Cure For Daniel

PANDAS and AUTISM

2006-03-18T14:01:00.000-08:00

I think i have finally figured out why Daniel has screamed....

latent strep...... PANDAS

No, not the furry bear like creatures that exsist or the miriad of collectables i have but the pediatric autoimmune neuropsychiatric disorders associated with streptococcus

And the more i read the more i am convinced that many children harbor such strep or other related virus's and bacteria that cause autoimmune problems that might be responsible for some if not all of their autistic tendancies.... i intend to study this further.

I am going to try to convince his doctor to do a 48 hour strep test on agar (one way to dx it, the other is D8/D17 immunologic marker) , and might have an answer, that is if i havent already killed the strep that was in his body.

After following a pretty strict protocol i think the step is gone, the screaming is GONE , completely.

I urge parents of children who have ongoing or sudden behaviors, whose children have a DX or Autism, ADD, ADHD, Bipolar, OCD, anxiety, aberrant behavior, and resulting tantrums, compulsions and fixations, rituals, tic-like eye stims or movements, etc. to consider this very real CAUSE and problem ....and best of all its treatable!

According to various PANDAS websites, and I found the documented research, and Dr. Hollander's abstract on "B Lymphocyte Antigen D8/17 and Repetitive Behaviors in Autism, from the American Journal of Psychiatry , Feb. 1999, that clearly indicated a propensity or susceptibility for PANDAS in Autistic children.

The emerging evidence is very clear, the so called psychiatric or mental illness problems can be biological....and treatable, even cured.

Perhaps the evidence is almost here to convince others the need for biomedical intervention is mandatory for the recovery of autism.....that is, for those that want to cure their children.

Cheryl

1000 Cases of Recovery

2006-03-09T16:28:00.000-08:00

The Autism Research Institute knows of 1000 cases of recovery.

http://www.danconference.com/springLetter.htm

Maybe someday Recovery for all will be more than a dream.

Studies ....http://www.autismndi.com/news/display.asp?content=RESOURCES&shownews=20040721154152

I (and many others) have long felt that there were many types or subsets of autism and now The M.I.N.D. Instistue is going to determine these subsets and map out the best form of treatments, which will be a great thing to do. Perhaps then people will be convinced of the possibilities of biomed intervention.....

RESEARCHM.I.N.D. Institute Launches Largest Biomedical Assessment of ASD
ChildrenAutism Phenome Project aims to redefine autism by identifying
distinct subtypes.

Multidisciplinary teams of physicians and scientists at the Universityof California, Davis, M.I.N.D. Institute have launched the nation's mostcomprehensive assessment of children
with autism to detect the biologicaland behavioral patterns that define subtypes
of the disorder.

Called the Autism Phenome Project,

the large-scale, longitudinal studywill enroll 1,800 children -- 900
with autism, 450 with developmental delayand 450 who are typically developing --
who will undergo a thorough medicalevaluation in addition to systematic analyses
of their immune systems, brainstructures and functions, genetics, environmental
exposures and bloodproteins. Children will be 2 to 4 years old when they begin
participating inthe study, and their development will continue to be evaluated
over thecourse of several years. The first phase of the research is funded by
the UCDavis M.I.N.D. Institute and philanthropic donations.

"Children with autism clearly are not all the same,"

said David G.Amaral, research director of the UC Davis M.I.N.D.
Institute and co-directorof the project. "The tremendous variation leads us to
believe that autism isa group of disorders rather than a single disorder --
several autisms versusone autism. More Info: www.mindinstitute.org.

Warmy ....

2006-03-08T17:52:00.000-08:00

The other night I took Daniel's blanket out of the dryer, like i normally do and wrapped it around him and to my surprize my special boy said "warmy"... while most parents of 12 years olds might not think that is a big deal, for my son it is a major accomplishment. I typically say warmy blanket as i wrap my son in his cherished warm blanket but this time he delighted me expressing his own happiness at the warmth of his blanket with a word....

Words have not come easy for this boy in his 12 years. He spoke a few when he was little but for 10 years there were no words until December, until after a month of biomedical intervention.

He has been on everything I think he needs for about a month now and the change is very dramatic. Not just words but interactions are new and "normal", learning is fun and less difficult. I am grateful for all the wonderful progress my boy is showing and I hope it continues ...

