This section represents more then 100 answers to our questionnaire by mothers with children with Autism.
It will assist health care professionals and parents to learn from experiences of others.
| Name: |
| Sujithamol S. , November 21, 2024 |
| What factors or causes do you think triggered Autism in your child? |
My child now 7 year old has a regressive autism at the age of 1.5 years. Normal developmental milestones till 1.5 years including speech. He is one among the twin kids born through IVF treatment. Cesarian delivery, premature @35 weeks, low birth weight 1.6 Kg and formula fed. Bronchiolitis and antibiotics exposure @ 8months. Regressed after a fever with an associated seizure (doctors called it febrile seizure) @1. 5 years. Antibiotics exposure then too.. |
| At what age did you first realize that something was wrong with your child? |
| Regressed after a fever with an associated seizure (doctors called it febrile seizure) @1. 5 years. Noticeable changes in his character immediately after discharge from the hospital. |
| What are the major symptoms of your child? |
| Nonverbal Sensory Seeker |
| What treatments do you think worked best for your child? |
| Used your D lactate free probiotics as prescribed by a paediatric neurologist. Started with 2 child scoop and increased to 1 child scoop progressively and continued on one adult scoop for about 1 year. It was quite beneficial. But 6 months back, doctor suggested all his patients to reduce the dosage to 2 child scoop. I have a feeling like, my child who was progressing, lost it with this reduction in dosage. To check the dosage suitable for my kid, I checked this site now. |
| Name: |
| Nikki S. , October 19, 2024 |
| What factors or causes do you think triggered Autism in your child? |
vaccines and possibly c-section birth |
| At what age did you first realize that something was wrong with your child? |
| 1 year old |
| What are the major symptoms of your child? |
| eyes crossing, non verbal, not walking, not liking food nor did he ever nurse well |
| What treatments do you think worked best for your child? |
| sensory clinic |
| Name: |
| V.Z. , September 30, 2024 |
| What factors or causes do you think triggered Autism in your child? |
Excessive use of antibiotic for my child for ear infections High dose of Folic acid in pregnancy 18 month vaccine |
| At what age did you first realize that something was wrong with your child? |
| 6 months and then18 months |
| What are the major symptoms of your child? |
| Flapping Repetitive behaviors |
| What treatments do you think worked best for your child? |
| Just started to use probiotics a week ago and I have seen some improvements. |
| Name: |
| Sushma G., Aug 22, 2024 |
| What factors or causes do you think triggered Autism in your child? |
increase screentime in the beginning and he always poops immediately after meal |
| At what age did you first realize that something was wrong with your child? |
| 18 months |
| What are the major symptoms of your child? |
| less eye contact extremely hyperactive inattentive distractive and lack of concentration apart from that he will not wave bye bye and not point out. no speech cant sit still at one place |
| What treatments do you think worked best for your child? |
| right now i have tried none. |
| Name: |
| Christine H., Apr 24, 2024 |
| What factors or causes do you think triggered Autism in your child? |
During labor I was given IV antibiotics as a precaution due to a positive group strep B test. I think this gave my newborn son his first issue. From 2 weeks old to age 18 months he received every recommended vaccine. He also had at least 2 ear infections during this time and received antibiotics. He received the MMR vaccines at age 15months and again at 18months (should have received the 2nd one about 3 yrs later). He then developed severe diarrhea and lost all eye contact and by age 2 was diagnosed with PDD-NOS. He is 22yrs old now, still a non-speaker but at age 16yrs we learned he is very intelligent and funny and can carry on an age appropriate conversation via Facilitated Communication on his IPad. We plan to learn S2C soon to communicate. |
| At what age did you first realize that something was wrong with your child? |
| Age 18 months after the last vaccine we have ever given him. |
| What are the major symptoms of your child? |
| Non-speaker. Difficult to control his body ...gets stuck in repetitive movements (like open and shut doors over and over). Difficult to handle social gatherings. Requires help with all daily tasks. |
| What treatments do you think worked best for your child? |
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Probiotics at age 2yrs helped get rid of the diarrhea. Gluten-free and dairy free diet restored sleeping all night and eye contact and energy level and cleared up his constant runny nose and cough. Age 16yrs became incontinent (urine only). We discovered the low oxalate diet 2yrs ago and it is helping Also finding he has histamine issues with food. William Dickinson recommended D-Lactate free. Prior to this we have tried probiotics via James Adams from ASU and many others during his life. |
| Name: |
| Zera M., Jan 17, 2024 |
| What factors or causes do you think triggered Autism in your child? |
hypoxia during childbirth, vaccination,poor fermentation problems with inflamed intestines. |
| At what age did you first realize that something was wrong with your child? |
| 2- 3 years |
| What are the major symptoms of your child? |
| hyper state, constant running, waving various objects for a very long time, lack of reaction to names, after vaccination, stopped smiling, responded to emotions, stopped responding to spoken speech. |
| What treatments do you think worked best for your child? |
| Treatment by a gastroenterologist, relieving inflammation of the intestines, treatment by a neurologist, treatment of a genetic metabolist, working with neuroviruses (reducing titers) |
| Name: |
| EDWINW I., Sep 8, 2023 |
| What factors or causes do you think triggered Autism in your child? |
Environmental toxins, lead paint exposure, mercury in dental fillings, exposure to second hand smoke to the parents, use of mercury and aluminum as a preservative in vaccines, aluminum in deodorant used by parents, use of Acetaminophen by parents for headaches. |
| At what age did you first realize that something was wrong with your child? |
| Between 12 to 18 months. |
| What are the major symptoms of your child? |
| OCD behaviors, motor tics, limited language, learning disability, Diarrhea and constipation issues, food allergies, anxiety and aggression, also diagnosed with Pandas disease. |
| What treatments do you think worked best for your child? |
| Gluten free diet, vitamin and mineral supplementation, probiotics, ABA Therapy, enemas to help with constipation, diet regiment of organic foods that limit the amount of sugar in the diet. No processed foods, no fast food, everything homemade. |
| Name: |
| Garl E., Sep 5, 2023 |
| What factors or causes do you think triggered Autism in your child? |
MMR |
| At what age did you first realize that something was wrong with your child? |
| 2yrs |
| What are the major symptoms of your child? |
| He can't stand tyranny, has trouble understanding double speak |
| What treatments do you think worked best for your child? |
| Unsure |
| Name: |
| Shira F., Jul 21, 2023 |
| What factors or causes do you think triggered Autism in your child? |
Vaccines. Way too many at young ages 6-8 at a time every 6 weeks Possibly Lyme around this time |
| At what age did you first realize that something was wrong with your child? |
| 16 months |
| What are the major symptoms of your child? |
| Stimming Very poor language No interest in children In own world Poor skills across board |
| What treatments do you think worked best for your child? |
| Still working on this |
| Name: |
| LINDA L., Apr 23, 2023 |
| What factors or causes do you think triggered Autism in your child? |
maybe herpes from mother or father. |
| At what age did you first realize that something was wrong with your child? |
| At birth |
| What are the major symptoms of your child? |
| speech, not much reaction to other people! 7 years old hooked on video game. |
| What treatments do you think worked best for your child? |
| Haven't tried much |
| Name: |
| Angie O., Mar 28, 2023 |
| What factors or causes do you think triggered Autism in your child? |
I went into preterm labor with my son when I was 30 weeks pregnant. I was put on bed rest and medication for 6 weeks. I was in the hospital a couple of times in between that 30 week and 36 week mark where they gave me more medication (mostly magnesium) to stop the contractions. I believe to this day that his autism is linked to the prescription I had to take for those 6 weeks. |
| At what age did you first realize that something was wrong with your child? |
| Around 2-21/2 is when I noticed he wasn’t speaking clearly. When he would speak, it was in broken gibberish that not many people could understand. |
| What are the major symptoms of your child? |
| Delayed speech, lack of fine motor skills, intrapersonal skills, temper tantrums when he was little, and major sensory issues |
| What treatments do you think worked best for your child? |
| Speech therapy, occupational therapy, and when he got older ALOT of talking through things. We are a family that loves Jesus, so I think that made him very happy and easy to reason with. |
| Name: |
| Mj F., Jan 18, 2023 |
| What factors or causes do you think triggered Autism in your child? |
Biological father was pot head 🤷🏻♀️ He has other kids who also different levels of autism as well. |
| At what age did you first realize that something was wrong with your child? |
| Birth. |
| What are the major symptoms of your child? |
| He is the list. But also Gtube fed gi problems. |
| What treatments do you think worked best for your child? |
| Speech and language( prologue2go) ot working on all kinds of things. Physio- gross motter skill, school- IEP (kinetic leaner) |
| Name: |
| Halimo N., Dec 11, 2022 |
| What factors or causes do you think triggered Autism in your child? |
I dont know what cause her autism. |
| At what age did you first realize that something was wrong with your child? |
| When she was 2 years & half. |
| What are the major symptoms of your child? |
| No talking no eye contact no socail interaction. |
| What treatments do you think worked best for your child? |
| I dont know yet. |
| Name: |
| Adhil S., Dec 22, 2022 |
| What factors or causes do you think triggered Autism in your child? |
Gut problemand deficency of vit D |
| At what age did you first realize that something was wrong with your child? |
| 1year and 6 month. |
| What are the major symptoms of your child? |
| Lack of communication and socialisation. |
| What treatments do you think worked best for your child? |
| Biomedical suppliments and OT and BTand SPEECH terappy. |
| Name: |
| Halimo N., Dec 11, 2022 |
| What factors or causes do you think triggered Autism in your child? |
I dont know what cause her autism. |
| At what age did you first realize that something was wrong with your child? |
| When she was 2 years & half. |
| What are the major symptoms of your child? |
| No talking no eye contact no socail interaction. |
| What treatments do you think worked best for your child? |
| I dont know yet. |
| Name: |
| Kim A., Oct 21, 2022 |
| What factors or causes do you think triggered Autism in your child? |
Possibly: poor gut health, as a result of me taking mutliple antibiotics during pregnancy, me finding out hypothyroid, and not until 5 months into pregnancy was I treated son swallowing meconium at birth possibly worsened by vaccinations early in life possibly us staying at hospital for only 1 day, instead of typical 3- unsure if all testing was done found high lead levels at age 8 when took to autism specialist possibly my high mercury levels (not tested, but have amalgams and used to play with thermometer mercury as a child |
| At what age did you first realize that something was wrong with your child? |
| around 1 yr |
| What are the major symptoms of your child? |
| flapping ocd organization of toys etc echolalia sometimes aggression high viral antibodies load |
| What treatments do you think worked best for your child? |
| working on gut health with probiotics lowering viral illnesses/antibodies with antibiotics finding out nutritional deficiencies and addressing with supplementation lowering lead with ALA |
| Name: |
| OSEME O., Oct 13, 2022 |
| What factors or causes do you think triggered Autism in your child? |
MMR Vaccine |
| At what age did you first realize that something was wrong with your child? |
| 2+ |
| What are the major symptoms of your child? |
| Aphasia, learning challenges. |
| What treatments do you think worked best for your child? |
| Bioresonance, PBM and Color Light therapy, Hyperbaric Oxygen therapy, NEMO therapy, PEMF, Organic diet, etc. |
| Name: |
| Hera N., Mar 6, 2022 |
| What factors or causes do you think triggered Autism in your child? |
I believe she was born with it and as she grew older her autism symptoms came out more. For example, her stimming and vocalizations. |
| At what age did you first realize that something was wrong with your child? |
| We noticed at 2.5 years old and was diagnosed at 2.8. |
| What are the major symptoms of your child? |
| Her behaviors include stimming with her fingers and vocalizations. She is also minimially verbal more words less sentences. |
| What treatments do you think worked best for your child? |
| She is currently doing ABA therapy at the center for socialization and behavior intervention. she will do speech soon again. She goes to an inclusive model school and recives special education services there. |
| Name: |
| O Ch., Feb 19, 2022 |
| What factors or causes do you think triggered Autism in your child? |
MTHFR mutation + mercury from vaccine + HepatitisB vaccination right after birth. |
| At what age did you first realize that something was wrong with your child? |
| After HepatitisB vaccination he started cry and never stopped, first year his liver was inlarged twice and skin was yellow. He couldn't tolerate even my milk. Raised on soy-milk. |
| What are the major symptoms of your child? |
| Hyperactivity, flupping hands, jumps, pinching himself, low vocabulary, limited sentences. No friends of his age. Demanding through the screaming. Echolalya. |
| What treatments do you think worked best for your child? |
| Diet, vitamins, minerals, supplements. |
| Name: |
| Joy P., Oct 26, 2021 |
| What factors or causes do you think triggered Autism in your child? |
Too many vaccines at a given time at a very young age (newborn/infant ages) & environmental toxins |
| At what age did you first realize that something was wrong with your child? |
| Around 2.5 yrs old |
| What are the major symptoms of your child? |
| The major symptoms that we noticed at 2.5 was delay with certain milestones such as no crawling, delayed walking (at 14 months), delayed speech, lining toys up, and poor eye contact when being spoken to |
| What treatments do you think worked best for your child? |
| Things that we thought helped were the following: 1) diet change - all organic, gluten free, dairy free, grain free (when possible); 2) eliminating foods and products that are inflammatory or have toxins such as switching all cookware and utensils to stainless steel, only using dishware that were made of nontoxic material and mostly white colored, using ONLY avocado oil or extra virgin olive oil for cooking (these oils are the only anti-inflammatory oils; all other oils are inflammatory); 3) natural supplements such as dairy free probiotics, omega 3 (algae omega 3 instead of fish oil due to possible mercury in the fish oil) and other aminos to help with mood/behavior; 4) various therapies such as individual speech therapy & group speech therapy, occupational therapy, ABA therapy (for social skills), social skills group, and exercise (yoga, endurance training, strength training) |
| Name: |
| M. S., Oct 26, 2021 |
| What factors or causes do you think triggered Autism in your child? |
Vaccines, diabetic, thyroid, stress during pregnancy. Sugar, maida, wheet, gadgets to baby. |
| At what age did you first realize that something was wrong with your child? |
| 1.5 yrs |
| What are the major symptoms of your child? |
| Sleeplessness, hyper, laughing, mood swings, hand flapping, look from sides, running in pattern many more. |
| What treatments do you think worked best for your child? |
| 1. Diet (GFCF) and lifestyle changes. 2. Homoeopathy. 3. Healthy home cooked food. Haven't recovered yet....seeing significant changes. We pray for all children and families to stay strong and recover steadily. |
| Name: |
| Deja M., Oct 10, 2021 |
| What factors or causes do you think triggered Autism in your child? |
Too many Vaccines at once |
| At what age did you first realize that something was wrong with your child? |
| At about a year and a half, no eye contact wasn’t responding to his name |
| What are the major symptoms of your child? |
| He is non verbal, low fine motor skills, very picky eater, little social skills |
| What treatments do you think worked best for your child? |
| He’s is receiving speech therapy and enrolled in prek that’s helped a little with social and routines. We are ready to try the probiotics now to see if there are any other changes |
| Name: |
| Olivia R., August 13, 2021 |
| What factors or causes do you think triggered Autism in your child? |
After the MMR vaccine she began to change and lose eye contact, speech, responding to her name, and began flapping. |
| At what age did you first realize that something was wrong with your child? |
| 18 months, she is now 5 years old |
| What are the major symptoms of your child? |
| She is nonverbal, a big sensory seeker and her bowel movements smell like metal. |
| What treatments do you think worked best for your child? |
| We’ve tried zeolites, neural balance, and all star probiotics |
| Name: |
| Sheries W., May 30, 2021 |
| What factors or causes do you think triggered Autism in your child? |
Antibiotics pumped in before delivery due to Step infection. And antibiotics in the breast milk after birth. |
| At what age did you first realize that something was wrong with your child? |
| 16-17 months |
| What are the major symptoms of your child? |
| Basically Stim type of activities: bangs head in lap to get to sleep, flapping hands, spins at times, takes your hand to do something for her, smells all her food before eatting it. |
| What treatments do you think worked best for your child? |
| Have not tried treatment yet. |
| Name: |
| Susie M., May 9, 2021 |
| What factors or causes do you think triggered Autism in your child? |
Toxin exposure, genetic predisposition. |
| At what age did you first realize that something was wrong with your child? |
| 6 months |
| What are the major symptoms of your child? |
| Delayed receptive and expressive speech, stimming, OCD, transitions are tough. |
| What treatments do you think worked best for your child? |
| Amantadine, sulphoraphane (sp?), valtrex, antibiotics, vitamin D3+K2, anti-inflammatories, environmental controls. |
| Name: |
| Ateeq A., April 26, 2021 |
| What factors or causes do you think triggered Autism in your child? |
Antibiotics and Vaccinations |
| At what age did you first realize that something was wrong with your child? |
| 2 years |
| What are the major symptoms of your child? |
| Behaviour issues and lethargic |
| What treatments do you think worked best for your child? |
| Camel milk , GAPS diet , ACC and CBD oil |
| Name: |
| Ariel S., March 26, 2021 |
| What factors or causes do you think triggered Autism in your child? |
Antibiotics. |
| At what age did you first realize that something was wrong with your child? |
| Year 1 |
| What are the major symptoms of your child? |
| Lack of speech, lack of cognitive development, visual stimming. |
| What treatments do you think worked best for your child? |
| Vitamin B12 injections. Biocidin. Diet modifications. |
| Name: |
| Ranya A., March 18, 2021 |
| What factors or causes do you think triggered Autism in your child? |
- Premature child, small weight - Tested high for toxins (mercury, lead, arsenic) - High candida levels - High oxalate levels - Severe histamine issues |
| At what age did you first realize that something was wrong with your child? |
| - When he was born he had 2 lung collapses - He progressed slowly but with a severe delay - He took the DTP vaccine then got infantile spasms right after at age 2 and regressed severely afterwards - He was diagnosed with global developmental delay, cerebral palsy, and recently autism |
| What are the major symptoms of your child? |
| - is non-verbal yet - Rashes on face when eating high histamine foods - Bad sleep / wakes up often at 2am - Bangs head sometimes - changes in mood, some days can be very happy and quiet and focused and others grumpy and cranky |
| What treatments do you think worked best for your child? |
| - GFCF diet and excluding many other things he's intolerant to.... I tried to introduce again recently but didn't work - He reacted horribly to many probiotics in the past - diarrhea usually - Didn't so well on the GAPS diet either (probably because it's high in oxalates and histamines) - his histamine and oxalate issues exploded after this diet |
| Name: |
| Melissa G., February 4, 2021 |
| What factors or causes do you think triggered Autism in your child? |
His father and I have zero family history of ASD, and he was not vaccinated nor received any antibiotics prior to age 4. That said, I have Rheumatoid Arthritis, Sjogren's Syndrome, and antiphospholipid antibodies. It was a high risk pregnancy due to these factors. So if I had to guess what triggered him to have ASD it would be my autoimmune disease. |
| At what age did you first realize that something was wrong with your child? |
| Nothing is "wrong" with my child. But to answer what I believe you're asking, I could tell he was atypical by the time he was 12 months old. He always displayed limited eye contact, and had significant issues with eating when foods were first introduced. |
| What are the major symptoms of your child? |
| His language skills are comparable to a 2 year old (he's 5), he displays repetitive behaviors and stimming, has several sensory issues (sounds, textures, smells, foods), very limited diet... |
| What treatments do you think worked best for your child? |
| Working with him on Occupational and Speech Therapies |
| Name: |
| Desislava S., December 14, 2020 |
| What factors or causes do you think triggered Autism in your child? |
The first vaccine in the hospital - BCG and the milk formula. They feeded him with the formula since the first day, because I did not have brest milk. |
| At what age did you first realize that something was wrong with your child? |
| 11-12 months |
| What are the major symptoms of your child? |
| Poor language, poor imitation and imagination, tantrums, lack of empathy, food intolerabces, poor sleep, selective nutrition, poor eye contact, hyperactivity |
| What treatments do you think worked best for your child? |
| ABA, OT, GAPS diet, HBOT, GcMaf injections and spray |
| Name: |
| Kelly K., November 20, 2020 |
| What factors or causes do you think triggered Autism in your child? |
Ear infections, antibiotics then Vaccines. |
| At what age did you first realize that something was wrong with your child? |
| 2.5 yrs |
| What are the major symptoms of your child? |
| Lack of progress verbally . sleep challenges. Unusual behaviors: Lining things up. No longer wanted held; arched back. Sensory issues increased, GI irregularities, lost words Now: ritualistic across day, SIBs & aggression, no true words |
| What treatments do you think worked best for your child? |
| Tried alternative: secretin, chelation, therapies, HBOT, still GFCF, IVIG, GI docs, alternative practitioners & stikl on host of supplements, still on probiotics. No real positive impacts. Music therapy was helpful but depends on therapist |
| Name: |
| Aruljoysuresh A., November 3, 2020 |
| What factors or causes do you think triggered Autism in your child? |
We think she had difficulty in digestion and had a frequent constipation, may be because of digestive problems. |
| At what age did you first realize that something was wrong with your child? |
| At her 18 month she don’t respond to her name first. After that she don’t realize that we are talking to her. |
| What are the major symptoms of your child? |
| No response when calling her name, and other talking. Like to be alone a lot. Difficulty to sit in one place. |
| What treatments do you think worked best for your child? |
| Still in ABA for 2 years. We still don’t know what to do. Will have to try probiotics a lot |
| Name: |
| Elaine S., November 2, 2020 |
| What factors or causes do you think triggered Autism in your child? |
#1 vaccines #2 tylenol |
| At what age did you first realize that something was wrong with your child? |
| 22 months old |
| What are the major symptoms of your child? |
| Intestinal infection, sudden regressive autism |
| What treatments do you think worked best for your child? |
| B12 shots, diet change, massive amounts of supplements |
| Name: |
| Melanie P., August 22, 2020 |
| What factors or causes do you think triggered Autism in your child? |
Suffered tragic loss of close brother to suicide ,home birth with no assistance |
| At what age did you first realize that something was wrong with your child? |
| 18 month |
| What are the major symptoms of your child? |
| Tip toe walking,no sense of danger valence and coordination |
| What treatments do you think worked best for your child? |
| Maybe probiotic |
| Name: |
| Amy B., July 26, 2020 |
| What factors or causes do you think triggered Autism in your child? |
When I was 5 weeks pregnant, Hurricane Katrina hit our town. During my pregnancy I ate MRA meals and went under a lot of stress. I feel that contributed. |
| At what age did you first realize that something was wrong with your child? |
| 2 years old |
| What are the major symptoms of your child? |
| Starring at fan ALL DAY Hand flapping - extreme Would not speak Walking on tiptoes |
| What treatments do you think worked best for your child? |
| Preschool designed for DD When he turned 7 we placed him on ADD meds (non stimulant) |
| Name: |
| Suzanne B., July 23, 2020 |
| What factors or causes do you think triggered Autism in your child? |
My daughter has High Functioning Autism. We personally perfer the term Aspergers or Aspie. In her case, it might be genetic. Her paternal grandfather had many classic Aspie traits, and I wonder about some family members on my side who were typical eccentric professors. My sister's daughter has strong aspie characteristics, and my sister's grandson has been diagnosed with autism. Her greatest issues are social, which we work on, and physical - her digestive troubles, the inability to handle heat, the inability to handle pain, and NO painkillers work when she has a headache etc. |
