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Hello,

I just joined couple of days ago and I'm enjoying reading your posts. Our son,

, is 4.3. We saw Dr. Goldberg for the first time last Thursday. We

started changing his diet right afterwards. I've got a couple of questions

(I've got a LOT of questions, but I'll start with these). My son is in a social

skills group (specifically for kids with the " diagnosis " of autism) that meets

once a week. Tonight instead of the usual group, there was a special party for

all the kids, and to my dismay, the food consisted of pizza, juice, cookies,

etc. I brought special food for , and even fed him before we left the

house, but of course, he still wanted the forbidden stuff. I must admit I let

him have some pizza. As we've just started, and going into the diet more or

less gradually, it wasn't a huge transgression, but going forward, how should we

deal with this type of thing? Do you just not let the kids go to any special

functions? There is a birthday party coming up this weekend that my son has

been looking forward to for three weeks. There must be a way to keep the kids

on the diet without making them feel even more ostracized than they already are.

Any advice/experience to share about occasional rule-bending throughout the

recovery period? I realize we are talking about a span of several years for

full recovery.

Next question...my son absolutely REFUSES to take multivitimins. I've even

tried those vitimins that look like gummy bears, and he won't touch them. I'll

have to sneak them into his food...any suggestions on how? Are there any liquid

vitimins on that I can buy over-the-counter? BTW, does anyone recommend any

other types of supplements?

I'm so glad to have found the the group and Dr. Goldberg. My husband and I

(and our extended families) are convinced that Dr. G. is definitely on the right

track. There is no way was born autistic! He was, and is, too

responsive, too smart, affectionate and full of life.

BTW - for those who are concerned about the long wait for an appointment, I just

wanted to add that we, too, had to be put on the waiting list after sending in

that mountain of paperwork at the beginning of May. We braced ourselves for a

long wait, but Laurie called us with a cancellation. It was definitely worth

it. Don't despair.

Donna