As far as school is concerned i doubt he will be going back and altho i am sad about that I have gotten over the constant crying. Now I am more angry than anything else and so now I intend to vent my anger toward a greater goal.

I intend to file a civil action in Federal Court and hopefully get the DP decision reversed. In doing so my son will be able to be a normal kid again, able to attend school just as his peers do. ANd if I am successful perhaps other children and their parents wont have to be at the mercy of school personell that think of themselves rather than the needs of a child....

I may have lost the battle, but the war continues and hopefully I will win the next battle that wins the war....

SO it begins

Cheryl

I failed him

2006-03-03T21:41:00.000-08:00

I lost the Due Process Hearing...

Ironically mostly because i trained the aide therefore she was trained , doesnt matter that tho i am qualified in the judges eyes to train i am not qualified to make a decision that she isnt capable of being trained.

SO many things not even taken into account. It was like the judge was predisposed to find for the district and nothing else mattered. Didnt matter that the woman they hired to be my son's aide LIED under oath.DOESNT MATTER that she committed PERJURY ! Didnt matter that the school hired someone unqualified when 2 were available that were qualified, it didnt matter what my son needed at all ....

And so now he will not be going to school even longer.... he wont get to be with kids, he will continue to stay home , i cannot possibly send him back to that woman that is capable of lying, what else has she lied about?

Is that why he looks at her with fear ?

How could i possibly send him back to that woman who doesnt care AT ALL if SHE is the reason my son isnt in school... what kind of evil person does that?

She knows if she quit my son would be in school ....she knows she is the reason he is not in school, she cares more about HERSELF having a JOB than a CHILD !!!!!!!!!!! How could any parent leave a child who cant speak for himself with someone so evil ? I know i cant...

I am so upset right now i havent stopped crying since i read the decision in the post office parking lot. Its so unjust and its against my child. My special boy and These people do not care at all about a BOY .......................how evil is that ?

All the recent occurances about the CDC cover ups , throw away children.... so many schools not caring about children, just throw them away ... IDEA was suppose to change that and and even now in 2006 disabled children are still throw away nothings ....given psuedo rights , meaning nothing.

I am torn between letting it go, just keeping him home, not having to put myself thru this anymore, i guess thats selfish....selfish that i just dont want to fight anymore i just dont want to cry anymore i just dont want to deal with people who dont care about my son anymore it hurts so much that they do this to him and me...and part of me knows i could just walk away ... leave them all behind, say goodbye to the public school system. And part of me knows that doing so means my son never gets to sit with other children, to run with other children, to laugh with other children ... he will be destined to a life with just his mom, much sooner than he should have to be...

Then again i bet i wake up tomorrow, dry my tears and prepare for battle. I'm fairly stubborn when it comes to protecting my son's right to go to school and actually learn something. So tomorrow is another day and while they may have won the battle i will Prepare to win the war.....hopefully i can make a judge see this thru the eyes of a boy......
Cheryl

Nasal MB12

2006-03-01T15:12:00.000-08:00

I got the MB12 today ! And so far it hasnt done anything. Course that could be cause its been 5 minutes since i sprayed it ;-)

Hopefully i wont have to sit on him to do the next one ! lol

I hope he responds to it, he may or may not but it is something i felt i should try and so here we go ! Finally !

Cheryl

22 days more days...

2006-02-21T23:50:00.000-08:00

I hadnt realized I havent posted since the day before the hearing. The hearing was such an emotional rollercoaster i am just now starting to recover and yet the real turmoil hasnt ended. Just 22 more days till i find out if Daniel will be going back to school.

I keep worrying that i wasnt good enough, keep worrying i forgot to present everything that needed to be presented, knowing i did forget some things, hoping it wont matter.

Today i kept thinking if i lose...

If i lose he wont be going back, if i lose he will no longer have what other kids get to experience, if i lose he will not be with kids again for a very long time.

He cant possibly go back if i lose.

The hearing was a few surprizes. Nice surprizes in one aspect that someone was more honest than i expected them to be, bad surprize from one that i trusted and found that i couldnt. And even more confirmation coming with knowing the person they have assigned to my son is capable of lying under oath , confirming my fears of the things going on that i only speculated to and feared previously...

