Autism Teaching Tools: Boys Before Recovery

[apocalist420]

there has been serious links of autism to Heavy metal toxicity, yeast infections, and food allergens alone I would highly recommend researching this and then MAKING the primary care physician test for it.

[pentaburks]

You would have to have lived it to know. Technically, Ethan went from PDD-NOS to no diagnosis. Since he was more withdrawn initially than his older brother who was diagnosed with DSM IV autism, we feel that if we had not started early intervention at 9 months old, he would have inevitably been diagnosed with autism. Of course, it is just speculation since we did intervene appropriately. Not every child is capable of recovery. But mine were.

[from93till]

I don't know how you "recover" from Autism.

[nagaempress]

You dont recover you learn to cope. I have three Aspie kids and they are quirky and smart :) I never want them to recover then. But that is my opinion about my kids

[pentaburks]

Actually, Ethan has completely recovered and struggles with nothing academically, socially or anything else deeper or more intangible. But then, he was "caught" at nine months old and began remediation right away. Everett is still coping. There are no absolutes. Glad your kids are doing well.

[pentaburks]

They have recovered the ability to learn and communicate independently. This is a recovery. They have regained skills they should have been born with the ability to acquire on their own without 40 hours of 1:1 therapy per week. That is a recovery. The word recovery has been used outside of the medical profession. It is not limited to illness.

[missangie29]

Recover... they are not ill ?

[navywife1977]

Wait, e-mail me, how did they recover????

[pentaburks]

Ethan is fully recovered.  Evy is not, but is an A-B student at school anyhow. He is more LD now than autistic.