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Autism Awareness Week 2009
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"Eye Contact" (Kaleb Whitlock - age:4)
Beckah & Kaleb Whitlock
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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.**
I HATED the Gluten Free/Casein Free Diet. It cost us over $300 PER WEEK just for Kaleb's food and the poor kid didn't hardly eat anything except Rice! We saw some improvement with sleep but we just couldn't afford it so we've gone a different route.
ReplyDeleteI know that parents hate the work and amount of money that goes into the gluten free/casein gree diet. I also know that it does not work for everyone. But I have to comment that I saw it work for a child with autism that I worked with at a UCP preschool in Dallas, Texas. He was a changed child when he was on the diet; when he slipped and ate something that had gluten or dairy he would break out in a rash and his behaviors would skyrocket. It is not for eveyone, but it does work for some!
ReplyDeleteDoes anyone have suggestions for toilet-training? I work with a five-year-old boy who is nearly independent with the toileting routine except for voiding in the toilet. It seems like he is just not comfortable with letting it go anywhere but in his diaper. We've done lots of social stories and had success for awhile but I think it was just coincidence. Should I continue the social stories? How often should i be taking him and how long should I require him to sit on the toilet?
ReplyDeleteI remembered a video I watched a couple years ago that was really awesome! It is about learning disabled kids and specific challenges they face in the classroom. The man in the video leading the workshop helps you experience what it is like to have a learning disability and gives suggestions for techniques for working with those kids. It's called Beyond F.A.T. City by Richard Lavoie. Check out clips of it on youtube! I love this video!
ReplyDeleteThe treatments that have worked best for my son are gluten/dairy-free diet (vast improvement with that), supplementing with methylated vitamins (especially B-12), and to help him sleep, a couple drops of melatonin (but don't use it long-term). For constipation (which most ASD kids have) a combination of fiber (my kid likes bean burritos (gluten-free of course)) and Dr. Christopher's Lower Bowel.
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