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Karen Halbert Brentwood, TN
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Why I became a
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I was blessed to have someone lead the way for me with Biomed from the get go. I don't want anyone else to have to reinvent the wheel or waste any time. |
| Child's Symptoms: |
non-verbal, spaciness, didn't respond to his name, tantrumming, bowel issues, limited diet, no expressive language
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| Helpful Therapies: |
biomedical interventions - GF/CF, yeast treatment, chelation, mHBOT, antibiotics, supplements; ABA; |
| How Therapy Helped: |
Significantly |
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Lorelei Gentry Christiana, TN
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| Strengths: |
ADHD, Asperger's and home educating |
Why I became a
Rescue Angel: |
Because I know that there are so many in our community that are experiencing these same frustrations; the feelings of not knowing what to do or how to help your child. We are homeschoolers so we are well educated in alternative learning styles. We want folks to know that they are not alone out there. |
| Child's Symptoms: |
Asperger's, OCD, ODD, ADHD social delays, fine & gross motor skill delay |
| Helpful Therapies: |
Equine therapy, occupational therapy, brushing, speech therapy, diet |
| How Therapy Helped: |
Significantly |
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Breann Murray Tolley Cleveland, TN
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| Strengths: |
Organic foods and environmental toxins. After our son's recovery, we started an organic farm. |
Why I became a
Rescue Angel: |
to help other families as my family was helped. |
| Child's Symptoms: |
Speech/Language delay, tantrums, rigid movements, yeast, skin rashes, night terrors, unresponsive to others.
He has now lost his diagnosis of Autism. He still has behavioral issues. |
| Helpful Therapies: |
Organic foods (esp. meat), GF/CF diet, beneficial bacteria supplements (acidopholus), enzymes, miso, B-12 injections, magnesium/zinc/omega oil supplements, removing all preservatives/dyes from diet, lots of nuts and organic fruits, collodial silver (anti-fungal), Hemp milk, kombucha tea |
| How Therapy Helped: |
He/She Recovered! |
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Derek Lehman Cordova, TN
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| Strengths: |
Pervasive development disorder, Aspergers, Downs syndrome. I have a unique ability to find the bright sides of ANY situation no matter how dreary it looks. I can help parents learn to be self supportive. I can teach parents how to cope with the stresses that go along with raising special needs children, through my knowledge of the system and my own personal experiences. |
Why I became a
Rescue Angel: |
I believe that I can guide "new" parents towards therapy and government assistance that they otherwise might not know about. |
| Child's Symptoms: |
Stopped talking around 10 months old, Stopped responding to his name around 12 months. Eating habits diminished rapidly. |
| Helpful Therapies: |
OT. School! School! School! |
| How Therapy Helped: |
Moderately |
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Jeanne Cantkier Cordova/Memphis, TN
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| Strengths: |
The diet, supplements, staying sane through the ups and downs, and advocacy. |
Why I became a
Rescue Angel: |
For the first three years of his life, my son lived in hell. And then, for three years he worked his butt off to help us help him feel better. Now, after spending four years silent and sick in special education programs, my son is verbal and excelling in a mainstream/typical classroom... and he's not sick anymore. He is so happy and healthy. |
| Child's Symptoms: |
chronic diarrhea; chronic sinus problems; loss of language; no eye contact; no social interests; many sensory issues; no understanding of danger; a very high threshold for pain; nosebleeds; escaping/running away; random screaming; tantrums; sleep problems; severe hyperactivity; migraines; and seizures. |
| Helpful Therapies: |
GFCFSF Diet, every single biomedical intervention, Dr. Krigsman, antifungals, antivirals |
| How Therapy Helped: |
Significantly |
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Kecia Schultz Franklin, TN
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| Strengths: |
