REVIEWS OF AUTISM YESTERDAY SCREENINGS
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Posted by: cindi kelley | June 13, 2008 at 07:00 PM
We screened the movie at our church attendance was 24 people 6 of which have or know of someone who has Autism. My reaction was the movie was good but I was expecting more details on treatment and more details on the road from diagnosis to recovery. Most of the participants were not aware that Autism is recoverable and I received many questions on why if one child has it the other ones in the family do not. One lady in the group refused to believe that vaccinations could have been a contributing factor since she had twins one of which has Autism and the other one does not(NOT Identical Twins). I tried to explain the genetics behind why some are susceptible and other are not. Not sure she understood my explanation. Overall the crowd thought it was very informative and most learned something they did not know.
Posted by: Bill Hoffman | May 28, 2008 at 12:55 PM
I CAME ACROSS THIS SITE BY LOOKING UP "MOXLEY" MY SON HAS AUTISM,HE IS THE MOST THOUGHTFUL BIG HEARTED YOUNG MAN HE WILL BE 17 SOON. LOVES FISHING,HUNTING .MUSCEL CARS. WHEN I LOOK AT HIM I SEE ME WHEN I WAS GROWING UP [ LIKE LOOKING IN A MIRROR ] I LOVE HIM WITH ALL MY HEART' I SEE THE DIFFICULTES HE GOES TROUGH AN I WHISH IT WOULD'NT BE LIKE THAT BUT ALL WE DO IS TALK SHARE FEELING AN GET TROUGH IT . HE IS VERY TALENTED ARTIST' HE CAN DRAW ANY THING HE THINKS OF' CARS PEOPLE 'ECT"" I JUST WANNA SAY 'HE IS THE BEST SON ANY DAD COULD HAVE 'WE LIVE IOWA NOW IF YOU COULD OFFER ANY ADVICE THAT BE GOOD THANKS FOR LISTIN . RICK & JACOB MOXLEY IN IOWA'
Posted by: RICK MOXLEY | May 21, 2008 at 06:43 AM
I screened the film in Montreal, Quebec, and the night was incredible from beginning to end! NHC, a school for natural health consultants, was generous enough to open their doors to us. We had over sixty people: DAN! practioners, OTs, RDI consultants, the HBOT providers, and dozens of parents (the well seasoned, and some who had never heard of biomedical interventions, and never believed recovery possible). After the film we talked and talked. Then we had gf/cf biscotti, and coffee and fruit, donated by Patsypie and Spectrum Supplements, and we talked some more. I have been asked to screen the film again. And lots of people asked me where they can purchase a copy. I'm still smiling!
Posted by: Julia Bronfman | May 01, 2008 at 09:53 PM
We screened this and had a roundtable of experts afterwards- a DAN!, a PT, an ABA therapist/speech path and an RDI certified mom. We had a lot of interested parents wanting to talk to us afterwards, and best of all, a reporter from the Little Rock paper who I started on the autism/vaccine issue shortly after the Poling case became public. She stayed through the whole thing and interviewed people afterwards. JB, if you'd like her email address, I'd love for you to chat with her. Your quotes are the best. She still hasn't published any pieces yet- is just slowly gathering info...but I fear too much of it will be wrong info. She has interviwed the developmental pediatricians in Little Rock, and they are...ahem...fools.
Posted by: Carrie Elsass | April 26, 2008 at 07:14 PM
I saw this beautiful movie tonight and was so happy to have the chance to see it. I fully expected to feel inspired and moved and motivated, and I did feel those emotions, but what surprised me was that as I watched the movie, so much anger welled up in me. I felt so angry about what families have to go through, so angry that the vaccine program is continuing unchecked, so angry that biomedical treatments for autism are being ignored by the majority of medical professionals and others who should be paying attention. Right before attending the film, I read an article in today's Schafer Autism Report from the Wall Street Journal repeating the same tired old mantra that "Whatever the outcome of the [Hannah Poling] court case, the overwhelming weight of scientific opinion is that there is no proven link between autism and the vaccines" with quotes from the CDC, AAP, FDA, Dr. Paul Offit...
