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Cathy Krupa Atco, NJ
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| Strengths: |
I know alot about biomedical - but we have not done chelation yet. Just more general knowledge about supplements. |
Why I became a
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Parents need to know that they can help their children - I didn't know until he was 4 1/2 that there was anything that could even help. |
| Child's Symptoms: |
No vocalizations, no eye contact, no affection |
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Biomedical - fish oil and vitamin E to start, about 15 others |
| How Therapy Helped: |
Significantly |
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Eileen Chwatek Basking Ridge, NJ
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GFCF diet, supplements, greening home environment |
Why I became a
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In grateful appreciation, for what the biomedical approach has done for our family. |
| How Therapy Helped: |
Significantly |
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Shawna Catarinicchia Burlington Township, NJ
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I am GREAT at talking to people or groups. I have been a strong advocate for my child's services. |
Why I became a
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I could not have gotten through the first year after diagnosis without the help and love of "veteran" parents that gave me aid, advice, strength and hope. I desperately want to give that back to newly diagnosed families. I want them to see that there is a light at the end of this long tunnel. |
| Child's Symptoms: |
NO social skills, meltdowns, can talk but cannont carry on a conversation |
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Speech, OT, biomedical with NO drugs, only natural supplements and vitamins. About to start chelating |
| How Therapy Helped: |
Significantly |
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Nadine Avila Clark, NJ
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Why I became a
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I know how important to know that you are not alone going thru this. There are many parents willing to share their story and become one of your best resource of information |
| Child's Symptoms: |
Autism, Mixed receptive language disorder, hypotonia and a mild paroxysmal dyskinesia |
| Helpful Therapies: |
Lots of ABA and OT |
| How Therapy Helped: |
Significantly |
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Tom and Polly Ellison Egg Harbor Township, NJ
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Biomedical |
Why I became a
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To help the children. We want to make other parents aware that their is hope. Hope that your child can get better. They may not recover like ours, but their child can still improve dramastically with some time and effort with the biomedical approach in treating autism. |
| Child's Symptoms: |
Stimming, Repetitive Behavior, Diarrhea, Meltdowns, No Speech or Eye Contact, No Social Skills |
| Helpful Therapies: |
Diet, Supplements, GI Medicine, MB12 Shots, Mild HBOT |
| How Therapy Helped: |
He/She Recovered! |
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Michele Noble Egg Harbor Twp., NJ
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| Strengths: |
Dietary intervention and bio-medical encouragement |
Why I became a
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I already do it locally. I have for years. We began our journey down this path 8 years ago with the DAN! protocol and I believe in this heart and soul. |
| Child's Symptoms: |
Regression, loss of speach & other acquired skills |
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Dietary, B-12, chelation, anti-fungals & anti-virals |
| How Therapy Helped: |
He/She Recovered! |
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Wendi Marchesani Eiral, NJ
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I have a lot of experiance with Aspberger's (Been working with it for many years) and Autism Hyposensitivity issues. Also some things related to speech, although I did not use PECS at home. (We used sign and other methods, and now his speech is blooming!) |
Why I became a
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I have 2 boys onthe spectrum and have found a new strong patience within myself, an an urge to help others. My youngest went from not talking/communicating at all to becoming a happy, chatty, joyful, loving boy. Yeah!! My older son has Aspergers. |
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Lack of speech, no eye contact, no response to name, solo play, fussy eater, significant sensory needs, needed brushing, massages, etc. |
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OT, Speech, Mom's intuition and Omega / DHA / fish oil made a HUGE difference. |
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Christine Shungu Frankland Park, NJ
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Healthy eating, educational interventions, making decisions on treatments |
Why I became a
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my son has been tremendously helped by biomeds. I want to get the word out. |
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Constipation, stimming, language delay, echolalia, hyperlexia |
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Diet, supplements, music therapy |
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Significantly |