And knowing he cant possibly go back and be put in that situation again. I keep wondering how someone can care more about themselves than a boy, but the hearing answered that question, the needs of a boy arent important to most....

I am scared, scared he wont ever get to be a boy in school again, surrounded by other children , no longer any opportunity to just have what normal kids have.

Ive thought about moving if i lose, but I cant move for at least a year or so...I cant leave this town with my oldests' senior year coming up, I cant do that to him..... so Daniel would remain at home till then. Which when I am being rational and less sad feel it might not be so very bad, he is enjoying being home, he is learning and actually seems rather happy.
Perhaps its my own feeling that he is missing something by not going to school, my own NTness that makes his not being in school sad only for me. He sure doesnt seem to mind at all...

just 22 days till his future is decided, in the hands of a judge now, just waiting .... and me not feeling i was good enough to save him from being institutionalized at 12, in his own home.
:-((

Due Process Hearing Tomorrow

2006-02-06T22:34:00.000-08:00

Tomorrow is the day …

Tomorrow is the Due Process Hearing that will decide if Daniel ever goes back to school.

Its been 56 days since he went to school and tho he seems to be loving it at home, I am so tired I wonder how much longer I can go on. I have barely posted in so long cause I am just obsessive about preparing for this hearing so I don’t lose. And I am so scared I am going to lose !
Which means Daniel loses !
Home schooling is actually going well, he is learning so much, doing so well.... so there is that guilt factor for wanting to send him back…. But I think he needs the kids and being away from the house more, away from mom. And I need a break. I wasn’t cut out for this. Its possible it might be different if I weren’t involved in preparing for this hearing but I doubt it. I like my time alone.

I WANT TO BE ALONE !

And so I am scared.

Everything rides on how well I can do tomorrow, and I am scared cause I know they are going to lie. I have a feeling they will all have their stories (lies) straight and they will lie. Everything rides on how well I can do tomorrow, and I am scared cause I know they are going to lie. I have a feeling they will all have their stories (lies) straight and they will lie.

IF they are honest I will win, I know it, and I am sure they know it, too.
So they will lie, They will lie even tho its lying against a child …. They will lie to protect themselves and forget they are lying about a child’s life.

I am so very very scared …I’ve said it so many times but I hate this place, I hate this school district, I just want so very much to go away …

Please if anyone has any good vibes to spare I need some good thoughts at 8 am tomorrow ….please prey for me to be strong so I can win and my son can go back to school…
Cheryl

Battle for education

2006-01-16T01:29:00.000-08:00

Been a busy few weeks, homeschooling Daniel is going well. He has settled into the routine and we are both enjoying it. In the evenings i work on the upcoming Due Process Hearing. ITs alot of work but so far so good. I have found the laws and case law to support by arguments and written my briefs, gotten my exhibits ready and now i am working on the questions i will ask at hearing.

It is sad they would do this but now I am actually looking forward to beating them. They could a done what is right, the could a provided Daniel with a competent paraprofessional, but they didnt want to do that and now the get to have another wake up call. This is all reminding me of the first time i had to go thru this with this school district.

5 years ago they didnt want to follow the IEP and we had a hearing and i won, proved denial of fape. And i hope to again this time.

I dont think there is anything worse than having to waste time on this tho. I guess i could just continue to homeschool, but he deserves to be in school with the other kids and to be instructed by someone who knows what they are doing and so i will fight the good fight and if i prevail they will regret not doing right by him when they had the chance...

Cheryl

Fight for Appropriate Education

2005-12-30T05:42:00.000-08:00

It has been a ruff several weeks for us.....

When Daniel was kicked out of the out of district school in October and forced to return to this school district the bleakness of it turned to a blessing in that I was able to design his educational program and his learning atmosphere. It did seem like for the first time in a long time that Daniel would have appropriate education.

However the person they hired to assist him throughout his day was not qualified. Daniel had 2 wonderful paraprofessionals in this school previously- paraprofessional is the title of his educational assistant - and I had hoped the District would retain one of these ladies to be Daniel's paraprofessional, but the District had other ideas (influenced by school political motivations and personal friendships with this person by the sped teacher) and hired someone with no experience at all.