It was comforting to read the comments below and to feel that there is hope for change. It's a grass roots movement but slowly catching on and gaining momentum because of the persistance of so many talented parents (as well as a few outstanding professionals who are not parents of affected kids). Thank you so much Julia and JB and all the others who made this great movie and are working so hard to turn around this crazy situation where children are being harmed by our own medical system which then refuses to treat them, and the harm is going unnoticed by most of our media and politicians and autism "experts" and pediatricians and gastroenterologists...
I feel that we are on the verge of major breakthroughs, that the media is paying more attention, that some politicians are taking note, that stories of recovery are proliferating and irrepressible. I hope and pray that change is coming. This movie will help to bring about this change.
Posted by: Twyla | April 24, 2008 at 01:50 AM
In our suburb of Atlanta we held two screenings at two seperate churches one on Thursday and one on Saturday. We gave literature about recovery options, providers and community based resources. I told my son's recovery story with a short power point presentation. I invited people from other communities that might I also benefit from biomed. Seven people from those presentations have made their appointments with a DAN doctor and two were able to get cancellations for this week. A what to do while you wait list was given as a follow up email to all who attended. On the second day, a parent wondered in of a recovered child older than mine, we had been living miles from each other and never met. She told her story also and many of Pete's teachers and therapist were also there to support the message of recovery. At the end of the second presentation we were invited by the minister who was deeply moved to utilize the church for any future meetings anytime. I plan to continue to help these families and many more. We have been in all local newspapers and a local talk show today and will be in the AJC next week. Fifteen other parents have emailed asking for the same presentation since the original sixty people from the first two screenings.I presented a short version for the staff at the public school where I teach and where Pete recovered and the response was overwhelming. I am taking a GFCF shopping tour for new parents this weekend. Atlanta was a very hostile place for recovery in 2003 when we began and I am glad to have had the opportunity to bring such a beautiful experience into the hearts and minds of effected families, providers, teachers, ministers and my community at large. This was a homerun with bases loaded for all recovering families...Go Braves!
Rescue Angel
Hope Nelson-Pepe
AKA Pete's Mom
Posted by: Hope Pepe | April 23, 2008 at 07:58 PM
Our Premier took place in the Fine Arts auditorium of one local high
school.
The program evolved to include presentations by a local Hippotherapy
provider and the Child Find team of the school. Attendance was small -
30 people, some parents, some service providers from the school and
community. 3 Moms felt compelled to respond that the documentary was
their story. They felt exactly as the parents felt and shared they
had said the same words.
All 3 parents had been toying with the idea of biomedical
interventions. All 3 will be continuing contact to find out how to
move forward. Those 3 parents represent 10% of the viewing audience
AND a total of 7 affected children, including an adult child with
Downs Syndrome.
Thank you so much for making this documentary available so we could
begin outreach in our service deprived state. We have Autism groups here, and Parent support groups - the problem is, they are all associated with a particular university that gets a lot of drug funding money - the speakers they send to communities actually tell parents that biomed doesn't work and there is no such thing as a recovered child...a situation we will be working hard to change, with help from materials like this.
There will be an encore presentation (possibly more) in the coming
weeks. I will report on those as they happen.
It has made a difference already.
V
Follow up:
The Mom with the adult child went home from the presentation and was on the internet until 2 a.m. - she downloaded Dr Krigsman's video from ARI, and was on the phone the next morning to make an appointment. Her daughter's initial problems began with the live pertussis vaccine, and she regressed with the MMR as well.
We have a new Yahoo! group for New Mexico parents to find biomed info
Service providers in the area are signing up to have their services linked to our website so parents can find them
At least one of the therapists in the area is now looking for signs of gut distress (she says she will never see the posturing and self-injury the same again)so she can refer parents to biomed interventions.
The pebble has broken the surface, and the ripples are beginning to widen!