| At what age did you first realize that something was wrong with your child? |
| My dauther has always been different, but I enjoy her so much I didn't ever think anything was wrong. I just assumed she was a little eccentric. She was a lot of fun to raise because her intelligence was so high and her humor so funny. Girls with Autism show different signs than boys. I prefer "signs" rather than "symptoms" because I don't think autism in and of itself is a disease or disability, instead more of a neurological difference. My almost 18 year old daughter is high functioning, seeming neurotypical until you get to know her well or enter into her world. She is pretty, articulate, intelligent and competent. We have a friend whose son is an Aspie. He is highly intelligent, went off to college at a major tech university and fell apart. He was then diagnosed. My daughter told me multiple times that she is like him, and wanted to be tested. I learned much about Aspie girls from the Aspie Girls website (it is run by the author of Aspie Girls, but I can't remember her name right now). The author had much helpful information that described my daughter perfectly. She provided links to an online test, so we decided to try it. I figured the author, herself an Aspie, was not one to waste her time with frivolous, poorly constructed, incorrect or mediocre tests. I took it and scored neurotypical. My daughter scored half neurotypical and half aspie. It was a spider web test, the answers divided it right down the middle. The assessment described her perfectly, so we take it that she is High Functioning Autism, preferably Aspergers. I am low income and cannot afford very expensive clinical assessments, but I think we're on the right track here. |
| What are the major symptoms of your child? |
| Social cluelessness, difficulty forming connection with peers can be very blunt very high vocabulary very high intelligence High logic and reasoning skills instead of playing with dolls, she seemed to collect them with a focus on one particular doll ( we might consider it obsessive now, but it was very funny then) low empathy - not absent empathy, as in sociopaths or narcissists, it's definately there, just more Vulcan-like. Separation anxiety, fear of abandonment Different perceptions of temperature - does not handle heat well at all, tends to overheat fast Different pain perceptions - feels pain much stronger than other kids DIGESTIVE TROUBLES difficulty toilet training Fixations, habits and ritual behavior. Some OCD like behavior. Aspergers is very gender specific, too.. A great quirky, ironic sense of humor. |
| What treatments do you think worked best for your child? |
| I think treatment begins with parenting techniques, especially consistent investiment in one's child. These children do not fare well in our broken and superficial society. I wonder if things might have been a bit easier on them when there were healthier and stronger kinship systems, connectedness, and strong "scaffolding" like faith and values. Diet is critical - staying away from destructive additives, healthy eating etc. I kept her off technology for a long time. I am a single mom, I raised her on my own. She sees her dad periodically. He does not know she is an Aspie (her choice). I had a gut feeling not to leave her alone. I am a teacher in a small private school so she basically grew up there in a structured, loving environment. She will live at home and go to college to study School Psychology. I secretly hope she will be an advocate for other young aspies, who are largely misunderstood but it's up to her. I have another friend whose son was classic autistic when little: he banged his head, made no eye contact etc. She kept him off all processed food, no computers at all, outdoors, structure, he is a fine young man. I had no idea he was autistic! For a long time, I thought it was because my daughter was traumatized by the divorce but now I know that while she may have been disturbed by it, the real issue is the way she lives in and perceives the world. My job as a parent is to guide her, provide structure, love her and unlike other kids, provide her with "translation services". I have to explain a lot to her about things neurotypicals seem to pick up on naturally, like why you have to make eye contact or show special courtesy to old ladies at church or share your potato chips in certain settings and endless other social issues. I am trying to train her to live independently. Lots of talking and interaction. All in all, having an "Aspie Girl" for a daughter has been wonderful. She has fine qualities that are rare: a strong sense of right and wrong, strong personal convictions, I'm thankful for her. I don't know if this is any help. I have worked with autistic and aspie kids for years. The cases seemed to radically spike in 1986. so you might want to find out what happened around that time that caused the increase. It's not more testing. The increase is real. I do not know the rates in 3rd world countries, but I do suspect it might be a first world phenomena. sadly, Chernobyl happened in 1986, it caused many birth defects. Could it account for the dramatic spike of Austim? Who knows, but it's interesting. If I can be of any help, please let me know. My daughter volunteered to talk to anyone to describe her experience. |
| Name: |
| Lana B., July 20, 2020 |
| What factors or causes do you think triggered Autism in your child? |
Part Genetic Part Vaccines |
| At what age did you first realize that something was wrong with your child? |
| At around 18-2 years of age |
| What are the major symptoms of your child? |
| Stimming Fine motor skill issues Trouble finding words Trouble with expressive speech Obsessive behaviours |
| What treatments do you think worked best for your child? |
| Biomedical supplementation ABA therapy’ full time |
| Name: |
| Laura M., June 26, 2020 |
| What factors or causes do you think triggered Autism in your child? |
She was born through c section, she had craniosynostosis (left coronal suture) plus she took lots of antibiotics and has been vaccinated. |
| At what age did you first realize that something was wrong with your child? |
| 14 months |
| What are the major symptoms of your child? |
| Loss of eye contact, acknowledging us, not wanting to play, fixating on things and loss of speech. |
| What treatments do you think worked best for your child? |
| Nothing so far. |
| Name: |
| Jennifer S., June 14, 2020 |
| What factors or causes do you think triggered Autism in your child? |
vaccines |
| At what age did you first realize that something was wrong with your child? |
| 2 years |
| What are the major symptoms of your child? |
| candida yeast overgrowth, weakness, problems with communication and social awareness |
| What treatments do you think worked best for your child? |
| probiotics, yeast killer |
| Name: |
| Megan F., May 7, 2020 |
| What factors or causes do you think triggered Autism in your child? |
Food and vaccines |
| At what age did you first realize that something was wrong with your child? |
| 16 months |
| What are the major symptoms of your child? |
| Stimming, nonverbal, trouble sleeping, abnormal bowel movements |
| What treatments do you think worked best for your child? |
| Change in diet |
| Name: |
| Mandeep M., January 23, 2020 |
| What factors or causes do you think triggered Autism in your child? |
He was born hypoglycemic and was in Nicu for 3 weeks. Formula fed through nose initial 2 weeks. |
| At what age did you first realize that something was wrong with your child? |
| At 2.5 years because of lack of eye contact and conversation |
| What are the major symptoms of your child? |
| Hyperactive Speech delays Stim Constipatio |
| What treatments do you think worked best for your child? |
| Fish oil yet. Going to start probiotic soon |
| Name: |
| Jen M., January 21, 2020 |
| What factors or causes do you think triggered Autism in your child? |
For us it was vaccinations. Baby was normal, healthy and developing normally until the first set of vaccines. |
| At what age did you first realize that something was wrong with your child? |
| By age 2 I knew |
| What are the major symptoms of your child? |
| stimming, hopping, poor eye contact, developmental delays, motor delays, abnormal fear, |
| What treatments do you think worked best for your child? |
| chelation on Andy Cutler protocol. I used the book Fight Autism and Win. Part of that though is treating the gut which involves using a good probiotics, and killing off fungal and bacterial overgrowth. |
| Name: |
| Allie V., January 4, 2020 |
| What factors or causes do you think triggered Autism in your child? |
Vaccinations, environmental, foods that I ate when I was pregnant with him. All high in preservatives, chemicals, steroids, antibiotics and processed sugars. Fish ( containing mercury) which I craved and at a lot of during my pregnancy. Household cleaners, such as bleach (contains lead) which absorbs into the blood stream on bare skin contact. |
| At what age did you first realize that something was wrong with your child? |
| Two and then slowly disappearing from me completely by the age of three. He never spoke or tried to repeat words. Never any eye contact. |
| What are the major symptoms of your child? |
| My son is no longer a child, but a young adult. However in his younger years it was outbursts/angry fits. Throwing things, trying to bite us. It grew worse once he hit puberty. Hurting himself, head banging on the floor, biting himself and it was worse because he was extremely strong during these fits. This would last 5 minutes (with much damage while it lasted) and then he would break down crying. He had no control over any of this mind you, as some would like to say. These were not tantrum fits, but neurological issues he couldn't control. He was always remorseful once it passed and would show me by crying and hugging me. I took notes after everything he ate and learned that many of these fits were triggered by foods. |
| What treatments do you think worked best for your child? |
| Naturalistic- no chemical treatments such as medications-it makes the condition worse, long term. No sugars, dyes or preservatives what so ever. Tests for allergies. Tests for heavy metals in their systems. Mercury, aluminum, lead. My son does not and never has taken medications for his autism. His system is sensitive to many things and there are many things that can trigger his outburst (foods, aresols, perfumes and dyes. My son was not BORN autistic, he slipped into it at around the age of three. Organic (clean foods) have helped him very much. Keeping his bowels moving helps decrease his outbursts and headaches. |
| Name: |
| Tammy W., January 2, 2020 |
| What factors or causes do you think triggered Autism in your child? |
Vaccines |
| At what age did you first realize that something was wrong with your child? |
| 12 months old diagnosed at 18 months |
| What are the major symptoms of your child? |
| GERD severe constipation has a hard time burping and relieving gas stomach cramps nonverbal 5 years old only eats baby food |
| What treatments do you think worked best for your child? |
| Haven't found one yet |
| Name: |
| Sherri M., December 15, 2019 |
| What factors or causes do you think triggered Autism in your child? |
Shots |
| At what age did you first realize that something was wrong with your child? |
| 2. He is 14 now. |
| What are the major symptoms of your child? |
| Lack of speech, social skills need improving, cognitive deficits. |
| What treatments do you think worked best for your child? |
| Gave him L theanine to help with anxiety, now he takes medications risperdal clonidine and sertraline. |
| Name: |
| Kari K., December 1, 2019 |
| What factors or causes do you think triggered Autism in your child? |
My son has a sensory delay. I noticed this upon delivery & it became more apparent to me at 15 months with a lack of pragmatic language skills, ability to focus on say sucking a bottle as well as cuddling with me, his mom. My son is now 4 yrs. old. Now, I think my son had a traumatic birth via csection. I had an uncomfortable pregnancy and I think he was in distress. He was a swinging baby in my womb. I think he was a bigger baby, 10.5 lbs., and I had an undiagnosed diabetic disorder. I also think there were issues getting him out. I had a bladder bleed and appendectomy months after, as well as abnormal uterine bleeding after my pregnancy. I was sick when pregnant with him and had an undiagnosed yeast infection. I also had some sort of pneumonia and resp. Infections. As he became older, he had many resp. Infections and undiagnosed ear infections from about 3 months on. I was also on the medication, levetiracetum , for seizures, and had a low thyroid treated by generic synthroid when pregnant. |
| At what age did you first realize that something was wrong with your child? |
| See above - the moment I brought him home. More apparent at 15 months. |
| What are the major symptoms of your child? |
| Hyperactivity and distraction more than ever since working out many sensory issues. Pragmatic language delay and expressive speech delay. He has come along way with services. He does have a lisp and needs processing time. He has issues with self-regulation, slowing down. Sensory wise, he is a head butter & we notice some issues with foods. He has come along way. He can get dressed. Fine and gross motor issues. Hard to write. He is 4 and not potty trained. He has issues with the vestibular and preociperative nervous systems. He has issues with sitting. He has loose stools. He is getting lots of ear issues, but has seen an ENT. Ear tube surgery is optional for him now. He gets lots of infections and usually has to have temporary asthma meds to help him relieve such bad resp. Issues once he gets them. |
| What treatments do you think worked best for your child? |
| I have not done much. I will go for a neuropsych come Summer. I have utilized the community to socialize him as much as possible. He’s in a gymnastics class without an aide and a one on one swim class. He has been in recreational classes with an aide. This has helped immensely. I fought for an IEP for him so, he’s in his 2nd year of preschool. He receives speech and occupational therapy at school and privately. These services have helped him. I will continue on doing this. Listening & distraction and lack of self regulation affects him significantly in these environments. I have him pretty much on a schedule. It helps with consistency and maintaining skills. We are working on potty training. |
| Name: |
| Pamela B., November 28, 2019 |
| What factors or causes do you think triggered Autism in your child? |
Genetics MMR was a trigger Pushing for 2.5 hours for a baby that was born sunny side up Lack of education on maternal intake of Vitamin D |
| At what age did you first realize that something was wrong with your child? |
| 15-18 months |
| What are the major symptoms of your child? |
| Currently: Low verbal. Is 12 but speaks like 2-3 yr old Terrible temper tantrums (screams and hits himself) and irritability Extremely sensitive skin. Allergic to adhesives. Dry crusty chapped hands from sept-April Diagnosed with craniopharngioma at 10yrs and now has all endocrine problems: diabetes insipidus — adrenal insufficiency, hypothyroid, impaired growth and hypothalamic obesity. Cranios occur during embryonic development so unsure if autism and cranio are related or separate issues Constipation- but not hard stool more motility issue Poor diet due to pickiness and temper tantrums Increased histamine? Gets red cheeks and ears often |
| What treatments do you think worked best for your child? |
| I haven’t found anything outstanding that I can recommend. Have tried many supplements and feel I’m wasting money. PCPs don’t order labs that probably should be done and still aren’t properly educated on autism spectrum. The naturopathic or biomedical doctors are very expensive as are their supplements. Special diets are unsustainable. It’s a nightmare for the caregiver as well as the child. |
| Name: |
| Pavlos K., November 17, 2019 |
| What factors or causes do you think triggered Autism in your child? |
The same that cause autism in anyone. A combination of genetics and environment. Perhaps some sort of in utero infection, exposure to smoke or pollution, etc. Any of the evidence-based risk factors. |
| At what age did you first realize that something was wrong with your child? |
| Pretty immediately |
| What are the major symptoms of your child? |
| No eye contact, fixation on objects, non-communicative |
| What treatments do you think worked best for your child? |
| Therapy |
| Name: |
| Lynda B., November 5, 2019 |
| What factors or causes do you think triggered Autism in your child? |
I think that it is a multifactoral in nature. There is definitely a direct relationship with the gut -brain. My son was born premature. I believe that multiple vaccines given at one time may have weakened the immune system, which in turn allowed an overgrowth of bad bacteria. He was very colicky and continues to have significant problems with constipation. His temperment and attention span have improved tremendously on a GFCF diet. I also believe that the amount of pesticides and preservatives in our food supply give rise to many of our current disease processes. |
| At what age did you first realize that something was wrong with your child? |
| around 2 1/2 |
| What are the major symptoms of your child? |
| Stimming, non-verbal |
| What treatments do you think worked best for your child? |
| GFCF diet |
| Name: |
| Binoj B., October 30, 2019 |
| What factors or causes do you think triggered Autism in your child? |
Cause we found that , my son now 3 Year and 3 month (DOB- 05.07.2016), my wife delivery was done in 7 month of pregancy , that we feel the cause of autism happen in him |
| At what age did you first realize that something was wrong with your child? |
| We have realized in the age of 1 about spectrum disorder in him , mostly clear knows we do one vaccination for him after that it reflect it |
| What are the major symptoms of your child? |
| Major Symptoms - No Eye Contact , No realization of peoples , not talking , anywhere he need to stay as alone. |
| What treatments do you think worked best for your child? |
| We are doing therapy for him , other than we are consulting him with Neurologist in India .He suggested about medicine from you.We are first time trying for him . Awaiting god's grace to us ... thanking you |
| Name: |
| CHRISTINE H., September 20, 2019 |
| What factors or causes do you think triggered Autism in your child? |
Unable to detox pollutants in our food, water and air. |
| At what age did you first realize that something was wrong with your child? |
| 18 months |
| What are the major symptoms of your child? |
| Unable to speak but bright enough to use sign language and iphone. OCD. |
| What treatments do you think worked best for your child? |
| ABA healthy diet excercise consistency |
| Name: |
| Edith U., September 6, 2019 |
| What factors or causes do you think triggered Autism in your child? |
Medication taken at 8months plus pregnancy to prevent cramping while I travelled, lots of antibiotics because baby was sick and admitted about three times before the age of one, immunization, low immunity. |
| At what age did you first realize that something was wrong with your child? |
| Around 9minths old |
| What are the major symptoms of your child? |
| She stopped talking at about 9months old, not responding to her name, little or no social interactions, hysteric laughing for no reason, rolling of eyes from side to side, picky eater, tip toeing, delayed walking e.t.c |
| What treatments do you think worked best for your child? |
| Not diagnosed yet but the signs are glaring for anyone to see. The only treatment for now is breastfeeding. |
| Name: |
| Cece B., August 26, 2019 |
| What factors or causes do you think triggered Autism in your child? |
18 month vaccinations |
| At what age did you first realize that something was wrong with your child? |
| 18 months |
| What are the major symptoms of your child? |
| Gut, SIBO, stool microbiology |
| What treatments do you think worked best for your child? |
| diet, but we have only had short term gains. My son can't absorb nutrients or gain weight. |
| Name: |
| Staci D., August 9, 2019 |
| What factors or causes do you think triggered Autism in your child? |
Our son was fosterd-adopted and could have easily been exposed to many things including double vaccinated due to medical history unknown. He also suffers with PANDAS syndrome. |
| At what age did you first realize that something was wrong with your child? |
| Around age 3 |
| What are the major symptoms of your child? |
| Aggressive outbursts-OCD-sensory-picky eating |
| What treatments do you think worked best for your child? |
| We are treating his PANDAS with antibiotics at this time. Really working to heal his gut and improve his diet. |
| Name: |
| C Lee, July 3, 2019 |
| What factors or causes do you think triggered Autism in your child? |
He had gut issues from wk 6 of birth |
| At what age did you first realize that something was wrong with your child? |
| There were signs from wk 6. |
| What are the major symptoms of your child? |
| Inability to modulate emotions. Difficulty with educational tasks like focus, inferring information, problem solving, transferance. Food choices are narrow. Feedback from subtle external ques non-existent. |
| What treatments do you think worked best for your child? |
| I feel certain probiotics brands work on his brain function. |
| Name: |
| David L. , June 26, 2019 |
| What factors or causes do you think triggered Autism in your child? |
Our daughter was born with a condition called gastroschesis, a bowel condition. The birth mother did not appear to have any pre-natal care and probably smoked marijuana and drank during pregnancy. |
| At what age did you first realize that something was wrong with your child? |
| 18 months of age. |
| What are the major symptoms of your child? |
| Lack of eye contact. Repetitive speech patterns, especially scripting. Difficulty redirecting her to other activities. Limited social engagement. Severe food restrictions making it difficult to feed her a healthy diet. |
| What treatments do you think worked best for your child? |
| I do not think much has helped her at all. When she is in good spirits, she is a joyful child. When she is anxious or upset, she can be very difficult to deal with. Therapy, behavioral and chemical, has not done much to help. It really depends on her mood. |
| Name: |
| Cheryl F. , April 14, 2019 |
| What factors or causes do you think triggered Autism in your child? |
Slightly premature. Cord wrapped around neck 3 times so she was very shortly oxygen deprived but I don't know enough about obstetrics if that was significant. I was 35 and my husband 39 when she was conceived. My husband's side of the family seem to have autistic symptoms but never diagnosed. Husband's son in previous marriage exhibited slight Asperger's but they thought it was just ADHD. |
| At what age did you first realize that something was wrong with your child? |
| When I was able to compare her to her peers in kindergarten. She entered at acceptable competencies or even above her peers but I noticed her competencies we quickly passed by peers who where below her. As a baby she was so difficult. Wouldn't sleep wouldn't play alone didn't want to be away from me. She met all of her milestones though appropriately and seemed normal. |
| What are the major symptoms of your child? |
| Social academic and functionality appropriate for her age. Like she struggles with hiegene and cleanliness of her area. She has to be guided in so many things like homework completion picking out acceptable clothes to wear having general common sense her peers can demonstrate. |
| What treatments do you think worked best for your child? |
| None. We have her on concerta and each school year tried not giving it to her and asked for her teachers feedback. Every one of them requested theedication and noted improvement. Even her ABA therapist noted a difference. Perhaps it helped her focus but other symptoms remained. ABA helped but we had a very exceptional therapist and when she left it was no longer helpful so we discontinued therapy. |
| Name: |
| Cailyn Z. , April 11, 2019 |
| What factors or causes do you think triggered Autism in your child? |
Environmental toxins & Lifestyle: Food (GMOs, glyphosate, pesticides and other contaminates) Genetic susceptibility to increased risked of vaccine reaction... MTHFR. Also Mother using the correct prenatal(one without folic acid) **My son is compound heterozygous. This played a big role in his autism. Detoxed between 20%-30% Heavy metal toxicity (also moms heavy metal load; silver filings) |
| At what age did you first realize that something was wrong with your child? |
| 15 months and was then diagnosis’s just shy of 2. |
| What are the major symptoms of your child? |
| Loose stool/Diarrhea since birth- he actually would get burns on his bottom.. his pediatrician told me not to worry they were chemical burns from the diapers!! This now Infuriates me... know better do better! Total loss of eye contact and being engaged around 12-14 months Not answering to his name Stimming Didn’t socially engage with children properly Had a few words then That stopped. My son didn’t receive a specific vaccine and loose speech or have any immediate side effects. My son was building up the toxins inside until eventually it tipped him over and we full lost him. |
| What treatments do you think worked best for your child? |
| We have recovered our son a great deal since we discovered his mthfr and an autism fan doctor. We implemented these: Methyl- b12 shots Gluten free casein free diet Low to no food dye or sugar Changed up all soaps, detergents, cleaning products etc Supplements via the doctor Detoxing the heavy metals Using essential oils Organic only Non GMO |
| Name: |
| Stephanie S , Feb 13, 2019 |
| What factors or causes do you think triggered Autism in your child? |
He had small regressions after each set of vaccinations that resulted in 105-107 fevers, followed by a decline in cognitive and social skills. At 15-18 he lost the ability to play and desire to be social with our family. He no longer would imitate and seemed to not hear us. I’m not blaming the vaccinations entirely, but rather perhaps he could not handle the neurotoxins and is possibly unable to detox. |
| At what age did you first realize that something was wrong with your child? |
| I started to notice slight issues between 6-12 months, but it was undeniable around the 18 month mark. |
| What are the major symptoms of your child? |
| He is non-verbal, not very social, no functional play, does not follow directions, and is globally delayed. He also suffers from chronic constipation and sensory problems. |
| What treatments do you think worked best for your child? |
