progress

[Guest guest]

I thought I would share some good news. Our 18 yo son, diagnosed with severe,

non-verbal, low-functioning autism has been on SCD since 9/06 (eight months

now). It has been hard. We tried some foods too early. We gave him fruit when

he really was not able to handle the resulting yeast overgrowth. He has lost

weight, he has been sad, he has been screamy--all at times, but still:

He has had better eye contact (although he was not bad in that area before).

He has been able to do some things better than he has before--putting gloves on

correctly the first time--two times in a row!!; he has seemed to have some

improvement in autonomy--walking by himself, refusing my efforts to keep him

right beside me--but he has behaved well--staying up with me while I was

shopping, not grabbing things. This might seem little, to many, but to those of

us with this kind of kid, this is huge. Life would be much easier for us if he

were able to be out in the community without behaving poorly. This week, he had

gone with his staff person to a sheltered workshop, where he stayed for a while

and then he took her by the arm and led her out the door--no screaming, no

whining, no eloping. He was ready to go, so he did. He also has seemed to

understand things we say much better and more readily. Instead of having to

repeat things several times, he seems to understand

the first time--and do it.

So, although we have 18 years of bad bowel to correct, I believe we are on the

road. My husband began to get discouraged with 's struggle (and mine) and

was talking about putting him back on a regular diet (SAD). I resisted and said

we were not going back. It was very satisfying to point out 's progress

to him and although he is not yet fully convinced as am I, he has agreed that we

are seeing progress.

, mom to

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[Guest guest]

CONGRATULATIONS, I HAVE A 17 YR. OLD SON AND WE HAVE BEEN ON THE DIET FOR 2

YRS.. E MAIL ME PRIVATELY AND I WILL TELL YOU ABOUT SOMETHING ELSE WE HAVE

DONE WITH HIM, IF YOU ARE INTERESTED...(CORINNEVELA@...).....

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From: pecanbread [mailto:pecanbread ] On

Behalf Of Jim & Carfagno

Sent: Wednesday, April 25, 2007 10:51 AM

To: pecanbread ; Patti

Subject: progress

I thought I would share some good news. Our 18 yo son, diagnosed with

severe, non-verbal, low-functioning autism has been on SCD since 9/06 (eight

months now). It has been hard. We tried some foods too early. We gave him

fruit when he really was not able to handle the resulting yeast overgrowth.

He has lost weight, he has been sad, he has been screamy--all at times, but

still:

He has had better eye contact (although he was not bad in that area before).

He has been able to do some things better than he has before--putting gloves

on correctly the first time--two times in a row!!; he has seemed to have

some improvement in autonomy--walking by himself, refusing my efforts to

keep him right beside me--but he has behaved well--staying up with me while

I was shopping, not grabbing things. This might seem little, to many, but to

those of us with this kind of kid, this is huge. Life would be much easier

for us if he were able to be out in the community without behaving poorly.

This week, he had gone with his staff person to a sheltered workshop, where

he stayed for a while and then he took her by the arm and led her out the

door--no screaming, no whining, no eloping. He was ready to go, so he did.

He also has seemed to understand things we say much better and more readily.

Instead of having to repeat things several times, he seems to understand

the first time--and do it.

So, although we have 18 years of bad bowel to correct, I believe we are on

the road. My husband began to get discouraged with 's struggle (and

mine) and was talking about putting him back on a regular diet (SAD). I

resisted and said we were not going back. It was very satisfying to point

out 's progress to him and although he is not yet fully convinced as

am I, he has agreed that we are seeing progress.

, mom to

---------------------------------

Ahhh...imagining that irresistible " new car " smell?

Check outnew cars at Yahoo! Autos.

[Guest guest]

Congratulations!! I am thrilled to hear the good news.

Mimi