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Living and Growing with Pervasive Development Disorder & Autism
Issues and advice for families living with Pervasive Development Disorder (PDD). the so called "mild" form of Autism. Many of the discussion and topics here also apply to autism in general, regardless of where your child is on the autism spectrum.
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Posted by deepVertical™ on June 22nd, 2009 at 6:48am — No Comments
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Here is an email that I sent to a woman (this was back in October) who was very frustrated with the GFCF diet and her daughter. She was ready to give up on the diet....
"Don't quit. She's dazed, sick, and tired because she's in withdrawal. The gluten and casien protiens act like opioids in the body...opiates, morphine. Our kids are picky eaters because they know what gets them high and that's all they want to eat. My kids used to live on milk and goldfish crackers. Now they are gfc…
Posted by Bianca McCarver on January 26th, 2009 at 11:55am — No Comments
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Some issues I have seen with my two autistic children:
Yeast - we had already taken care of this problem with my daughter, but my son was having the same problem. We were in the process of giving him very strong doses of a prescription antifungal called Nystatin when we were introduced to XanGo. We started giving him the juice and we saw an immediate change in his bowel movements, which we had not seen with just…
Posted by Bianca McCarver on January 26th, 2009 at 11:54am — No Comments
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Hello everyone! My name is Bianca McCarver....but you can call me "the hip lady"!
Our neighbor, Alexander Bond, introduced us to XanGo. My husband and I have 4 children, 3 of whom have special needs. Our intention was to try the juice for a full 90 days on ourselves before giving it to our children. I was 33 years of age at the time but, if you had seen me on any given morning, you would have thought that I was in my 80's....seriously! My arthritis pain would start shortly after I went to…
Posted by Bianca McCarver on January 26th, 2009 at 11:54am — No Comments
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By Lance Winslow
One of our jobs when representing the important challenge of Autism is to send a message to the public, one which is easy to understand and gets the point across. Whether we are primarily focused on fundraising or laun…
Posted by Lance Winslow on January 4th, 2009 at 4:36am — No Comments
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Started by Amy Domestico Aug 31
Best selling Author of "Look Me In The Eye," John Elder Robison returns to AWA Radio to continue his discussion on Asperger's and selecting a partner. http://budurl.com/aspergers831 Read More »
Started by deepVertical™. Last reply by Mary May 11.
One of the most agonizing choices in determining the best school for your child is whether to get them into a specialized program with out children who have developmental disabilities or whether to... Read More »
Started by Bianca McCarver Feb 16
Just click on the link to get to the Yahoo article. Lots of great info! Read More »
Tagged: food additives
Started by Bianca McCarver Jan 27
Here are two pdf's. One is the actual report, and the other is a short interview about the study. Pretty scary stuff... Read More »
Tagged: mercury, high fructose corn syrup, soda, caustic, hfcs
Started by Bianca McCarver Jan 26
We stopped using soy products about a year ago. Mostly because we were worried that the naturally occuring hormones in soy were contributing to the seizures that our daughter was having. I just cam... Read More »
Started by Bianca McCarver Jan 26
We are already dairy free, but I found this article very interesting. It explains some things and raises questions about others. What do you think? Cows Milk - Even Cows Don't Drink It By Jean Sh... Read More »
Tagged: cow milk
Started by Bianca McCarver Jan 26
Interesting newsletter I recently received... Gastrointestinal Considerations in Special Needs Individuals by Larry Newman Chief of Product Development and Manufacturing Kirkman Group, Inc. The... Read More »
Tagged: gastrointestinal, leaky gut
Started by Bianca McCarver Jan 26
I just posted a blog about this and wanted to make sure everyone sees it. ; ) Read More »
Started by deepVertical™ Nov. 29, 2007
We can't say enough good about Dr. Christina Hift, a NYC and Westchester County Pediatrician. She's the best doctor of ANY specialty that our family has ever been with. She looks at each child indi... Read More »
Tagged: gluten-free, nyc, gluten, westchester, doctors
Started by deepVertical™ Nov. 29, 2007
At six months, our daughter's favorite food was bread (challah). She would eat adult size portions of it day after day. LIttle did we know, how much it was hurting her ability to overcome the ill e... Read More »
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