| Fish oil and s product called Restore are probably the most effective at this point. A very strict organic gluten, dairy, preservative, msg free diet is amazingly effective; however, due to financial hardships we cannot always keep his diet perfect. The moment he has gluten he retreats into a stupor. |
| Name: |
| Merc , December 30, 2018 |
| What factors or causes do you think triggered Autism in your child? |
Vaccines lit the fire Antibiotics threw gasoline in the fire |
| At what age did you first realize that something was wrong with your child? |
| 13 months (after MMR vaccine) |
| What are the major symptoms of your child? |
| Stereotypical behavior Learning delay No speech |
| What treatments do you think worked best for your child? |
| Diet Probiotics Natural antibacterial (Biocidin) Natural antiparasitics (black walnut hull) |
| Name: |
| Nikita , October 14, 2018 |
| What factors or causes do you think triggered Autism in your child? |
I believe it was environmental toxins because he was born a happy child. After the first month colic began as well as severe constipation. We had an umbilical hernia and constant pain and crying. I also believe that the vaccines played a huge role as while I was vaccinating my child was constantly sick. Antibiotics were prescribed several times for ear infections. Once we stopped vaccinations the damage seemed slowly to reverse. A clean diet and discovering the gut brain connections set us on the path to recovery. |
| At what age did you first realize that something was wrong with your child? |
| Around one year old. |
| What are the major symptoms of your child? |
| Sudden outbursts for no reason. Aloofness and delayed response to conversation. Eye-contact deficits. |
| What treatments do you think worked best for your child? |
| Clean diet. Removing as many toxins from daily life. I am hoping that D-Lactate free probiotics will take us to the finish line. |
| Name: |
| Alberto , October 11, 2018 |
| What factors or causes do you think triggered Autism in your child? |
una mala macrobiótica de base, unida a una vacunación masiva, que resultó fatal. |
| At what age did you first realize that something was wrong with your child? |
| Al año y medio (18 meses). |
| What are the major symptoms of your child? |
| No logra organizar el lenguaje. |
| What treatments do you think worked best for your child? |
| Tratar su parasitosis, abordar su déficit, mitocondrial, equilibrar su flora intestinal... ahí vamos.. |
| Name: |
| Diana , September 28, 2018 |
| What factors or causes do you think triggered Autism in your child? |
Vaccines |
| At what age did you first realize that something was wrong with your child? |
| 13 months |
| What are the major symptoms of your child? |
| Self stimulation, screaming, and behavior, and constipation |
| What treatments do you think worked best for your child? |
| Name: |
| Susan , August 25, 2018 |
| What factors or causes do you think triggered Autism in your child? |
My son was born at 26 weeks gestation. He spent 96 days in the NICU. |
| At what age did you first realize that something was wrong with your child? |
| Around 18 months when he wouldn't copy or mimic words or sounds I made. He wasnt speaking at all. He also wouldn't give me eye contact. |
| What are the major symptoms of your child? |
| Now at 5 years old.. my son dispays agression, frustration and stems a lot. He jumps, he flaps and now is banging on walls and objects. He is still non verbal. |
| What treatments do you think worked best for your child? |
| I give him clonidine at night to help him sleep. It hasn't been working . He receives ABA, OT and speech therapy daily. So far it's very slow progress. |
| Name: |
| Krishna , August 4, 2018 |
| What factors or causes do you think triggered Autism in your child? |
Emotional problems during pregnancy. |
| At what age did you first realize that something was wrong with your child? |
| 7 |
| What are the major symptoms of your child? |
| Poor communication skills |
| What treatments do you think worked best for your child? |
| Nothing |
| Name: |
| JULIE , July 27, 2018 |
| What factors or causes do you think triggered Autism in your child? |
Long labor |
| At what age did you first realize that something was wrong with your child? |
| 15_18 months |
| What are the major symptoms of your child? |
| Non verbal expressive receptive language |
| What treatments do you think worked best for your child? |
| Aba multivitamins omega probiotic |
| Name: |
| Lena K , July 17, 2018 |
| What factors or causes do you think triggered Autism in your child? |
Not sire, but his father's family have multi generational schizo history, and there have been links to these mental issues and autism . |
| At what age did you first realize that something was wrong with your child? |
| Around 20 minths |
| What are the major symptoms of your child? |
| Not connected to our reality (laughing randomly for long periods of time, babbling non stop) Non verbal Minimal eye contact SPD |
| What treatments do you think worked best for your child? |
| So far, consistent daily schedule, very little dairy, OT and working with our speech therapist. |
| Name: |
| Kathryn, July 15, 2018 |
| What factors or causes do you think triggered Autism in your child? |
I first noticed a change after immunizations around 17 months. |
| At what age did you first realize that something was wrong with your child? |
| 17 months |
| What are the major symptoms of your child? |
| Non-verbal, hand flapping, running in circles |
| What treatments do you think worked best for your child? |
| ABA Therapy |
| Name: |
| Mohiuddin, July 2, 2018 |
| What factors or causes do you think triggered Autism in your child? |
Dont know. |
| At what age did you first realize that something was wrong with your child? |
| At 2 years old |
| What are the major symptoms of your child? |
| Not understanding language |
| What treatments do you think worked best for your child? |
| Therapy |
| Name: |
| Norlay, July 1, 2018 |
| What factors or causes do you think triggered Autism in your child? |
In my opinion an overload of the vaccine contributed to my son’s autism . |
| At what age did you first realize that something was wrong with your child? |
| 18 months |
| What are the major symptoms of your child? |
| Non verbal, poor motor skills, hyperactive |
| What treatments do you think worked best for your child? |
| Intense working one and one. |
| Name: |
| Michaela, June 28, 2018 |
| What factors or causes do you think triggered Autism in your child? |
i dont know |
| At what age did you first realize that something was wrong with your child? |
| at age 2 |
| What are the major symptoms of your child? |
| hyperactivity delay in speech stimming griding teeth not so social |
| What treatments do you think worked best for your child? |
| i have not done a treatment jet im looking to begin one but i dont know what to choose i am afraid that some treatment may hurt him of let him regressed |
| Name: |
| Deven, June 7, 2018 |
| What factors or causes do you think triggered Autism in your child? |
Overuse of antibiotics |
| At what age did you first realize that something was wrong with your child? |
| 18 months |
| What are the major symptoms of your child? |
| Speech delay, antisocial, drawn to technology, started reading at age 2, constipation, diarrhea, hyperactive, sleep issues, sensory issues with food, sensory seeker, high pain tolerance, can’t drink from a straw or cup, insists on having a bowel movement in a diaper, rigid in routine, intense memory... |
| What treatments do you think worked best for your child? |
| Speech therapy |
| Name: |
| ANDREA, April 16, 2018 |
| What factors or causes do you think triggered Autism in your child? |
Vaccines contributed to his epilepsy condition and inflammatory vulnerability and is attenuated by contaminated food and EMFs/RFs. We also experience a worsening of symptoms in the winter months when there is less sun. |
| At what age did you first realize that something was wrong with your child? |
| Well 9 months was when the seizures began The autistic regression began around 3 years of age and symptoms of the condition were made worse by a flu shot and the use of depakote |
| What are the major symptoms of your child? |
| Stimming that interferes with focus and attending, periods of excitability related to changes further complicated by the use of depakote, and we have to be very careful with glutamate containing foods. |
| What treatments do you think worked best for your child? |
| Reduce glutamate, ketogenic diet, we are studying his microbiome so this is still ongoing but I am trying to find beneficial taylored probiotics and I realize that this will likely change due to conditions in the environment and weather. We are after all a complex holobiont. |
| Name: |
| Freda, March 29, 2018 |
| What factors or causes do you think triggered Autism in your child? |
Vaccine induced autism. He was progressing normally until his 9 month vaccinations. |
| At what age did you first realize that something was wrong with your child? |
| At 9 months days after vaccinations. |
| What are the major symptoms of your child? |
| Nonverbal, self injurious, horrible meltdowns, sleep issues, very aluminum toxic and has some lead and thorium toxicity. We had his hair tested and have been doing research and detoxing him slowly. |
| What treatments do you think worked best for your child? |
| So far CBD oil, multivitamins, probiotics, zeolite, detox bathes |
| Name: |
| Bethany, March 8, 2018 |
| What factors or causes do you think triggered Autism in your child? |
Vaccines, unhealthy mother during pregnancy. |
| At what age did you first realize that something was wrong with your child? |
| 12 months |
| What are the major symptoms of your child? |
| Hardly any eye contact with strangers seated speech |
| What treatments do you think worked best for your child? |
| Therapy has helped but changing his diet to a whole food plant based diet seemed to have helped even more. |
| Name: |
| Diana, Fabruary 24, 2018 |
| What factors or causes do you think triggered Autism in your child? |
No idea, two of my kids have been diagnosed with ASD. One breastfed till 8 months old the other only for 2 months. They havent been vaccinated. I gave them from day one only organic food and vegetables. They have an excellent diet... No gluten no dairy... |
| At what age did you first realize that something was wrong with your child? |
| Both at 2 years old |
| What are the major symptoms of your child? |
| Lack of communication and ability to understand language |
| What treatments do you think worked best for your child? |
| ABA Remove diary I have remove gluten but i don't think it has caused a major impact |
| Name: |
| Jainine, Fabruary 14, 2018 |
| What factors or causes do you think triggered Autism in your child? |
He was born normal and and had his first shots at 2 years old. The day he got his shots everything changed. He became very ill, screaming for days and inconsolable. He had a high fever and siezures and his bowels became very ill. He had constant diareah and stopped liking most foods he had loved before. He had a hard time with sights, sounds and touch and lots of melt downs. He began ticing the day of his shots and still tics 5 years on. He has a rough time connecting socially. It was the vaccines that caused his brain problems because we tested for metals and he was loaded with mercury and aluminum. We are detoxing now. They said the shots are safe...they LIED. |
| At what age did you first realize that something was wrong with your child? |
| 2 YEARS |
| What are the major symptoms of your child? |
| TOURETTS, TICS. FLICKING, MELTDOWNS, DIGESTIVE PROBLEMS, LOSS OF GROWTH AND APPETITE. HAS A DIFFICULT TIME SOCIALIZING.SENSITIVE TO EVERYTHING. |
| What treatments do you think worked best for your child? |
| GLUTEN FREE MILK FREE DIET AND LOTS OF LOVE AND PATIENCE. DETOXING GENTLY |
| Name: |
| Lonnie, Fabruary 12, 2018 |
| What factors or causes do you think triggered Autism in your child? |
Premature birth, Vaccinations, and Mother's prenatal care of herself. I am his Adopted Mother. |
| At what age did you first realize that something was wrong with your child? |
| From the day I brought him out of the NICU, and he was given his first vaccination, as I have a nursing background, I knew something was not right with him, aside from his prematurity. |
| What are the major symptoms of your child? |
| Repetitive behaviors, not sleeping very much, meltdowns, limited interests, delayed speech, social awkwardness. |
| What treatments do you think worked best for your child? |
| GF, Dairy Free. Consistency in Activities of Daily Living. Supplements to support the Nervous System and Promote Gut Health. Positive Reinforcement. Music Therapy. |
| Name: |
| kristen, January 14, 2018 |
| What factors or causes do you think triggered Autism in your child? |
I think what causes my son autism is his Gut Bacteria. |
| At what age did you first realize that something was wrong with your child? |
| I Noticed something was wrong around the age 2 when he was not talking like his peers. |
| What are the major symptoms of your child? |
| My son major symptoms is his steeming and meltdowns and him not being able to use the bathroom and make a bowel movement. |
| What treatments do you think worked best for your child? |
| I think probiotics will work best for him. |
| Name: |
| Ivana, January 12, 2018 |
| What factors or causes do you think triggered Autism in your child? |
vaccine |
| At what age did you first realize that something was wrong with your child? |
| 18 mounth |
| What are the major symptoms of your child? |
| Stimming, poor speech , sensory integration disorder, poor concentration, no socialization, no play ... |
| What treatments do you think worked best for your child? |
| AC chelation, FODMAP diet, Nystatin... |
| Name: |
| Shannon, January 1, 2018 |
| What factors or causes do you think triggered Autism in your child? |
-The combination of my son having the MTHFR gene mutation and vaccinations. -Antibiotics and tdap while pregnant |
| At what age did you first realize that something was wrong with your child? |
| Approx 2 years old |
| What are the major symptoms of your child? |
| Nonverbal Stimming Lack of understanding Almost no spontaneous speech, mostly echolalia Overall developmentally delayed |
| What treatments do you think worked best for your child? |
| We haven't tried them yet, but I believe by far the best treatment is biomedical. Healing the gut, slow dose chelation to detoxify heavy metals, and supplementation. CONFERENCE |
| Name: |
| Richie, December 29, 2017 |
| What factors or causes do you think triggered Autism in your child? |
Within a week of having a traumatic experience with a baby sitter our son lost all of his speech and began to act out behaviorally. He was 2 1/2 years old at the time and progressing normally in every way. We also think vaccines may have played a role as well but are not sure. |
| At what age did you first realize that something was wrong with your child? |
| 2 1/2 years old |
| What are the major symptoms of your child? |
| NLack of speech. Behavior issues. Sensory issues. |
| What treatments do you think worked best for your child? |
| Music therapy, major diet changes (gluten, dairy among many others) & supplements (probiotics & L glutamine among others). |
| Name: |
| Karen, December 27, 2017 |
| What factors or causes do you think triggered Autism in your child? |
C-Section. He does not have any vaccine. |
| At what age did you first realize that something was wrong with your child? |
| 6 months of age due to developmental delay |
| What are the major symptoms of your child? |
| Overall developmental delay, restrictive, repetitive, and stereotypical behaviors |
| What treatments do you think worked best for your child? |
| Homeopathy, probiotics, craniosacral, quicopractic, nd, ocupational therapy, speech and language, swiming |
| Name: |
| Nasira, December 18, 2017 |
| What factors or causes do you think triggered Autism in your child? |
He was quite normal..at age of two..and he got ear infection...and after that he gradually stop eating any thing except milk...I think AUTISM started from his itestine |
| At what age did you first realize that something was wrong with your child? |
| 228 months |
| What are the major symptoms of your child? |
|
Low eye contact No response when name called Less aware to the surrounding... Busy in his own world |
| What treatments do you think worked best for your child? |
| Doing GFCFSF diet..but I think more than any ting he has some thing to do with sweets...he has yeast overgrowth. ..so doing diet to control it ... |
| Name: |
| Melissa, December 8, 2017 |
| What factors or causes do you think triggered Autism in your child? |
Vaccinations |
| At what age did you first realize that something was wrong with your child? |
| About 2.5 years old |
| What are the major symptoms of your child? |
| At first, withdrawn and went silent (from being very verbal). Than as he got older GI symptoms, migraine headaches, aggression. |
| What treatments do you think worked best for your child? |
| GFCF diet and probiotics |
| Name: |
| Hilynn, December 1, 2017 |
| What factors or causes do you think triggered Autism in your child? |
Environment, Mercury toxic, insufficient nutrients from mother during pregnancy |
| At what age did you first realize that something was wrong with your child? |
| 6 months |
| What are the major symptoms of your child? |
| Tip toe, non responsive to name, echolalia, adrenal fatigue, drifting in and out |
| What treatments do you think worked best for your child? |
| Biomed |
| Name: |
| Ravi, November 15, 2017 |
| What factors or causes do you think triggered Autism in your child? |
epileptic syndrome and recurrent convulsion |
| At what age did you first realize that something was wrong with your child? |
| at the time of her birth |
| What are the major symptoms of your child? |
| she is now 16 and act is like 8 and can talk few words but very communicative & social, no typical autistic but sometimes occurred external & internal convulsion. She can communicate on her way and can understand any order, command and request also |
| What treatments do you think worked best for your child? |
| Lamotrigine 100mg and Topiramate 100mg are working good beside of physiotherapy, close care and of course enough taking care & love |
| Name: |
| Coronda October 26, 2017 |
| What factors or causes do you think triggered Autism in your child? |
I think it was possible undetected low thyroid function during my pregnancy that may have caused it |
| At what age did you first realize that something was wrong with your child? |
| Age 2 |
| What are the major symptoms of your child? |
| Delayed speech, hyperactivity , meltdowns, sleep difficulties |
| What treatments do you think worked best for your child? |
| Changing her diet....going gluten free, adding probiotics |
| Name: |
| Lily October 24, 2017 |
| What factors or causes do you think triggered Autism in your child? |
Not sure. |
| At what age did you first realize that something was wrong with your child? |
| At 1 my son was not giving me enough eye contact and at 18 months we saw him have too many tantrums. My daughter from 2.5 was becoming increasingly difficult to handle. |
| What are the major symptoms of your child? |
| I have triplets out of which 2 ( one son and one daughter )are on the spectrum. Before starting probiotics my son was in his own world and would have meltdowns when things did not go his way. He was scared of strangers and would not let me brush his teeth or cut his hair and was sensitive to sounds. My daughter came across as naughty and grumpy. She had some anxieties. |
| What treatments do you think worked best for your child? |
| Probiotics: L Ruteri helped a lot. My son and daughter started making friends and get over their anxieties when we started this one. My kids came across as shy or someone that was always playing on his own. 5 Strain bifido helped with changing their diets. After a few weeks of adding this one they started eating a more diverse diet. The last one has been the L Rhamnosus GG that we added in the last few days. We have has a lot of calm in the house. NO more meltdowns. My son has more control over his emotions and my daughter is not grumpy anymore. We are also giving the kids omega-3 high in DHA and vitamin D3. The kids are on a diet with of no processed food, organic as much as possible.They are also on a dairy and Gluten free diet. We have been using custom probiotics for the last 5 months. I have gradually added these strains. We also did VSL3 that helped with all of my sons sensory issues. |
| Name: |
| Andrea October 24, 2017 |
| What factors or causes do you think triggered Autism in your child? |
Being overweight during pregnancy, taking unnecessary ultrasounds, getting a flu shot during my pregnancy, getting strep B antibiotics right before delivery, giving son Tylenol before vaccinations, and vaccinations. |
| At what age did you first realize that something was wrong with your child? |
| 18-22 months. |
| What are the major symptoms of your child? |
| Regressed language and speech delay. Self injurious behavior, hitting head and biting himself and others. No eye contact. No interaction with peers |
| What treatments do you think worked best for your child? |
| Biomedical treatments, DIRFloortime Therapy (parents doing this), Speech Therapy, Developmental Preschool/Special Ed and ABA therapy. |
| Name: |
| Christine October 16, 2017 |
| What factors or causes do you think triggered Autism in your child? |
C section birth, premature birth, antibiotic usage at young age and too many vaccinations as a baby! He started showing guy issues and shots at 18 months through him over the edge:( |
| At what age did you first realize that something was wrong with your child? |
| 18 months -24 months |
| What are the major symptoms of your child? |
| Repetitive behaviors language delay receptive and expressive delay OCD anxiety and stimming |
| What treatments do you think worked best for your child? |
| Gluten and dairy free diet, probiotics and cod liver oil |
| Name: |
| Ethan September 25, 2017 |
| What factors or causes do you think triggered Autism in your child? |
not sure. i have silver amalgam filling in one tooth for past 10 yrs, i was over 35. he had a measles injection in india which had thimerosal |
| At what age did you first realize that something was wrong with your child? |
| he was talking in one word when at 2 yrs. but regressed and we didnt realize until he was three. |
| What are the major symptoms of your child? |
| severe speech delay, hyper |
| What treatments do you think worked best for your child? |
| therapy, talking and playing alongside him, cutting down casein, gluten and mainly sugar from diet, supplementing with probitics, fish oil, methyl b12, magnesium and calcium minerals |
| Name: |
| Genine September 25, 2017 |
| What factors or causes do you think triggered Autism in your child? |
Prematurity and vaccines |
| At what age did you first realize that something was wrong with your child? |
| Developmentally delayed since birth |
| What are the major symptoms of your child? |
| Severe intrusive thought OCD obsessive compulsive disorder |
| What treatments do you think worked best for your child? |
| Paleo diet And getting involved in lots of activities to promote interaction with others. Including theater for special needs |
| Name: |
| Anna Aug 13, 2017 |
| What factors or causes do you think triggered Autism in your child? |
Emergency C-section delivery and/or vaccines |
| At what age did you first realize that something was wrong with your child? |
| 3 to 6 months old |
| What are the major symptoms of your child? |
| Social and sensory issues |
| What treatments do you think worked best for your child? |
| Early intervention |
| Name: |
| Renee Aug 10, 2017 |
| What factors or causes do you think triggered Autism in your child? |
inflammation |
| At what age did you first realize that something was wrong with your child? |
| A few weeks old, but I noticed his sensitivity to noise third trimester. |
| What are the major symptoms of your child? |
| auditory defense difficulty with transitions tactile defense fatigue adhd seeking behaviors difficult time in crowd or classroom rigidity in play agression becomes non verbal when overwhelmed |
| What treatments do you think worked best for your child? |
| anti inflammatory dietary treatment behavior therapy having help at home |
| Name: |
| Elisha Aug 8, 2017 |
| What factors or causes do you think triggered Autism in your child? |
Frustration not being understood hes non verbal out of his routine |
| At what age did you first realize that something was wrong with your child? |
| 18 months |
| What are the major symptoms of your child? |
| Non verbal behavior |
| What treatments do you think worked best for your child? |
| I have adjusted vitamins use essential oils stick to a routine |
| Name: |
| Tiffani Aug 6, 2017 |
| What factors or causes do you think triggered Autism in your child? |
I had a severe reaction to sushi in my last month of pregnancy. My skin was itchy from head to toe and turned purple. I used hydrocortisone cream to relieve some of the itch. |
| At what age did you first realize that something was wrong with your child? |
| 3 months. |
| What are the major symptoms of your child? |
| He had trouble sucking one day and it didn't stop. It looks like he couldn't control his tongue. He couldn't nurse or take the bottle for days. It started at 3 months. He eventually self corrected by sucking his thumb. |
| What treatments do you think worked best for your child? |
| I have been following Nemechek protocol for several months. He is a little bit more verbal. I noticed when we ran out of fish oil, he stopped making sounds. This also happened when he was not eating at school and regressed in preschool. We are looking to seek maps doctor for guidance. |
| Name: |
| Emily July 29, 2017 |
| What factors or causes do you think triggered Autism in your child? |
Genes, leaky gut, inability to detox (MTHFR), vaccine adjuvants crossing the blood brain barrier, inadequate gut flora due to food aversions, my own illnesses during pregnancy. (Hashimotos). |
| At what age did you first realize that something was wrong with your child? |
| Not long after she was born, it was very obvious by 1 yo. |
| What are the major symptoms of your child? |
| Significant speech and milestone delays. She's measured at just under 2yo, will be 4yo in the fall. |
| What treatments do you think worked best for your child? |
| Dairy/ gluten free diet, probiotics, home made organic hemp milk. |
| Name: |
| Alicia July 26, 2017 |
| What factors or causes do you think triggered Autism in your child? |
They were conceived using assisted reproductive method. |
| At what age did you first realize that something was wrong with your child? |
| 2 years |
| What are the major symptoms of your child? |
| Dont pay attention, run aimlessly. |
| What treatments do you think worked best for your child? |
