Numerous Children With Autism Respond To Nutritional Treatment-Is This Rare?

The CDC Now Estimates That One in Fifty Children Has An Autism Diagnosis Finley age 5 and Kieran age 4 are brothers diagnosed with autism And yet in spite of numerous studies little is known how to prevent or treat autism.  In the Spring of 2001 the journal Pediatrics published ‘Therapies for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders” a metaanalysis which analyzed autism research from 2000 to 2010.  There was very little that was found promising in regards to treatment. But... Read More

One Child With Autism, One Child With Apraxia, And The Secret To Their Success

Jilly is a happy baby I have one child that was diagnosed with autism and one child that was diagnosed with apraxia or dyspraxia.  I’m going to share the secret to our success! Jillian is my younger child and is currently 3 and a half years old with a diagnosis of apraxia or dyspraxia and she has been in therapy through Early Intervention since she was 18 months old. Jillian’s was an easy, full term pregnancy, that I just knew she would be a perfect baby.  We welcomed... Read More

Autism, Antivirals, Drugs or Food? Nutrition Appears To Be The Answer

From Scitechdaily.com July 18, 2012 Study Links Immune Irregularities and Autism “A newly published study from scientists at Caltech suggests that specific changes in an overactive immune system can contribute to autism-like behaviors in mice and found that the immune system of the mother is a key factor in the eventual abnormal behaviors in the offspring.”   Scientists at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) pioneered the study of the link between irregularities... Read More

A Letter of Thanks From The Parents Of Two Children With Profound Special Needs

Vincent Age 8 Lilymarie Age 4 I have two children with multiple diagnosis including autism, apraxia, seizures disorders, as well as a heart and brain congenital disorder. I am here to tell all there is so much hope no matter how bleak things may appear! My son Vincent today is 15 years old, and my daughter Lily is 10 years old and as reported by their doctors, therapists and teachers as I have documented below, they both finally started to blossom in their abilities about a... Read More

Christopher’s NV Original Diary

Christopher, a real champ, will be 7 November 4th 2011 Christopher is going to be 7 years old Nov. 4th. We have struggled with his speech since he was a toddler. We were told from age 3-5 that he just had delayed speech because of being the youngest of 4 children. Then I was able to get him into his current SLP in May 2, 2011 After seeing him a number of times and testing him he finally came up with the diagnosis of apraxia of speech. When I started to read everything I could... Read More

Reading and Academic Abilities For Those With Speech Impairments

“Students Will Rise To the Level of Expectations” ~ Quote from the movie Stand and Deliver The expression “Students Rise To the Level of Expectation” had to be inspired by the brilliant work by Dr. Robert Rosenthal about the effects of teacher’s expectations on students’ academic and physical performance, the effects of experimenters’ expectations on the results of their research, and the effects of clinicians’ expectations on their patients’... Read More

The Worst Side Effects May Be From…

Poor nutrition.  We all know to survive we need certain nutrients but do you know the difference between “good nutrition” and “poor nutrition”? Harvard just created a new ‘Healthy Eating Plate’ which breaks down the healthy foods or healthy nutrition, you should look to consume daily.   The Nutrition Source,  is a Web site maintained by the Department of Nutrition at the Harvard School of Public Health contains a section “What should I eat?”... Read More

The Miracle Of Nutrition’s Effect On Speech, Skills, Cognition And Growth For A Picky Eater

“I have no doubt that nutrition is the answer, with the limited diet he has had I can understand now why he hasn’t flourished.”~ Taine’s Mom Wendy Taine September 2011 previous to NV [Note from Lisa Geng: Wendy’s belief in nutrition being an answer for Taine is in keeping with many leading research doctors today. For all children including neurotypical it’s been found in research that early diet seemed to affect later verbal skills. “There... Read More

The Miracle Of Nutrition’s Affect On Speech, Skills, Cognition And Growth For A Picky Eater

“I have no doubt that nutrition is the answer, with the limited diet he has had I can understand now why he hasn’t flourished.”~ Taine’s Mom Wendy Taine around 5 weeks ago, previous to NV [Note from Lisa Geng:  Wendy's belief in nutrition being an answer for Taine is in keeping with many leading research doctors today.  For all children including neurotypical it's been found in research that early diet seemed to affect later verbal skills.  "There is... Read More

Is Good Nutrition Improving Reading and Academic Abilities For Those With Speech Impairments?

“My son did NOT have a therapist during the summer months which is when NV was started. His attention span was WAYYY low and not much of an interest academically!! “ ~Colton’s Mom Tanya Colton holding his NV original which he loves  There are numerous reasons to raise academic expectations high for speech impaired students! Colton will be 4 years old November, 2011 and is diagnosed with apraxia which is a motor planning impairment of speech.  He had no speech therapy... Read More