Posted by: Victoria J West | April 23, 2008 at 08:02 AM
we have a split autism community here. I called teachers therapists and direct care staffers. I also had parents and familys i have been involved with for over 14 years. I have been speaking of the vaccine connection since 1994. Its so great to have the backing of so many organizations and groups. I had a out door viewing with a turn out of over 70 people. It was great. I have been getting calls starting from the early morning till after i leave for work in the afternoon. I come home at night and have at least 3 messages on my machine good work with the dvd it hit home here and i am grateful to be a part of this. I am presently teaching deveroue a school for autism about the diet and chelation they are very interested and plan on holding a dvd group with them also. thanks kathy cady
Posted by: kathy cady hyde park new york | April 23, 2008 at 12:13 AM
I hosted a viewing in Maine on Friday evening at a local library. I had 100 people show up. It was a great success. I had one DAN! doctor and 4 DAN! friendly doctors there who answered questions after the viewing. The question and answer period went on for almost 2 hours after. There were many parents there who are doing biomedical treatments already. We had a mingle time after which worked out well. Many new parents seemed very excited to talk to parents who are seeing success with the interventions.
The local news channel also covered the event. They will be doing a two part series next month on the event along w/ the story of one childs recovery and another part discussing mhbot as an autism treatment.
Laura
Laura
Posted by: Laura Plourde | April 22, 2008 at 09:40 PM
I tried to book several locations and finally was able to reserve the educational center of a large alternative food market in Manchester,NH. Emails went out to over 400 families and only 4 people responded saying they would come. The Center said I needed to cancel because they would only allow the use of the room if 7 people responded. I am grateful for all the copies of the dvd's because I am going to be giving those out to MD's, ND's, the area agency ,the parents who responded with a yes and others who could not attend but wanted to. I also was published this week in the editorial section of the local paper and had a chance to rebut some info in the Associated Press.
Posted by: Maria Rawlings | April 22, 2008 at 08:15 PM
A great inspriational film and a wonderful tool to inform parents and professionals about biomedical intervention! This film showing provided a great boost for our biomedical parent's group that had been meeting every month at Barnert Hospital in Paterson, but now meets at Valley Hospital since Barnert went bankrupt in Dec. We did the showing at Valley Hospital in Ridgewood, NJ. There were 40 parents who came--from those who have been doing bio med for years whose kids who have lost the diagnosis or vastly improved to those who were brand new. One couple who came was a therapist who I had spoken to years ago about the biomed and its positive benefits for my son. She remembered that talk when her daughter--who was completely neurotypical-- became autistic over the course of a couple of months after her 4 year old MMR boosters. She took her to a neurologist at Valley Hospital who wouldn't believe that she had no symptoms of autism before that shot at age 4, despite this woman's protests that she works with kids with autism and certainly knows the signs! Fortunately she got her to a DAN! soon after, and her daughter has greatly improved.
DAN! Dr. Jo Feingold answered many, many questions after the film--about chelation, the biofilm protocol, HBOT, diet, etc. Manette Louden who produced the film Vaccine-Nation with Gary Null also spoke about the work she is doing to put together a film about recovery. She was kind enough to distribute copies of Vaccine-Nation free of charge to all the attendees!
Thank you so much to everyone who played a role in putting this film together. I previewed it with my kids before the showing at Valley, and my son really enjoyed seeing the recovered kids talk, especially the little girl who spoke about that yucky yellow drink she had to take before she learned to swallow pills. " I used to drink that yucky yellow drink too!" he exclaimed. "Now I can take the pills, and pretty soon I won't have any more autism either!"
Posted by: Mary H | April 22, 2008 at 07:50 PM
Dear Lisa & JB Handley:
Yesterday night was a wonderful one!!! Mission was accomplished!!! We all enjoyed the gathering.
There were 37 people, including Mr. Enrique Sánchez and myself. Mr. Sánchez (the translator man) made his job for free.