| I am lookin for treatments |
| Name: |
| Mohammad July 24, 2017 |
| What factors or causes do you think triggered Autism in your child? |
iPad and vaccinations |
| At what age did you first realize that something was wrong with your child? |
| 16 months |
| What are the major symptoms of your child? |
| Not responding to name
No words until 20 months Peep toes some times Making humming sounds constantly |
| What treatments do you think worked best for your child? |
| Methyl b12 |
| Name: |
| Linda July 17, 2017 |
| What factors or causes do you think triggered Autism in your child? |
First and foremost .... MMR vaccination. Our son was totally fine until that day. Within 30 seconds of receiving it he threw up more than I had ever seen. From that day on this continued on a daily basis and he faded away slowly. He is 6 years old and the vomiting slowly slowed down over the years. He does it once a week. He also had 5 mini seizures 3 days after the shots. We also feel it's our food chain which include the GMO's and so much glutin. If I could do it all over again I would have waited to do the MMR shots and stretched them out .. all the vac's. NO HEP B as an infant ... no way |
| At what age did you first realize that something was wrong with your child? |
| 16 months |
| What are the major symptoms of your child? |
| Acid reflux, less and less eye contact and he would not gesture |
| What treatments do you think worked best for your child? |
| Healthy diet, ABA Theray has helped him more than anything out there. Doing it 5 days a week approx 3-5 hours a day. |
| Name: |
| Rhonda July 5, 2017 |
| What factors or causes do you think triggered Autism in your child? |
| Antibiotic use in child and nursing mother, vaccinations, environmental toxins, and genetics. |
| At what age did you first realize that something was wrong with your child? |
| A few months old... |
| What are the major symptoms of your child? |
| NEVER slept, belly issues from constipation to diarrhea, crying, overstimulated easily, intense, Behavior issues. |
| What treatments do you think worked best for your child? |
| Supplements, MNRI(Musgatova Method) Occupational Therapy, GF/CF low sugar diet |
| Name: |
| Sarah June 30, 2017 |
| What factors or causes do you think triggered Autism in your child? |
| Vaccines tremendously affected our son. |
| At what age did you first realize that something was wrong with your child? |
| 2 years old |
| What are the major symptoms of your child? |
| He lost eye contact, lost words he was speaking, he completely lost all contact with everyone (at 2 years old) |
| What treatments do you think worked best for your child? |
| Lots and lots od speech therapy, probiotics, fish oils |
| Name: |
| Chery February 24, 2017 |
| What factors or causes do you think triggered Autism in your child? |
| Food Environmental toxins Prenatal vitamins |
| At what age did you first realize that something was wrong with your child? |
| 4 no earlier and by 6 she had pronounced social deficits |
| What are the major symptoms of your child? |
| Extreme social withdrawal Excessively picky eating habits (basically eats 4 total food items none healthy) Significant verbal deficits Trouble sleeping |
| What treatments do you think worked best for your child? |
| Prescription medications to help sleep and focus Not had much success with other treatments |
| Name: |
| Joy February 19, 2017 |
| What factors or causes do you think triggered Autism in your child? |
| MMR vaccine. High fever lethargic. Lost focus. Didn't even want to get up Didn't even get up to open Christmas presents! |
| At what age did you first realize that something was wrong with your child? |
| 2 years old |
| What are the major symptoms of your child? |
| Missing information. Didn't see what other kids saw. Sick every month. Always sick. Extremely shy and fearful. Now he is a 23 year old man. He has extreme OCD. His intrusive thoughts prevent him from simple tasks. He may take 4 hours in the bathroom showering shaving. He has to repeat certain motions and rituals over and over. He dropped out of college and has always had difficulties with school. He has no friends as he come across awkward and may make unnatural jestures. Conversations are very difficult and stressful. Hard to sleep at night. |
| What treatments do you think worked best for your child? |
| Medications have not helped. I try to have him on a schedule. I keep him engaged in activities such as choir, working out at the gym, biking, walking. He is really struggling and aware that his life is not normal. I'm going to try probiotics. He is only on vitamin supplements currently. Music helps his mood.igaratiba. |
| Name: |
| Cathy February 08, 2017 |
| What factors or causes do you think triggered Autism in your child? |
| Vaccines |
| At what age did you first realize that something was wrong with your child? |
| Symptoms grew more complex over time. Once it became clear that vaccines had caused the regression, hindsight was illuminating. Our son ran hot coming home from the hospital. This was a reaction to the Hep B vaccination. Following vaccinations resulted in severe head pain which presented between 4-6 months of age, we thought it was teething. That pain still persists for him today at age 2.5 |
| What are the major symptoms of your child? |
| Chronic head pain due to inflammation in the brain - Mercury toxicity. He was able to speak beautifully. After his last vaccine, he went mute for 4 months. When he tried to speak again, he presented like someone who has had a stroke. He slurred and could only get through one syllable in a word. He continues to struggle with speech and pain. |
| What treatments do you think worked best for your child? |
| Supplements: Methyl b-12, 5MTH, zinc, turmeric, probiotics. We are continuing to search for necessary treatments. |
| Name: |
| Shelli January 05, 2017 |
| What factors or causes do you think triggered Autism in your child? |
| Our son's biological mother is layered with tattoos and did not live a healthy lifestyle. Junk food was her only diet. She drank a lot of Coke, smoked and probably did some drugs. Our son has been found to have an extremely high level of mercury and copper in his system. We literally got him at birth (C-section), as they took him from the womb and handed him to me. We have not vaccinated him but he tests positive for vaccination injury (for which bio mom tested positive). He has a lot of food sensitivities. We try to eat healthy diets at home, but are unable to control what he eats at school. |
| At what age did you first realize that something was wrong with your child? |
| We recognized he was extremely willful and high-energy at 21 months. At 3 years old, several people commented that he has behavioral disorders and we should get him evaluated. He was dismissed from his private pre-school. At 4 he was diagnosed with Oppositional Defiance Disorder and ADHD. |
| What are the major symptoms of your child? |
| Impulsivity (which is typically mean, hurtful, harmful and/or unsafe); Extreme defiance. Both of these vary in intensity, and may be cyclical. |
| What treatments do you think worked best for your child? |
| Staying calm and present, and loving him through it, work when the intensity is not at fever pitch. At high intensity, we have not found anything that has worked. We tried a strict gluten-free diet for 15 months; tried various medications; a strict food-sensitivity diet; brain optimization; dog & play therapy; and so much more, but none worked. We give him NDP drops to pull mercury out of his system. |
| Name: |
| Zakariya November 13, 2016 |
| What factors or causes do you think triggered Autism in your child? |
| My daughter was a very sleepy baby. she was not active since she was born. i don't really know, maybe it is genetical or because if mother's thyroid dysfunction. |
| At what age did you first realize that something was wrong with your child? |
| At around 2 i realized that she was not developing as a normal developing child |
| What are the major symptoms of your child? |
|
lack of eye contact
skin hypersensitiveness (sensory problems)
speech delay
sphincter control
does behave lie a child much younger
does understand things as a child much more younger
self-dericted, wants everything her own way
light constipation
|
| What treatments do you think worked best for your child? |
| Speech and social group therapy ABA especially in the beginning play therapy occupational therapy probiotics have been used too |
| Name: |
| Bernuy October 13, 2016 |
| What factors or causes do you think triggered Autism in your child? |
| Vaccines |
| At what age did you first realize that something was wrong with your child? |
| 18 months |
| What are the major symptoms of your child? |
|
Language and speech delay, gross ans fine motor delay. Gastrointestinal issues (bacteria)
|
| What treatments do you think worked best for your child? |
| We did DAN, homeopathy . Stopped completely The best: Camel milk and Reishi mushrooms. Camel milk is amazing for language and speech, eye contact, gut is better, appetite has improved. |
| Name: |
| Tan October 07, 2016 |
| What factors or causes do you think triggered Autism in your child? |
| Vacinnes and overuse of antibiotics and Tylenol. |
| At what age did you first realize that something was wrong with your child? |
| 3 years old |
| What are the major symptoms of your child? |
|
Not talking, no eye contact, developmental delay, stimming
|
| What treatments do you think worked best for your child? |
| Everything helps a little, just have to be consistent to keep doing something. |
| Name: |
| Shahanaz 9/16/2016 |
| What factors or causes do you think triggered Autism in your child? |
| Mother's lack of adequate vitamin D stores Increased allergy and recurrent antibiotic use esp definite MMR vaccination taken before the stipulated time is I took for him at 9 months Excessive television watching before 2 YRS AGE |
| At what age did you first realize that something was wrong with your child? |
| 1 yesr |
| What are the major symptoms of your child? |
|
Decreased sleep irritability excessive unwanted crying Speech regression, loss of eye contact lack of socialisation
|
| What treatments do you think worked best for your child? |
| Probiotics Vitamin D target level 75 ngper ml. On 2 occasions it helped in comprehension and later in getting expressive speech back Zincovit Home treatment Vitamins |
| Name: |
| Unkown 8/06/2016 |
| What factors or causes do you think triggered Autism in your child? |
| Shots |
| At what age did you first realize that something was wrong with your child? |
| 15months |
| What are the major symptoms of your child? |
|
Sensory nonverbal no eye contacted not social
|
| What treatments do you think worked best for your child? |
|
Aba therapy
|
| Name: |
| Andrea 9/10/2016 |
| What factors or causes do you think triggered Autism in your child? |
| Dairy and antibiotics. |
| At what age did you first realize that something was wrong with your child? |
| 24 months but he had minor speech delay and feeding issues that he overcame prior. He did meet all milestones until 24 months. |
| What are the major symptoms of your child? |
|
Speech and behavior
|
| What treatments do you think worked best for your child? |
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He is diagnosed as mild autistic. He has above average cognition and receptive language. He is extremely obsessive and can be aggressive and self injurious when dealing with an obsession. He has horrible gut issues. He tested positive for IgG allergies to gluten, casein, soy, nuts, and 40+ fruits, vegetables, spices etc. mainstream doctors didn't diagnose him at 24 months. He passed the 24 month screening and my family dr thought i was a hypochondriac. A child psychologist friend observed him for me at 24 months and gave the diagnosis. The diagnosis has been confirmed with ssi and inland regional center. Mainstream doctors did not recommend any allergy, yeast, etc test. A biomed dr ran tests and my son is now being treated for gut yeast and gut strep.
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| Name: |
| Debbie 8/29/2016 |
| What factors or causes do you think triggered Autism in your child? |
| Heavy metal poisoning |
| At what age did you first realize that something was wrong with your child? |
| 18months |
| What are the major symptoms of your child? |
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He is 16yrs old and has brain fog, cognitive difficulties, poor articulation, struggles socially. Just recently been diagnosed with Lyme disease and co infections
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| What treatments do you think worked best for your child? |
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So many treatments so little progress. Wanting a miracle
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| Name: |
| Dorian 8/11/2016 |
| What factors or causes do you think triggered Autism in your child? |
| Vaccinations |
| At what age did you first realize that something was wrong with your child? |
| 1 and 1/2 |
| What are the major symptoms of your child? |
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Speech and behavior
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| What treatments do you think worked best for your child? |
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Biomeds and Early Intervention
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| Name: |
| Amima 8/10/2016 |
| What factors or causes do you think triggered Autism in your child? |
| Caesarean birth, wheat cereals, soy milk |
| At what age did you first realize that something was wrong with your child? |
| 2yrs |
| What are the major symptoms of your child? |
| Hyperactivity, irritability, Repetitive pattern in words, inattentiveness, social problems, not communicating very well verbally, flapping hands and moving toes, running and climbing, laughs, screams, laziness in doing simple task, reading and writing problems, not steady while eating etc |
| What treatments do you think worked best for your child? |
| Not started yet.... I don't know where to start.. So many therapies exist but don't know which particular one to do. |
| Name: |
| Olszewska 7/18/2016 |
| What factors or causes do you think triggered Autism in your child? |
| Prolonged induction at birth, vaccines: flu and mmr. Flu vaccine made him sick for months and his development stopped. After MMR he started walking on his toes and vocal stims. |
| At what age did you first realize that something was wrong with your child? |
| Age 1 |
| What are the major symptoms of your child? |
| Right now only toe-walking and a bit immature behavior. Still some GI problems and picky eating. Gets sick a lot. He used to have a lot of sensory issues including spinning and rolling eyes, vocal stims. Severe speech delay, poor eye contact and not responding to his name. Physically week. |
| What treatments do you think worked best for your child? |
| GF diet and probiotics witch helped with yeast, reduced sensory issues within a week. ABA therapy with person he likes and who treated him like a typical child resolved eye contact problems. Detox with herbs started speech. He was very picky with food so using hypoallergenic formula ensured proper nutrition. He gained weight and got stronger. |
| Name: |
| Elke 4/23/2015 |
| What factors or causes do you think triggered Autism in your child? |
| Consuming antibiotics for fever and sore throat during pregnancy |
| At what age did you first realize that something was wrong with your child? |
| Age 1 |
| What are the major symptoms of your child? |
| Meltdown in car, during sleeps, obsessed by spinning object,avoid clothing and shower or certain sound, speech delay and going back and forth talking about astronomy or cars with twisting hand sometimes |
| What treatments do you think worked best for your child? |
| Sensory integration and speech therapy |
| Name: |
| Andi 3/25/2015 |
| What factors or causes do you think triggered Autism in your child? |
| Gut issues, vaccine regression |
| At what age did you first realize that something was wrong with your child? |
| 2 |
| What are the major symptoms of your child? |
| Loss of language, eye contact, complex motor stereotypes, sensory issues |
| What treatments do you think worked best for your child? |
| The #1 thing was removal of gluten dairy and free glutamate/msg. My son is no longer on the spectrum because of this lifestyle change. He eats zero processed foods. Www.unblindmymind.org….healing his gut! |
| Name: |
| Violeta 2/16/2015 |
| What factors or causes do you think triggered Autism in your child? |
| Antibioticos y vacunas |
| At what age did you first realize that something was wrong with your child? |
| 2 anos |
| What are the major symptoms of your child? |
| Camina con la punta de los pies, giraba en un mismo sitio, aleteaba sus manos, no miraba a los ojosa, poco contacto fisico |
| What treatments do you think worked best for your child? |
| La dieta Libre de Gluten, Caseina y Azucares lo viene ayudando, la desparasitacion y tratamiento de hongos |
| Name: |
| Kari 2/10/2015 |
| What factors or causes do you think triggered Autism in your child? |
| Antibiotics at birth due to group b strep and hep b vaccine followed by pain reliever for mom after natural birth. |
| At what age did you first realize that something was wrong with your child? |
| 10 weeks old. Colic for birth but began to notice lack of and avoidance of eye contact. |
| What are the major symptoms of your child? |
| Colic, constipation, lack of eye contact, stiff body, didn’t want to be held or put down, couldn’t breastfed and often refused to eat, couldn’t figure out bottle naturally, didn’t like being around sister |
| What treatments do you think worked best for your child? |
| Changing my diet while breastfeeding. Adding in fermented cod liver oil, going all organic and whole foods, Epsom salt baths, chiropractic adjustments, naet |
| Name: |
| Carmen 1/26/2015 |
| What factors or causes do you think triggered Autism in your child? |
| DTP Vaccine containing thimerosal. Right after his fourth dose he changed from day to night. |
| At what age did you first realize that something was wrong with your child? |
| 18 months |
| What are the major symptoms of your child? |
| GI distress , allergies, gluten intolerance, socialization issues, poor eye contact |
| What treatments do you think worked best for your child? |
| chelation, mb12 and the use of good quality probiotics to stop constipation. |
| Name: |
| Cipriana 12/04/2014 |
| What factors or causes do you think triggered Autism in your child? |
| Vaccines (lead to HIGH fever over a long period of days). GMOs. Antibiotics while pregnant. Frequent ultrasounds (twin pregnancy). |
| At what age did you first realize that something was wrong with your child? |
| 12 months, in both twins. |
| What are the major symptoms of your child? |
| They are now 3.5 years old, but the symptoms are mostly the same. We have made improvements through therapy. Currently, stimming, hand flapping, rocking, climbing compulsively, selective listening, PICA, chronic runny poops (8 times day per kid), non-verbal. |
| What treatments do you think worked best for your child? |
| We recently switched to a big elimination diet (no gluten,casein,soy,sugars, dyes, grains, preservatives, yeasts, starches, GMOs), we are following a parasite protocol, and we also do a lot of ABA therapy. |
| Name: |
| Celine 11/30/2014 |
| What factors or causes do you think triggered Autism in your child? |
| Too many vaccinations at once, numerous maternal amalgams and crowns, likely genetic predisposition, more than 25 ultrasounds during high risk twin pregnancy |
| At what age did you first realize that something was wrong with your child? |
| Both children around 14 months |
| What are the major symptoms of your child? |
| Twins. Both non verbal, numerous food intolerances, one with chronic diarrhea, other with chronic constipation, fine motor delays, poor socialization |
| What treatments do you think worked best for your child? |
| 2 years of gfcf diet, mostly organic foods, tons of aba therapy, We are still looking for the biomedical treatment that shows positive results |
| Name: |
| Allyson 10/03/2014 |
| What factors or causes do you think triggered Autism in your child? |
| Food allergies, leaky gut, dysregulated immune system, strep infection in his gut |
| At what age did you first realize that something was wrong with your child? |
| 18 months |
| What are the major symptoms of your child? |
| Sensory issues, speech delay, bowel problems, restrictive diet/picky, inability to cope to new things, hypersensitive to normal everyday things, OCD like, self abusive |
| What treatments do you think worked best for your child? |
| diet change, no gluten/dairy, probiotics, supplements, love, patience, very much still a work in progress, new challenges everyday |
| Name: |
| Chai 10/12/2014 |
| What factors or causes do you think triggered Autism in your child? |
| Vaccines Antiobiotics |
| At what age did you first realize that something was wrong with your child? |
| 18mths |
| What are the major symptoms of your child? |
| Stimming non verbal constipation indigestion motor and cognitive development |
| What treatments do you think worked best for your child? |
| therapy diet changes probiotics biomed |
| Name: |
| Jay 9/27/2014 |
| What factors or causes do you think triggered Autism in your child? |
| Genetic susceptibility (mother having auto-immune diseases), early antibiotics (at 5 months of age to treat secondary skin infection from eczema) resulting into leaky gut set the stage. MMR vaccine ended up being the trigger |
| At what age did you first realize that something was wrong with your child? |
| 2.5 years of age |
| What are the major symptoms of your child? |
| Pronon reversal, repetitive behavior, Obsessed with numbers |
| What treatments do you think worked best for your child? |
| Still trying to figure out. Why don’t have you Lactobacillus acidophilus and Bifidobacterium lactis in your formulation? These are the most studied strains to help the gut |
| Name: |
| Charissa 9/19/2014 |
| What factors or causes do you think triggered Autism in your child? |
| My son has/had ADHD symptoms–he’s doing much better now. Mom had undiagnosed gluten issues and took lots of antibiotics before conceiving. He has MTHFR defect. He received regular schedule of vaccines. He had lots of antibiotics for what I was told was sinus infections, after which time he started stuttering. In hindsight, I’m sure yeast infection developed. |
| At what age did you first realize that something was wrong with your child? |
| He had food allergies since birth. After first grade, I realized he had more severe issues. |
| What are the major symptoms of your child? |
| ADHD and fatigue. After lots of research and specific testing, we found he had very low cholesterol, low vitamin D, toxic metals, low coenzyme Q10, methylation pathway defects, gut dysbiosis. |
| What treatments do you think worked best for your child? |
| nutritional intervention–GF/CF diet, grain freediet, clean eating. Avoiding processed foods. GAPS protocol for awhile. Many supplements and most recently Iodine Protocol. |
| Name: |
| Teresa 9/16/2014 |
| What factors or causes do you think triggered Autism in your child? |
| Heavy metals passed in utero. I have since been diagnosed with high levels of mercury, aluminum, and lead. She has not been vaccinated. |
| At what age did you first realize that something was wrong with your child? |
| A few months old, but it became more and more apparent as she got older. She is now 4.5 |
| What are the major symptoms of your child? |
| Speech delay, poor social skills, fear of people, unaffectionate, does not like to make eye contact, horrible teeth grinding, restless sleep her entire life…tantrums and fits in her sleep and awake states, the far off look in her eyes. |
| What treatments do you think worked best for your child? |
| Speech therapy, school, play groups, healthy diet high in organic plant based and grass fed foods, fresh green juices, humic & fulvic minerals, fermented cod liver oil (although not sure if fermented is a good thing). I have tried anaerobic fermented veggies, but that seems to worsen her digestive issues. She eats a rainbow of raw organic veggies everyday, yet even with an excellent diet, she still suffers from digestive issues. I am hoping a good parasite cleanse and this probiotic will correct the yeast and other digestive issues she has. |
| Name: |
| Rebecca 9/7/2014 |
| What factors or causes do you think triggered Autism in your child? |
| Prolonged bradycardia during birth, throat infections from 3months of age that meant she had high doses of antibiotics from section birth and following illnesses. Fully vaccinated as well? |
| At what age did you first realize that something was wrong with your child? |
| 6 months started to notice something wasn’t good with her babel and she wasn’t responding to her name. Bowel issues started around this time too. |
| What are the major symptoms of your child? |
| Constipation, huge issues socially but low with restrictive behaviour. Three years of age and cannot speak in phrase. |
| What treatments do you think worked best for your child? |
| Free glutamate free diet, replete and probiotics. B12 and glutathione under the younger daily. |
| Name: |
| Fince 8/18/2014 |
| What factors or causes do you think triggered Autism in your child? |
| Heavy metals, vaccinations and pollution |
| At what age did you first realize that something was wrong with your child? |
| 15months y.o. |
| What are the major symptoms of your child? |
| Self stimulation (stimming), repetitive behaviour, and babbling |
| What treatments do you think worked best for your child? |
| ABA, SI/OT Therapy and good nutrition and supplemen |
| Name: |
| Silpa 8/1/2014 |
| What factors or causes do you think triggered Autism in your child? |
| 1.My son picked Group B Streptococcus bacteria during Delivery ,So he was treated with Antibitics which wiped out all the Bacteria from his gut..His immune system worsen2.He picked Cow milk protein Allergy at 3 months and got worse since then …he had severe constipation,Diaherrea, Bloating and Gas,Fevers ,cold and Severe cradle cap and Oral thrush3.By 10th month he turned to be allergic to soy,egg,milk and nuts(from his Skin prick test)
4.Increased Fussyness ,GLuten intolerence and Recurrent UTIs. 5.Fussy ,Sick and Vomited almost all feeds ,Enlarged Belly and Mal Absorbtion 6.Noticed Developmental delays at 10th month ,Predominantly after his MMR Vaccination…(surprisingly he got scared of water for 3 days which he normally loves to playin),Appeared more Confused ,Fussy,Stopped saying maamma,stopped waving,Poor Eyecontact etc |
| At what age did you first realize that something was wrong with your child? |