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Michlyn Metropolit Haddonfield, NJ
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Biomed- 2 years DAN (Dr. Kenneth Bock), dietary interventions, balancing biochemistry, detox, Yasko protocol, supplementing based on genetics |
| How Therapy Helped: |
He/She Recovered! |
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Sidney Ruiz Hawthorne , NJ
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Learn to accept it first then research it. |
Why I became a
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I want to help others where I had no one at the time.I want to be able to just make 1 suggestions that can make a difference. |
| Child's Symptoms: |
Eye contact, social skills, speech clarity, attention span |
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Changing his diet, supplements, & seeing a special doctor |
| How Therapy Helped: |
Significantly |
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Tania Howell, NJ
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We have been through IV Chelation, MB12 shots & just started HBOT. I can share my experiences with parents who are considering trying these therapies. |
Why I became a
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Because I am getting my son back and I feel every parent should experience this joy. |
| Child's Symptoms: |
Regression, lost all speech, no eye contact, stimming, tantrums, constant diarrhea & illness |
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IV Chelation (CaEDTA & DMPS), MB12 Shots, Gluten/Casein/Soy Free Diet & Supplements |
| How Therapy Helped: |
Significantly |
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Steve Sylvester Mahwah, NJ
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OCD and Aspbergers. |
Why I became a
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To help other families because I know what they are going through and I understand and I want to help to know let them know they are not alone. |
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ADHD, aspbergers, OCD |
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Moderately |
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Linda Miller Marlton, NJ
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I am the most knowledgeable in the field of diet and ABA therapies. |
Why I became a
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Want to give hope to other parents. |
| Child's Symptoms: |
No speech, easily frustrated, GI issues, ear infections |
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GFCF Diet, ABA, Antifungals, Vitamins & Minerals, probiotics |
| How Therapy Helped: |
He/She Recovered! |
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Debra Costantino Milltown, NJ
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Biomedical stuff-nutrition, supplements, the gfcf diet, feingold diet, lots of the biomedical interventions. Also, and equally as important, the emotional aspect of being a parent of a child with autism. I am a therapist and the mother of a child recovered from PDD. Besides the knowledge of the vast world of biomedical intervention, at my core, I am a mom whose heart was broken, who found hope, and whose child has healed. My strengths: knowledge, emotional support, understanding, and hope. |
Why I became a
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I cannot live the rest of my life without helping others through the pain of diagnosis, the fear that follows, and the hope of what is possible using alternative medicine. After a year of hard work, dedication, and hope, my daughter has come back to me. Now she tells me, \"Mommy, I will love you forever.\" I cry everytime. My second daughter was born after my affected child was diagnosed. This lit a fire under me. I found out how to help my affected daughter and tried to prevent this from happening again to my baby. Shortly after that, I began all of the biomedical interventions with my affected child. I applied much of what I had learned to prevention for the baby. It was a scary, hopeful time. Last year after I began this journey, I started a parents of special needs support group. In the beginning, it was about support. Quickly it became so much more. I began to share my daughter\'s great success on the diet and the beginnings of supplements and other biomedical testing and treatments. The other parents followed suit. They have had the joy of healing and recovery over the past year right along with me. My journey has been theirs and theirs has been mine. We are an extremely close group. Healing my daughter is the single most important thing I have ever done in my life. I am ready to do more on a larger scale. This is the purpose out of all of this: I dedicate my life to my children and other affected children and their families. I will do everything I can for as long as there is a breath in me. My motivation, \"Mommy, I will love you forever.\" |
| Child's Symptoms: |
speech delay, echolalia, verbal stimming, social problems, extreme fear/anxiety, limited interests |
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gfcf diet, supplements, speech therapy, OT, the listening program, subcutaneous b12 therapy |
| How Therapy Helped: |
He/She Recovered! |
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Ann Ballot North Plainfield, NJ
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I understand and feel passionate about the diet, supplements, MB-12, hypebaric.
Antibiotics have been used to treat regression and his tourrets.
