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Hello all. I've been active on the forums for a while now but this is my first time posting here.

I am a father of three very wonderful kids. My oldest (6 year old boy) is high functioning autistic. The other 2 (3 year old girl and a 2 year old boy) are developmentally delayed.

My oldest was a bright happy and engaging baby but very slow to start talking. When he turned two we took him in to get his shots and the very next day the lights went out. I know the doctors say that they have coorected the concoction that they use for immunizations for 2 year olds but from my experiance I dont believe it for a second. Maybe my boy was definately in the autistic spectrum but no where near to the degree that he was the day before he got the shot.

As I said my other two are developmentally delayed but only in their speach. In all other areas they are quiet on par or even advanced. I belive that most of their problem lies in the fact that all three of my kids absolutely adore one another and the two little ones really look up to their big brother who is always taking care of and looking out for them. That coupled with the fact that my wife, who is a stay at home mother, hasn't been all that great about working with our oldest to talk. She recognizes this and is really trying to change. As many of you probably know from experiances of your own, my son is very good at non verbal communication and the other two have picked up on that.

We recently heard about taking dairy out of my sons diet and gave it a try. It has made a tremendous differance. Over the past couple of months his vocabulary has greatly increased to the point that I am begining to suspect that he can read already.

Now my youngest son is starting to do things that cause me some concern such as begining to avoid eye contact.

Our public school system has help for our kids and so far we have been using them. I ahve become aware of some programs that offer alot more help. The problem we have is we are a single income family of 5. I make pretty good money but not extravigant and we really can't afford to pay for specialized schooling. Do any of you have any ideas or know of resources that I might look into? We live in Washington State BTW. Thanks
 

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Try the chapter of the Autism Society in Washington. They have branches in every state. www.autism.org is their site I think.

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you should also take wheat out for a couple of weeks
and see what effect it has..
Mine also react to artificial food colorings.

Next thought is to add much music into the mix, sometimes
singing is easier than talkiing. :)
if you can add instrumental training that can help as well.
Your oldest is old enough for piano adn creating a wall of harmony
can be quite comforting. :)

Mark
 
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considering the timing... you should also look into any
latent viruses left over from the vaccine, as well as heavy metals.

I'm not focusing well now, but it looks like there are several
D.A.N. doctors in your state.
here is a partial list.

http://www.drpodell.org/dan.shtml
 
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In a recent Autism/Aspergers support group meeting that my wife & I attended we heard two moms say that they had bought----i know the spelling is wrong here---sorry---they bought: hyperberick chambers---it has helped clean out the system of their sons with AS; the costs start at $22,000 for the chamber they got. Our 7 year old son has AS, but we can't afford $22,000.
 
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tim5fl said:
In a recent Autism/Aspergers support group meeting that my wife & I attended we heard two moms say that they had bought----i know the spelling is wrong here---sorry---they bought: hyperberick chambers---it has helped clean out the system of their sons with AS; the costs start at $22,000 for the chamber they got. Our 7 year old son has AS, but we can't afford $22,000.

Have you been chelating with your son to remove the mercury?
 
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Dear Tim and theMisses: Hi! I am sorry that your child has autism Tim. I would like to say though that there is no exceedingly robust evidence that low pressure hyperbaric oxygen (HO) therapy works with children who have autism.

The whole idea behind HO is to treat diseases for which decreased blood flow or a low oxygenation is major part of the pathophysiology and for which higher oxygen tension might reasonably be thought to help. This also includes conditions for which high oxygen tension can displace a specific toxin from a binding site, like carbon monoxide bound to hemoglobin. That means that HO is useful for nonhealing wounds, decompression sickness, severe anaerobic bacterial infections, necrotizing fasciitis (the "flesh-eating" bacterial infection), or carbon monoxide poisoning.

It's only marginally scientifically plausible that HO would be good for autism. In fact, some evidence in the literature suggests that increased oxidative stress may have relevance to the pathophysiology of autism. If that is actually true, then HO might potentially even be harmful to autistics. (Certainly the known possibility of neurotoxicity from HO should give any parent contemplating this therapy for autism pause.) However, there are also studies that suggest decreases in regional cerebral bloodflow in autistics, but the significance of these findings are unclear. Even if these results are consistent and confirmed, it does not necessarily follow that hyperbaric oxygen will do anything to reverse the pathophysiology.

Plus, the treatments are very expensive and rarely covered by insurance. I will hope and pray for your child.
 
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Your son has a method of communication, its non verbal.
Making a non vernbal communicator communicate in a way YOU want causes great stress and often sets off anxiety.
Be careful not to push too hard.

He may appear of have a great vocabulary and be hyperlexic does not mean he understands what he says and reads okay.
(work with a wide variety of special needs adolescents at church most have ASD and some form of mental health issue)

As for the others.

Go read up on semantic pragmatic disorder.
 
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