| 10- 11 months of age ,sometimes it appeared like he wasn’t able to identify new faces and not recognising old ones..He appears to be in his own world,Obsessed of wall clock(loves to watch it sometimes ,shouts at it and gets scared of it but used to spend most of his time watching at it).. Hyperactive …couldnt control himself keeps on falling down /hurting for nearly 20 times a day |
| What are the major symptoms of your child? |
| Gastro issues-Constipation,Gas, Diaherrea , Autism (ADHD),-Back walking,Obsessed to some of his toys and Apples(he even carries them to sleep),Self Hurting,Hurting others,Teeth Grinding,Tooth Decay,Allergies (he is now allergic to almost all foods..and even Diapers…so he is on Bamboo made and cloth Diapers).Sleepless ness ,Enlarged Tummy/Spleen ,Low Hemoglobin-Been through TransfusionPoor Apetite,Biting others,UTIs,Occassional Oral thrush and Cradle cap,Scared of car jouneyshe feels very insecure …wants me to hold him 24/7 ..LAST BUT NO LEAST…..Hs recent Blood works shown Sickle cell Thanlassemia .Major |
| What treatments do you think worked best for your child? |
| I took him to NAET treatment but it hasn’t helped him much.. I believe in probiotics along with Anti Fungals and High potency Multivitamins… I started using D-lactate free probiotic formula on him since mid April along with Multivitamin called AGAPE(Hypoallergenic) which is also a Custom made Multivitamin for Autistic children..(i never used anti fungal along with these combination).Afetr 20 days of use my 2 year old son started to make Eyecontact and shown some interest in learning new things.IT really works ..But Autistic kids definitely needed extra nutrition because most of them have mal Absorbtion problem(according to some study)..So I definitely believe in Probiotics along with a Good Multivitamin supplement and Anti fungal(if necessary) could help Children with Autism.so It is worth giving a Try.. |
| Name: |
| Ben 6/11/2014 |
| What factors or causes do you think triggered Autism in your child? |
| Several courses of antibiotics at a very young age, |
| At what age did you first realize that something was wrong with your child? |
| 15 months old. |
| What are the major symptoms of your child? |
| Non verbal, lack of eye contact and social interest in other people. |
| What treatments do you think worked best for your child? |
| Play based therapy (Son Rise or other). Probiotics, but I would like to get B.Fragilis, I can’t seem to get it from anywhere. OT is also very important. Bio Medical in general helps. |
| Name: |
| Melissa 6/10/2014 |
| What factors or causes do you think triggered Autism in your child? |
| His first vaccine before he was 24 hours old for Hep.C. |
| At what age did you first realize that something was wrong with your child? |
| Within two days of vaccine. Was more noticeable during first two weeks at home. |
| What are the major symptoms of your child? |
| We saw immediately difficulty nursing. He could nurse, it just exhausted him to do so, therefore we nursed very little and very often. He rocked his bassinet (I kid you not ). As he grew, he appeared deaf, but if you sneezed he screamed from the noise. Lined things up, failed to speak,lethargic, became inflexible. |
| What treatments do you think worked best for your child? |
| Nutrional and RDI. He is way more high functioning now. Speaks, flexible, eats well, tries new things. |
| Name: |
| Liisa 5/19/2014 |
| What factors or causes do you think triggered Autism in your child? |
| Poor gut health and heavy metal toxicity of mother (prenatal, during pregnancy, and while nursing). Use of conventional baby formula (Enfamil) after nursing ended at 6 months. Vaccines given from 4 months to 12 months of age. |
| At what age did you first realize that something was wrong with your child? |
| 13 months – Beginning of complete verbal and social regression, and partial regression in motor development, which peaked at 15 months. |
| What are the major symptoms of your child? |
| Severe constipation, low tone, delayed gross/fine motor development, delayed speech with motor planning delay, verbak and physical stimming, tantruming, and sensory issues with food/textures, toileting, and with certain sounds. |
| What treatments do you think worked best for your child? |
| Changing to a clean, fully-organic, non-toxic lifestyle. Use of probiotics and DHA (algae-based). ABA therapy/Speech therapy. |
| Name: |
| Pamela 4/22/2014 |
| What factors or causes do you think triggered Autism in your child? |
| c-section vaccination genetics use of anti biotics in foods |
| At what age did you first realize that something was wrong with your child? |
| 18 months |
| What are the major symptoms of your child? |
| ADHD bowel irregularities food restriction behavioral and social issues |
| What treatments do you think worked best for your child? |
| probiotics multivitamins DMG ABA therapy |
| Name: |
| Melita 4/16/2014 |
| What factors or causes do you think triggered Autism in your child? |
| Compromised gut flora inherited by mother & grandmother. Developed normally untill MMR vaccine at 12 months. |
| At what age did you first realize that something was wrong with your child? |
| 12 months immediately after MMR. Stopped eating fruit & veg. Self limited to formula & toast. Stopped sleeping, stopped looking at camera, developed terrible diarrea. |
| What are the major symptoms of your child? |
| Non verbal & non social. Many stinks & behaviour are well controlled with GF/CF diet. |
| What treatments do you think worked best for your child? |
| GF/CF diet & ABA therapy |
| Name: |
| Tifini 9/12/2013 |
| What factors or causes do you think triggered Autism in your child? |
| Being compromised as a triplet, pre-mature birth and NICU, vaccines, switch from breast milk to formula, gluten intolerance |
| At what age did you first realize that something was wrong with your child? |
| Girl – between 1 and 2 years old when she stopped responding to her name. Boy – between 1 and 2 years old when he began to scream intermittently. |
| What are the major symptoms of your child? |
| Loss of eye contact, loss of responsiveness to others, delayed speech, echolalia, deep-pressure seeking, stimming, tantrums, toe-walking, spinning – all of these have improved with treatments below – |
| What treatments do you think worked best for your child? |
| Change in diet (gluten-free/ lactose free), Early Intervention, Play therapy, Occupational Therapy, Hippotherapy, Speech Therapy, Using written words (after realizing she could read), Modeling how to use echolalia utterances in social situations, pairing actions with certain words/phrases |
| Name: |
| Elizabeth 9/8/2013 |
| What factors or causes do you think triggered Autism in your child? |
| Antibiotics, multiple vaccinations, zero probiotics |
| At what age did you first realize that something was wrong with your child? |
| 2.5 |
| What are the major symptoms of your child? |
| Sensory Processing Disorder, Leaky Gut Syndrome, Multiple food intolerances, OCD, Emotional outbursts, Lack of focus. |
| What treatments do you think worked best for your child? |
| Changing the diet to non-GMO, less carbs, less sugar, no dairy, anti-fungals and probiotics |
| Name: |
| Anna 8/29/2013 |
| What factors or causes do you think triggered Autism in your child? |
| Vactination at the aged of 1 and at the age two gastro |
| At what age did you first realize that something was wrong with your child? |
| at the age two my daughter starting having dificulty to speak, no energy, stoped having interest in books. Does not play with toys approprietly. Gets angry very easyly |
| What are the major symptoms of your child? |
| Dificulty to speak, no energy, stoped having interest in books. Does not play with toys approprietly. Gets angry very easily. Very offten sick. Poor comunication at the age of three does know any song. Poor eating. Constipation. |
| What treatments do you think worked best for your child? |
| Bioscreen stool test which showed bad bacteria overgrow. Treated with antibiotics. Since Then sleep better have more energy. She also missing some bacteria which we will treat with probiotics. During the 7 moths of poor eating she lost alot of weight. I believe minerla and vitamins supplaments will get her back to full health. |
| Name: |
| Missy 8/28/2013 |
| What factors or causes do you think triggered Autism in your child? |
| Exposure to antibiotics and mercury almagans inutero; frequent ear infections treated with antibiotics as an infant, then his tipping point was all the toxins in the vaccines he received. |
| At what age did you first realize that something was wrong with your child? |
| We began to notice a real change in our son after the age of 2. |
| What are the major symptoms of your child? |
| Autism, PANS, multiple food allergies, weakened immune system |
| What treatments do you think worked best for your child? |
| Biomedical interventions – such as GFCFSF diet, antifungals, antivirals, DMPS, supplements, trying ASEA for PANS |
| Name: |
| David 7/2/2013 |
| What factors or causes do you think triggered Autism in your child? |
| Vaccines (multiple) administered while sick with colds or ear infections. |
| At what age did you first realize that something was wrong with your child? |
| 2 years of age |
| What are the major symptoms of your child? |
| Intestinal yeast overgrowth. Constipation. Stomach pain. Lack of sleep. |
| What treatments do you think worked best for your child? |
| Hyperbaric oxygen treatments (expensive!). D-lactate Free probiotic. Antifungals. |
| Name: |
| Rhonda 6/10/2013 |
| What factors or causes do you think triggered Autism in your child? |
| I think Antibiotic abuse was the trigger that compromised my son’s immune system. I believe that this created an immune dysfunction that caused a reaction to live virus vaccines which ultimately lead to his Autism symptoms. He was introduced to Antibiotics invitro. I was on them when I was pregnant due to a severe scalp infection r/t an allergy. He then had repeated courses due to ear infections and upper respiratory infections from the age of 6 months to 2 years old. (I found herbal remedies that work better than antibiotics so thankfully he hasn’t needed any since) |
| At what age did you first realize that something was wrong with your child? |
| I realized at 18month old that he was regressing |
| What are the major symptoms of your child? |
| He loss all of his expressive speech as well as receptive speech. It was as if his brain was erased. He couldn’t talk, nor understand anything anyone else said. He loss muscle tone, he could not wave or use upper body strength. He started spinning and jumping. His eye contact became extremely poor, he started having anxiety attacks, poor sleeping, loose foul smelling stools, and food and enviromental allergies. |
| What treatments do you think worked best for your child? |
| Hyperbaric therapy, Magnesium sulfate, minerals, specific carbohydrate diet (modified – staying away from fructose). Virex seemed to help with speech for about 1 week. He was also given an Antibiotic and Antifungal at the age of 2 to kill bad microbes that may have resulted from gut dysbiosis by an Autism Biomedical Doctor. It seemed to almost pull him out of Autism then the benefits went away after a month. But I have to say ABA, Applied Behavior Analysis has been the most beneficial. I put most things that were erased from his brain back in. I would compare it to rehabilitating a stroke victim that can’t talk or walk. |
| Name: |
| Christina 6/3/2013 |
| What factors or causes do you think triggered Autism in your child? |
| EMF radiation, vaccines, genetics. |
| At what age did you first realize that something was wrong with your child? |
| Immidiately following vaccines at 14 months old. |
| What are the major symptoms of your child? |
| Gut/brain inflammation (encephalopathy), seizures, disbiosis, viral infections of the gut/brain, toxic body burden. |
| What treatments do you think worked best for your child? |
| Diet, supplements, custom probiotics, biomedical treatments for autism recovery (autism research institute), some homeopathic treatments as well. |
| Name: |
| Cynthia 3/22/2013 |
| What factors or causes do you think triggered Autism in your child? |
| MMR vaccine; thimerosal, aluminum, and other toxins in vaccines; antibiotics; zoloft I was on 1st month after conception, & 1st month after birth |
| At what age did you first realize that something was wrong with your child? |
| The day he had his MMR he crashed, he was never the same, lost 9 words he spoke, play, eye contact, lining up toys, etc. etc. |
| What are the major symptoms of your child? |
| Immune (thyroid autoimmunity, psoriasis, chronic ear infections); neurological (epilepsy, couldn’t coordinate swallowing from a cup anymore (used a modified baby bottle for 5 years), woke every 1-2 hours for 5 years); Gastrointestinal (projectile vomiting, putrid explosive diarrhea, burning reflux); lost language (we thought he went deaf but hearing test was fine, couldn’t understand us anymore or communicate so would tantrum); social issues (refused play & hugs, avoided eye contact, stopped pointing & waving, stopped social smile, hysterical laughter for no apparent reason); lost play skills, developed odd play (stared at spinning fans, lined up objects, turned lights on/off, opened/closed doors, preoccupied with 1 thing, first letters, then Teletubbies, then elephants, then trains etc.); sensory issues (touch sensitivity to dirt, clothing tags, mushy foods, etc., sound sensitivity, squished into boxes with stuffed animals for pressure, light sensitivity, walked along lines, avoided uneven ground, sideways glance); feeding issues (would only eat dairy & wheat). See powerpoint I did at http://vran.org/wp-content/ |
| What treatments do you think worked best for your child? |
| Diet: GF/CF/SF/yeast-free from 20 months to 10 1//2 years, then dairy-free SCD; compounded transdermal secretin; DMSA chelation (Cutler protocol); nystatin (antifungal); cod liver oil. |
| Name: |
| Myer 3/12/2013 |
| What factors or causes do you think triggered Autism in your child? |
| I think it is food related for my son as well as a build up of toxins. |
| At what age did you first realize that something was wrong with your child? |
| 1 year |
| What are the major symptoms of your child? |
| communication, oral issues |
| What treatments do you think worked best for your child? |
| My son has been gluten, dairy and soy free for GI reasons since 4 months of age. It wasn’t until we went all organic (post diagnosis) that we saw tremendous changes in his behavior and symptoms. |
| Name: |
| Dory (2/14/2013) |
| What factors or causes do you think triggered Autism in your child? |
| genetics, vaccines, antibiotics |
| At what age did you first realize that something was wrong with your child? |
| “wrong” is not the word I would use here-4 years old |
| What are the major symptoms of your child? |
| chronic constipation, difficulty in social situations, anger management |
| What treatments do you think worked best for your child? |
| still searching… |
| Name: |
| Mattie (2/20/2013) |
| What factors or causes do you think triggered Autism in your child? |
| I think my health was not optimal during pregnancy and left my child’s immune system weak. We lost speech, eye contact and the ablility to touch our son, 6 hours after immunizations. |
| At what age did you first realize that something was wrong with your child? |
| he was 18-20 months when he has the reaction to his immunixations. |
| What are the major symptoms of your child? |
| At first no eye contact speech, or the ability to touch him. Now we have major sesory issues and frequent breakdowns. Also the inability to learn to read. |
| What treatments do you think worked best for your child? |
| Liquid zeolites gave us speech. Intenses structure and behavior modification. Paying attention to diet, supplements. |
| Name: |
| Leticia (1/16/2013) |
| What factors or causes do you think triggered Autism in your child? |
| Vaccines |
| At what age did you first realize that something was wrong with your child? |
| 2 |
| What are the major symptoms of your child? |
| non verbal, sensory issues stemming |
| What treatments do you think worked best for your child? |
| nutritional supplements |
| Name: |
| Johanna(1/14/2013) |
| What factors or causes do you think triggered Autism in your child? |
| Excessive antibiotic use |
| At what age did you first realize that something was wrong with your child? |
| 2 |
| What are the major symptoms of your child? |
| Hand flapping no speech Light starring Extreme tantrum hits himself Sleep disorderLittle Eye contact |
| What treatments do you think worked best for your child? |
| He had yeast overgrowth so diflucan has been great!!!!! Only 7 days in and already he is talking in sentences. “I want to go” I want to eat etc |
| Name: |
| Charmaine (1/5/2013) |
| What factors or causes do you think triggered Autism in your child? |
| The mmr vaccine |
| At what age did you first realize that something was wrong with your child? |
| After he turned 2 |
| What are the major symptoms of your child? |
| Constant screaming,he lost his speech which he has regained,cant sit still,no eye contact,doesn,t eat food |
| What treatments do you think worked best for your child? |
| Therapy but im going to try the diet |
| Name: |
| Tina(12/24/2012) |
| What factors or causes do you think triggered Autism in your child? |
| Vaccinations given too close to antibiotic treatment (given for ear infections) in conjunction with giving Tylenol (to help ease the pain of the vaccination) Yes, I did everything that shouldn’t have been done. But we followed the guidance of our pediatrician and thought we were doing the right thing. One particular round of vaccinations we had just finished up antibiotics and because he had been sick with an ear infection had missed a previous vaccination so we added that onto the scheduled vaccinations for a total of four vaccinations (DTP, IPV, Hib, and Hep B) in one day! Oh if I could go back and space those vaccinations out. |
| At what age did you first realize that something was wrong with your child? |
| 9months. Previously he was a happy easy going baby. Anyone could hold him. One day (around 9mos old) he abruptly changed in personality. Suddenly everyone was a stranger (except for me) and he would cry if they tried to hold him or push his stroller. He was terrified of strangers. He only tolerated my husband and couldn’t wait to get back to me. I weened him at around that time and suspect that it didn’t help his allergy issues having to switch from breast milk to soy formula. |
| What are the major symptoms of your child? |
| Anti social behavior. Major digestive problems, food allergies, and food and chemical sensitivities. Brain fog and ADD. Muscle fatigue.We’ve come a long way with our child. There are many things he doesn’t do anymore. He used to melt down if we didn’t take a specific way on the road, if we didn’t pump our gas at the right pump number, if he couldn’t exit a building through the same exact door he went in, if we lost a piece of a toy, and on and on. He doesn’t do any of that anymore. He actually laughs about it when I tell him that he used to be like that. |
| What treatments do you think worked best for your child? |
| Diet: Feingold diet, Gluten free, Dairy free, Citrus free Supplements: Probiotics (just discovered the Lactate free product and it’s working much better than our previous probiotic), Methyl B12 Detox: Antifungal medication (diflucan) Bentonite Clay Epsom Salt Baths |
| Name: |
| Debbie (12/4/2012) |
| What factors or causes do you think triggered Autism in your child? |
| Toxic enviroment here in NJ combined with too many harmful vaccinations, especially the flu shot. |
| At what age did you first realize that something was wrong with your child? |
| 9 months old. He wasn’t diagnosed until he was almost 20 months though. |
| What are the major symptoms of your child? |
| He is now 8 years old. He has a TERRIBLE time concentrating. He has severe ADD. Physically he is delayed. He has irrational fears and phobias. And his speech and language continues to be extremely delayed. (Speaks like a 4 year old) |
| What treatments do you think worked best for your child? |
| Since 20 months he’s been getting OT, Speech, PT and Behavior therapies. Other than that, I’ve been treating him ONLY with supplements, NO drugs. The ones that have helped the most have been Probiotics, EFA oil, Gaba, Calcium w/Magnesium, and loads of vitamins C, D, & all the B’s. |
| Name: |
| Geri (11/26/2012) |
| What factors or causes do you think triggered Autism in your child? |
| Emergency C-section; respiratory issues and seizures at birth |
| At what age did you first realize that something was wrong with your child? |
| By age one, he was delayed in walking and speech. |
| What are the major symptoms of your child? |
| Speech delays; echolalia; no interaction with peers, teachers, or other adults. |
| What treatments do you think worked best for your child? |
| gluten-free diet |
| Name: |
| Tammy (11/20/2012) |
| What factors or causes do you think triggered Autism in your child? |
| High stress pregnancy, gut issues, genetics, environment etc…not sure, although I really wish I knew. He did get his vaccines, but did not take any antibiotics before his diagnosis. |
| At what age did you first realize that something was wrong with your child? |
| Very early on as an infant I felt something was not right – always appeared overwhelmed with the world around him. His belly was very bloated and oddly shaped. He was also very active during my entire pregnancy. |
| What are the major symptoms of your child? |
| Communication delays, behavioural, lack of social interaction, stimming, tantrums, rituals, sensory issues. |
| What treatments do you think worked best for your child? |
| ABA and IBI (Denver model), GF diet, omega 3s, probiotics, speech/OT therapy |
| Name: |
| Lana (11/17/2012) |
| What factors or causes do you think triggered Autism in your child? |
| 13month vaccinations. He regressed as previously said 5 words, waved, pointed and had great eye contact along with a list of other skills he lost. |
| At what age did you first realize that something was wrong with your child? |
| At around 14 – 15 months |
| What are the major symptoms of your child? |
| – non verbal – repetitive behaviour |
| What treatments do you think worked best for your child? |
| Homeopathy (cease therapy), cranial sacral therapy, supplements. |
| Name: |
| Dorine |
| What factors or causes do you think triggered Autism in your child? |
| Not sure, but our son James was conceived when my husband was getting ready to deploy to Iraq and had to have numerous vaccinations. Also, James had a reaction to the Hep B vaccine he had the day he was born. |
| At what age did you first realize that something was wrong with your child? |
| He was extrmemely fussy as an infant, had reflux/digestive issues early on. Waved his hands and feet constantly even at 2 week doctor appointment. Knew for sure when he stop hitting his milestones, not crawling, walking. |
| What are the major symptoms of your child? |
| Lack of focus/attention, sound sensitivity (magnesium, therapeutic listening has helped some), ocd, anxiety/agitation, stimming, |
| What treatments do you think worked best for your child? |
| Probiotics, digestive enzymes, pca-rx, glutathione cream, change diet(gf/cf/yeast free), socialization with other children, want to try neurofeedback or brain balance for attention |
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| Name: |
| Sanya |
| What factors or causes do you think triggered Autism in your child? |
| Three courses of Antibiotics at age 18mths for the treatment of multiple ear infections. |
| At what age did you first realize that something was wrong with your child? |
| 18mths – not responding to name, initially thought he may have a hearing issue – but hearing tested ok. |
| What are the major symptoms of your child? |
| Severe speech delay 3 deviations below normal, sensory issues with sound, stimming, repetitive behaviours, constipation. |
| What treatments do you think worked best for your child? |
| Probiotics for constipation, Intervention such as Speech/PECS to get him interacting with us. Looking as GAPS diet now and high strength probiotics. |
| Name: |
| WENDY |
| What factors or causes do you think triggered Autism in your child? |
| Its must have been vacines but the last thing that triggered was antibiotics and candida I think becuase few days after my kid had this stomach eche during the night he started avoiding eye contact and lost his playful attitude and to say his name. |
| At what age did you first realize that something was wrong with your child? |
| Thinking back there were some minor unnoticeable sign as the kid looked normal but he used to catch infection fast and had to go through lot of antibiotics and the last time he got sick at 3 years 4 months he started to act crazy thats when we realized something going wrong. |
| What are the major symptoms of your child? |
| He has speech problem with few sentences and would give very little response, eye contact which has been regained now, cannot recall him self if you ask who he is but recognizes everbody else, selected IGA deficiency as a result he catches infection very fast if anybody around him is sick. |
| What treatments do you think worked best for your child? |
| Code liver oil, probiotics, b12, b6, brain enhancing doctor prescribed medecine and liposomal gluthatione. |
| Name: |
| Claudia |
| What factors or causes do you think triggered Autism in your child? |
| vaccine |
| At what age did you first realize that something was wrong with your child? |
| 15 months |
| What are the major symptoms of your child? |
| Stimming, social awkwardness, need for sameness. |
| What treatments do you think worked best for your child? |
| Probiotic, diflucan. |
| Name: |
| Tiffany |
| What factors or causes do you think triggered Autism in your child? |
| Intestinal disbyiosis brought about by mother’s poor digestive flora balance, Bstrep+ antibiotic administered during birth (killing the initial bacteria dose children usually receive), soy based formula & poor diet in initial 3 yrs. Combined with toxic overload due to vaccinations (had febrile seizures following 12 mo & 18 mo) and environmental factors, & a weakened immune system. |
| At what age did you first realize that something was wrong with your child? |
| 3 years |
| What are the major symptoms of your child? |
| Difficulty with transitions & new situations, high anxiety, some OCD, oblivious to social cues, unable to self-regulate emotions, very hard time toilet training, sensory integration disfunction, unable to attend to a task/short attention span, vision convergence & tracking problems. |
| What treatments do you think worked best for your child? |
| Probiotics, gluten/dairy/soy/sugar/corn syrup/artificial colors/additive free diet, supplements of zinc, magnesium, B & D vitamins, cod liver oil in addition to good multivitamin. Vision therapy, occupational therapy, behavior training. Still working on things. |