I stated repeatedly this person wasn’t qualified and would never be qualified (my opinion after spending many days attempting to train this person) but they were determined to keep her. So I had to remove Daniel from school on December 16. Being in school with this person as his para was creating situations and behaviors that were making him regress and will be detrimental to Daniels future educational progress, as well as preventing him from learning. This person was incapable of implementing the program yet the District was adamant in keeping her, so I had to request a Due Process Hearing to force them to provide someone qualified.

Since then we had a resolution meeting - a new requirement of IDEA '04 - to try and resolve the issues but after being screamed at repeatedly by the special education teacher we were unable to resolve anything. They are determined to keep her, to try and cover their butt's for the violations of rights and Denial of FAPE that has occurred (its actually a very long and complicated story), they are determined to keep this unqualified person and they seem to think they wont be accountable for their actions. So we have to go to hearing on February 7th 2006 and until the Judge makes a decision it is looking like Daniel wont be in school at all ...which is taking its emotional toll on me for having to prepare for this hearing - I can't afford an attorney so its up to me to protect his rights - and the anguish of knowing he needs to be in school is extremely upsetting as well.

What makes it even more upsetting is that for probably the first time in his life Daniel's mind is out of the fog he has been in and he is very receptive to learning. BIOMED intervention has created new opportunities to reach him that are exciting and miraculous and yet he can't even have access to his birthright appropriate education because of this School Districts actions .....

Sure, I am capable of teaching him, but I do not have the resources the school has, nor does he have the contact of peers. And its a proven fact he learns better with a qualified paraprofessional than he does with mom.

So once again I am faced with a legal battle to fight for my son's life... forced to fight a system in a court of law against a qualified attorney, with the most complicated laws of this country. How fair is that ? I know I can do it, I have had to before and won, but I shouldn’t have to....

If this school would JUST do what is right, if ALL schools would just do what is right, without their little games and power trips, parents such as myself wouldn’t face this so overwhelming seemingly insurmountable task , a simple obligation a school has (that most take for granted) of providing education to a child.

So fight I must, time and energy wasted just to provide for my son what the law says he will have and the school has to be forced to provide…

On a brighter note Daniel was laying in his bed the other day and I went in and he said "Bye Mom"...... 2 simple words. Usually he would just wave bye bye, meaning “leave me alone mom” but now he has found his voice... thanks no doubt to biomedical intervention, and told me in typical preteen fashion to leave him alone....

I am waiting in great expectation for the ability to add the rest of his supplements he needs and get again some he is out of…. Just a few more weeks and I will have the ability to give him the MB12 Nasal Spray, more NDF (he’s out) and all the other’s I know he needs but have been unable to buy…..

I have no doubt once he has all of them the progress will be even greater….
This journey of his life has been difficult, but I for one think he is worth the effort, the money and the tears just to hear him say “bye mom“.....and the promise of so much more.
Cheryl

Recovery from Autism is a reality!

2005-12-14T14:55:00.000-08:00

I got this from the Autism Research Institute today:

