Helping Your Autistic Toddler to Recover

Silas was our fourth child and from very early on we knew something was different about him. Much to our dismay he did not want to cuddle, he cried constantly, broke things, and at 23 months still could not talk. We had him observed and were not surprised with the diagnosis of autism. We enrolled him in an early childhood intervention program but he was not progressing and was still tantrumming many, many times a day. We decided to look further for some help for him.

Here are some of the therapies/treatments that have been successful many times over in recovering autistic children and they have helped Silas wonders!

Methyl b12 supplementation - By far the most successful in treating autism. I know it sounds scary but the "methyl" part just means that it has already been processed for their body. Typical bodies methylate b12 from vitamins and food, for some reason autistic children are unable to do this process. B12 is necessary in aiding the body in toxin removal. We started with a dissolvable pill and gave it everyday. We now give him a b-12 shot every three days. The shots have been shown to be far superior to the pills. Silas responded quickly. Within ten days he finally mimicked two of my words and he was making eye contact with us. As the days went by, he noticed his brothers and sister and he began to enjoy us in little bits. He is now turning 3 and talks almost non-stop. He laughs when something funny happens and he can now be in a crowd with minimal fear. He is counting down the days until his birthday party. Of course we will have a big one this year since he has been terrified of his party in the past!

Liquid Multivitamin with borage and fish oils - I found a liquid multivitamin on-line that included trace minerals and borage oil. It also includes enzymes to aid in digestion. Fish oils and borage oils have also been reported to be in short supply in autistic children. They help with language and learning skills. Find a multivitamin that is food derived, not mechanically formed.

Get rid of toxins! - Autistic children have been shown to be in toxic overload. For some reason, they are not able to get rid of their toxins at the rate of a typical person. This causes all kinds of behavioral and immune problems. Install a reverse osmosis water filtration system in your home. Chlorine, fluoride, and the other elements present in water are toxic to your child! Replace home cleaning supplies with naturally derived cleaning supplies. If you need a "clean smell", use essential oils. Use natural bath soaps and for detox, add 1 cup of epsom salts to every bath. Read food labels; if they contain words that you cannot pronounce, put the food back on the shelf. Eat fresh vegetables and meats whenever possible, food preservatives are toxins!

Melatonin supplementation - A large number of children on the spectrum do not sleep much. Silas happens to be one of these. He stays up late, finally goes to sleep only for a few hours, and is up around two in the morning ready to start the day. Melatonin not only helps him to sleep but is required for the brain to produce glutathione (helps rid body of toxins). This is a two-fold benefit for autistic children. I give Silas 6 mg of Melatonin every night.

Gluten/Dairy free diet - Because of their sensitive and weakened immune systems, autistic children cannot tolerate gluten and many times cannot tolerate the dairy protein casein. Some children have been reported to start talking only after dairy was removed from their diet. This diet can be very difficult at first, it requires some creativity. As long as you stick with mostly fresh meat, fruits, and vegetables, you will be gluten free. Gluten is found in wheat, barley (malt), and rye and some oats. There are so many options these days for other types of flour, even ways to make your own. Some examples of substitute flours are sorghum, bean, rice, corn, flax, almond, etc. There are even gluten free sections in most grocery stores and superstores.

Even harder for us was the dairy free. We drink and cook with almond milk, coconut milk, rice milk, or soy milk. What Silas misses the most is cheese. The health food stores carry some cheese substitutions and some grocery stores carry soy or vegetable cheese. This diet is very important for Silas's immune system. Gluten and dairy cause inflammation in his digestive system which then triggers an immune response. Silas is then highly susceptible to strep and other viral infections. The immune response can also cause swelling in the brain. The swelling in the brain causes the autistic behaviors. Those are scary words and are the reason we have decided it is worth the inconvenience of the diet!

Raising an autistic child has proven to be the most difficult task of my life. It is a long bumpy road and sometimes it seemed there was no reward for our efforts. It is stressful controlling everything that enters his body and dealing with his behaviors but he is now making progress that astounds medical doctors.

For additional information on recovering autistic children, check out the resources below:

TACA - Talk About Curing Autism http://www.tacanow.org

AutismOne - http://www.autismone.org

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Biomedical Autism Treatment - Does it Really Work?

Doctor Reveals The Truth About The Effectiveness of Biomedical Autism Treatment:

What is Biomedical Autism Treatment?

The basic, short answer is this; biomedical autism treatment is the practice of treating the underlying medical problems that can trigger autism and other disorders. Many people with an autism-spectrum disorder (ASD) have a very real medical condition that could include genetic susceptibilities, detoxification imbalance, immune dysfunction, nutritional deficiencies, dietary sensitivities, biochemical abnormalities and others. These medical conditions can become causative factors in their ASD condition. A biomedical autism treatment approach comes from the awareness that Autism-spectrum disorders for many individuals is NOT just a psychological condition with no hope for improvement or recovery, like some say. It is, instead, a medical condition that has the potential to be reversed.