| Name: |
| Kirsten |
| What factors or causes do you think triggered Autism in your child? |
| I believe that my sons condition was caused by several factors: including pesticides, mercury (I believe I was unwittingly exposed during early pregnancy at work, where they broke fluorescent lightbulbs to dispose of them), also amoxicillin I took for a bladder infection while breastfeeding affected his gut which caused him to experience side effects when he received recommended shots. My son has had many encounters with gastroenteritis from the time he was small. Last winter, my child had it a record 4 times…each time was a week long. This seems excessive to us, and is causing us to investigate gut issues further |
| At what age did you first realize that something was wrong with your child? |
| I started seeing a few unusual traits when he was just 8 or 9 months…he would stare at fans for excessive lengths of time and scratch the sides of his stroller repetitively. But he did not lose language until he was 18 months and recieved a 3 shot round of innoculations…then he stopped talking completely the next day. |
| What are the major symptoms of your child? |
| Oral sensitivities, excessive eating issues (oral guarding and pickiness), hand and foot sensitivities, language delay, moderate behavior problems, obsessions with cars and certain daily procedures, intermittent constipation and normal stools (always constipated first, then next bm is fine…almost daily). |
| What treatments do you think worked best for your child? |
| We have tried a ton of things with some minor effects or none at all. However, chelation with DMSA worked incredibly the first time. Other than that, I have given him inositol hexanicotinate and choline to clear pesticides (this caused my child to look “outward” more, and venture outside of his obsessions more). Probiotics seemed to help mostly with the physical part of his problems, but perhaps we were using the wrong type…it has a general spectrum of organisms in it. I did try saccharomyces boulardii once which just constipated him more. |
| Name: |
| Carolyn |
| What factors or causes do you think triggered Autism in your child? |
| The combination of potosin and epidural in the hospital combined with over vaccination use definately triggered my daughter to be on the spectrum. I MUST say that I.V. chelation turned her around to be an honors student at a public elementary school. Also we did HBOT hard chamber 80 hours. |
| At what age did you first realize that something was wrong with your child? |
| 2 years old |
| What are the major symptoms of your child? |
| Presently, after much aggressive treatment, she still has difficulty with perception, social inferences and stimming. |
| What treatments do you think worked best for your child? |
| HBOT, custom probiotic, I.V. chelation, DMG, aggressive nutritional support meaning vitamin and mineral liquid daily supplements, M-B12 shots and aggressive prayer to Jesus. |
| Name: |
| Charlotte |
| What factors or causes do you think triggered Autism in your child? |
| vaccines, antibiotics, consumption of grains, cesarean birth and birth complications |
| At what age did you first realize that something was wrong with your child? |
| 2 |
| What are the major symptoms of your child? |
| insufficient speech for age, hyperactivity, inattention, poor cognitive development/difficulty in understanding language spoken to him and obeying commands, delayed onset of walking and other developmental milestones, self injury |
| What treatments do you think worked best for your child? |
| I am still trying different treatment methods and have yet to find one that works. Right now I have started my son on the gaps diet and am seeing some results. The diet takes time to work and I am going to put the time and effort into it. Since I believe that this is caused by severely abnormal gut flora, I believe that this can help him. |
| Name: |
| Anna K. |
| What factors or causes do you think triggered Autism in your child? |
| I truly believe it was 4 vaccines that he had given to him all at one time. |
| At what age did you first realize that something was wrong with your child? |
| 3 |
| What are the major symptoms of your child? |
| Stuttering, swinging the arms (when he was younger, it was swinging the head around), hard to stay focused. |
| What treatments do you think worked best for your child? |
| We haven’t really tried anything except 1 which was the Detoxifying Bentonite Clay Baths. That definitely seems to work. And now we’re trying this probiotic. |
| Name: |
| Peggy |
| What factors or causes do you think triggered Autism in your child? |
| nvironmental toxins, amalgam fillings in mom, vaccine additives, genetics |
| At what age did you first realize that something was wrong with your child? |
| About 3 |
| What are the major symptoms of your child? |
| He was in his own world |
| What treatments do you think worked best for your child? |
| Heavy metal chelation using the Andy Cutler protocol (not the DAN protocol) |
| Name: |
| Jacqueline M |
| What factors or causes do you think triggered Autism in your child? |
| vaccinations |
| At what age did you first realize that something was wrong with your child? |
| 2-2 1/2 yrs old |
| What are the major symptoms of your child? |
| very minimal to no verbal communication, lack of eye contact, lack of social interaction, seems to be in his own world most of the time. |
| What treatments do you think worked best for your child? |
| e is now 4 1/2 and we are still trying to find treatments that show improvement. He has been in ABA 30 hrs per week for about a year and a half, and we have seen improvement in eye contact in the home environment. He has shown additional improvement in his communication and other areas, but it really hasn’t translated to the home environment yet. We have done several rounds of anti-virals, supplements, probiotics, oxytocin, B-12 shots and B-12 lotion (current), speech and OT, but we still have not found any intervention that has made any significant difference. |
| Name: |
| Ruth R. |
| What factors or causes do you think triggered Autism in your child? |
| MMR vaccine |
| At what age did you first realize that something was wrong with your child? |
| two and a half |
| What are the major symptoms of your child? |
| Asperger’s, ADHD, PDD |
| What treatments do you think worked best for your child? |
| Entering school at an early age, engaging in O.T, speech/language therapies, and counseling |
| Name: |
| Ruby Q. |
| What factors or causes do you think triggered Autism in your child? |
| Our son was adopted in Vietnam at 5 months. Vaccinated multiple times due to requirements for adoption. I believe he may have been in a state of health (imbalanced gut flora) before adoption and that the additional environmental assaults (vaccines, formula, etc.) led to autism. The inability to detox the body effectively of heavy metals must have an impact on the neurological aspect of the disorder. So just healing the ‘leaky gut’ state isn’t enough. |
| At what age did you first realize that something was wrong with your child? |
| At 14 months after his MMR vaccine. |
| What are the major symptoms of your child? |
| He has biomarkers through Great Plains Labs that say he is in a state of dysbiosis for bacteria in his gut. He also flags for IBD and allergy sensitivities to most foods. His symptoms include constipation, irritability, lethargic spaceyness, attention deficits, aggression, regression, frequent allergic response (runny and stuffy nose), repetitive behavior (oral…clicking, mouth opening, jaw clenching) and visual (looking out sides of eyes). |
| What treatments do you think worked best for your child? |
| We have tried biomedical treatments – supplementation, antifungals and diet. He is in behavioral (ABA), speech, OT, PT and music therapy. I think diet is a bit one, probiotics (no brainer as every other country is more adept at it than us), and the other therapies keep him communicating slightly below typical children’s measurements, |
| Name: |
| Naima K. |
| What factors or causes do you think triggered Autism in your child? |
| shck immunisation candida |
| At what age did you first realize that something was wrong with your child? |
| 18 months |
| What are the major symptoms of your child? |
| concentration comprehention problems social problems |
| What treatments do you think worked best for your child? |
| probiotics vitamins |
| Name: |
| Lara M. |
| What factors or causes do you think triggered Autism in your child? |
| y children were completely normal until they came down with PANDAS (Pediatric Autoimmune Neuropsychiatric Disorders Associated with Strep). The symptoms often mimic autism (sensory and OCD issues), so these children are often misdiagnosed. So, as far as I am concerned, while my children do not have autism, I think there probably are children out there misdiagnosed with autism and they likely have PANDAS as a result of an untreated strep infection. The strep antibodies cross the blood brain barrier and attack the basal ganglia causing all of the bizarre symptoms to suddenly present themselves. |
| At what age did you first realize that something was wrong with your child? |
| With my five year old, it was when he was four. With my seven year old, he has had transient tics throughout his toddler years that were probably PANDAS related, but he had a very noticeable exacerbation about six weeks ago causing a huge decline in social skills, OCD and anxiety (tics as well). He has been on antibiotics for four days, and we have already seen a decline in symptoms. |
| What are the major symptoms of your child? |
| See above…we also lose fine motor skills when they have been exposed to strep. |
| What treatments do you think worked best for your child? |
| Antibiotics, probiotics, Nystatin to curb yeast, Omega-3’s, Vitamin D, magnesium glycinate, and 5 HTP. |
| Name: |
| Jennifer W. |
| What factors or causes do you think triggered Autism in your child? |
| His vaccinations. He was a normal, healthy, talking child. At his 1 year check up he was given: DTaP, HAV (hep A), HIB (Haemophilus INfluenzae b), Flu Shot, MMR-VAR, PNUcn (Pneumococcal) all in one day with a large dose of tylenol. Bryan was a wonderful, intelligent, easy baby with no issues except for tummy problems for months after all of his vaccine visits. After his 1 year visit with 6 immunizations, he became very ill with a 105 fever for days and after that lost the light in his eyes, lost a word a week till there were none. He was dx at 23mos. I am a RN, I know what is normal and when children are ill. My son acted as though he was poisoned. SO, I am recovering him with Andrew Cutler Chelation protocol, low and slow method chelation by mouth, along with good probiotics, organic foods, gfcf diet, excellent supplements- water soluable dosed 3-4 times per day and fat dosed once (to half-life). He is getting better. |
| At what age did you first realize that something was wrong with your child? |
| Hours after his 1 year vaccinations, he became ill. It took weeks of the fevers, lethargy, horrific stools, crying and the doctors telling me it was normal and ‘toddler diarrhea’. He lost his soul and speech, one word at a time. He was 24months by the time he had no language. He has is back now. |
| What are the major symptoms of your child? |
| ead banging, flapping, visual stimms, screaming tantrums, anger, space case, toe walking, grunts no words. Most are gone now since chelation, we are on round 15 with a good yeast protocol, bacteria control and anti-virals too. He no longer stimms. He talks with a delay. Everyday he gets better and better. Usual rounds for recovery (the people I know that have) is 100-300rounds. We have a ways to go. : ) |
| What treatments do you think worked best for your child? |
| Being an RN, getting clinician 1 DAN training, understanding the immune system, recognizing the need for physical illness help more than therapy has helped my child to get better faster than most I am sure. But a safer way as well. I don’t use DAN protocol chelation, it is not safe, it is not dosed to the half-life of the chelators which can cause horrible movement and shifting of metals in the body. With AC Chelation, the double thiol chelator of either DMPS, DMSA or ALA (ALA crosses BBB) by mouth only and dosed in a round (every 6 hours for a week for DMPS and a 72hour period for DMSA and ALA dosed every 3 hours) according to the half-life of the chelator. This removes metals safer than the DAN every 8 hours or more protocol and a larger dose than AC. Doses for chelation ranges about 1/8mg to 1mg per lb, when DAN doses can be 150mg per dose! Scary. I am seeing wonderful gains from my son. I feel strongly he will recover. By recover, I mean no need for gfcf, no supplements except normal vitamins, probiotics, no therapy, no special ed. I know it can happen. I was told my son would never speak or care who I was. This morning he ran into my room, jumped on the bed and said, “wake up mommy! I pee pee in the bed!” LOL. He also says “I love you!” Bryan is 4 years old on 11/27. He is happy and getting better everyday. This will be a long haul but totally worth it. Thanks for your products, they help a lot. Jennifer Walters, BSN-RN and Mommy |
| Name: |
| Shawna |
| What factors or causes do you think triggered Autism in your child? |
| vaccines, antibiotics |
| At what age did you first realize that something was wrong with your child? |
| 12 months |
| What are the major symptoms of your child? |
| OCD, anxiety, speech, socialization |
| What treatments do you think worked best for your child? |
| animal therapy, cod liver oil |
| Name: |
| Katherine |
| What factors or causes do you think triggered Autism in your child? |
| Vacccines. My ped gave my son DtaP,Hep, and Flu the same day…I told the ped I didin’t want the flu shot and didn’t know my son received it until I had all of his records pulled. |
| At what age did you first realize that something was wrong with your child? |
| 8-9 months. My son had constant diarreha. |
| What are the major symptoms of your child? |
| Brain fog, verbal stim, GI problems, low eye contact, low attention span. We are always fighting fungus, bacteria, and virus. |
| What treatments do you think worked best for your child? |
| Diflucan, Oil of oregano, olive leaf extract, probiotics, Mito support, ABA therapy, strict and nutritious diet. |
| Name: |
| Catherine P. |
| What factors or causes do you think triggered Autism in your child? |
| Impaired immune system, gut dysfunction, immunizations with mercury preservative |
| At what age did you first realize that something was wrong with your child? |
| a |
| What are the major symptoms of your child? |
| non-verbal, limited play skills, incontence urine and Bowel, sensory stimulation constantly, destructive, aggressive |
| What treatments do you think worked best for your child? |
| GFCF diet, Culturelle probiotics, removal of sugar, keep the bowels moving with “product- green sweep” daily, B-12 |
| Name: |
| C. Arnett |
| What factors or causes do you think triggered Autism in your child? |
| Genes, vaccines, heavy metals, immune imbalance |
| At what age did you first realize that something was wrong with your child? |
| 12 months old |
| What are the major symptoms of your child? |
| Sensory issues, poor motor planning, poor social interaction |
| What treatments do you think worked best for your child? |
| chelation, gfcf diet, GSH TD cream, digestive enzymes, probiotics, lamictal |
| Name: |
| Jan C. |
| What factors or causes do you think triggered Autism in your child? |
| Stress during pregnancy, vaccinations (too many at once) |
| At what age did you first realize that something was wrong with your child? |
| 2.5 yrs |
| What are the major symptoms of your child? |
| Poor social skills, Delayed speech |
| What treatments do you think worked best for your child? |
| Probiotic, Fish Oil, ABA Therapy |
| Name: |
| Keiko Z. |
| What factors or causes do you think triggered Autism in your child? |
| Damage to my colon health before pregnancy, lack of awareness to importance of colon health during my pregnancy, and lack of probiotics in my children’s guts. I’m just glad that I DID NOT vaccinate my children. |
| At what age did you first realize that something was wrong with your child? |
| around 6mo. |
| What are the major symptoms of your child? |
| lack of eye contact, stutter, irregular sleeping. |
| What treatments do you think worked best for your child? |
| SCD, organic foods, home made yogurt from almond milk and goat milk, digestive enzyme |
| Name: |
| Carol G. |
| What factors or causes do you think triggered Autism in your child? |
| Not sure. Possibly heavy metal. He was the only child that I ate a lot of shell fish when I was pregnant. |
| At what age did you first realize that something was wrong with your child? |
| Two years. |
| What are the major symptoms of your child? |
| Lack of eye contact. Nonverbal. Irritability. Hyperactive or restless. |
| What treatments do you think worked best for your child? |
| Gluten-Casein free diet. No sugar. Bio Ray products. |
| Name: |
| Leslie B. |
| What factors or causes do you think triggered Autism in your child? |
| I think they were genetically predisposed to not being able to tollerate toxins in the environment and the toxins and viruses in their immunizations. Their bodies weren’t strong enough to fight off the viruses and they weren’t able to rid the toxins from their bodies. |
| At what age did you first realize that something was wrong with your child? |
| My daughter was 9 months old, and my son from birth |
| What are the major symptoms of your child? |
| My daughter has major social deficits. She doesn’t understand teasing, body language or anything other than straight forward literal language. She has allergies to many foods and environmental allergies. She has IBS, she has major learning disabilities, and dysgraphia. She has low muscle tone, poor small motor skills, and rigidity of spine and limbs. She has poor eyesight and a “lazy eye”. She doesn’t sleep without medication, and she needs medication to control rage. My son is severely socially limited, but highly intelligent. He doesn’t know how ot interact socially at all, but wants to. He needs medication for sleep. He needs medication for depression and rage. He has IBS. He has allergies to many foods and environmental allergies. He used to have severe asthma until we started the GFCF diet. He has low muscle tone, poor motor skills,poor coordiantion, and poor vision. |
| What treatments do you think worked best for your child? |
| GFCF soy free diet, as well as removing other food allergens. Probiotics, TMG, Magnesium, Calcium, Cod liver oil, Olive Leaf Extract, Grapeseed Extract, Clonodine for sleep, abilify for one child for rage, risperdal for other child for rage. |
| Name: |
| Angie F. |
| What factors or causes do you think triggered Autism in your child? |
| I believe that my son’s PDD-NOS was triggered by leaky gut. Although he never has had antibiotics (though I was for 10 days with a bout of mastitis when he was a month old – so I guess he could have gotten some through my milk), was not a c-section baby and was breast fed until 18months, he did have constant sinus colds, along with major diarrhea alternating with constipation. He would get sandy stools, mucus in his diapers etc. Something was clearly not right. |
| At what age did you first realize that something was wrong with your child? |
| Prior to age 1 I noticed “startles” which were later diagnosed as myoclonic seizures. I noticed behavioral oddities around 1yr of age – didn’t play with toys correctly, dragged his fingers on the walls, wouldn’t sit to read a story etc; but the loss of eye contact, increased self stimulatory behavior (hand flapping, sensory seeking etc), drunken gait, and the eventual “drugged out absent look” was very obvious by 16-17 months. |
| What are the major symptoms of your child? |
| First, he has myoclonic seizures. He also “pushed” furniture around (probably trying to get pressure on his belly), had sour, foul, acrid diarrhea alternating with constipation, lack of playing appropriately with toys, was non verbal – not even babbling – just high pitched squealing, he lost eye contact and sociability, had no interest in stories or sitting in laps, he was constantly moving. The only time he sat still was in high chair or car seat. He is still like that but to a lesser degree. |
| What treatments do you think worked best for your child? |
| I didn’t notice what a problem dairy was until I put him on the GF/CF diet and months later tried to re-introduce it. We got all of that diarrhea, sandy stools, mucus etc immediately and went from some babbling back to no sounds except for squealing and he started flapping his hands and stimming more. Kirkman’s acidophilus powder even at 1/4tsp/day made him have a severe herxheimer reaction – so we assumed yeast, but he didn’t tolerate the product well at all. We give him Syntol now which is a probiotic/yeast cleanse and he does well on it and doesn’t have any die off reaction, but stool tests show that he still has NO GROWTH of good bacteria (lactobaccillus, bifidum etc) on culture as well as presence of harmful bacteria and his urine test has yeast metabolites so we know he has yeast. He also had a stool test when he was 18 months old, but was on the Kirkman probiotics at the time. The levels of good bacteria were 1+ so I am assuming without the probiotics it would have been more similar to this latest test. I don’t have a solution yet – I am hoping D-free will help. I do not understand why he has such low counts of good bacteria!! I am interested in seeing what he might be like when his bacteria are better. He declines dramatically when we take him of the Syntol even for a couple of days, so there has to be some connection between his behavior and his gut. |
| Name: |
| Suzi M. |
| What factors or causes do you think triggered Autism in your child? |
| Severe and chronic diarrhoea for the first 12 months of life. |
| At what age did you first realize that something was wrong with your child? |
| At birth it was completely obvious he was unwell physically. Severe aggression began at 18 months followed by the common autistic traits such as animal noises, hand flapping, sensory sensitivities etc. |
| What are the major symptoms of your child? |
| Takes every literally. severe aggression (now aged 13). |
| What treatments do you think worked best for your child? |
| Have done DAN! and Pfiffer since age 5 and although a massive improvement I am now revisting dysbiosis to see if this is the cause of a major, I mean MAJOR!!! regression. I feel the dysbiosis has never really been addressed correctly until now (I have changed biomed drs since the Walsh Research Institute outreach in Sydney this year). |
| Name: |
| Melissa |
| What factors or causes do you think triggered Autism in your child? |
| First, I do not “think” I know that my son’s autism was caused from his Vaccines! He was perfectly normal until we continued his childhood vaccines, after his 14/15 months shots…he slowly began to disappear into the Autism Abyss! |
| At what age did you first realize that something was wrong with your child? |
| It was around 17-18 months that we noticed that he started losing things i.e. 3 to 4 word sentences, playing with his siblings. |
| What are the major symptoms of your child? |
| He became “NON-Verbal”, unsocial, loss of eye contact etc…but after bio-medical interventions…he is gaining his words, increasing his social skills, and his eye contact is increasing. |
| What treatments do you think worked best for your child? |
| The Vitamin K protocol has been the most substanial benefit, along with Liver Life from BIO-Ray, and taking Monolaurin! |
| Name: |
| Jean |
| What factors or causes do you think triggered Autism in your child? |
| Severe reaction to the DPT and MMR; then he had several ear infections and was put on antibiotics 10 x in one year. |
| At what age did you first realize that something was wrong with your child? |
| 18 months |
| What are the major symptoms of your child? |
| lack of speech; tantrums; seizures; leaky-gut, among many others. |
| What treatments do you think worked best for your child? |
| chelation; diet; supplementation; hbot. |
| Name: |
| Tracy L |
| What factors or causes do you think triggered Autism in your child? |
| genetic predisposition (I have a nephew with Aspberger’s Syndrome); maternal age at conception (42) and mother’s toxic load at that point (chronic candida); paternal age and toxic load at conception (56); immunisations of child, amalgams in mother (10) |
| At what age did you first realize that something was wrong with your child? |
| 18 months, she would seem to have learned something then forgot it. |
| What are the major symptoms of your child? |
| very poor receptive and expressive language, inability to form relationships with peers, repetitive actions with toys, playing in scripted ways, inability to have conversations |
| What treatments do you think worked best for your child? |
| diet changes and supplements, RDI (relationship development intervention) |
| Name: |
| EM |
| What factors or causes do you think triggered Autism in your child? |
| vaccine |
| At what age did you first realize that something was wrong with your child? |
| 18 months |
| What are the major symptoms of your child? |
| low functioning not very verbal, ocd, aggression, gut problems |
| What treatments do you think worked best for your child? |
| aba, scd diet |
| Name: |
| Angela A. |
| What factors or causes do you think triggered Autism in your child? |
| Vaccines |
| At what age did you first realize that something was wrong with your child? |
| 14 months |
| What are the major symptoms of your child? |
| developmental delay, non-verbal |
| What treatments do you think worked best for your child? |
| Digestive enzymes |
| Name: |
| Mara H. |
| What factors or causes do you think triggered Autism in your child? |
| antibiotics, poor diet, genetics |
| At what age did you first realize that something was wrong with your child? |
| 2 yrs |
| What are the major symptoms of your child? |
| expressive and receptive language delay, repetitive play, insistence on routines, highly irritable with major upset at small things, difficulty relating to peers, sensory issues… |
| What treatments do you think worked best for your child? |
| none yet, everything I do makes him worse |
| Name: |
| Sondra T. |
| What factors or causes do you think triggered Autism in your child? |
| Flu shots. Gut imbalance secondary to high antibiotic doses and steroids after his liver transplant. |
| At what age did you first realize that something was wrong with your child? |
| 3 |
| What are the major symptoms of your child? |
| Stimming, loss of language, developmental delays. |
| What treatments do you think worked best for your child? |
| Mercury removal via Dr. Andy Cutler |
| Name: |
| Natalie Y. |