From: Bernard Rimland, Ph.D.THANK YOU! Thanks to the generosity of our donors, recovery from autism is no longer a dream -- it is a reality! More progress has been made in the last 3 years than in the previous 3 decades!Research by scientists funded by ARI -- money that donors provided -has brought about major improvement, and often recovery, to autistic children throughout the US and, increasingly, throughout the world.While mainstream medicine spends millions of dollars hoping to find "drugs that in 7 to 10 years will help control the symptoms of autism," ARI, through its Defeat Autism Now! (DAN!) Project, uses safe and natural treatments to bring about recovery in autistic children today.Many in the autism community are skeptical about our having brought about recovery. But when we say "recovery," we do mean recovery. Seeing is believing. You can see for yourself:In October 2004, a group of recovered, formerly autistic children were introduced to the attendees at our Los Angeles DAN! Conference. The DVD of this event was awarded a Gold Medal at the 2004 Houston Film Festival.On December 1st ARI made available on the Internet a new video showing a second group of recovered autistic children, from our October 2005 DAN! Conference in Long Beach, California. Seventeen-year-old Garrett Goldenberg, whose remarkable recovery from severe autism in 1993-1994 inspired me and my colleagues to initiate the DAN! Project in 1995, gave a stirring talk to the audience. You can see Garrett and the other recovered children at www.Autism-RecoveredChildren.org. Our original prize-winning video of the first group of recovered kids may also be viewed at that site. In 2006 we will add many more recovered kids, and interviews with their parents and doctors, to that site.In a few weeks we will have DVDs available showing both the first and second groups of recovered autistic children-they will be made available free to our donors. Our Defeat Autism Now! Project is really beginning to get worldwide attention. Our DAN! Doctors (there are now almost 500 of them) have been receiving invitations to speak, and requests for information and assistance, from doctors, organizations, and individual families in Europe, South America, Australia, and Asia. The word about the success we are achieving is spreading fast. No doubt our greatly enhanced presence on the Internet (www.AutismInfoWebsite.com)is helping us spread the word: Autism IS Treatable!-Recovery from Autism IS Possible!In 2002 we gave a seed grant to researchers in the Pediatric Gastroenterology Department of the Harvard Medical School. The direct outcome is what is now titled the Autism Treatment Network (ATN), a consortium of autism treatment centers at not only Mass. General Hospital (Harvard), but Baylor College of Medicine, Cleveland Clinic, Columbia University, Oregon Health and Science University and the University of Washington Medical Center.In addition to our very successful and evolving DAN! Project and greatly enhanced Internet presence, the Autism Research Institute, with its small and dedicated staff, continues to help parents, teachers, healthcare practitioners, and other professionals on a daily basis by responding to individual requests and offering help and hope.If you have recently sent a contribution to ARI to help with our work, this will serve as an expression of our gratitude for your help. If you have not donated to us, please consider sending us a generous donation that will help us bring recovery to even more autistic children, in 2006 and the ensuing years. The gifted scientists whose work has been so fruitful are eager to pursue even more advanced research. They have many more good research ideas. Help us help them!With best wishes for a happy holiday season and pleasant and prosperous New Year.

Cordially,Bernard Rimland, Ph.D.

Dare to Dream

2005-12-08T16:27:00.000-08:00

I have hesitated posting about Daniel's progress since beginning BIOMED intervetion just 6 weeks ago, scared that somehow i would jinx it, scared that if i dared to dream or put into words what i have seen so far that it would come to a screeching halt.

The progress seen so far is nothing short of amazing. Daniel has been saying MA now, he has said Hi to people , 2 simple words he has not said in many many many years. And even then only infrequently.

He is calmer, screams less to none, stims less, is more interested in educational toys or interacting with me than shredding paper than at any time in his 12 years of life. He is focused, interested in learning. He is more interactive.

The change in him with biomed intervention is providing new hope for his future.

The circles under his eyes are almost gone, too. I know that biomed is giving him the healthy body that he has not had most of his lifetime and will lead to a healthier mind....

I urge anyone who has not already investigated biomed intervention for their child with autism to do so. Dont wait and have the regrets i do for waiting so long... Daniel is proving its never too late, and i will never know what if any difference it would have made had i done it sooner, but the difference now is compelling....

Cheryl

Autism Epidemic, Parents seeking a Cure

2005-12-05T12:29:00.000-08:00

The other day it was posted on http://www.autismweb.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=4 that a blogger named Autism Diva was stating parents of autistic children were injecting the children with cyanide and cobalt, referring to the MB12 Injections many parents are using and finding recovery with.... she says a few other things, none containing much truth, but the reason for my comments today are the lengths it seems people will go to so others can't find the cure to autism. To give doubt to the fact that some children are recovering....

Seems some people find it offensive to cure a child from a disease.

Yes autism IS a disease. It is a biological disorder of the body and brain, it is not simply a person's personality as these zealots claim. Autism is a group of symptoms, symptoms of a sick body, needing biomedical intervention in order to recover. Autism is NOT simply who a person is no matter how much these people would like others to believe it.

ITs sickening the way these people speak of how parents are crazy trying to cure their child. Creating groups for hatred against parents that would want a better life for their children than sitting in a corner unable to communicate, spending hours of every day invloved in repetitive motion that their brain craved because of metal toxicity or deficiencys of nutrients and amino acids to make the brain function appropriately, or both.

I personally would think a parent crazy for not trying to cure their child from a major disabilty . If a child needed heart surgery and a parent declined the surgery they would most likely lose the child to CPS.

So why is this different?

