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Hi gayleMy son was 2.10 months when he was diagnosed, he is now 4. At that age he did (or didn't do) all the things you have written about your son. He can now speak, mainly requests so far, but songs and sentences are coming. His eye contact has gone from very erratic to very good, he responds to his name, plays with his brother and sister (not imaginatively tho as yet), in short progress has been good. If I was to recommend anything at the top of my list, way out in front, would be get a specialist speech therapist for autistic children (we live in Lincolnshire and we had 1 in the county when I started asking for one!) and go on the basic PECS course (£150 to parents, courses at various venues round the country) and introduce this to your son to give him a communication system. This was what worked for us, both were BRILLIANT!I kno this isn't about biomed and sorry if you don't feel it's what you're looking for but for us the communication system was vital, while we were getting that in place we have tried some biomed and are interested in trying more, but I'm sure other people on this forum would be better placed to give you advice on that.Good luck on your journey, may you have many successes!AmySent from my iPad

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Hi all,

My first post-any help/advice welcome!! My son will be 3 in July, we are in the process of getting a diagnosis for him but it is taking time and we are pretty certain he will get some sort of ASD diagnosis.

He is non-verbal, doesn't wave or point, shows no imaginative play skills, prefers being by himself and has quite a few visual stims- he loves dropping things in front of his face and watching tv up close from the corner of his eye. We have had him on a GFCF diet since January and have seen improvements in eye contact and general awarenness of things going on around him but we are desperate to do more- what do you recommend we try, I am keen on biomedical interventions and tests but we are also considering ABA? What do you think, there seems to be so much out there to try I don't know where to start! We live in Crewe, Cheshire so any recommendations for good support/help in this area would be great

Thanks,

Gayle

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Hi gayleMy son was 2.10 months when he was diagnosed, he is now 4. At that age he did (or didn't do) all the things you have written about your son. He can now speak, mainly requests so far, but songs and sentences are coming. His eye contact has gone from very erratic to very good, he responds to his name, plays with his brother and sister (not imaginatively tho as yet), in short progress has been good. If I was to recommend anything at the top of my list, way out in front, would be get a specialist speech therapist for autistic children (we live in Lincolnshire and we had 1 in the county when I started asking for one!) and go on the basic PECS course (£150 to parents, courses at various venues round the country) and introduce this to your son to give him a communication system. This was what worked for us, both were BRILLIANT!I kno this isn't about biomed and sorry if you don't feel it's what you're looking for but for us the communication system was vital, while we were getting that in place we have tried some biomed and are interested in trying more, but I'm sure other people on this forum would be better placed to give you advice on that.Good luck on your journey, may you have many successes!AmySent from my iPad

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> Welcome new folks, please post an intro and let us know how we can help or

> you can help us

>

> Mandi x

>

Hi all,

My first post-any help/advice welcome!! My son will be 3 in July, we are in the process of getting a diagnosis for him but it is taking time and we are pretty certain he will get some sort of ASD diagnosis.

He is non-verbal, doesn't wave or point, shows no imaginative play skills, prefers being by himself and has quite a few visual stims- he loves dropping things in front of his face and watching tv up close from the corner of his eye. We have had him on a GFCF diet since January and have seen improvements in eye contact and general awarenness of things going on around him but we are desperate to do more- what do you recommend we try, I am keen on biomedical interventions and tests but we are also considering ABA? What do you think, there seems to be so much out there to try I don't know where to start! We live in Crewe, Cheshire so any recommendations for good support/help in this area would be great

Thanks,

Gayle

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really sorry for all the posts!!!!!!!!!!!!!! bl***y ipad!

>> Welcome new folks, please post an intro and let us know how we can help or > you can help us > > Mandi x>Hi all, My first post-any help/advice welcome!! My son will be 3 in July, we are in the process of getting a diagnosis for him but it is taking time and we are pretty certain he will get some sort of ASD diagnosis. He is non-verbal, doesn't wave or point, shows no imaginative play skills, prefers being by himself and has quite a few visual stims- he loves dropping things in front of his face and watching tv up close from the corner of his eye. We have had him on a GFCF diet since January and have seen improvements in eye

contact and general awarenness of things going on around him but we are desperate to do more- what do you recommend we try, I am keen on biomedical interventions and tests but we are also considering ABA? What do you think, there seems to be so much out there to try I don't know where to start! We live in Crewe, Cheshire so any recommendations for good support/help in this area would be greatThanks, Gayle

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Hi,I am a new member of this group. Glad to see a great support group with tons of information, thanks to all. My son is 5 yr old and met all the development goals up until 24 months. Then regressed within 4 months after MMR and few days of temperature after that. Got diagnosed ASD when he was 3.6, as we didn't know anything about it NHS took their own time to diagnose him!. He went kind of no words very poor eye contact level but always happy child. He came back with words after PECS and ABA but the words are not as clear as he had when he was 18 months. Eye contact is much better now. We would like to explore bio-medical for him, just started exploring it and heard Andy Cutler, MB-12, Amy Yasko etc., please guide me in this. Is anybody consulting Amy Yasko and your experience please?.Thanks in advance,KasSent from my iPad

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> Welcome new folks, please post an intro and let us know how we can help or

> you can help us

>

> Mandi x

>

Hi all,

My first post-any help/advice welcome!! My son will be 3 in July, we are in the process of getting a diagnosis for him but it is taking time and we are pretty certain he will get some sort of ASD diagnosis.

He is non-verbal, doesn't wave or point, shows no imaginative play skills, prefers being by himself and has quite a few visual stims- he loves dropping things in front of his face and watching tv up close from the corner of his eye. We have had him on a GFCF diet since January and have seen improvements in eye contact and general awarenness of things going on around him but we are desperate to do more- what do you recommend we try, I am keen on biomedical interventions and tests but we are also considering ABA? What do you think, there seems to be so much out there to try I don't know where to start! We live in Crewe, Cheshire so any recommendations for good support/help in this area would be great

Thanks,

Gayle

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> Welcome new folks, please post an intro and let us know how we can help or

> you can help us

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> Mandi x

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Hi all,

My first post-any help/advice welcome!! My son will be 3 in July, we are in the process of getting a diagnosis for him but it is taking time and we are pretty certain he will get some sort of ASD diagnosis.

He is non-verbal, doesn't wave or point, shows no imaginative play skills, prefers being by himself and has quite a few visual stims- he loves dropping things in front of his face and watching tv up close from the corner of his eye. We have had him on a GFCF diet since January and have seen improvements in eye contact and general awarenness of things going on around him but we are desperate to do more- what do you recommend we try, I am keen on biomedical interventions and tests but we are also considering ABA? What do you think, there seems to be so much out there to try I don't know where to start! We live in Crewe, Cheshire so any recommendations for good support/help in this area would be great

Thanks,

Gayle