| What factors or causes do you think triggered Autism in your child? |
| Unsure! |
| At what age did you first realize that something was wrong with your child? |
| 2 yrs and 6 months |
| What are the major symptoms of your child? |
| Behavior issues: meltddowns, mood swinngs, and sencory issues. |
| What treatments do you think worked best for your child? |
| Early intervintion |
| Name: |
| Richard R. |
| What factors or causes do you think triggered Autism in your child? |
| candida, cows milk allergy & bacterial overgorwth and vaccinations |
| At what age did you first realize that something was wrong with your child? |
| 1.5 years |
| What are the major symptoms of your child? |
| stimming, non verbal |
| What treatments do you think worked best for your child? |
| probiotics, colostrum, anti fungals and astaxanthin |
| Name: |
| Sydeana D. |
| What factors or causes do you think triggered Autism in your child? |
| The combination of too many vaccines given too early and too close together along with pesticides, possible high levels of mercury in the mother (me), and his predisposed inability to get rid of the toxins. |
| At what age did you first realize that something was wrong with your child? |
| 3 years; he is now 5 1/2 years old and about 85% recovered |
| What are the major symptoms of your child? |
| GI problems, sensory issues, feeding issues, OCD, very little speech at age 3 yrs, 3 months (but now has fully caught up in speech, is eating better, gaining weight, etc) |
| What treatments do you think worked best for your child? |
| Gluten-free and casein free diet; digestive enzymes have really helped; B-12 shots for speech, speech therapy; Cod Liver Oil and other supplements such as multi-vitamin, folinic acid, L-Carnitine, CoQ10, L-Carnosine; occupational therapy; HBOT therapy; stopping all vaccines; mostly organic diet |
| Name: |
| Julie W. |
| What factors or causes do you think triggered Autism in your child? |
| Early and frequent use of antibiotics for ear infections > dysbiosis > poor immune system (frequent colds and heavy mucus); vaccinations on top of a poor immune system. Constipation and poor gut motility. |
| At what age did you first realize that something was wrong with your child? |
| Two and a half years |
| What are the major symptoms of your child? |
| Hyperactiviity; constipation; loss of speech; anxiety |
| What treatments do you think worked best for your child? |
| GFCF diet. zinc, B6, magnesium, Methyl B12 injections, probiotics, Biofilm protocol, oxytocin spray |
| Name: |
| Catherine. |
| What factors or causes do you think triggered Autism in your child? |
| repeated use of antibiotics without probiotics or antifungals, vaccine reactions, and food allergies/sensitivities |
| At what age did you first realize that something was wrong with your child? |
| 21 months |
| What are the major symptoms of your child? |
| not talking, sensory seeking behavior, food issues, and socially/cognitively behind, not getting basic things. |
| What treatments do you think worked best for your child? |
| massive amounts of probiotics….I’m talking 3-4 adult scoops of d-lactate free,florajen-2 capsules,bifidio complex-2 capsules, S boulardii-4 capsules,GI flora 2 capsules, antifungals, antibiotic(vancomycin/flagyll), and clay baths, MB 12 and glutathione. |
| Name: |
| Liza H. |
| What factors or causes do you think triggered Autism in your child? |
| Flu Shot/genetics |
| At what age did you first realize that something was wrong with your child? |
| 18 months |
| What are the major symptoms of your child? |
| lack of eye contact, regression in speech, stimming |
| What treatments do you think worked best for your child? |
| Vitamin B injections, Probiotics, Digestive Enzymes, ABA therapy |
| Name: |
| Nikki |
| What factors or causes do you think triggered Autism in your child? |
| unsure. child already had a lower immune system due to an extra chromosome. he was fine until the age of 1. |
| At what age did you first realize that something was wrong with your child? |
| around 1.5 yrs |
| What are the major symptoms of your child? |
| nonverbal, in own world, OCD behaviors |
| What treatments do you think worked best for your child? |
| sensory learning clinic in boulder CO. he has been on a nutritional protocol since he was 4 months old…along w/decent diet. |
| Name: |
| Jimlene P. |
| What factors or causes do you think triggered Autism in your child? |
| Not sure. There was never a bad reaction to vaccines and he hasn’t had hardly any anti-biotics. |
| At what age did you first realize that something was wrong with your child? |
| 16 months but didn’t think it was anything serious. Realized more at 22 months. |
| What are the major symptoms of your child? |
| Language delay, sensory problems, inability to focus or concentrate, and many others. |
| What treatments do you think worked best for your child? |
| ABA Therapy, Vitamin B-12 Injections and the GFCF diet. The diet improved his bowels more than his behaviors. |
| Name: |
| Leslie B. |
| What factors or causes do you think triggered Autism in your child? |
| I’m positive the biggest factor was vaccinations. I saw immediate and dramatic responses in both my ASD children. Both got extremely ill every time, and their personality and happiness and involvement started to disappear, they got rancid diarrhea and bloody stools and butts.My son even went comatose for about an hour with a fever of 104. My youngest child is my only nuerotypical child.I didn\’t know anything about vaccines or autism at the time I had her. She was born as we were moving from Maine to texas. She was born in a military hospital and they tend to be a little more laid back, and leave the burden of responsibility to the patient. When my daughter was born we had to close on our house the next day, so we checked out of the hospital early promising to get her shots the following day. She didn\’t get that first day Hep B shot. The Navy clinic ended up not being able to see her for three weeks. I think both of those circumstances saved my youngest child from being autistic. Just that little bit of a waiting period. I also had no vaccinations when I was pregnant with her, but I did the other two. My NT child has the same gut issues as my older children. She also has PANDAS and major yeast overgrowth and many food sensitivities. I believe if I would have had injections while pregnant, and she had her first day immunizations that she would be autistic as well. She\’s not. She is a social butterfly in gifted classes. Vaccines took my older children\’s lives and happiness away from them, and I\’m going to get them back:) |
| At what age did you first realize that something was wrong with your child? |
| I was a very young mother. I had my first child when I was 19.It was 1995. I knew nothing about autism, and didn\’t for many years. I thought it was funny that my daughter never crawled, she rolled everywhere. When she finally did walk she was a toe walker until she turned 11, and still does it on occasion. She started having violent temper tantrums when she was 9 months old. We say that\’s when her horns came out:) I just thought it was normal, I\’d heard of the terrible twos…I just thought she was advanced:)When she was three she became extremely violent and destructive and withdrawn. This coincided with ehr father being deployed for the first time. I have bipolar disorder and I thought she did too. She had rage, she seemed to get depressed and withdrawn. So she was diagnosed as bipolar at three. My son was different from the get go. He was born in 1998, the year they introduced the first day Hep B shot. He screamed and cried and yanked his legs constantly. He had bloody stools and butt. He got pneumonia at three weeks old. He had eczema all over his body and face. He\’d constantly get bizarre rashes and he was constantly ill. He was also terrified of everything. I literally carried him everywhere…washing dishes, vacuuming, even in the shower if my husband wasn\’t there to pull him off me. He woke up terrified all the time. He projectile vomited all the time. He would scream in terror as he entered the preschool years and we tried to take him to school. We thought he was bipolar too. So he was diagnosed at age three as bipolar |
| What are the major symptoms of your child? |
| Both are high functioning…if you can call it that. They speak, they attend school. My son was able to stop wearing pull ups to bed when he turned 11 years old. My daughter has low muscle tone, dysgraphia, learning disabilities, no concept of social situations, poor motor coordination, OCD on occasion…maybe PANDAS. She has 18 food sensitivities. She has clostridium overgrowth, very high oxalic acid, 4+ gamma hemolytic strep, 4+ Alpha Hemolytic strep and a billion other gut, inflammation, immune and viral issues.She has bifocals and a \”lazy eye\”, and can\’t hear out of her left ear.I could go on and on. My son had such severe and constant bowel pain that he was diagnosed with ulcers. He had asthma and allergies so badly that he was on 5 allergy meds, a nebulizer, and two inhalers and still wasn\’t well. When we started GFCF it all went away!! No allergies, no asthma, no exczema and no stomach pain!!! He has major anxiety that is lessened with medication. He still throws up often and has poo issues:) He also has the strep that my daughter has, also major yeast overgrowth, high oxalic acid, high coproporphyrins. He has extreme behavior issues at home and school. He has a severe stutter. He has no concept of social situations, but is aware that he\’s different. |
| What treatments do you think worked best for your child? |
| GCFC IS AWESOME!!! That was our first turning point. That\’s when they started to feel better and get better. Then I learned more, we tested more and tried more things.We are now GFCF soy free, yeast free, and low sugar…everything organic.They also take Cod liver oil, probiotics, colostrum, multivitamin, milk thistle and digestive enzymes. So far doing a yeast detox diet along with diflucan has given us the most major changes. Both children are more aware of themselves and their surroundings. They\’re calmer and rarely have anger issues. They\’re both doing far better acedemically. We\’re still new to biomedical treatments so that\’s all the answers I have for now. They both need B vitamins, but neither can tolerate them. They both need methyl b-12 shots, but can\’t tolerate them. |
| Name: |
| Jamie |
| What factors or causes do you think triggered Autism in your child? |
| antibotics due to ear infections which lowered his immune system and hurt his gut. Mix that with the shots – my son did a complete 360. He stopped progressing. |
| At what age did you first realize that something was wrong with your child? |
| 18 months |
| What are the major symptoms of your child? |
| lack of communication and eye contact |
| What treatments do you think worked best for your child? |
| supplements, diets, ABA, speech, OT therapy, etc. |
| Name: |
| Debbie |
| What factors or causes do you think triggered Autism in your child? |
| Vaccinations, genentics, toxic environment (live in NJ) and toxins passed on through my body when he was in utero. |
| At what age did you first realize that something was wrong with your child? |
| around 9 months old. Right after he received his first flu shot. Got MUCH worse at 15 months when they gave him another full flu shot WITH the MMR on the same day. |
| What are the major symptoms of your child? |
| No attention span, stimmy, tantrums, lives in own world at times, ocd, doesn’t sleep well, at almost age 6 maturity wise he’s around a 2-3 year old level. |
| What treatments do you think worked best for your child? |
| Probiotics, Omega oil, DMG, melatonin, vitamins especially all the B’s, and mineral supplements. |
| Name: |
| Phyllis F. |
| What factors or causes do you think triggered Autism in your child? |
| a combination of genetic factors/environmental factors and having him later in life. at(39). |
| At what age did you first realize that something was wrong with your child? |
| around 2 but little clues might have been there, but he is an only child |
| What are the major symptoms of your child? |
| lack of attention span, can\\\’t stay focused, stimming, speach |
| What treatments do you think worked best for your child? |
| He is on the DAN protocal. all have helped some but have not seen the magic bullet. We have done HBOT, metal detox, anti-fungal, anti-viruls, b12 shots, glutothyone cream, and now on Tenex, and etc. He is prgressing but I can’t pinpoint one med |
| Name: |
| Patty R. |
| What factors or causes do you think triggered Autism in your child? |
| Enviromental Chemicals, Genetics, possible vaccinations |
| At what age did you first realize that something was wrong with your child? |
| I have 2 with Autism. First child about 2 years old. Second Child about 12 months old |
| What are the major symptoms of your child? |
| Gut issues. Communication issues. |
| What treatments do you think worked best for your child? |
| Therapies and early intervention. Just starting alternative treatments. No luck working with Medical community. They want to pharma your kids and bandaid the problem. |
| Name: |
| Cindy |
| What factors or causes do you think triggered Autism in your child? |
| My son had a stroke at birth resulting in cerebral palsy, hemiparesis. No autism signs/symptoms until age 3 after suffering his one and only seizure. While inutero, my water broke at 19 weeks and was put on antibiotics to combat infection. Infection set in at 30 weeks and delivered my son. We were both put on high dosages of antibiotics. While a premature baby, the hospital gave him his first hepatitus shot even after I instructed them I would rather wait until his weight improved. He was only 3 pds, 12 oz. Therefore, I truly believe it was the \’perfect storm\’ with my son. Prematurity, high dosages of antibiotics, stroke and now seizures. |
| At what age did you first realize that something was wrong with your child? |
| autistic symptoms age 3 |
| What are the major symptoms of your child? |
| allergies, chronic sinus infections, ezcema, very very low speech (he\’s almost 5), cognitive delays, grinds his teeth constantly, stims from TV and toys with motion, will wake up in mornings and needs complete quiet (any noise upsets him) and is cranky, not firm stools, will not eat anything but carbs. |
| What treatments do you think worked best for your child? |
| probiotics, low sugar, liquid B12 (the one that starts with Metho-something), melatonin for sleep |
| Name: |
| Karla E W. |
| What factors or causes do you think triggered Autism in your child? |
| Genetics and mercury from amalagams and vaccines. |
| At what age did you first realize that something was wrong with your child? |
| 2 years, 6 months |
| What are the major symptoms of your child? |
| scripting, sensory issues, immune system problems, systemic candida |
| What treatments do you think worked best for your child? |
| GFCF and Low Oxalate Diet, yeast control with enzymes and GSE, probiotics (LOTS of probiotics) and chelation. |
| Name: |
| Jennifer T. |
| What factors or causes do you think triggered Autism in your child? |
| No one trigger, just a steady downward spiral from repeated onslaughts to child’s health. Mother’s adrenal fatigue, gut imbalance, stress during pregnancy, oxalate sensitivity. Drastic change in mother’s diet at time of birth (removed nuts from diet) produced huge oxalate dump in child, causing severe acid reflux. Through breastfeeding, child exposed to mother’s adrenal hormones, caused profound sleep difficulties. Child received extended course of antibiotics at 2 months and did OK until stopping probiotics, then had blood in stool. Vaccinations at 2, 4, 6 months resulted in hysterical screaming for days and profound sleep disturbance. Profound marital stress due to very ill child made child more ill and unsettled. Cranial bones did not return to normal after being molded during birth. Mishaped head placed pressure on cranial nerves. Treated with craniosacral therapy by an osteopath and this is when she started to be able to sleep. Severe B12 deficiency caused by untreated parasite infection. |
| At what age did you first realize that something was wrong with your child? |
| First feeding in hospital. |
| What are the major symptoms of your child? |
| Right now, kidney stress (high creatinine), high lactic acid, mood, behavior, adrenal fatigue, and blood sugar/apetite control |
| What treatments do you think worked best for your child? |
| Probiotics, digestive enzymes, GAPS diet, parasite treatment, B12, transdermal B vitamin complex cream, craniosacral therapy, trace mineral supplement, juicing green veggies/alkalizing, milk thistle, Vit D3, glutathione cream, and charcoal/mag flushes for lactic acid. |
| Name: |
| Jessica A. |
| What factors or causes do you think triggered Autism in your child? |
| At first I thought it was just the way he was. But after researching tonight, I think it was triggered by antibiotics and candida. I’ve had chronic yeast infections since I was 15. In addition, my son, now 6, had gotten into a bottle of antibiotics I was on when I was 8 months pregnant – I had not screwed the cap on tight enough. I don’t know how much he ingested, but after the ER trip they insisted he’d be fine, just probably tummy upsets and vomiting for a day. he was 11 months old at the time. |
| At what age did you first realize that something was wrong with your child? |
| at his 2 year well check. |
| What are the major symptoms of your child? |
| Language delays, agression (when not on his precribed medication) social delays, over emotional, anxiety, hypersensitivy to sound, tactile, not co ordinated…still walks on tippy toes when barefoot. |
| What treatments do you think worked best for your child? |
| The only treatment we have done is risperdal, special education, and monitoring with his pediatrician. I think now that it might be candida related. |
| Name: |
| Renee S. |
| What factors or causes do you think triggered Autism in your child? |
| Milk allergy which led to ear infections (8 in one year) and over antibiotic use to treat – leading to gut dysbiosis and increased permeability that snowballed into IgG sensitivities to multiple foods. |
| At what age did you first realize that something was wrong with your child? |
| 18 months |
| What are the major symptoms of your child? |
| Through biomedical interventions, he is functioning near neurotypical. We still battle aggression and need for control. |
| What treatments do you think worked best for your child? |
| Detoxification, supplementation, HBOT, vision therapy, and OT. |
| Name: |
| Malgorzata |
| What factors or causes do you think triggered Autism in your child? |
| MMR vaccine |
| At what age did you first realize that something was wrong with your child? |
| years and 8 months |
| What are the major symptoms of your child? |
| lack of speech, stimulation, regression |
| What treatments do you think worked best for your child? |
| diet without casein, gluten-free, no sugar, vitamin mb12 by injection, fish oil, vitamin c |
| Name: |
| Beth B. |
| What factors or causes do you think triggered Autism in your child? |
| I’m really not sure-I am an older mother and think what we\’ve done to our environment could have affected my eggs, I think it may have affected my son after birth as well. I am not sure if vaccines cause autism but I do think they may exacerbate the problem. |
| At what age did you first realize that something was wrong with your child? |
| About age 2-he was also diagnosed around this time. |
| What are the major symptoms of your child? |
| Attention span-Inability to focus for very long which affects his learning, sensory issues (rocks, likes deep pressure, etc.), apraxia of speech, doesn\’t know how to be social with others, and seems to be in his own world at times (too independent) |
| What treatments do you think worked best for your child? |
| Enzymes/probiotics and we think the casein-free diet helped digestion, Methyl B12 shots make him less giddy and hyper; we are trying a lot more but don\’t see any major improvements. |
| Name: |
| Chrissy W. |
| What factors or causes do you think triggered Autism in your child? |
| environmental, vaccines, etc. a perfect storm of assaults to his young and vulnerable immune system. |
| At what age did you first realize that something was wrong with your child? |
| 2-ish years when he still wasn’t acquiring speech like he should. still – the docs pushed us off until he was turning 4. |
| What are the major symptoms of your child? |
| gut issues, sensory issues, processing, across the board delays – the most severe pertaining to verbal language and fine motor. |
| What treatments do you think worked best for your child? |
| the more we heal his body, the better he does in all areas. the key is healing his gut, his immune system, etc. |
| Name: |
| Paul B. |
| What factors or causes do you think triggered Autism in your child? |
| Age of parents late 30s, long period between first and second child. 8years. Born that way, Noticed skull bone deformation no neuro diagnosis, later diagnosed by Stanford Testing. |
| At what age did you first realize that something was wrong with your child? |
| I noticed at birth, Mom by age 4 was certain. |
| What are the major symptoms of your child? |
| Emotoionally stunted. Slow motor skills that improve slowly. Lack of consideration of others. Very analytical and obsessive. |
| What treatments do you think worked best for your child? |
| focus factor style supplements in the morning and B-vitamins in afternoon. Light lunches, passion fruit extracts and omegas 3,6,9 in distilled fish oil. Structured living environment. The progress has been amazing. He\’s studying his first second language. ASL. |
| Name: |
| Dawn B. |
| What factors or causes do you think triggered Autism in your child? |
| overuse of antibiotics for ear infections, coupled wtih vaccines given during this time period pushed him over the edge. Of course there were probably other environmental issues that I was unaware of, whether in the water, air, etc. |
| At what age did you first realize that something was wrong with your child? |
| 18 months |
| What are the major symptoms of your child? |
| lack of communication, inability to focus and stay on task, inability to express self |
| What treatments do you think worked best for your child? |
| combination approach of ABA therapy, supplements, OT, Speech, and biomedical approach. |
| Name: |
| Debbie |
| What factors or causes do you think triggered Autism in your child? |
| Vaccinations, polluted environment living in NJ, and possibly an inherited gene. My family has a history of ADHD and a few other people that were considered “Odd”, that now I’m sure would have been diagnosed with some type of ASD. |
| At what age did you first realize that something was wrong with your child? |
| 9 months |
| What are the major symptoms of your child? |
| not sleeping, suddenly spitting up formula, irratable constantly, continuous diarrhea, stimming, no longer reaching milestones in development. |
| What treatments do you think worked best for your child? |
| Omega oil, probiotics, multivitamin, GFCF diet, extra B vitamins and melatonin & calcium for sleep. |
| Name: |
| Julie c. |
| What factors or causes do you think triggered Autism in your child? |
| my daughter was 3 months premature and weighed 1 pound 5 ounces. I developed hellp syndrome. No one knows why but I have always suspected it to be due to my numerous mercury fillings and heavy consumption of tuna fish while I was pregnant. That was prior to all the warnings. But utlimately I think vaccines were the trigger as she had regressive autism. |
| At what age did you first realize that something was wrong with your child? |
| 2 years. |
| What are the major symptoms of your child? |
| Chronic gi issues – loose stools, GI pain and recently pain w/ urination. Failure to grow and gain weight. Impaired speech. Cheeks and ears turn bright red – especailly after gluten. Dialated pupils a great deal of the time. Tantrums with self-injurious behavior. Poor sleep. |
| What treatments do you think worked best for your child? |
| rounds of antifungals (diflucan) havve always prodiced firm stools. 5HTP, GABA and Melatonin help w/ sleep. frequently sick prior to supplementing w/ vitamins/minerals and probiotics. She has made great gains w/ ABA but thaqt only goes so far until the medical issues are addressed. |
| Name: |
| Sharon J. |
| What factors or causes do you think triggered Autism in your child? |
| I remember shortly after my son\’s 18th month immunization seeing how he seemed to just stop progressing in speech. |
| At what age did you first realize that something was wrong with your child? |
| As my son got closer to two years of age I knew he needed to be evaluated developemently. |
| What are the major symptoms of your child? |
| I do feel my son is progressing with the school he attends but his symptoms still include: minimal language skill\’s, minimal interaction skill\’s |
| What treatments do you think worked best for your child? |
| I do think the speech therapy is helping. |
| Name: |
| Judith T. |
| What factors or causes do you think triggered Autism in your child? |
| Mother\’s flu vaccine for 7 yrs, prior to conception, his flu vaccine, possibly metal exposue due to conception with copper IUD intact, other environmental triggers. |
| At what age did you first realize that something was wrong with your child? |
| Approx 12-14 months |
| What are the major symptoms of your child? |
| Lack of language. Sensory issues. |
| What treatments do you think worked best for your child? |
| ABA, Sensory treatments |
| Name: |
| Paula S. |
| What factors or causes do you think triggered Autism in your child? |
| I believe a mixture of genetics, gut bacteria and nutrition triggered the Autism. |
| At what age did you first realize that something was wrong with your child? |
| When the school told us at 4.5 years old. |
| What are the major symptoms of your child? |
| Aspergers – high anxiety, depression, low self confidence, lack of social understanding |
| What treatments do you think worked best for your child? |
| Daily Bone Broth and Taurine (amongst other supplements and major dietary changes I believe these to have seen the biggest improvements so far). |
| Name: |
| Sharon D. |
| What factors or causes do you think triggered Autism in your child? |
| vaccines — mercury toxicity, possible congenital Lyme disease, congenital poor detoxification pathways, impaired immune system |
| At what age did you first realize that something was wrong with your child? |
| roughly age 1 when transferring to milk (away from soy powder baby formula) and all solid foods — he became very hyperactive and constipated |
| What are the major symptoms of your child? |
| currently, at age 19, his symptoms overlap with those of chronic Lyme disease and co-infections: neurological symptoms — mood swings, anxiety, OCD-type/parkinson\’s-like behaviors when his legs feel very stiff; very slowed processing; interrupted thought processes; |