Why do so many have a fear of curing such a debilitating disease? Why would anyone want their child or themselves to live with a disability if they didnt have to? How in the world did someone convince them that the disability of autism was "who" they are? These questions go thru my mind, and i have heard of some of their answers, but they seem a bit programed.....

Seems a bit odd they would want their lives defined by biomedical imbalances of the brain and body rather than a healthy body and mind.

It is just so unfathomable how it could come to that, how brainwashed they have let themselves become to reject something that could possibly make their lives far more enjoyable than they obviously are....they all seem to say society is what needs to change, but even if society changes the debilitating aspects of autism are still present and would still cause problems. Only biomedical intervention will make the mind and body healthy , so why reject that ?

This Diva person also states that there is no autism epidemic. How anyone with intelligence could deny the epidemic is beyond me. The facts are there for anyone to know the truth, that really WANTS THE TRUTH!

The vaccine makers deny it, they go to great lengths to make the public believe it is not an epidemic so they cant be held responsible, they have manipulated studies, withheld information and i suppose as with the case of the Diva, they have their believers....

Hopefully, for the sake of the hundreds of thousands of children with autism, their parents will see the truth, so that their children will not have to suffer needlessly from a very debilitating disability when there is the possibility of cure.

Cheryl

good news bad news

2005-12-02T06:58:00.000-08:00

Daniels Dr finally agreed to prescribing the Nascobal and Nystatin. I had given him information hoping he would. tho i hoped he would actually read the information so that he would prescribe it correctly and it be covered, but he didnt do that. He said they wont cover it. They would if he would actually do some tests, that i suggested, or pick a diagnosis that indicates the need, but that didnt happen. And i cant afford it right now, so i have to find an alternative....

I find it frustrating that Drs treat people with autism differently. Assigning every symptom to autism rather than to real physcial ailments...or bodily problems. Autistics get sick too, they have problems that are not simply autism, getting this dr (and other drs) to understand that is proving more difficult than i thought.

I decided to order some sublingual of the MB12 and see if i cant get him to hold it under his tongue. I will see how that works. Hopefully it will benefit some. Some say it is as good as the nasal spray or injections, others say its not. But will be better than nothing till i can get the Nasal MB12.....

I located some kefir grains too, cant wait to try those, too! Kefir has a very healing probiotic effect, works well to eliminate yeasts and fungus and get the body to use the supplements better. Kefir is a magic food and i cant wait to find some magic !

Cheryl

Depressing Holidays

2005-11-28T06:59:00.000-08:00

I hate this time of year as it is, its rarely about anything other than money, but this year already seems worse... all the festivities, people spending money , asking what your getting for your kids.. Hard to say "not much" without appearing to be a grinch.All the commercials of the things advertised to buy and sadder still unable to buy what one of my boys need, what I know he needs to have a chance at a normal life.

Buying Daniel supplements on an already tight income is proving to be an impossible task. Add to that trying to buy christmas presents and its not even imaginable. I guess i just have to keep trying but its so hard, i would really like to wake up from this nightmare called my life.

I ran out of taurine this weekend and the change in Daniel was obvious. Obvious this amino acid supplement works well for him. When he is on it he pays more attention, he doesnt want to just sit and stim all day, he purposely plays with his educational toys, he rarely screams.... and without it all he wanted to do was sit and shred paper, and scream.

The list of things he still needs is long, the desire to provide him those things is like trying desperatly to cling to life , knowing it would make such a difference in his life and its out of my grasp and that hurts more than anything in my life has ever hurt before.

And now on top of this its the time of year to be laughing and happy and looking forward to presents under a tree, talking with friends about what a child has written on their wish list, not wanting to know more wishes ...the wishes already cant be fullfilled and i secretly wonder will anything be there at all....

Wanting very much to believe in the magic of christmas ...magic that all will be well, my kids will be happy, magic that Daniel will have all he needs, yet having some hope for the future is proving to be illusive. I was full of hope when i learned more about biomedical intervention, but that hope has turned into anquish because it seems to be out of reach. Knowing the cure might be there if there was just some real magic....

So forgive me for not being in the christmas spirit, please.