I strongly support |
Why I became a
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I want to share the information that has helped me. I do not want any parent to give up, get discouraged, feel overwhelmed or alone. |
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MASSIVE REGRESSION!
Seizure disorder.
Jon was so profoundly disabled that his first diagnosis (May 2002)* was Affective Disorder. The doctor said, "he is like a catatonic". Although the statement was true, Jon was like a catatonic, a walking zombie, a vegetable; the diagnosis was wrong. Jon was severely autistic. I challenged the doctor on the diagnosis and he was adamant that the diagnosis was not autism but affective disorder.
*I had diagnosed my son with autism in December 2001. One month after the onset, which occurred with his 15mt mmr/dpt vaccine. In December 2001, I had discussed with his pediatrician, my diagnosis. I did not immediately go to a neurologist for a diagnosis. However, I did at that time contact Early Intervention for services. Arrangements were made for 20 hours of treatment. |
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Biomedical. At the age of 5 (2005)Jon was completely mute. Although he had had some words he had just gone thru another major regression brought on by a seizure and was left mute. Within hours of his first mb12 injection, he sang Twinkle Twinkle Little Star. At least he tried he had approximate sounds for words and he had the right understanding of the song.
From the age of 16 months until 5 years, Jon had two permanent wounds that would not heal. Once we began daily treatments of mb-12 the wounds healed for the first time. On four occasions,I ran out of his b12 and his wounds came back.
The b12 also stopped the continuous bleeding that Jon would suffer after an injury. The onset of this medical condition occurred at 16 months and was reported to his pediatrician at that time. The b12 stopped him from bleeding. However, hyperbaric treatment gave his his first scab. Hyperbaric also healed his seizure disorder. The hyperbaric has also enabled Jon to eat gluten and fruit. Fruit had been the trigger for his seizures. He is still dairy free.
Dr. James Neubrander in Edison NJ has been our biomedical doctor. He is a blessing. He is kind, understanding, patient and determined. He has changed our lives. Dr. Neubrander gave me a child who can now smile, who can look me in the eye and connect with me. My son can now pick me out in a crowded room. I can now hold him in my arms and hug him.
Johnny is far from recovered but I treasure the gifts that I have received. All thanks go to Dr. Neubrander.
Of course I love (almost all) of his teachers, however, no one on earth is capable of teaching a catatonic. No matter how hard you try you can not teach a vegetable.
Biomedical treatments pulled my son into the arena of access and interaction.
I have heard so much incorrect info on biomedical treatments from the medical profession. It is astounding how misleading they are. I do not accept that mainstream doctors are not open to biomedical treatment. Their misleading info is intentional and harmful. These doctor's are causing so much harm.
Biomedical treatments have brought my son as far as he has come. Unfortunately, we did not seek this approach until he was 5yrs old. A lot of time was wasted before seeking the appropriate medical treatment.
Biomedical treatments have given me a child to hold and snuggle. A child who seeks interaction and love. A child who can smile. A child who can connect. I am so grateful to Dr. Neubrander who made this possible. |
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Theresa Temple Pittstown, NJ
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Autism Spectrum Disorder: specifically, PDD NOS. |
Why I became a
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I have been searching for an effective way to get our success story out to and help other people who have loved ones suffering from Autism. After reading Jenny's book, I know I finally found what I have been searching for. |
| Child's Symptoms: |
Hand-flapping, eye stimming, not responding to his name, non-funtional language, over-sensitivity to noise |
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After doing much research and being extremely persistent, we were recommended to a DAN specialist and had our son properly tested to see what toxins were in his system, if any. Once we got the results, it was evident that our son had an excessive amount of yeast in his gut which needed to be addressed right away with a customized chelation therapy treatment. Within 1 week, we started to see very subtle improvements each and every day - it brought us so much joy to see our son get better day by day! |
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Mildly |
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Janet Farry Roselle Park, NJ
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I do insurance medical billing for a living and have been able to get almost ALL my son's biomedical visits and services covered at 80% except HBOT but I am working on that now. My strenghts would be my ability to research and find any new treatments available and even experimental services. |
Why I became a