Had the cinema would have been full of people (I rented a 125 people room), the event were have been a complete success. The problem was that the mail in Peru is not so efficient as in US (due to the customs restrictions), so even I made the marketing in advance many weeks ago, I was not sure of getting the movie on time. Therefore, I had to make the arrangements in just one day, including the invitations activity. Besides that, I am very happy for giving me you guys the opportunity to being the screener host in Lima, Peru.
I am also attaching to this mail a copy of the letter I handed it out to the audience and the accounting numbers of the event. I send the photos by using "flickr.com."
Thank you very much to both of you guys and God bless you,
Edwin
Posted by: EDWIN NAVARRO | April 22, 2008 at 05:31 PM
I was thrilled to be a part of this! I hosted along with another "angel." Our turn out was less than I had hoped for and my initial reaction was one of disappointment. However, the responses I've gotten after the fact have changed my mind. Many who wished to see it were unable to because of the weekday showing. So, many families have watched since the initial showing in their own homes with their extended families, friends and therapists! Better yet--I have given copies of the film to all the autism support groups who have asked!
We've also agreed to host another in a few months on the weekend to allow more families to come.
The best thing I've done with 2 of my copies??? I donated them to our local library!!! Since virtually nothing comes up when you type in autism for a search "Autism Yesterday: Autism is Reversible" is huge!!!
I can't imagine how different my child's life would be without biomedical interventions! Thank you so much for allowing us to help you get the word out to parents. Hearing other parents talking about hope and healing means the world to families who have never heard of DAN! and biomedical interventions.
Thank you!!!
Jenn Kurtz
Posted by: Jennifer Kurtz | April 22, 2008 at 04:47 PM
We had our showing in the Napa Library. About 45 people. I had people write comments anonymously on index cards and turn them in before leaving...most said that the film was inspirational, motivating, moving, emotional, wonderful....Two wrote that the title was misleading and that the content could actually make people feel LESS hope since biomedical intervention doesn't work for everyone. (Come on people!) Our discussion jumped around from sensory issues to diet issues to vaccine issues. The audience was interested in why more people do not know about recovery methods for autistic kids - many said they had never heard of kids recovering from autism. Some were in disbelief. But I hope this event opened eyes to the fact that there are kids who are improving by leaps and bounds. All in all it was a great evening.
Posted by: Keri | April 22, 2008 at 04:29 PM
WOW, the movie here was not so well recieved...we are in an area where the 2 larger agencies will have nothing to do with Bio-med/natural or anything that has to do with recovery...but I was able to see the video here with 9 of us...I sent 1 copy to the mountain area families they are about (12). and then 1 to a family I was hoping they would show it to there family/friends at least...then one went out to another family who was going to share it with there church family, so they could understand more about their daughter. I felt like the burden of proof was lofted from me...thank you so much for this DVD...I pray more parents will as for the vaccine titers to be done...Julian's titers came back in the high 300's and then some came back stating no immunity...BUT...we have autism.
once again thank you
Denny
Posted by: Denny | April 22, 2008 at 04:15 PM
I want to thank you all. ALL of you for caring enough to host these events and show the movie. Where would we be without Generation Rescue? Without ARI? Without TACA ? Without Bernie? Without other like-minded parents? A scary thoguht.
I can tell you where my son would be...he would probably be fulfilling the negative crystal-ball view of autism that was presented to us upon his diagnosis. Thank you all for caring. thank you for extending hope. thank you for your continued support and advice. this community has changed my life. I started out feeling so completely alone. So scared. So confused. And the people I have met here are the best of the best. I will never re-pay the debt of gratitude I feel to so many for helping my son....but I will keep on trying. thank you JB and Lisa, Bernie, Kevin, Lisa and countless countless others for fostering hope and good health in so many children. With love and tons of respect.
