OT: Treating Autism, One Day Seminar

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TREATING AUTISM

PARENT 2 PARENT One Day Seminar

`Introduction to Nutritional Interventions for Autism'

ONE DAY SEMINAR FOR PARENTS AND CARERS OF CHILDREN WITH AUTISM

SPECTRUM DISORDERS

If your child craves yogurts, pasta, crackers, gets red ears, has a

history of rashes, cold sores, ear infections, toe walks, poor sleep,

leans over arms of chairs… then this is the seminar for you!

Parents will share their `Stories of Hope' – learn how changes to diet

and the use of nutritional supplements has improved communication,

sleep, learning, behaviour and sensory issues.

SATURDAY MARCH 8TH 2008 AT THE UNIVERSITY OF SURREY GUILDFORD

All speakers are parents of Children with Autism Including

PAUL SHATTOCK OBE & JON TOMMEY CLINICAL NUTRITIONIST

£55 to include refreshments, lunch and delegate pack with information

CD, £49.50 for T.A members

For more information and to book your place please visit

www.treatingautismconferences.com

Treating Autism is a registered charity RCN 1113628, registered office

222 Bramhall Lane South, Bramhall, Stockport, Cheshire, SK7 3AA

www.treatingautism.com Email treatingautism@...

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> TREATING AUTISM

>

> If your child craves yogurts, pasta, crackers, gets red ears, has a

> history of rashes, cold sores, ear infections, toe walks, poor

sleep,

> leans over arms of chairs… then this is the seminar for you!

>

I have some questions about the above. Only my oldest has been

dx'ed with PDD-NOS, then given the term " Aspergers " by an Autism

Specialist. As a child, he had many ear infections, much vomiting,

craved bagels so much my boss at the time dubbed him the " Bagel Boy. "

My next son didn't crave starches, but sugar. OMG, he would sneak

the stuff, and forget about even coming home from Halloween night

with any candy in his bag. He ate it all as soon as he got it.

Alas, he changed from the sweet, angelic baby he was to a raging,

monstrous, violent child.

My youngest son has always loved ramen and yogurt. Also, all my kids

loved pasta. I thought I was doing them and our budget a favor by

feeding them noodles with salt and butter for lunch. They ate it

up. And the behavioral meds Rx's kept getting filled...

Now, I see this hook for this seminar talks about red ears. WHAT

causes red ears? I am seeing this daily now in my littlest guy, the

only one who's not on psychotropic meds (which I would dearly love to

get my other two off of someday, somehow...) It doesn't seem to come

after any particular food but does happen after the evening meal.

The other night, he was so wild and goofy along with the red ears, I

was a little concerned.

All of my kids have shown the behaviors listed above at one time or

another. Does that mean they are ALL on the spectrum, and I am just

so used to their idiosyncracies that I don't know any better? Not

that I am worried that they might be all on the spectrum. I'm just

curious. They are all quirky in their own ways. My oldest has slow

processing speed so it was easier to notice something was amiss

there. If my middle didn't take meds to help him sleep, he'd be up

until all hours of the night. Also, what does it mean to lean over

the arms of chairs? My middle sits in a chair with his legs over the

arm. He also used to sit upside down on the couch when I'd read to

him.

I'm just trying to get a perspective on this whole thing. I have

often wondered if I wouldn't fit nicely on the spectrum as I have

been called " an odd duck " and I have never really fit in anywhere

(except here, now, with my own little family).

Just curious...any help would be appreciated.

Thanks,

Cathe, yeast overgrowth, homeschooling mom to:

15yo ds ASD, OCD, bipolar

10yo ds ADHD, bipolar

6yo ds NT, severe constipation

SCD since 11/4/2007

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> Now, I see this hook for this seminar talks about

> red ears. WHAT

> causes red ears?

I have heard this is phenol intolerance, but someone

can correct me if I am wrong.

> there. If my middle didn't take meds to help him

> sleep, he'd be up

> until all hours of the night. Also, what does it

> mean to lean over

> the arms of chairs? My middle sits in a chair with

> his legs over the

> arm. He also used to sit upside down on the couch

> when I'd read to

> him.

I give my son melatonin to help him sleep. It is an

extremely effective, natural sleep aid. Many autistic

children have problems with sleeping.

Are you all on SCD now? The meds will have starches in

them that can slow your progress, if you're not aware

of that. With the bipolar medications, would there be

a difference in their reaction to it, if their systems

are healing? I just wonder if any of your children

take the medication at dinner time and you are seeing

a reaction that way.

B.

ASD son, RA self, SCD Nov. 2007

http://scdgirl.blogspot.com

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