Biomedical intervention, using natural methods. For those families who want to pursue chemical chelation, I can put them in touch with both local and national DAN!doctors. (We use a local DAN! doctor) But a lot of families in our region don't want to chemically chelate, so they do nothing. We want to give families information on both protocols - natural and conventional so they can then make the choice best for their children. |
Why I became a
Rescue Angel: |
I believe these children are the best of our future. They are among the brightest and bravest of their generation. Our family's mission is to help rescue these children, one at a time. There is hope and healing and we want to help provide the resources and information to help families get started. Also want to help families navigate the waters of the state system Tennessee Early Intervention, to avoid the pitfalls we encountered. We hope to help other families get the services we were not able to receive, because at that time, we didn't know any better. |
| Child's Symptoms: |
Our son is recovered, but in the beginning of our journey, he lost his language and social skills after the MMR shot. He had the other signs as well - spinning wheels, hand stimming, peripheral stimming, running into walls, running in circles, etc. |
| Helpful Therapies: |
We are using 100% natural biomedical. We used essential oils and a combination of garlic and cilantro to chelate the mercury, lead and aluminum and kill off the live measles antigen and were completely successful in this as well as killing off the candida/fungus, while supporting the liver to produce the glutathione necessary to detox all of these from his system. He has recovered, but is now catching up on social skills. |
| How Therapy Helped: |
He/She Recovered! |
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Kathy Galvin Gallatin, TN
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Why I became a
Rescue Angel: |
Because we have struggled to find the right doctors and want others to know they are not alone.. still struggling to find right doctors. |
| Child's Symptoms: |
High functioning Autism, OCD, behavior issues, ADHD, |
| Helpful Therapies: |
speech, swimming, behavioral counseling |
| How Therapy Helped: |
Moderately |
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Shanna Arnold Knoxville, TN
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| Strengths: |
Biomedical, financial assistance services, DAN! practitioners to our area, online & local support groups, working with insurance companies, ABA (did an intense program when she was 3). I never give up! I have an older child and even though we dabbled in biomedical over the years, we just got our first DAN! doctor in January 2008 (age 13)! I wish we had done this when she was 2! Mainly, I am here as a stay at home mom. She has made significant gains doing biomedical and ABA therapies over the years. She was mod-severe autism and now presents as Mild-moderate autism. She continues to make gains and I refuse to ever give up on a full recovery. |
Why I became a
Rescue Angel: |
I want to give back because when my child was diagnosed, I had no one to help me. I want to be there for others needing help. |
| Child's Symptoms: |
constipation/lack of good bacteria in gut, expressive language delay, excessive yeast, mercury toxicity, vitamin deficiencies, high testosterone |
| Helpful Therapies: |
GF/CF Diet, PROBIOTICS, Vitamins, MB12, Hard Chamber HBOT, OSR, ABA, Occupational & Speech therapy, Inclusion with typical peers in preferred subjects, |
| How Therapy Helped: |
Significantly |
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Sunny Hall Knoxville, TN
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| Strengths: |
Vaccine-related regressions & biomedical interventions. |
Why I became a
Rescue Angel: |
I know how hard it is to navigate this info by yourself. People need to know what options are out there and to talk to parents who have been through it and seen results. |
| Child's Symptoms: |
Non-verbal at 2yrs; visual stimming, bottom bouncing, arm-flapping, horrible transitions, inconsolable melt-downs, aggression, sleep issues, foul bowel movements, acid reflux, eczema, no social skills; compulsiveness, sensitivity to sound and light, |
| Helpful Therapies: |
DAN! doctor: Mb-12 shots, anti-fungals & Gluten Free Casein Free (GF/CF), probiotics; fish oil & folinic acid, zinc, glutathione, Transfer factor, charcoal, enhansa, PRX, grapefruit seed extract.Speech, OT, PT, special ed preschool. |
| How Therapy Helped: |
Significantly |
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Linda Bryant Lakeland, TN
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| Strengths: |
Diet, and what hasn't worked for us. |
Why I became a
Rescue Angel: |
Starting chelation and don't know anyone else doing it. |
| Child's Symptoms: |
Verbal stim, Echolalia, speech delayed, detached |
