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What are your thoughts on nutritional approach to autism? I'm brand new here and have a fdamily friend who is an Early Intervention Specialist. Her primary recommendation is start with dietary changes before going any other route. Any input will be appreciated. Thank You Connie I am new to the forum and saw your posting. My daughter is 8 and has been on the gluten free and casein free diet for 4 1/2 years. She also takes many vitamins. Gastrointestinal disorders run in the family. That was our decision for starting the diet. She did very well on it right from the start. It doesn't work for everyone and is better to start as young as possible. cinn
my name is cleopatra and i have a 6yr. old autistic son, and his name is Tahji. he is so adorable. in my country, there is no special program for autistic children, so i am on my own in trying to train him using all the info that i can get my hands on. In terms of nutition, he eats very well. he does not like potatoes, and cooked vegetables. apart from this he eats everything else. i just wish that i had somenoe to help me train him properly. he has been diagnosed as a severe autism child. he cannot sit still for one minute, he does not speak, i have a hard time getting him to be potty trained, and i have to feed him. only a few months ago he started to hold a glass to drink on his own. i need all input that i can get. thank you Cleopatra, my heart breaks for you. My advicew to you is, if there isnot a program set up for autistic children in your area, go to the director of the local school and ask him for all the resources that they have on developmentally delayed children . ask him/ her to work with you on setting up some sort of program and list of activites that you can do with him. Also, contact your local church, after all we are all God's children, they may be able to put with someone who has experience in your situation. Ask your Doctor for information on medications that ma calm him down long enough for you or his teachers to teach him basic life skills. Now, obviously, you have access to a computer, visit amazon.com and find books on autism, purchase them from the web site or contact your local library to see if they either have them or can order copies for you. Contact your local university, you may find students that want to major in education willing to work with you . Do not give up on him, you've taught him to hold a cup already, imagine what you can teach him with the proper materials. good luck and god bless you! [QUOTE=cleopatra antho]
my name is cleopatra and i have a 6yr. old autistic son, and his name is Tahji. he is so adorable. in my country, there is no special program for autistic children, so i am on my own in trying to train him using all the info that i can get my hands on. In terms of nutition, he eats very well. he does not like potatoes, and cooked vegetables. apart from this he eats everything else. i just wish that i had somenoe to help me train him properly. he has been diagnosed as a severe autism child. he cannot sit still for one minute, he does not speak, i have a hard time getting him to be potty trained, and i have to feed him. only a few months ago he started to hold a glass to drink on his own. i need all input that i can get. thank you [/QUOTE] [QUOTE=cleopatra antho]Hi Cleo,
sorry to hear about your son; my son, who is 30 months-old was diagnosed with PDD_NOS this past October. Living in Canada and having to rely on the socialised health care system (which still has long ways to go on cases of ASD), the ressources are very limited. The expected wait to get your child seen for an assessment is about 18 months. So, I recommend you visit sites from the UK and Belgium. Their sites in general offer a lot of information on what to do and how to design your own program. Personnally, I recommend by starting to massage your child; at first, he might not let you do it and you have to persevere. This will allow his sensory to progress and develop further. In Nicky's case, I am still not able to massage his feet nor his hands, but the rest of the body is OK. The power of touch has quite an impact on kids with ASD. Also, try to find a site that talks about Pecs (or Pics); it is used with the ABA method. What it is: the use of images to teach your child to make requests and language. It does not go deeper than that but is a start towards communication. Also, using a lot of gestuals when talking to him and make up little songs to describe an activity (for instance: "Going in the car, going in the car, trala lalalala, going in the car", all the while making the gesture of holding a steering wheel. Now, my son does the same gesture when he wants to go for a ride. I hope other memebers will be able to add to this. Take care and keep us informed on your child's improvements. [/QUOTE] Hi You are doing a wonderful job and your son is the luckiest boy in the whole world to have you for a mother. I have an autistic 5 year old and things got much better after we started physical therapy. Many autistic children are able to sit still longer and attend to tasks better if they have the proper physical outlet for their frustrations. I suggest getting as much information on physical therapy as you can. I have many many therapists who are friends of mine who would be glad to help you with your questions. I am mom1221 so anytime you go on this website just post a message to me and I will be glad to help as much as possible. Mothers of special needs children are joined in a special sisterhood no matter where we live or who we are and we must stand hand in hand with one another. Best of luck!!!Greetz I have my son on a partial gf/cf diet and on omega 3's and DMAE I also give him liquid vitiams he does well but has some limits to what he will eat. but don't all kids..lol well for my son he didn't speak for a long time all he ever said was momma I bought him a leap pad and books I knew he would like and with in 4 months he started speaking and reading he is a little behind but keeps showing much improvment. also we as a family we only dwell on what he can do and never on what he can't always keep positive stuff we keep out all negitive he didn't do things at regular time (UGH hate that word regular) but what is regular he did them when his time was right and to me that is all that matters he can now tie his shoes and use scissors he also dresses himself and can take a shower now he is great. We were just told that he also has epilepsy and tourette syndrome but only facial tic's not verbal so life is fun daily ..... |
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