Re: Reversing Autism workshop

[Guest guest]

I have never heard of this but I will say that Dr. Berard has success with

autism.   His book, titled Hearing Equals Behavior, does document one case of a

cure.

 

BTW, Maddy is saying new words in 10 day's time, and the words are all

spontaneous, not prompted after completing his 10 day program, 

www.aithelps.com.  It is looking very, very promising for her.

 

 

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Sharon Lang

From: Buchanan <lisambuch@...>

Subject: [ ] " Reversing Autism " workshop

Date: Sunday, December 28, 2008, 7:08 PM

Hi all,

Anyone ever attend a " Reversing Autism " workshop? I'm contemplating attending

one and would love to hear opinions on if the protocols help at all, especially

with speech (our son is 2 1/2 and has moderate apraxia and mild PDD-NOS). Many

thanks!

B.

[Guest guest]

I can't recall the reason for your child's speech issue but certainly

help would depend on the diagnosis. If it's an impairment of speech -

therapy is always the most important -and we cover the importance of

fish oil in The Late Talker book too. Or is your child not talking

due to autism alone with no impairment of speech?

I don't believe I've ever heard of this workshop prior - but

did a quick search and found a " reversing autism " website if that's

it which will send the video for a donation ($45 or more) -and the

following article about this topic from " mindlessmommy.com " which has

a thousand dollar a workshop price tag for " reversing autism "

If it's the thousand dollar workshop I could tell you a few proven

therapies that I know from history parents recommend if it's speech

improvement you are looking for. (for less than a thousand)

From mindlessmommy.com (article that I think waters down to " paying

more doesn't always mean it's better " )

" The Body Ecology Diet - We Have Answers to Heal Your Gut…Prevent &

Reverse Autism

Huh? Prevent autism? I understand that a lot of people on the

spectrum also have gastrointestinal issues but prevent autism? So I

decided to check out the Body Ecology Diet website and there is a

link to Autism & ADD with information on a three day workshop -

" Taking the Mystery Out of Autism. " Okay, that doesn't sound too

bad - everyone and their mom is hosting an autism workshop these days.

So I decide to look at the brochure (just curious, mind you) and

guess what the price tag on this three day workshop is? $999. Yup,

that's right - a smooth thousand dollars to have the privilege of

attending a workshop " based on the teachings of Donna Gates, M.Ed.

and Leonard , MD. " So the Body Ecology Diet was created by a

person with a Master's in Education? Odd.

Back to the $1k price tag - that is outrageous. Here are some

comparisons: Autism Society of America, four-day conference, $225;

DAN! Conference, three days, $425; Autism Summit 2008, three days,

$395. Now I'm not saying any one of these conferences is a great

place to go but just comparing apples to apples…one autism

conference/workshop to another.

I may be off base but it sounds like the Body Ecology Diet is just

another way for people to profit off of the whole hyped up autism

issue.

http://www.mindlessmommy.com/category/autism

=====

[Guest guest]

Thanks for the response, !  Our son 's PDD-NOS is very mild, so

we're mainly focused on the apraxia.  We've seen great improvement over the

last few months, I think all due to preschool, lots of speech therapy (he works

with 2 therapists, one at school who uses Kaufman, and one privately who uses

PROMPT), suggestions from " The Late Talker " , and the fish oils. We're also

going to be starting the DAN! protocol, so hopefully we'll see some speech gains

with that, too. And thanks to yours and so many parents' great suggestions in

the past, the speech is coming, slowly but surely.  Just yesterday he

actually said, " Mo cake, peeze " ( " more cake, please " ), so I couldn't say no to

allowing a second helping of dessert, when just several months ago, he couldn't

even say these words, let alone put them together in such a polite

request.  :-) 

 

The workshop is from the website you mentioned first, I had heard about it

because it's a 2-day workshop/conference that's being offered right in our area

(northern VA). The actual conference is $250, which is definitely a good chunk

of change, but I guess as conferences go, it's not incredibly outrageous.  If

I do go and learn anything that helps our little guy even more with speech, I'll

definitely keep you all posted.

Many thanks again!

From: kiddietalk <kiddietalk@...>

Subject: [ ] Re: " Reversing Autism " workshop

Date: Monday, December 29, 2008, 1:04 AM

I can't recall the reason for your child's speech issue but certainly

help would depend on the diagnosis. If it's an impairment of speech -

therapy is always the most important -and we cover the importance of

fish oil in The Late Talker book too. Or is your child not talking

due to autism alone with no impairment of speech?

I don't believe I've ever heard of this workshop prior - but

did a quick search and found a " reversing autism " website if that's

it which will send the video for a donation ($45 or more) -and the

following article about this topic from " mindlessmommy. com " which has

a thousand dollar a workshop price tag for " reversing autism "

If it's the thousand dollar workshop I could tell you a few proven

therapies that I know from history parents recommend if it's speech

improvement you are looking for. (for less than a thousand)

From mindlessmommy. com (article that I think waters down to " paying

more doesn't always mean it's better " )

" The Body Ecology Diet - We Have Answers to Heal Your Gut…Prevent &

Reverse Autism

Huh? Prevent autism? I understand that a lot of people on the

spectrum also have gastrointestinal issues but prevent autism? So I

decided to check out the Body Ecology Diet website and there is a

link to Autism & ADD with information on a three day workshop -

" Taking the Mystery Out of Autism. " Okay, that doesn't sound too

bad - everyone and their mom is hosting an autism workshop these days.

So I decide to look at the brochure (just curious, mind you) and

guess what the price tag on this three day workshop is? $999. Yup,

that's right - a smooth thousand dollars to have the privilege of

attending a workshop " based on the teachings of Donna Gates, M.Ed.

and Leonard , MD. " So the Body Ecology Diet was created by a

person with a Master's in Education? Odd.

Back to the $1k price tag - that is outrageous. Here are some

comparisons: Autism Society of America, four-day conference, $225;

DAN! Conference, three days, $425; Autism Summit 2008, three days,

$395. Now I'm not saying any one of these conferences is a great

place to go but just comparing apples to apples…one autism

conference/workshop to another.

I may be off base but it sounds like the Body Ecology Diet is just

another way for people to profit off of the whole hyped up autism

issue.

http://www.mindless mommy.com/ category/ autism

=====

[Guest guest]

Thanks for the recommendation, Sharon, we'll definitely check it out.  And

congrats on your daughter Maddy's great speech gains, that's wonderful news!!!

 

Thanks again,

B.

From: Buchanan <lisambuch (DOT) com>

Subject: [childrensapraxiane t] " Reversing Autism " workshop

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Date: Sunday, December 28, 2008, 7:08 PM

Hi all,

Anyone ever attend a " Reversing Autism " workshop? I'm contemplating attending

one and would love to hear opinions on if the protocols help at all, especially

with speech (our son is 2 1/2 and has moderate apraxia and mild PDD-NOS). Many

thanks!

B.

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