| Helpful Therapies: |
GF/CF/SF, Social group, speech, floor play |
| How Therapy Helped: |
Moderately |
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Mesha Watkins Memphis, TN
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| Strengths: |
Biomedical Intervention |
Why I became a
Rescue Angel: |
My heart cries for those who do not have an advocate or resources that are natural rather than synthetic |
| Child's Symptoms: |
Regression of vocalization, poor eye contact, spinning, repeating words from videos over and over again (scripting). |
| Helpful Therapies: |
Even Better Now (Clay baths)
nativeremedies.com(Adhd & Pdd formulas) |
| How Therapy Helped: |
Significantly |
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Genni McKey-Greer Memphis, TN
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| Strengths: |
Biomedical treatments, research, willingness to speak to as many people as possible |
Why I became a
Rescue Angel: |
In this area, there is no one else--I seem to be the only one who is doing biomed treatments. |
| Child's Symptoms: |
Speech delays in receptive and expressive language |
| Helpful Therapies: |
CF diet (our children did not show a gluten intolerance on OAT test, so we did not remove it from their diet, but use enzymes with Gluten) mHBOT, removing artificial preservative sodium benzoate, anti fungals , speech therapy, OT, supplements (including but not limited to): zinc, molybdenum, magnesium citrate, CoQ10, B6, L-Carnitine, Fish Oil, Vitamin C, Methyl B-12 injection, Glutathione (we use a lot of creams!)
We just started our first round of chelation using DMPS suppositories. |
| How Therapy Helped: |
Moderately |
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Lena Sprowl Murfreesboro, TN
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| Strengths: |
Diet, chelation,learning disabilites, finding local reasources. |
Why I became a
Rescue Angel: |
I want to help others so they do not have to struggle like we did. We have also created a free resource from our home. For families to work with their child free of charge. |
| Child's Symptoms: |
Autism, MR. |
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Chelation,Vitamins,Detox,B-12 shots, Speech, OT, horse therapy,swimming. |
| How Therapy Helped: |
Significantly |
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Summer Humphries Murfreesboro, TN
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| Strengths: |
Language & sensory; I can best help those seeking doctors in our area, as well as biomedical intervention suggestions and direction. |
Why I became a
Rescue Angel: |
Everyone needs to know there is more to potential recovery than "just" therapies. Biomedical interventions address the physical issues which are causing the visible symptoms. |
| Child's Symptoms: |
Language delay, social delay, sensory (foods), focus/distraction
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| Helpful Therapies: |
Biomedical interventions: GF/ CF Diet, Supplements: Brainchild SSIII Vitamins & MegaMinerals, Vitamin C, Enhansa, Houston Enzymes Trienza, Enzymedia LypoGold, OraPancreas, MB12 (oral lozenge, crushed & mixed), CoQ10, Nordic Naturals Cod Liver Oil, Nordic Naturals Omega 3-6-9, Custom Probiotics D-Lactate Free formula, Magnesium, Liver Life, Folinic, FolaPro (and P-5-P have been in our regimen for several months, but pulled them during our ramp up from Brainchild's SSII to SSIII). ABA, Occupational Therapy,
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| How Therapy Helped: |
Significantly |
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Vicki Zelenka Murfreesboro, TN
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| Strengths: |
I feel after much research that I am well versed in most areas of biomedical treatments. My medical background is also an asset. I could be most helpful with supplement education, diet education, OSR(Boyd Haley's supplement)education...we were one of the first 10 families to receive the supplement and have contact with him on a fairly regular basis. I could also give great emotional support to these parents. |
Why I became a
Rescue Angel: |
I have twins that have been vaccines injured and we had their blood, urine, hair, and feces tested. I am a RN and help many Moms already online and in person in educating about biomedical treatments and would like to continue to do so. I feel obligated to give back to these Moms that need support. I have a burning desire to educate as many parents as possible. |
| Child's Symptoms: |
Twins both affected- Loss of speech, arm flapping, digestive problems, repetitive motions, stimming, no eye contact, change in foods they would eat, insomnia |
