biomedical intervention

Fun Stuff On Friday

October 3, 2008 2 comments

Looking for some fun stuff to enjoy as the weekend approaches?? Here’s a few links to check out: Something Fun for the Kiddoes post at Created and Called. I never knew you could do all that with a yo-yo! The October edition of Root & Sprout is up; my favorite article so far is “Techno [...]

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Solving Our Sleep Problems, Part II

July 1, 2008 10 comments

Yesterday I shared how some of our Little Guy’s sleep issues (and some other problems) went away after modifying his diet.  But that wasn’t the whole story for him – as he became preschool age, it started taking him a long time to fall asleep, often at least 45 minutes and sometimes up to 90 [...]

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Solving Our Sleep Problems, Part I

June 30, 2008 6 comments

After posting about the Sleep Number Sleep-In Challenge the other day, I started thinking about the sleep problems we have experienced with our son and how grateful we are to have regular sleep now. From the time our Little Guy was a baby, he would often have trouble sleeping unless I was holding him in [...]

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Autism Resources: Vaccinations

April 14, 2008 5 comments

Okay, I’m really not trying to stir up a major controversy – this topic is just on my mind because we are going to the pediatrician’s office tomorrow for a checkup. There are 3 individual vaccines that we need to check titers for to see if the Little Guy needs any boosters before entering kindergarten [...]

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Autism Resources: Biomedical Intervention

April 8, 2008 3 comments

This list includes four top resources for learning about biomedical treatments that are used with children (and adults) on the autism spectrum. For info specifically related to diet, see this post, and you can see my general comments here. Autism: Effective Biomedical Treatments by Jon Pangborn, PhD and Sidney MacDonald Baker, MD. This is commonly [...]

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Autism Resources: Special Diets (The Actual List)

April 7, 2008 2 comments

There are several special diets commonly used in autism. Some are very broad and others focus on a specific issue that may affect a subset of children; often people use more than one in combination. It is best not to start a trial of a special diet until you have read enough to know why [...]

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Autism Resources: Special Diets (Intro)

April 7, 2008 0 comments

In my humble opinion, dietary and biomedical intervention is really about helping kids with gastrointestinal or immune system issues that are interfering with their ability to function, communicate and learn. Some symptoms that are commonly considered part of autism, such as challenging behaviors, sensory dysregulation and medical issues like GI pain or sleep dysfunction, are [...]

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Of Birthday Cake and Monster Cookies

March 17, 2008 3 comments

Well, the birthday celebration week has come to an end at last!! (Actually, I have really enjoyed it despite the extra craziness involved. We spread things out this year and think it was a much better choice than trying to have one large party.) A few months ago, we discovered Gluten-Free Oats and ordered some [...]

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