| What treatments do you think worked best for your child? |
| gluten-free, casein-free diet; lots of immune supplements (currently taking Quantum Research products); lots of antibiotics-antifungals-antiparasitic medicines for Lyme and co-infections — this was the most important piece; lots of probiotics; cognitive-psycho-therapy; hopefully heavy metals detoxification will yield major positive benefits; lots of love, empathy, and patience by caregivers; lots of support for educational programs |
| Name: |
| Rachel M. |
| What factors or causes do you think triggered Autism in your child? |
| Mercury/Aluminum, antibiotics, viruses given that can get into intestinal wall |
| At what age did you first realize that something was wrong with your child? |
| around 12 mos. |
| What are the major symptoms of your child? |
| speech delay, develpmental issues, muscles weakness, lack of focus, lack of fear, impulsive, sensory processing issues |
| What treatments do you think worked best for your child? |
| diet change,supplements, metal chelation |
| Name: |
| Cara F. |
| What factors or causes do you think triggered Autism in your child? |
| Not sure maybe after she got her shots |
| At what age did you first realize that something was wrong with your child? |
| 18 months |
| What are the major symptoms of your child? |
| nonverbal, walking on toes,tantrums,picky eating |
| What treatments do you think worked best for your child? |
| ot,speech ,gfcf |
| Name: |
| Maria C. A. |
| What factors or causes do you think triggered Autism in your child? |
| Vaccination |
| At what age did you first realize that something was wrong with your child? |
| two and a half years |
| What are the major symptoms of your child? |
| ecolalic, repetitive movements in his arms |
| What treatments do you think worked best for your child? |
| Nutrition control (no casein, no sweets and no gluten) |
| Name: |
| Laura C. |
| What factors or causes do you think triggered Autism in your child? |
| immunizations at age 17 or 18 months old. ( with a minor cold.) |
| At what age did you first realize that something was wrong with your child? |
| 20 months old |
| What are the major symptoms of your child? |
| stopped learning,poor eye contact,speech delays,stop progressing, at age 4 she was like an 18 month old developmentally. This was a child that walked at 9 1/2 months and said her first word at 6 months she was a hed of schedule untill immunizations at 17 months old, currently my daughter is 8yrs old and about 6 months behind academic wise. |
| What treatments do you think worked best for your child? |
| speech,OT,socalizing,1on1 work,smaller class,iep,SUPPORT,sarc in az,siblings. Probiotics and immune suport,special diets,minimal antibiotic use,flouride use. |
| Name: |
| Kim L. |
| What factors or causes do you think triggered Autism in your child? |
| Vaccines without a doubt! 30days after his last round of vacs he totally regressed into autism. send me an email address and I can send you pics of him before and after. |
| At what age did you first realize that something was wrong with your child? |
| 30 days after the mmr then 30 days after 18month shots he could not speak! |
| What are the major symptoms of your child? |
| -severe allergies after mmr(no allergies prior to mmr) – can no longer say sentences/phrases/ words – sick- intestinal probs – no eye contact – spacing out – lethargic |
| What treatments do you think worked best for your child? |
| limited diet, no gluten/casein, scd, low oxalates digestive enzymes and supps cod liver oil/ b-12 shots alkaline water lauricidin and ldm100(antiviral) NEEM(awesome) **********my son responded to the following probiotics from russia- e-coli of bifidum and lactoflora in log-phase of its growth.******* I can no longer get them. can you make this formula? |
| Name: |
| Rachel |
| What factors or causes do you think triggered Autism in your child? |
| mercury from mother\’s silver fillings in teeth, and the huge amts. of aluminum give through the vaccines–antibiotics mother took while pregnant– |
| At what age did you first realize that something was wrong with your child? |
| 12-18 mos… |
| What are the major symptoms of your child? |
| He is 4.5 yrs. old and acts as if he is in his Terrible Twos…he doesn\’t speak, he speaks in memorized phrases, he is just now feeling his hands/feet, when he eats dairy/gluten he becomes super sensitive and becomes hyper and aggressive and unrealistic, he doesn\’t understand cause and effect, he undergoes many biomedical treatments..we haven\’t found a probiotic that doesn\’t cause him to go super hyper..hence the traces of dairy involved.. |
| What treatments do you think worked best for your child? |
| Biomedical. Enzymes really help! Mineral supplementation. His GFCF and starch free diet ie. SCD diet. All work and when off of these, he goes all the way back to where we started with him. His labs came back as having ZERO beneficial bacteria. We keep trying to find a probiotic that doesn\’t cause hyper-aggression due to traces of dairy found in them… |
| Name: |
| Sondra T. |
| What factors or causes do you think triggered Autism in your child? |
| multiple flu vaccinations |
| At what age did you first realize that something was wrong with your child? |
| 3.5 |
| What are the major symptoms of your child? |
| Loss of language, constant stimming. |
| What treatments do you think worked best for your child? |
| Chelation, probiotics, supplements, MB-12 |
| Name: |
| Kimmy H |
| What factors or causes do you think triggered Autism in your child? |
| Hello, my son was born typical it wasnt untill certain vaccines and back to back antibiotics for ear infections where we lost him to autism. |
| At what age did you first realize that something was wrong with your child? |
| age 2 and a half |
| What are the major symptoms of your child? |
| he is nonverbal has allergies where nothing helps himhe has anxiety and some aggression. |
| What treatments do you think worked best for your child? |
| still looking |
| Name: |
| Yara |
| What factors or causes do you think triggered Autism in your child? |
| Vaccines, immune system disregulation causing (milk) allergies/ear infections, antibiotic overuse, gut problems/diarrhea due to the above. |
| At what age did you first realize that something was wrong with your child? |
| Right after 2, right after his last round of antibiotics and trying milk again. |
| What are the major symptoms of your child? |
| Loss of interest, in his own world, repetitive behaviour |
| What treatments do you think worked best for your child? |
| zinc, antifungals, probiotics, diet, MB12 |
| Name: |
| Melinda |
| What factors or causes do you think triggered Autism in your child? |
| Vaccines, predisposition for allergies |
| At what age did you first realize that something was wrong with your child? |
| 15 months |
| What are the major symptoms of your child? |
| has major use of language now, but has trouble putting it together gramaticly…sqeaky voice, anger,biting, overstimulation, physical overstimulation, dealing with change… eye contact is mainly incredible…but he has his days…. diahrea, stinky poop, dysbiosis….slow growth |
| What treatments do you think worked best for your child? |
| Diet has been major, SCD, GFCF..removing sugars ( accept for fruit),dyes, preservatives, almonds,apples, bannanas and grapes. |
| Name: |
| Natalia |
| What factors or causes do you think triggered Autism in your child? |
| Vaccination |
| At what age did you first realize that something was wrong with your child? |
| around 3 years old |
| What are the major symptoms of your child? |
| speech delay, hyperactive |
| What treatments do you think worked best for your child? |
| candida treatment |
| Name: |
| Mike C. |
| What factors or causes do you think triggered Autism in your child? |
| mmr vaccine at 1 year, given with several other vaccines to my identical twin boys who had a cold at the time despite our request to delay the shot until they recovered from their colds |
| At what age did you first realize that something was wrong with your child? |
| 24-48 hours after the vaccine at age 1 |
| What are the major symptoms of your child? |
| at age 6, they are developmentally at about that of a 3 year old, very little verbal or social skills |
| What treatments do you think worked best for your child? |
| none so far |
| Name: |
| Roanna P. |
| What factors or causes do you think triggered Autism in your child? |
| I had a flue vaccine at time of conception, my son had multiple ear infections in first year of life & 8 courses of antibiotics. He is gluten & dairy intolerant (which gave him features of ASD when he ate this diet) |
| At what age did you first realize that something was wrong with your child? |
| 2 yrs |
| What are the major symptoms of your child? |
| Bloating, constipation, inability to toilet train (4yrs old) food intolerances, echolalia, insomnia, muscle weakness & fatigue, running away & not following instructions (receptive language delay), picky eater, sound sensitive |
| What treatments do you think worked best for your child? |
| Gluten/ dairy/soy/sugar/copper free diet Mb12 injections, OT Speech, nutrient/ vitamin/mineral/probiotic supplements |
| Name: |
| Bikram G. |
| What factors or causes do you think triggered Autism in your child? |
| Lots of Antibiotics between 1-2 years of age |
| At what age did you first realize that something was wrong with your child? |
| 2 years |
| What are the major symptoms of your child? |
| Less attention, Hyperactive, No speech |
| What treatments do you think worked best for your child? |
| – Enzymes (Houston Enzymes) – Probiotics (Custom Probiotics now, Kirkman Probio-gold earlier). I like Custom probiotics more (now at 2 scoops a day and we\’re seeing improvement) – Chelation (DMSA and ALA) – Other health supplements, including Antivirals |
| Name: |
| Robin A. |
| What factors or causes do you think triggered Autism in your child? |
| Vaccines and the trigger was a flu shot at 13 months |
| At what age did you first realize that something was wrong with your child? |
| 16 months |
| What are the major symptoms of your child? |
| strange behavior,jargon, no language or loss of what was language, high pain tollerance,seizures |
| What treatments do you think worked best for your child? |
| Bio medical and early intervention |
| Name: |
| Denise |
| What factors or causes do you think triggered Autism in your child? |
| immune system, due to enviromental assalt Hep B shot when born and regular scheduled vaccinations. Then at 15 months two antibiotics taken back to back for ear infect immediately followed by flu shot and another Hep B shot. My child is also very allergic to I would say 40% of foods and most trees and grasses, animals as well. |
| At what age did you first realize that something was wrong with your child? |
| 17 months |
| What are the major symptoms of your child? |
| At 17months no eye contact, spinning, tiptoe, non-engagement, speech delay, mouthing objects, playing with toys inappropriately, tantruming. Constipation.Now with biomed and behavior intervention, social skills issues and speech echolalia and speech is patched together, although very good progress. Constipation. |
| What treatments do you think worked best for your child? |
| ABA, floortime, Cod Liver Oil, Custom Probiotics, Chelation, Multivitamins for Autism, B-12 nose spray. Allergy testing and Elimination of allergins. GFCF diet. Exposure to typical children in preschool and playground with aid assisting proper social exchange. Social skill programs. Behavioral speech therapy. Full weekly schedule of intervention. Our Dan Dr. is Dr. Rachael West, Santa Monica |
| Name: |
| Alexia |
| What factors or causes do you think triggered Autism in your child? |
| immuization |
| At what age did you first realize that something was wrong with your child? |
| 18 months |
| What are the major symptoms of your child? |
| speech delay, hyperactivity,insomnia,allergies,reflux, |
| What treatments do you think worked best for your child? |
| not sure |
| Name: |
| Lisa M. |
| What factors or causes do you think triggered Autism in your child? |
| I believe it was due to vaccinations. |
| At what age did you first realize that something was wrong with your child? |
| 18 Months |
| What are the major symptoms of your child? |
| Limited eye contact, poor concentration, problems with understanding social skills. |
| What treatments do you think worked best for your child? |
| Speech Therapy—working on social skills. |
| Name: |
| Dymna |
| What factors or causes do you think triggered Autism in your child? |
| vaccinations, maternal exposure: amalgams, genetics, mitochondrial insuffiiency. |
| At what age did you first realize that something was wrong with your child? |
| 19 months—lost skills and language;became very hyperactive |
| What are the major symptoms of your child? |
| OCD behaviour, stimming–visual more than verbal, nonverbal—minimal to no language |
| What treatments do you think worked best for your child? |
| chelation,HBOT, diet elimination, Yasko protocol, Valtrex |
| Name: |
| Lisa S. |
| What factors or causes do you think triggered Autism in your child? |
| He was vaccinated in between antibiotic treatments for chronic ear infections. From what I have read he comes from a family tree of both poor methylators( depression, alcoholism, suicide, alzheimers) and auto immune problems (rheumatoid arthritis). |
| At what age did you first realize that something was wrong with your child? |
| Around 18-19 months. Prior to that we have 1,000s of pictures where our son would look directly at the camera and smile. He would then look at the screen of the digital camera and point to himself. He kicked and threw a ball back and forth, he opened presents and clapped for his first Christmas at 7 months old. Said \”Good, Good, Good\”, \”Eat\”, Momma & Dadda by 12 months. By the following year the eye contact had diminished and he wasn\’t interested in any of his presents. He was getting ear infections about every 2 weeks so we initially blamed it on him not feeling well. We had broken up all his vaccinations and made sure all of them were mercury free. |
| What are the major symptoms of your child? |
| He is now 3 years old and has very little language, a sing songy voice, He stimms on wheels, flapps his arms and jumps when excited. He toe walks. |
| What treatments do you think worked best for your child? |
| He has drastically improved since we started taking him to a DAN doctor at 2 1/2. He is currently on probiotics (is helping his gut issues but we are now ordering your product because the previous product lost its effectiveness), cod liver oil, fish oil, digestive enzymes (started sleeping through the night immediately with this therapy), multi amino acids, DMG, C, Zinc, Glutathione cream (language has started to get clearer with this treatment), MB12 shots (socialization has improved, eye contact has improved and he started babbling and saying some words.) He did a 3 month course of nystatin for yeast which was working at first (he increased his diet) but seemed to cause constipation around the 2 month mark. |
| Name: |
| Laurie |
| What factors or causes do you think triggered Autism in your child? |
| Environment, giving too many shots at one time, toxins. |
| At what age did you first realize that something was wrong with your child? |
| When he was a newborn. |
| What are the major symptoms of your child? |
| He moved constantly. Wasn\’t saying anything at 18 months. |
| What treatments do you think worked best for your child? |
| Diet, O.T., and social skills training. |
| Name: |
| Ernie P. |
| What factors or causes do you think triggered Autism in your child? |
| Mother had dental amalgams; antibiotics used at 8 months and 11 months due to ear infections and wiped out gut flora; genetic testing has revealed polymorphysims that reduce ability to detox – missing gene for glutathione in liver/kidney and COMT– leads to undermethylation; vaccines – flue shot in particular, that still have thimerosal have led to noticeable damage in behavior and speech. |
| At what age did you first realize that something was wrong with your child? |
| Lagged peers in language development from 18 months to 33 months. At 33 months we suspected Autism and behavior spiraled downward . At 37 months we were sure he had autism and started treatments. He was diagnosed at 40 months with severe ASD. |
| What are the major symptoms of your child? |
| Still lags in expressive language – far behind his 3 year old sister and cannot converse. Tantrums are infrequent but intense. Repetitive behaviors – likes to watch scenes of DVD movies over and over and over. Stimming with small toys. No desire to form friendships – does not understand the concept. Hands over ears with loud noises. Medical includes constipation (3 BM per week), eczema (much improved over past), numerous food sensitivities, skin rashes and red ears when we try \”new\” foods; low in essential amino acids, metals imbalances, immunity issues especially evidence of viral titers. |
| What treatments do you think worked best for your child? |
| Starting the GFCF diet gave noticeable improvement. Managing diet. Methyl-B12 +follinic acid shots may be helping with speeach but the improvement is very slight. Chelation – IV and transdermal – has somewhat correlated with his best months and the post-IV chelation urine metals tests show significant amounts of lead and small amounts of mercury, cadmium, aluminum and others being removed. Have used Custom Probiotics D-lactate free but have actually seen an increase in yeast markers on OAT analysis during this period along with regression in behavior. This was due to use of oral chelators at the same time. We are going back to your product while sticking with transdermal chelators. Curcumin recently introduced and seems to be having a positive effect in behavior. Has been recently described as \’high-functioning\’ exactly 2 years after original diagnosis. |
| Name: |
| Deborah B. |
| What factors or causes do you think triggered Autism in your child? |
| I believe it was vaccinations |
| At what age did you first realize that something was wrong with your child? |
| around 18 months – 2 years. I kind of denied it and got her checked out when she was 3years old |
| What are the major symptoms of your child? |
| behavioural, anti-social, lack of speech |
| What treatments do you think worked best for your child? |
| So far homeopathics combined with the biomedical approach of compounded vitamins, probiotics, b12 shots |
| Name: |
| Patricia T |
| What factors or causes do you think triggered Autism in your child? |
| 1) My existing body burden of mercury due to use of Thimerosal contact lens solution (long-term), exposure to broken CLF bulb, consumption of sushi/sashimi/other high mercury seafood + chronic viral issue and poor detox genes 2) Detox impairments due to gene polymorphisms 3) Vaccinations 4) Epidural ? |
| At what age did you first realize that something was wrong with your child? |
| Age 4. |
| What are the major symptoms of your child? |
| He is high functioning but had sensory issues, gluten addiction, candida, social impairments, language issues. |
| What treatments do you think worked best for your child? |
| Chelation using Andrew Cutler protocol (low dose, frequent dosing), classical homeopathy, organic low dairy, low gluten diet, probiotics, magnesium, selenium, zinc, cod liver oil+flaxseed oil. Getting rid of WiFi and EMF, no further vaccinations, good emotional health. |
| Name: |
| Melinda |
| What factors or causes do you think triggered Autism in your child? |
| MMR vaccination- severe adverse reaction,overuseage of antibiotics he had 10 rounds in the first 2 years of life,yeast overgrowth |
| At what age did you first realize that something was wrong with your child? |
| age 2-he started tip toe walking but only briefly |
| What are the major symptoms of your child? |
| tantrums,sleep disturbances,chronic diarrhea now constipation,picky eating-self limited diet,sensory issues,stimming,aggression to self and others,occassional urinary incontinence (when he gets yeasty),OCD behavior,speech delay,poor eye contact/social interaction |
| What treatments do you think worked best for your child? |
| antifungals,probiotics,B12 injections,Epsom salt baths,not sure about diet,still working on that one and Magnesium seems to calm him |
| Name: |
| Kim G. |
| What factors or causes do you think triggered Autism in your child? |
| Weakness immune system + vaccinations+ environ.tox. = autismI’m not 100% sure, but I\’m not 100% sure that the Govt. doesn\’t know! |
| At what age did you first realize that something was wrong with your child? |
| 15- 18 months. We really don\’t know because we were first time parents. He slowly lost some skills and never really progressed. |
| What are the major symptoms of your child? |
| Not talking, not playing with other kids, not even noticing people were around, flapping,spinning, inappropriate laughing and babbling. |
| What treatments do you think worked best for your child? |
| GF/CF diet, probiotics + CLO + omega-3, ABA, Speech + OT |
| Name: |
| Catherine P. |
| What factors or causes do you think triggered Autism in your child? |
| bacteria/ yeast overgrowth- immunizations did not help his immune system either- since he was burdened with the gut dysbiosis. |
| At what age did you first realize that something was wrong with your child? |
| 2 |
| What are the major symptoms of your child? |
| communication, intestinal pain |
| What treatments do you think worked best for your child? |
| Probiotics, antifungals, and anything to keep the bowels moving! |
| Name: |
| Christina S. |
| What factors or causes do you think triggered Autism in your child? |
| At 14 mths she had 3 vaccines and 40 minutes later her pupils seem to dialate off and on and she paced in her walker from one end of the house to the other looking around as if she did not know where she was and she would scream out like she was terrified and confused. She would not look at me for very long and would not speak anymore, slowly she stopped sleeping and her health and G.I. started to fail her. |
| At what age did you first realize that something was wrong with your child? |
| 14 months old. |
| What are the major symptoms of your child? |
| Irritable Bowels, Gastrointestinal distress, sick alot, sleeplesness, repetitive behaviors, agitated and restless most the time. |
| What treatments do you think worked best for your child? |
| Biomedical; I.V. Chelation, HBOT, vitamin and mineral supplements, anti-viral valcyclovir, custom probiotics, PK Protocal, ozone therapy. |
| Name: |
| Lisa S. |
| What factors or causes do you think triggered Autism in your child? |
| Vaccines, antibiotics, excitotoxins, allergy meds, and viruses. |
| At what age did you first realize that something was wrong with your child? |
| He regressed at age 4. Was succesfully enrolled in mainstream preschool at the time of regression. |
| What are the major symptoms of your child? |
| Sensory issues, sleep issues, allergies (food and environmental), constipation/stomach pain, headaches, loss of fine motor skills, decrease in verbal ability, personality fading away, weight loss, raging tantrums, head banging, screaming/screeching. |
| What treatments do you think worked best for your child? |
| Andy Cutler style chelation with ALANAETDietary changesDetoxing diet and home environmentHerbal parasite treatment |
| Name: |
| Erin H. |
| What factors or causes do you think triggered Autism in your child? |
| Vaccinations, environmental toxins and a genetic predisposition |
| At what age did you first realize that something was wrong with your child? |
| When he was 2 he was behind in speaking and had some behavior issues, but he was not officially diagnosed until 2.5 years of age. |
| What are the major symptoms of your child? |
| Sensory issues, impulse control, socially behind |
| What treatments do you think worked best for your child? |
| GFCF helped with the behavior tremendously, we have also seen large gains from HBOT. We are still working on the gut issues. |
| Name: |
| kim |
| What factors or causes do you think triggered Autism in your child? |
| #1— vaccinations. 2. antibiotics give to my son at the same time as vaccines/ too many vaccines on the same day 4-5 each time. 3. possible pesticide exposure. |
| At what age did you first realize that something was wrong with your child? |
| after mmr- |
| What are the major symptoms of your child? |
| Hello, My son Nickolaus has had a vaccine injury. Attached are before and after pics of him. Before last round of vaccines pics and after pics -His story is below……………………The pediatrician refused to document that Nick’s sudden issues were shot related:- Suddenly allergic to everything/ sudden eczema- Decline in speech, then no speech- Decline in motor skills- Lethargy- Night terrors- Constant infectionsAll events occurred suddenly within 30 days of his last round of immunizations. She asked, “Did he bump his head?” She sent me to a neurologist. Nick then had an MRI of the brain, CAT of the brain, eeg, overnight stay sleep study, and a variety of brain tests. All findings were negative as I expected. I told her he showed signs of autism after his shots. She then stated, “Let’s not blame it on the shots.” Prior to the shots, I told her I was very concerned about the vaccine/autism epidemic. She stated, “look at him Kim. He’s not autistic he is developing normally, making eye contact, and talking. He is clearly NOT autistic. You have nothing to worry about.” ……. 30 days later…. – allergic to everything/ sudden eczema – decline in speech, then no speech – decline in motor skills – lethargy – night terrors – constant infections ……. and the rest is history. |
| What treatments do you think worked best for your child? |
| colostrum, lauricidin, enzymes with isogest from kirkmanlabs, secretin, charged alkaline water altering the ph(significant improvement- call me i’ll tell you allll about it! 972-XXX-XXXX) … probiotics, multivit, cod liver oil, zinc, meth-b12 shots, l-glutamine, taurine, and gaba. with occasional ememas(obvious results right after enema) He has almost recovered…… it has been a year. Nick is 2 3/4 yrs old. WE ARE GONNA BEAT THIS THING! Pls keep him in your prayers. thank you. |
| Name: |
| Jeni G. |
| What factors or causes do you think triggered Autism in your child? |
| I believe a set of shots around age 2 caused my son\’s Autism. He was fine before he got them, got a high fever and hasn\’t been the same since. |
| At what age did you first realize that something was wrong with your child? |
| 2 |
| What are the major symptoms of your child? |
| Arm flapping, spinning, no social skills, poor communication, rocking and humming |
| What treatments do you think worked best for your child? |
| I can not find anything to help him. We have tried the diet other parents have tried, but he won’t eat the food. |