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"Eye Contact" (Kaleb Whitlock - age:4)
Autism Awareness Week 2009
Knowledge - Opportunity - Resources - Hope
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"Eye Contact" (Kaleb Whitlock - age:4)
Beckah & Kaleb Whitlock
Autism Awareness Week 2009
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**We are looking for pictures of individuals with autism from ALL age groups. Picture submissions become the property of the IAC and can be used online (website, blog, etc.), in education materials (public service announcements, education materials and brochures, etc.), or in any other way the IAC chooses. If you submit a picture you agree to release the IAC from any and all liability. The IAC will, to the best of it's ability, use the pictures appropriately and in a respectful manner.**
My name is Doug. I just moved to Twin Falls (01/06/17). My family are still back in California while we try to sell our house. They will be joining me soon. My 5 year old son has been diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder. It took us 3 years to get that diagnosis even though my wife and I knew that's what it was. My wife is a holistic nutritionist so we use many natural supplements and tinctures with our son and are constantly learning what works best for him. We have seen vast improvement over the last couple years. One very important change that we made was removing all gluten and dairy from his diet. According to his food alergy test he is highly allergic to dairy and he is reactive to gluten. It causes cellular inflammation especially in the brain. When he had gluten all of his old autism symptoms/stimming behavior would return. When we first started this journey my son was non-verbal. Within a week after cutting out the gluten and dairy he started to speak. It was so joyous when he finally said mommy and daddy for the first time. Also, we all had DNA tests done and noticed that both my wife and I had genetic mutations in our methylation genes. Your body methalates vitamins to break them down into substances your body can use. Well she had one mutation and I had the other and my poor son ended up with both. There are a lot of studies on methylation issues amongst individuals on the spectrum and it turns out that most (if not all) have these genetic mutations. Supplementing with methylated versions of vitamins has definitly helped my son. Dr. Kurt Woeller has done fascinating research on ASD and is probably the leading researcher in the West. The question I have is what is my first step in getting my son the support that he needs in Idaho?
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