Julia
Baxter's mom
Posted by: Julia Berle | April 22, 2008 at 03:44 PM
I showed the documentary down here in Evansville Indiana. We had about 25 people and many took notes and asked lots of questions. I've received a lot of feedback on parents starting the diet and trying to get into a DAN! doctor. I thought the film was great and talked about everything from diet to vaccines. Thank you so much to the Handley's for doing this. I had my son's Special Education teachers who have been teaching for 40 years and have never heard of Biomedical. Believe me, your film has everyone buzzing around here. It's keeping me very busy!
Keep up the good work!
Joelle Hardman
Evansville Indiana
Posted by: Joelle Hardman | April 22, 2008 at 03:39 PM
Mine was an intimate setting, and very well received. I was there 3 hours afterwards answering questions and was followed to the car. (closed and all the lights out!!)
It's a wonderful, positive message that I pray will spread as intended.
My showing had two chiro's and one OT and they had the most questions.
Many thanks to the families in the film and especially to Lisa and JB.
Posted by: Ann Brasher | April 22, 2008 at 03:06 PM
Hi JB, Lisa and all who worked tirelessly to get this movie distributed to us all!
Shelly and I joined forces and pounded the pavement to get the word out in our ever so traditional community. In the shadows of Vanderbilt University, our message seemed to fall on deaf ears. No media attention was given to us. We spread the word as best we could and were pleased to have 45 or so attendees at our viewing this evening. My church was wonderful to GR and offered the use of its building as well as provided refreshments for the guests. They have shown nothing but love and acceptance to the two children in our church with autism (mine and one other), both of whom are long time biomed-ers.
I was so pleased to see a local church preschool offered attendance at our premiere as Continuing Ed. credit to its teachers! 10 teachers joined us. Wow, we really opened their eyes. They had lots of questions.
The response was so positive. Thank you for giving us an instrument to tell the story our children so desperately want told! We raised a little money...and will be sending that your way tomorrow.
Thank you again. I was proud to represent GR and was thrilled to be called to action on its behalf!
Karen
Lisa & JB-
First, thank you for making accomodations for the movies!
Putting together a movie like this must have been (emotionally) a difficult thing to do. The viewing definitely raised many questions.
Most important, it inspired the viewers and there were many tears of hope that this can be overcome.
This is an awesome tool for awakening people. I am proud to be associated with an organization that has such tremendous courage.
God Bless and much love.
Jeffry
Hi guys!
I think the film showing in Evanston, Il went really well. We had 50 people, a great panel, and a really interesting q and a. The film was beautiful.
We raised $170. I'll put the checks in the mail tomorrow.
Take care,
Alexandra
Reporting in from Southern New Mexico! The program evolved to include presentations by a local Hippotherapy provider and the Child Find team of the school. Attendance was small - 30 people, some parents, some service providers from the school and community.
3 Moms felt compelled to respond that the documentary was their story. They felt exactly as the parents felt and shared they had said the same words.
All 3 parents had been toying with the idea of biomedical interventions. All 3 will be continuing contact to find out how to move forward. Those 3 parents represent 10% of the viewing audience AND a total of 7 affected children, including an adult child with Downs Syndrome.
Thank you so much for making this documentary available so we could begin outreach in our service deprived state.
There will be an encore presentation (possibly more) in the coming weeks. I will report on those as they happen.
It has made a difference already.
V
We had a great time last night! We showed it at our local MRDD site, ESchool at 7 pm. The local television station announced it at the 5 pm and 7 pm news, and we had about 25 people there (We are a town of 14,000, and NO ONE has been doing bio intervention except me for my son.
In fact, everyone thought I was crazy 5 years ago.) Last night there were parents of kids my son was in Early Intervention with 5 years ago, none of whose chidlren are main streamed like my son is, and there were parents of children in Early Intervention now--ALL of them are excited to get moving now! I am also part of a small group of peple in MRDD (I am on the County MRDD Board) that has formed a non profit here, and we bring a DAN! physician in every three months, and have opened a house where we are trying to 'clean up' middle school aged kids that had to be removed from their parents' homes due to the severeness of their disability. All of these 'hopeless' children have improved and we are just starting chelation now! As a result the critical mass your film is helping to create, the Vice President of our local hospital board has agreed to let me present to the Board and the Recruiting Committee and the chief of Staff, so that they will recruit a DAN! physician.
