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

There are quite a few members of the nonprofit Cherab Foundation who have children with autism, apraxia or similar multifaceted communication impairments who believe as one parent recently wrote to me “virus assault to the immune system has caused many problems for many children. Possibly an auto-immune response occurs which then changes the mitochondrial” And it’s not just antiviral medications that are being used. As one parent put it “Many put their children on... 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 they both finally started to blossom in their abilities about a year and a half ago when we started them on something called Nutriiveda. I know you... 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 In addition to the strategies on this page, please also explore nutrition’s effect on academic performance.  Visit “Is Good Nutrition Improving Reading and Academic Abilities For Those With Speech Impairments?” to answer that question yourself.  Here are just a few highlights: Colton is diagnosed wtih apraxia which is a motor planning impairment of speech. ... 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 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 evidence... 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?

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 for 2 months over the summer.  But for the past 4 months he’s been taking an all natural 100% food product called NV original with a parental and professional success rate at or just about... Read More

Nutrition A Paradigm Shift In The Treatment Of Chromosomal Disorders?

"My ultrasounds showed a healthy baby. No physical problems." 4.9  year old Mason has a very rare chromosomal duplication and went from being essentially nonverbal, for example saying “e” for eat, after 2 years of speech therapy, to saying “I want a cup of apple juice mama” after a few months on original NV “The following is an update on my son Mason after being on the original Nutriiveda (NV)* for 11 months. My son Mason is 4 years and 9  months... Read More