Ben, Aspergers, 16, starting diet Jan. 1

December 21, 2005

Hi everyone!

I have been lurking now for about a month. I would appreciate any

feed back regarding the introduction of yogurt in our specific

situation. I will try to make our story brief.

My son Ben, Aspergers and diagnosed 4 years ago by myself and later

confirmed by a psychologist. Against all rec. we put Ben on a GFCF

diet--miracle after miracle after miracle. Ben is without any help in

school, solid GPA, writing skills went from a 1-2 to a 5 (scale of

1-6) bright, engaging, and just a great kid. However, we are not

there yet. A bit of tweaking still needs to be done. I believe, for

us, that until we are healed, we have not arrived. (I have multiple

sclerosis--same diet, started SCD two weeks ago--already see some

improvement)

My husband is a mental health counselor and together we provide a lot

of tough love, help with editing etc., and back ground counsel on

social issues. His sisters have also been an unbelievable help,

giving slack when necessary and toughness when needed. And nothing

like a sister to observe social skills!

We have come so far in four years, I am beyond thrilled at finding you

all and am very hopeful that we have found our cure here.

Ben is now about 60% SCD. I believe that I am seeing a change but

will confirm this next month. He used to eat a ton of rice, rice

crackers, grits, and potatoes. It was a balanced diet (always a

vegtable struggle) but a 16 year old, 6 foot 1, he eats a LOT of food.

He is not overweight, rather tall, healthy and on the lean side.

Questions are this: According to him he tends to be constipated, no

visible food in stool, no diarrhea. We tested 1/8 tsp goat yogurt

(purchased at HFS) with no visible affect, and both he and I were very

nervous about it. Pretty thrilled at his response, actually.

Second Question: I have read Bradstreet remarks, heard Wakefield on

his lecture about " specific carbohydrates " ...are there any more

comments by physicians or other experts on the diet and how kids are

responding.

Any comments are greatly appreciated.

My belief on caring for our children with this odd and not yet

socially accepted ailment is this: If we are going to run this race

with our children, let us run this race to win.

You are a courageous group of moms. My gratitude is beyond words.

Lorraine

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