Nate's mom

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  Nate's commented on the article | about 3 years ago

  When a Real Crisis Hits

  "It would be nice if we could get the focus off of causation and unite to make a change in our government to provide these services along with vocational training and job opportunities."
  
  What if the cause is a combination of environmental, diet, maternal health during gestation and/or vaccinations? Should we continue to allow the deterioration of any/all of the above and increase the number of people "on the spectrum"? What will that do to the waiting lists? The strain on health/community/school services?
  
  What if the answer to prevention is: clean up our air, water, food, health and (you know it) safer vaccination schedules? That sounds simple enough to me.
  
  Hey, I've started my family on the better diet and supplements, altered the vaccination schedule to my affected child, and among other personal changes, this has dramatically stopped the following behaviors with my child:
  -he sleeps the whole night, 8pm to 6am (yey!)
  -he no longer toe-walks
  -he no longer has to obsessively opens/closes doors, organizes his trains by color, spell everything, watch the same TV program over and over (the non-verbal Pingu on PBS).
  -rarely spins
  -became potty trained (yey!)
  -he runs away, but stops and comes back if I'm able to manipulate him by enticing him with curiousity. Chasing him becomes a hide-and-seek game. Before he would keep running like Forrest Gump.
  -he's speaking better, using whole sentences with mostly the right words.
  
  Even if it doesn't/didn't work for you, changing the "causes" helped my child (and my family, we were losing sleep and changing diapers). Why not see if that helps some others?

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  Nate's commented on the article | about 3 years ago

  Once Upon a Time, I Tried to Recover My Son From Autism

  Let's get the funding for biomedical studies.
  
  The problem is there has to be a group that doesn't get biomedical for comparison, but by reading this website, it seems like there are plenty of parents who are comfortable with their child's state of illness, so they can be the control group.
  
  Another problem is modern PR/legal tactics that deny/destroy and perform character assassination on any expert to disprove their science. Anyone can peer review and give an opposing opinion to discredit the proof. I see people here attacking us without knowing our stories. Why do they have to attack? What do they fear?
  
  You know what? I don't need the science or other people's opinions. My kid is speaking full sentences, wrestling with his father right now on the floor, and it doing terrific on biomed.
  
  The great thing about this country is we can choose. It put me in the poor house, but my kid will probably start kindergarten and I won't need to discuss an IEP with the SD-well, maybe just to keep him on his healthy diet.

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  Nate's commented on the article | about 3 years ago

  Jett Travolta Dies at 16; Was He Autistic?

  My heart goes out to the Travolta's and their awful loss.
  
  Kids die everyday from ailments not cured or healed by modern medicine. Please don't judge.
  
  For many reasons, we can't put all our eggs into the 'mainstream medicine' basket. Seizure meds are not guaranteed to stop/cure seizures. We don't even know the full story, and based on how harsh people are when it comes to being "different" in beliefs (both religious and medicine), why should they disclose what treatment Jett received?

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  Nate's commented on the article | about 3 years ago

  Top 10 Ways to Make a Difference

  Autism is treatable. Autism is preventable. This is the President of CHANGE, so be it!
  Even if some or most of the kids on the spectrum can be healed, then we have to shout it from the rooftops (internet) so that parents know there is HOPE.
  My son is nearly recovered thanks to people like Tanner's Dad.
  I've never met him, buy by hearing people like him spread the word, my child will be "unlocked" (like a prior poster's comment). I owe it to the ones before me to continue to spread the words: Autism is treatable, Autism is preventable.