I measure it in a some aspect when children with Autism no longer have ears like the one in the picture in the piece linked below. My wife very often had ears like that until she was well into the first part of recovery.

Autism Risk 'High' For Kids With Older Sibling With The Disorder

http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2011/08/15/139587398/younger-siblings-of-autistic-kids-their-risk-greater-than-thought#more

The first time he dressed himself as a surprise for us; age 4, 2 weeks after starting SuperNuThera.

The first time he made a poop without it being a frightening constipated tear-fest for all of us; a few months after GF/CF, probiotics, supplements etc. kicked in.

When the teachers and classroom aide agreed he no longer needed 1:1 help; 6 months after starting LDN.

When he could work in groups or play games without blowing a gasket: Still hasn't fully happened but I have hope. We did little league last year and made it through 15 minutes of Scrabble the other day. Progress?

I measure progress when my daughter will give me her hoodie to wash and not have a meltdown.

Progress was watching my son ride a boogie board at the beach for 2 hours straight
And my daughter swimming like a fish in the ocean and actually listening to me when I toldwould her to swim closer to me, and last week she actually got a little pink skin almost a touch of sunburn. As a toddler she never tanned or burned which was odd considering she is blond with blue eyes. She started tanning around ag 5 or 6burned and is now 8. I believe this is progress in her health.

When, last week, for the first time ever, my son said "Mommy, I give you a kiss". And he did. On my left cheek, all appropriately pucker lipped And with a smacking sound. I never realized how much we took that for granted with his older brothers.

Sorry for the typo. The last line should have read, "When she has more spontaneous, appropriate speech."

When he learned to use the potty (so what if he was 4 1/2?);
When he stopped having accidents in bed overnight (the last one was at age 8);
When he says, "I love you," and not, "I'm afraid I'll hurt you with that knife."
When he can sleep by himself all night (most nights);
When his two sisters aren't afraid of what he might do;
When he learned to ride his bike--just the regular way!
When he found a school that finally, finally knows how to help him and a teacher who really likes him.

ok, when I see progress, being blunt here, I see a child who's stomach doesn't look like a biafra child, muscular developing, abilty to handle situations without freaking out, eating well, sleeping well, poopy is not poopyp all over their underwear or toilet or bed, not peeing themselves, no advantageious movements (one has PANDAS), a smile, a nod of hey, I am in here you know, actual laughter, asking for friends, asking to go somewhere, not looking spaced out or stoned, less seizures, and finally, the ability to actually think I can have two minutes for myself, or even better, an entire weekend away with my husband without thinking about what is going on at home, I hope they are alright, etc etc. I can see that at times, but it's like a rollercoaster ride. Just when you think you have conquered the gut bugs, then something else rears it's head again. Autism is a multisystemic disorder, and as soon as people get that, the better off we will all be..but hey, even if I had white pants, I would spill something on myself...so there...I go...

When my son managed to sleep through the night without Mommy or Daddy for the first time in his life at age 8.

We were taking care of our neighbor's marvelous Border Collie, when the neighbors went out of town, and we showed the dog our son's bed, and told him (the dog) that he would be sleeping there with our son that night.

(This dog was not allowed on furniture in his own home, but we had his owners' permission to let him sleep on our son's bed.)

I swear to G-d, the dog understood every word I said, AND the unspoken reasons why. He slept all night in my son's arms, and my son didn't wake once.

I highly recommend Border Collies. We ended up getting a Border Collie mix from the shelter, and he's been fantastic with the kids. He barks at them when it's bedtime, and barks until they go to bed.

John stopped watching the first twelve minutes of Groundhog Day over and over again!

Nick hasn't wanted to ride the #72 bus in 3 weeks!

One more thing about the Marshall Protocol. It could be that one of the ways the Olmesartan helps in Auism in those with immune problems is that it stabilizes the VDR function allowing and anchored feedback for the possiblity of homeostastis of immune fuction in other related immune responses and in general to occur. This would be in addition to it's ability to facilitate pathogen destruction.

When my son (we have twin sons) tells me the man with the axe in his head is gone.
When my other son doesn’t stare at the walls for hours.
When they have energy to talk.
When they have energy to laugh, huge bonus to hear it once a week.
When one son got his driver’s license finally at nearly 19 yo and took his brother to a movie all by themselves!
When one son completed high school (homeschooled) in 9 months, studied for the SAT and scored a 1510.
When the other is finally able to cope and started studying thanks to Yasko’s low lithium connection to bacteria.
When one son got a cell phone this summer and started texting all day long and has a girlfriend!
When the other son is observing this new behavior and wants it desperately but his debilitating anxiety and OCD keep him homebound.
When we go 24 hours without one of them telling me about a new physical ailment: headache, pain in the intestines, muscle pain, rib pain, back pain, debilitating fatigue,
breathing problems, sinus drainage, constipation, diarrhea, light sensitivity, eczema.
I don’t expect they will ever have 100% robust health, but they are making progress despite the poisonings of our toxic world which causes chronic inflammation.
Huge, huge progress thanks to a doctor who understands chronic inflammation and its effects on the immune system and how there is a monumental, massive
misunderstanding of low 25D labs: it’s the result of disease not the cause; the cell’s feedback system lowers 25D in order to keep 1,25D in check,
because it is 1,25D that goes sky high with chronic inflammation and disrupts vital nuclear cell receptors, interfering with gene transcription of
your endogenous antimicrobials. Once pathogens accumulate, they keep you in chronic inflammation. Disaster. 1,25D is hard to test: it is fragile and must
be frozen because agitation will destroy it in transit. It is not a common test and is expensive but is an excellent confirmation marker of what we sickos have in
common: chronic inflammation.

The lingering smell is the only sign I know my son has pooped!

(this translates into no fudgey underpants, no smears on toilet seat or nuggets on floor, no poopy toilet paper in garbage can, and no last minute dashes down the hall...)

Handling it all on his own these days :))

(oh and it smells like poop, not dead fish ~ that's progress!)

That is wonderful!!! Congrats!!

Tanner had his first copycat yawn since regression this week.