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I would love the opportunity to get the word out about Biomedical and how it can change yours and your child's life. When my son was first diagnosed, I found it extremely overwhelming at first but then when I was able to talk to other parents and get advice and opinions, it made it that much easier for me to find a starting place and then from there do my own research. It also is trememdously helpful to have that support system with other parents who are going thru the same thing and who also feel alienated from many people due to this epidemic. |
| Child's Symptoms: |
stimming, lack of appropriate social interaction, limited eye contact, used to have "pudding poop," hyperactivity |
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Mehyl B12 Inejections (major help), in the process of Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy and seeing benefits, Super Nuthera (high B6) |
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Significantly |
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Susan Gerakaris Roselle Park, NJ
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Why I became a
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tell people there is hope!never give up on your baby! |
| Child's Symptoms: |
lack of speech,lost speech,hand flapping,zoning out,no social skills with peers,did not enjoy other kids,either really constipated or runny stools,dark circles under eyes. |
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mb12 shots,diet,speech and behavioral therapy and school. |
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Significantly |
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Alison Sicklerville, NJ
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advocacy with Early Intervention and the school districts. I have three children affected by autism all very different. I consider myself a diversified expert in the field of autism. |
Why I became a
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to help other families affected by autism spectrum disorders. To show families there is hope out there for recovery |
| Child's Symptoms: |
no eye contact, no language, no socialization skills. no pointing, no joint attention, no conversation skills. not answering questions, late walking and crawling, delayed fine and gross motor |
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not really sure which ones helped the most but OT, PT , ST, dysphagia, AIT, ABA |
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Significantly |
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Angela Cipriano South Amboy, NJ
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Regressive Autism, vaccine injury and health issues due to vaccine injury. |
Why I became a
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I think educating a parent of a Autistic child is so very important. To let them know that they are not alone is this battle. The Dr's only tell you, "Sorry your child has Autism," and sends you home with out any hope or knowledge on the disorder. Most parents feel lost and hopeless and if I can help another parent overcome the hopelessness and the anxiety they may feel it will worth my time. I wish someone was there for me. I have educated myself on the disorder and vaccines and I would love to pass it on to someone else in need. |
| Child's Symptoms: |
Autism due to vaccine injury. Regressive Autism. |
| Helpful Therapies: |
ABA, Speech, biomedical interventions |
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Mildly |
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Michelle S Springfield, NJ
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Great at talking about supplements and vitamins, lab tests, heavy metal poisoning and detox, assessing your child’s behaviors to match possible causes, willing to share experiences or to just give you a pep talk if this is all too overwhelming. |
Why I became a
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To give back to the autism community by helping the ones starting this journey behind us. If it wasn’t for the other biomed parents out there who worked on recovering their children before us, we would not be where we are today. Our son is recovering in leaps and bounds every day. To think that our son was once non-verbal and could have remained this way had I not looked into things further breaks my heart because I know there are kids out there that this is happening to every day because their parents just do not know any better. Our story is detailed on my son’s blog, http://www.recoveringnicholas.com |
| Child's Symptoms: |
Regressive autism due to vaccine injury, mercury/lead toxic, non-verbal, regressed into his own world, severe temper tantrums, limited eye-contact, did not respond to his name, solo play, sensory-seeking, pale, dark circles under eyes, severe hyperactivity as if driven by a motor, hyper-sensitive to noise, blank stares, no pointing, not answering questions, had no fear, no empathy, stomach/digestion issues, swollen/distended belly, food allergies, constipation, yeast, bacteria, carbohydrate obsessed, vomiting, phenol sensitivity, milk/soy intolerant |
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Biomed, Vitamins & Supplements, MB-12 Injections, mHBOT, Oral Chelation (Cutler protocol), anti-fungals, anti-virals, diets, food elimination, etc. |
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Significantly |
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Sepideh Danielpour Tenafly, NJ
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I am still learning after all these years |
Why I became a
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because of the pain my family and i go everyday,want to help others |
| Child's Symptoms: |
