. But I'd give a arm to have him learn to speak and tell me he when he hurts. ...
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in my quest to become more educated
as I mentioned in my comment on someone's page, when I do social histories I ask the families how much TV does your toddler watch...the average answer is four to six hours a day...I have parents tell me proudly that their child will ...
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My Hero Page 1 & 2
He runs a foundation for families that have a kid with autism. His son has autism, and that pushed him to start his foundation for that family that has a child with autism. He does allot of things to raise money for his foundation. ...
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[StemCells] when cord blood does no good
All I'm asking is for my child to have her own blood returned to her, in the possibility it may help her. We know she has a genetic clean bill of health from the genetic testing performed on her. We haven't asked for our insurance ...
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Helping your Autistic child deal with difficult situations
Does your Autistic child have problems with everyday social skills like going to the bathroom? washing their teeth? taking a bath? Or even social situations, like family gatherings? visiting Grandma? your neighbours dog even! ...
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Government Concedes Vaccine-Autism Case in Federal Court - Now What?
4) If the government is claiming that this child does NOT have autism, then how many other children might also have something else that merely “mimics” autism? Is it possible that 10%-20% of the cases that we now label as “autism,” are ...
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Parents, This Is Important
Not all therapists want parents in the room but if you have a therapist who does not let you participate at least part of the time--get a new therapist. The speech therapist might say Your child does better when you are not in the room. ...
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Two and a half baths
It was a place only for the brave. I am, and always have been, a cowardy custard. Hence I have little sympathy with the current generation of children in my care when it comes to foibles. When it comes to foibles, which it usually does, ...
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ADHD overlooked
I don't know if this girl really does have add or if she just has many blonde moments, but that was completely idiotic for him to say. I'm one of the better students in my grade, and I have ADHD. one day, actually the day he made that ...
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Nursery admissions? Get ready for the battle
And why do all the schools assume that a docile child who sits and does the activities asked of them is an ideal candidate for admission? Are they looking for dispirited zombies. And worse, and to my mind, the most blasphemous of them ...
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Assertive is my albatross...Hump Day Hmm for 2-27-2008
Discourage your child from having hope of success. These are often humps I have to get over, but constitutionally I am incapable of sitting down and being quiet when I fundamentally believe that is the wrong thing to do. ...
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It's Mid~Week
... sometimes a child's tantrum may be out of hand but we don't really know the truth. does that child have Autism? ADHD? practise patience, it teaches you to be patient :) so lastly, nothing beats than having Good News from my daughter ...
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Mercury-Autism Debate Rages On
"I would get calls from parents saying, 'I have to get my child immunized, what should I do,' " Haley said. "I told them, 'make the doctor's office show you the label insert for the vaccine and see if it says thimerosal, because if it ...
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Research vs Parental Experience.
We have some research information in our documents repository that has looked at the “outcomes” of dietary modification as an intervention in autism and many are contrary to my point but they are a good source of information and provide ...
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Playdates....now that's scarey!
I have the right to go anywhere with my son. · Nicky is a great kid and he deserves to go anywhere and see everything. · Nicky benefits from being in the world. · That he is a child first, and he has autism second ...
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I Have To Be Trusting and Celebratory
without disabilities and have pull-outs for PT, OT, Speech, and Oral Motor therapy. Too Good To Be True I have to trust strangers with my child. My child who has autism, hypotonia, nystagmus and SID. My child who does not speak. ...
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Warning, this story will make you cry.
I was speaking to my aunt about my cousin who has autism and she mentioned a product called Glutathione PleoLyposome. This apparently gives protein to the brain, and recently they have found that autistic cases do not receive protein in ...
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The Assumptions About “Happiness”
The Joy of Autism is a place to work out how we can live and surpass the barriers that confront my son and individuals like him. My son is where joy does reside for me. Quietly as it should. The blog title is just a simple statement ...
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Close the door
“If I wanted to find parents who had autistic children and who believed their child’s autism was impacted by vaccines,” notes one such activist, “I could just open my window and yell, because these parents are everywhere in my ...
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Does my child have Autism?
Here's what you can do: Here are some resources:
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HEARING HER VOICE
She does things that are obviously not age-appropriate. And with each passing year, she commands more stares than she used to. People "knowing" now that there is definately something not quite right about my child. ...
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Autism dan tranfer factor.
Autism is not a mental illness. Children with autism are not unruly kids, who choose not to behave. Autism is not caused by bad parenting. Furthermore, no known psychological factors in the development of the child have been shown to ...
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Autism
Most children and adults who have Autism respond very well to strict routines. Also, as one professional described it to me: "when you look at a tree you see bark and leaves, when a child/adult with Autism looks at a tree they see every ...
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Valentine's Day Family Traditions
He jumped up and down when my husband and I gave him some Car's pajamas and Sponge Bob shaped candy. Clinical Psychologist Dr. John Day said,"Any type of holiday traditions, like birthdays does impact children. ...
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