Autism 1

Wednesday, June 17, 2009
We've come to a new fork in the road in terms of Isaiah, my grandson, and autism.
We're talking recovery.I'm starting a new section of this blog especially to document this new thing we're moving into. I think it will help us see the progress as well as anyone else who has a child with autism see there are alternative therapies that might work.
We're having Isaiah tested for allergies, as well as heavy metal toxicity. This will include testing for allergies to therapeutic drugs that might possibly be used to help him get rid of any type of toxin/yeast/infection in his body.
This costs money. If this initial test shows what I (we) think it will, we'll do another, more costly battery of testing for allergies. (This second round of testing we'll have to raise money for, and I'll talk about it later, as well as my ideas for raising money. I think I can't sell enough tye dye tshirts to pay for this...but I'm tabling it until later.)
I'm not saying he HAS these things in his body. But it seems MOST autistic kids have some level of these things going on in their bodies, and it follows reasonable logic that Isaiah might also.
WHY? Are autistic kids more prone of absorbing environmental impurities? Do they have less of an imune system to battle oxidents in the air?On his own, Isaiah has made great progress in the past few months.
He says to me, holding his arm up, palm to me: "Grandma, wait right here. I'll be right back. I need to use the bathroom" Plain as day. And, he proceeds to go inside, do his thing, wipe, and comes back outside.
This is very new, using the bathroom and being so articulate about it. He's growing up, and talking more about everything...I try to teach him a new word each saturday, when we're spending time together. His sentence structure is becoming more mature. He likes playing with my cat, Zephyr, who I taught to fetch a ball. Isaiah gets a big kick out of it when she brings it back to him.
So, all of this is good and hopeful. I will continue to write regularly about this.