Guest guest Posted May 3, 2012 Report Share Posted May 3, 2012 Hi Dhriti, All of those symptoms you mentioned can be present when there is systemic candida yeast overgrowth. Unfortunately, many GFCF foods can contribute to this problem. There are a number of supplements and diet changes that can help with this issue. Has she been tested for candida? Kind regards, > Hi, > > Our Daughter who is on 2 year 4 months has has been diagnosed of Autism for just under a month. We are from India, we are doing the best we can to get her the therapy that is required, but its a struggle as we are unable to find therapist even though we are ready to pay as India has a dearth of good ABA Therapist. We do get Occupational & Speech Therapist though. She is already on Gluten Free and Casein Free Diet. > > Currently we are able to give just around 7-8 hours of ABA Therapy to our daughter. My wife said that in the last few days she has seen our daughter crying in a way that is not normal, laughing at hands and also losing balance while walking. > > My queries: > 1. Has anyone encountered this? > 2. Does a child who has Autism also looses a sense of balance? (my daughter has an great sense of balance). > 3. Are we doing anything wrong? > 4. Can someone suggest something that we may do? > > Any advice will be much appreciated. > > Regards > Dhriti > > > > ------------------------------------ > > The Power Pumper makes physical therapy fun! Plus, funding sources are available to provide a free Power Pumper to anyone who needs it. > ------------------------ > http://www.powerpumper.com/friends/jrox.php?uid=bridalsh > ------------------------ > Autism_in_Girls_and_Women-subscribe > ------------------------ > Autism_in_Girls_and_Women-unsubscribe@...! Groups Links > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 3, 2012 Report Share Posted May 3, 2012 Hi Dhriti,  The loss of balance would concern me as well. Have you taken her to a neurologist?  They will oftentimes request that your daughter have an MRI and blood test done to rule out any other possible reasons for the loss of balance? My daughter is nearing 10, but when she was dx'd with autism at the age of 2, she had some balance issues. I work at a special ed. school, so I wanted some autism disorders ruled out (Rhett Syndrome and Fragile X).  I scheduled an appt. with a pediatric neurologist who did a brain MRI and blood work up on my daughter to rule out other illnesses that could present symptoms similiar to 'autism'. My daughter had it all done at the same time --- while she was under anesthesia (MRI and blood draw).  If you've had neurological and blood testing done on your daughter, and the results came back 'unremarkable', then some possible therapeutic avenues you could research for her would be: NAET therapy, AIT therapy, and chiropractic-neurology (sometimes this is termed cranial-sacral under chiropractors). I did all of these with my daughter, at an early age, and also went regularly to a DAN dr. who prescribed supplement therapy. I feel that each therapeutic avenue I ventured into had a positive affect on my daughter. There was no ONE thing that worked supremely better than any of the others, but I did see the most improvement with chiropractic-neurology. Each therapy however, was, in a way, a puzzle piece, that helped my daughter progress much more than any traditional drs. ever said she would.  There are yet still some missing pieces to her puzzle, but she is so much  more aware, happy, less anxious, social, and verbal than anyone (other than myself) ever imagined. Hope this helps. Best of luck to you. Karmen   Re: A few queries  Hi Dhriti, All of those symptoms you mentioned can be present when there is systemic candida yeast overgrowth. Unfortunately, many GFCF foods can contribute to this problem. There are a number of supplements and diet changes that can help with this issue. Has she been tested for candida? Kind regards, > Hi, > > Our Daughter who is on 2 year 4 months has has been diagnosed of Autism for just under a month. We are from India, we are doing the best we can to get her the therapy that is required, but its a struggle as we are unable to find therapist even though we are ready to pay as India has a dearth of good ABA Therapist. We do get Occupational & Speech Therapist though. She is already on Gluten Free and Casein Free Diet. > > Currently we are able to give just around 7-8 hours of ABA Therapy to our daughter. My wife said that in the last few days she has seen our daughter crying in a way that is not normal, laughing at hands and also losing balance while walking. > > My queries: > 1. Has anyone encountered this? > 2. Does a child who has Autism also looses a sense of balance? (my daughter has an great sense of balance). > 3. Are we doing anything wrong? > 4. Can someone suggest something that we may do? > > Any advice will be much appreciated. > > Regards > Dhriti > > > > ------------------------------------ > > The Power Pumper makes physical therapy fun! Plus, funding sources are available to provide a free Power Pumper to anyone who needs it. > ------------------------ > http://www.powerpumper.com/friends/jrox.php?uid=bridalsh > ------------------------ > Autism_in_Girls_and_Women-subscribe > ------------------------ > Autism_in_Girls_and_Women-unsubscribe@... ! Groups Links > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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