This film is what a core group of us have been saying here in Appalachian Ohio, a black hole for biomedical treatment,and you gave us such strength and filled everyone with motivation. Thanks! I can't wait to see what happens next!
Sandra
Posted by: AY Feedback | April 21, 2008 at 01:48 PM
Lake in the Hills, IL was another Chicagoland viewing area. Those that attended our viewing were all parents relatively new to the diagnosis and new to biomedical intervention. Everyone loved the film and felt charged to go home and get started on their child's recovery. Way to go JB and Lisa! I am proud to be a voice for such a phenomenal organization.
Posted by: difuccisara1 | April 21, 2008 at 11:56 AM
Tami! Nice Job and Way to GO!!! Good to hear it when we talked and good to read it as well! I don't know who all your volunteers were, but I would like to thank them as well for helping you make this happen! That is incredible!!! WOW!!!!
Ang
Posted by: Angela Warner | April 21, 2008 at 12:07 AM
My review is late, but I could not read thru everyone's reviews without adding mine. I would like to thank the amazing volunteers who came to make history at the Autism Yesterday premier in Olympia, WA.
I think (?) this was the very first time that there has been an assembly of legislative reps and Department of Social and Health/Division of Developmental Disability management who have ever attended a documentary about autism in a state-owned building in WA. Even more so, a film on a topic that is considered "controversial" by the mainstream medical, and the cousins of DSHS/Medicaid- DOH. All this in a state thta is home to the man who funds internationally thimerosal injections for all. I chose to not advertise far in advance, because to do so could mean that someone, just maybe somebody, would google GR or the movie and consider it too controversial and pull the plug. So, we had a 400 person auditorium to fill, but I only gave 3 days notice, and guessed that wasn't going to happen. Frankly, I had no idea whatsoever how many people would show up. I was way too busy wondering if someone in management HQ was going to find the GR full page ad that says "if you caused a 6000% increase in autism, wouldn't you try to cover it up?". (please note, the same week of the film, I saw an article bragging about how WA had the most improved vaccination rates....) So, while the movie was showing, I stood at the back and counted heads- I counted 56. Could be better, could be worse, could have been cancelled all together. I was hapy, because it's not always about quantity, sometimes it's about quality.
There were (I think) 6 legislative reps there. I heard back from yesterday from a Senator who had an emergency with one of his kids and was unable to make it at the last minute, so sent his rep- that the event was well received by the staffers. Every staffer got a copy of the DVD and in fact, I think everyone who wanted one got one.
There were some staff who worked with foster kid placements there- I was very glad to see them. A rep from the local ARC and another organization here came- very cool!
I could not have done it without help from the amazing volunteers who came. We had literature and books to give away- and lots was picked up. The balloons that matched the movie cover and posters looked great and made the event festive. Our awesome volunteer autism mom-photographer (napoleonphoto.com) has pictures to prove it!
The event started out by giving my standard lead-ins I use when addressed mixed company. The world was once thought to be flat, and ulcers were once thought to be caused by stress. This is a necessary 3 minutes, in my mind, when addressing those from outside the autism parent realm. I saw some heads nodding (whew, nice to see they were still with me so far...).I was very happy that NOT EVEN ONE person left while the documentary was playing. I thought that was incredible.
Having the parents- (probably 6 of them?) come speak on stage after the show was a powerful message to those in the audience. As I was packing up to leave, someone commented that they never realized about the cost of autism on the parents. I know it's really, really hard to speak up there- and the parents all really spoke from their hearts- that was really powerful.
Honestly, I want to publicly thank everyone, SO MUCH- for helping make the Olympia premier a success. I hope you all enjoyed the event. I've gotten nothing but positive feedback.