Does Biomedical Autism Treatment Really Work?

Yes...with a caveat. Like any other therapy, biomedical autism treatment results can vary depending on a number of factors. These include the severity of the disorder, the cause of the disorder, how quickly you administer biomedical autism treatment after your child's diagnosis, and how well you implement the therapies. The results, too, will vary form child to child. Some experience a full recovery with little or no obvious signs of their disorder. Some children respond only slightly. Luckily the big dramatic results seem to outweigh the little advances. The only way to see how well your child will respond to biomedical autism treatment is to try. You have really have nothing to lose, and the possibility of a greatly improved quality of life for your child.

Can It Hurt My Child?

Biomedical autism treatments are basically putting your child's body chemistry back to where it should be. It is a matter of finding out what your child's body has too much or too little of, and adjusting those levels. This is done with certain diet, supplement and vitamin intervention. There are no experimental drugs, or voodoo medicine. These same therapies could be given to a child without an autism-spectrum disorder, and that child could see no difference in their behavior, however, the child who is lacking certain elements or whose body is making or retaining to much of another, could experience a dramatic improvement.

Why Didn't My Child's Doctor Tell Me About Biomedical Autism Treatment?

Unfortunately, there are many in the medical field who believe autism spectrum disorders are only a neuro-development disorder and stop there. Some are unwilling to look at the overwhelming results that have been seen with biomedical autism treatment, simply because it falls outside of their education or specialty. The sad part is, they have nothing else to offer. It's not like they are saying "don't do that stuff, do this instead...They just say "don't do that", without anything else to offer. Your child could benefit greatly from biomedical autism treatments. What really do you have to lose in trying biomedical autism treatment...maybe a few dollars if the results are minimal. But what if the results are dramatic, like so many other children experience? Doesn't your child deserve such an opportunity at a better quality of life? I urge you to get educated in this powerful therapy and to take action now!

Don't let ANYONE tell you there is nothing you can do to help your child. Autism really is treatable! Start your child down the road to recovery from autism. Biomedical Autism treatments and therapies have resulted in many, many children improving - even losing their autism-spectrum disorder diagnosis. For more information and a free ebook on biomedical autism treatment go to http://www.AutismActionPlan.org

Dr. Kurt Woeller is an autism biomedical specialist, with a private practice in Southern California for over 10 years. He has helped children recover from autism, ADD, ADHD, and other disorders, and has the information you need to help your child. Get his ebook, "7 Facts You Need To Know About Autism (But Probably Weren't Told)." You can download it right now for free at http://www.AutismActionPlan.org

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Autism Treatment - Stopping Biomedical Treatments and Autism

I want to discuss the issue of starting and stopping biomedical therapies and what the normal protocol is. I am often asked a question like "Dr. Woeller, if my child is taking B12, or my child is on various supplements or medications like Diflucan or maybe Nystatin, should I be weaning my child off of these supplements or can they just be stopped all of a sudden?". In my experience, and this applies to the majority of the biomedical therapies that we use, if your child reaches a plateau where you are no longer seeing improvements, and if your doctor is in agreement on this, it is my experience that you can stop these therapies all at once without seeing any negative reactions.

And certainly when you look at other medications for other medical issues like certain steroid medications or certain anti-depressant medications and various types of psychiatric medications that often times do need to be removed slowly, where you are backing off slowly from one dose to a lower dose. But when we are talking about vitamin therapies like B12 or anti-fungals or even most supplements, in my experience there is no need to wean your child off. And this again is something that you would still want to run by your own doctors but in my opinion there is no weaning process for these types of therapies. But a very common question I get in my practice is whether someone can stop B12 with their child suddenly or whether or not their child needs to be weaned off. With B12, in my experience, if it is time to stop that therapy you can just do so immediately and if you want to resume that therapy at a later time then you can.

So when we are discussing biomedical treatments, many of the therapies are the same way. You are not usually going to see dangerous reactions occurring, we are not using highly toxic substances and they are not highly stressful medications either. There are definitely medications that do require weaning and this is still an issue where you would always want to work with your own physician on this. But, for the most part, the biomedical therapies that we traditionally use like anti-fungals, supplements, etc. can many times be stopped without a need to wean a child off of them.

Autism really is treatable! Biomedical Autism treatments and therapies have resulted in many, many children improving, or even even losing their autism-spectrum disorder diagnosis. For lots more free biomedical autism intervention information and videos from Dr. Woeller, go to http://www.AutismRecoveryTreatment.com.

Dr. Kurt Woeller is an biomedical autism Intervention specialist, with a private practice in Southern California for over 10 years. He has helped children recover from autism, ADD, ADHD, and other disorders, and has the information you need to help your child. Download his free ebook at http://www.AutismActionPlan.org.

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