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Information From Our Group To Help Those With Apraxia, Autism And Other Special Needs
Late Talker Handout from the Cherab Foundation Cherab Foundation Brochure Communication Disorders and Social Security (SSI) Benefits The Late Talker book by Lisa Geng, Malcolm Nicholl and Dr. Agin Parent Friendly Signs of Apraxia Parent Friendly Neurological Soft Signs When Silence Isn’t Golden Contemporary Pediatrics Article Contemporary Pediatrics Guide For Parents By Lisa Geng Info…
Autism, Antivirals, Drugs or Food?
“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.” There are quite a few members of the nonprofit Cherab…
Support Sources for Military Families With Special Needs
Special Education – DoDEA Publications The following publications have been developed by DoDEA Headquarters to provide school personnel, parents, and community resource personnel with an overview of special education and related services in DoDEA. Resources that are available include, a handbook for parents, and a series of ten (10) brochures on topics related to special…
How To Start A Support Group for Apraxia, Autism, Epilepsy etc.
“JOIN OR START A SUPPORT GROUP. There is strength in numbers. Band together with other parents in your own community and hold regular meetings. If you can’t find enough parents locally, check out Internet listservs where compassionate and intelligent advice may come from a kindred soul who may be a thousand miles, but just the…
Epigenics Through Diet Holds Promise For Health, Treatment For Autism, Apraxia And Other Conditions
Recently, the journal Pediatrics published ‘Therapies for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders” three different government funded studies that analyzed autism research from 2000 to 2010 for “Pharmacologic and Complementary-Alternative Medicine” (prescription drugs – biomedical treatments) as well as various types of early intervention therapies. Support for the treatments and therapies used for a decade to…
Note To Reality TV Show ‘America’s Next Great Restaurant’… Please Choose Healthy!
For the sake of all of us! Someone needs to save us from restaurants like the one in Chandler, Arizona named the “Heart Attack Grill.” This restaurant makes a lame attempt at humor about cardiovascular disease and death by giving free “food” such as “Double Bypass Burger and Flatliner Fries” to patrons that weight 350…
You Are (as smart as) What You Eat
Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children finds eating healthy can slightly raise a child’s IQ Research is finding that a healthy diet will lead to a higher IQ. On the flip side, eating poorly can lower a child’s IQ. The findings were based on a number of studies including the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents…
Can You Have Whey If GFCF? In Support Of Dairy In the Autism Community
“Early evidence suggests that whey protein might also help prevent milk allergies in formula-fed infants. When compared to cow’s milk protein, whey may help prevent the development of atopic dermatitis or eczema in young children.” ~WebMD A famous milk poem from 1805 Little Miss Muffet Sat on a tuffet, Eating her curds and whey; Along…
Pregnant Women Cry Over New Studies “Toxins and Drugs and Poor Diets….Oh My!”
Hold the cigarettes and alcohol while pregnant. We all know that, but what about exposing a fetus to a virtual cocktail of toxins including PCBs, together with pharmaceuticals including nitroglycerin, together with limiting what essential nutrients that growing fetus needs to develop? Have researchers today become like the blind men with the elephant as they…