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OSR, Speech Therapy, Occupational Therapy, Supplements, B12 shots, GF/CF diet |
| How Therapy Helped: |
Significantly |
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Rosey Smeltzer Nashville, TN
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Why I became a
Rescue Angel: |
LOUDER than WORDS! |
| Child's Symptoms: |
aspergers |
| How Therapy Helped: |
Significantly |
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Jennifer Thayer Old Hickory, TN
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| Strengths: |
food allergies, bio medical intervention |
Why I became a
Rescue Angel: |
I want to create a support system for as many people as possible who are effected by Autism |
| Child's Symptoms: |
speech and language delay, severe food allergies, severe inhalant allergies, social delays |
| Helpful Therapies: |
Bio Med, DAN doctor |
| How Therapy Helped: |
Significantly |
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Cheri Howlett Powell, TN
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| Child's Symptoms: |
High Functioning autism and OCD |
| Helpful Therapies: |
Methyl B-12 Nasal spray, probiotics, CLO, L-Carnitine, currently Nystatin, |
| How Therapy Helped: |
Moderately |
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April Schmidt Spring Hill, TN
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| Strengths: |
Having been on this path for almost 3 years. I feel I can help guide others.
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Why I became a
Rescue Angel: |
To help others on this challenging journey. |
| Child's Symptoms: |
No eye contact, delayed speech (non verbal until almost 3 years old), sensory issues, eating problems, constipation, and more.
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| Helpful Therapies: |
Biomedical interventions, G/C diet, probiotics, threelac, nystatin, methyl b-12 shots (MB12), and THERAPY, THERAPY, THERAPY!
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| How Therapy Helped: |
Significantly |
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Diane Gallant Spring Hill, TN
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| Strengths: |
Diet and biomed are my strongest, but have experience with many other facets since we have been on our autism journey since 2001. |
Why I became a
Rescue Angel: |
Am passionate about helping families learn that autism IS treatable, and recovery IS possible. My son is not yet recovered, but he is well on his way, and most people who meet him have no idea of his autism (and we don't tell!) |
| Child's Symptoms: |
Non verbal at age 3, chronic diarrhea, head banging, significantly delayed at time of diagnosis. |
| Helpful Therapies: |
40-hour per week home ABA program until he mainstreamed into school with shadow aide, OT, Speech. In my opinion, his therapies would not have been effective without diet and biomed at the same time. |
| How Therapy Helped: |
Significantly |
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Maureen Henderson Springfield, TN
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| Strengths: |
I have a bachelors degree in child psychology. I am a certified teacher K-12 and have experience teaching the autism population. I am a certifed guidance counselor Pre-K - 8th. I feel most strongly about getting safe vaccination protocol information to parents. |
Why I became a
Rescue Angel: |
I want to help other mothers get their babies help early - the earlier the better - Don't wait and see. My child is not recovered but made 6 month gains in 6wks on biomeds and GFCF |
| Child's Symptoms: |
Yeast rashes, spinning, lining up toys, rigidity, toe walking, tantrums - oh and how can I forget ...LANGUAGE / SPEECH DELAY |
| Helpful Therapies: |
GFCF Diet, biomedical treatment(antifungals, fish oil , B12 etc), TEIS - TN early intervention program, Kid Talk program at Vanderbilt University |
| How Therapy Helped: |
Significantly |
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Gena Graddy Tullahoma, TN
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| Strengths: |
diet,nutrition, biomed, mentoring |
Why I became a
Rescue Angel: |
To "Pay it Forward" by empowering families to recover their children! |
| Child's Symptoms: |
Head banging; lining things up; waking up all through the night crying and screaming; constant diarrhea or constipation; constant sinus infections & unexplained low grade temperatures; rashes, skin & scalp issues; |
| Helpful Therapies: |
strict gfcf diet; Methyl B-12, Killing yeast, chelating, and ABA |
| How Therapy Helped: |
Significantly |
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