For everyone who held a premier showing- no matter if 3 people or 300 people came- you made history. You were one of 150 (?) in the world who showed this movie! You gotta be proud of that!! Thanks to JB and Lisa for another history making event.
-Tami
Posted by: RimlandFanWA | April 20, 2008 at 07:18 PM
Autism Yesterday Premiere for Vancouver, WA and Portland, OR
Stacy Cayce and I hosted the premiere at The Arc of Clark County in Vancouver. Thank you ARC for generously donating the space! We had around 50 people who came (Stacy we forgot about the few who had to leave early and the few who arrived late). I was absolutely thrilled considering I didn’t send out the invitation until April 4th. We also provided childcare and there were 13 absolutely amazing children (11 with ASD and 2 NT) there with us. Hats off to Heather who, due to circumstances beyond our control, was our only provider for the evening!
The movie is simply awesome! I’ve spent the last two days on the phone with many people who were there, and it’s my impression that it gave people hope, motivation, support, and inspiration! Oh yeh, before the movie started, I made sure everyone knew that Jenny McCarthy was down in Portland watching with us!
After the movie we had incredible DAN! doc, Dr. Leigh Ann Chapman, available for a question and answer session that went well over an hour. Our attendee’s asked some great questions, and through her answers Dr. Chapman provided our parents and professionals with an incredible amount of knowledge about vaccination and all things bio-medical. Dr. C. YOU ROCK! Thank you sooo much and I can not wait to bring my boys in to see you!
For me personally, I have been on such a mighty high since Thursday night! I feel so full of hope for all of our children and their recovery! I feel inspired, and even more passionate about helping our children (if that is possible)! I felt connected with my community in a way that I’ve never experienced. I also sense through this feeling of connection the possible need and benefit to our community for a bio-med support group for my area and I am considering starting one. One of the ones where you actually meet face to face, and one in which you can bring your kids if you choose or need to. Yes, Inspired!
Lastly, Jenny… I would like to thank you for getting on and posting about the “wealthy” issue. We all live to the extent of our means. That’s just how it is. There are some who have the resources to back track and get at it sooner than others, but in the end we all end up going into serious debt helping our kids. And like Stacy pointed out, even if you are not able to get into see a DAN! doc for two years and pay for the testing, there are many things you can do. The first is educate yourself. Get as many tests done through your traditional doctor regardless of whether they are as sensitive as DAN! testing. These results may still yield something useful to you the educated parent. Second, keep a journal and try the diet or supplements and keep track of what you see. Third, look for studies. We have already enrolled our younger son in one and have seen incredible results. We are hoping that we may be able to get both of them into a second study we have our eye on. There are many, many things you can do to help your child. And I have to say from my own personal perspective that to not do these things and say that only “the wealthy” can afford to treat their children is a cop-out. We’re in debt up to our eyes, don’t own our own home, and are a one income family and we are still managing to do a few things, and it is helping. Luckily – Bush decided that we all will be getting a tax rebate this year and we have ours ear-marked for the most part to finally go a bit further. Focusing on and being able to maintain a positive attitude about what you ARE able to do is a wonderful thing!
Thank you Lisa and JB for giving us Autism Yesterday. And a special thank you to all the families who opened their homes and hearts and shared their children’s stories of recovery to make Autism Yesterday possible!
Posted by: Angela Warner | April 20, 2008 at 05:50 PM
I hosted a small screening in Wrightwood, California. Those attending were parents and also some students from our local high school. My son, a child who is almost recovered, attends a typical pre-school on a high school campus. The high school students work as classroom helpers in the preschool. His teacher has witnessed the constant improvement my child makes and offered extra credit to any of the high school students who attended. I was thrilled to see that several young people attended the screening and participated in the discussion afterward as well. We had a few parents present who had never heard of biomedical interventions and were asking a lot of questions. We also had a few parents who are already treating their children and they were able to share with the other families what was working for their kids.
Posted by: Bernie Moxley | April 20, 2008 at 01:51 PM