autism |
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Detoxing, aba, stem cell therapy |
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Mildly |
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Liz Clingham Tenafly, NJ
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My greatest strength is that I am an extremely committed individual. I don't dabble in things. I manage a health club but really my love has always been teaching classes. The $ is lame for both but the full time gig allows me to feel like I have some type of career. I motivate people daily and am very convincing. My son was diagnosed wtih PDD on 12/20/07. I have spent everyday since trying to better his life by doing it all hardcore and it seems to be working. We do the diet 24/7 plus all the supplements, shots and ABA. I video every session and have finally gotten pretty good at doing it myself. |
Why I became a
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We are the only ones who are rescuing these children because most of the medical world ignores the situation. I've learned the most from real Moms. I want to give back by trying to do onto others as they have done onto me. |
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Delayed Speech, repetitive behavior, non compliance, less than typical eye contact, never slept through the night, ate limited foods |
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ABA, MB12, Secretin, Vitamin Supplements |
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Significantly |
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Cathy Boccino Tinton Falls, NJ
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PDD, Autism, Aspergers |
Why I became a
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I want to help other people make the choice to believe in the DAN! program. I think my experiences over the past 3 and a half years can be of help to others starting out. |
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Leaky gut, dozens of ear infections due to unfound allergies, poor immune system, spaced out look, layed on floor and watched wheels of anything move for hours, overstimulated being around people or change in environment, noise sensitive |
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MB12, gluten, casein, soy free diet, allergy elimination diet, IV chelation, vitamins, probiotics, diflucan, speech therapy, social skills groups, OT, oxytocin nasal spray, seeing a Defeat Autism Now doctor |
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Meredith Goldstein Verona, NJ
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The diet, supplementation, and of course the area of dentistry/oral health care. ABA (if someone asks) is also a personal success for us. |
Why I became a
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As a Medical professional, I was so disappointed in my community regarding the information I was given....WHICH WAS NOTHING. The first book I read was by Karen Seroussi about the GF-CF diet and we saw immediate improvement in so many areas. Then another mom sent me to a nutritionist/kinesiologist who helped us pull our son out of autism. I feel as a Medical professional, I am obligated to help whomever I can. |
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Tantrums, no eye contact, no response to name, GI issues, no language, stereotypy, NON-COMPLIANCE |
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ABA, GF/CF diet, Supplements, Probiotics |
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Significantly |
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Nadia Ciaravino Voorhees, NJ
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1) what to do at the time of diagnostic ie. first get your head together (deal with the pain) and get ready for the treatment
2) Drwa a feasible plan based on the case, the age, the location, means etc
3) How i was able to do the whole treatment (diet, MB12, HBOT, Chelation adn neuro feedback) without getting bankrupt or insane
So key strengths: managing the anxiety, planning the treatment, and budget and funding. |
Why I became a
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Because I would have liked to have one and I know Moms need them. BTW: other Moms put us on the way to recovery. |
| Child's Symptoms: |
Severe constipation, complete withdraw, loss of speech, repetitive behaviors ... full spectrum |
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Diet, ABA, Supplements, MB12, HBOT, chelation and Neurofeedback |
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Significantly |
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Teresa Fresco West Orange, NJ
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To lend an ear to anyone in need
to talk. |
Why I became a
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To share and support other families |
| Child's Symptoms: |
Autism |
| Helpful Therapies: |
GFCFSF diet |
| How Therapy Helped: |
Moderately |
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H. Downing Whitehouse Station, NJ
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biomed |
Why I became a
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I've been a RA for years. I love Gen Rescue! |
| Child's Symptoms: |
severe hypotonia, dysgraphia, dyscalculia, CAPD, perseverative behavior, echolalia |
| Helpful Therapies: |
mb-12 shots; hyperbaric oxygen treatment in hard chamber; supplements |
| How Therapy Helped: |
Significantly |
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