Cheryl

Back in School

2005-11-21T11:10:00.000-08:00

Daniel has been back in his neighborhood school now for 2 weeks. He had been going to the Centralia School District but they kicked him out (violation of IDEA rights) most likely because i dared to request his rights not be violated but thats another very long story which can be found on the Cure for Daniel website under Daniel's story(link at right)...
So he was out of school for for a few weeks because this school district didnt have a program for him. I was allowed to set up his classroom and schedules and basically design his program, which i shouldnt have to do but such is life. Better to do the work and know its done than to not have it done at all. It was hard work tho and I am glad its finished !

Several teachers have remarked how different he is than when he was here last year. I havent told most of them i was doing biomedical intervention. But biomed is the key to why he is doing so well. I have no doubts about it. He is more focused and calm. I can just imagine what effect the rest of the treatment will bring, i imagine great things will happen in his life.

When he is "on" the NDF he doesnt stim, he plays with his speaking educational toys or wants to interact with people. When it wears off (about 4 hours) he is back to wanting to shred paper. A good sign it is pulling the metals and toxins from his body allowing his mind to come out of the fog.

The NDF, taurine, B6, DMG and mega mulitvitamin are all helping open up new learning experiences for him. I can only dream what continued use and the rest of the supplements will do.... but its a good dream, replacing the nightmare of years past.

Cheryl

The Cure Debate

2005-11-17T01:01:00.000-08:00

The other night I was in chat and mentioned my site and it sparked a debate over the "idea" of a cure. There are those that dont think a cure is possible, there are those that think curing means to take something away from a person. I have had this debate many times over the last 9 years and my opinion hasnt changed.

I feel those that steadfastly deny they want a cure are in fact in denial, or scared. Perhaps so many have drilled into their heads that there is no cure they dare not dream to be free.

I know of too many people that HAVE cured their children with biomedical intervention to say it cant be done. Many more than years past, as more seem willing to venture into this land of supplements and diets and tests. I also know there are people too stubborn to even try. I was once one of those. I didnt think biomed would help Daniel. From what I knew a few years ago he didnt fit the "profile" so i didnt think it would help. These days there is no profile.

Biomed can help alleviate 1 to 100 of autistic symptoms, from a few behaviors to the status of recovered. Cured.

I am sorry now that I was wrong. I am sorry it took me so long to give it a chance. From the few interventions i have tried in the last month i have experienced first hand and i know without a doubt and with fact that biomed can work. I have witnessed the changes in Daniel.

I do not know if it will be enough to effect a cure. I do not know if it will be enough to make him speak or get closer to normal. But i do know i was wrong for not trying it before. I know i regret not trying it before and will always regret my past decisions. And i wish i could convince others so they dont waste the precious years i have wasted.

I can remember several years back, one lady urging me to try it then, it reminded me of the lady the other night, steadfast in her stance that there was no cure.
Reminded me of myself years ago, sure that i knew my child, sure it wouldnt help him. And i was wrong. Now after the obession of learning all i can this month, its hard for me to refrain from wanting to shake people and shout TRY IT ! Try it so you wont be like me years later regretting that you didnt at least try.

Our attitudes prevent us from trying something that just might be the cure, IS the cure for many and i suppose i will always wonder what if...

What if I had tried this so many years ago, is it too late? Most start at a young age and cure and the healing of the body comes quickly.

I guess the most important thing is I am doing it now. with the supplements i have started i see a change. I want so much to try it all now, i do not want to continue to wonder what if....

Cheryl

Progress So Far

2005-11-14T22:45:00.000-08:00

The most recent supplements i have been giving Daniel seem to be working. I have been unable to buy all that are effective for children with autism but i have been able to get a few things and I am beginning to see a difference in his behaviors. The taurine is one thing that really calms him. I know because yesterday i didnt give him any, i wanted to see how it would effect him and he was back to screaming alot and hyper. Today with the taurine he is calmer. So i know this is working!!!!!
The NDF also seems to be working. His focus while its in his body is AMAZING! HE is able to attend better which helps him learn more. And i expect to continue to see great things from this supplement.
I would really love to add the other things, get him all that is reccommended, hopefully soon. I want to be one of the parents that have cured their child and with what I am already seeing i have no doubts his life is going to be greatly improved thru biomedical intervention.....
Cheryl

Cure For Daniel

2005-11-14T22:22:00.000-08:00

A few weeks ago i began the journey of biomedical intervention to cure my son's autism and this blog will be used to chronical our experiences and progress.