Comments on: Try This Tuesday #41: Choosing Therapies

By: To-Do Tuesday - Week Twelve — Another Piece of the Puzzle

To-Do Tuesday - Week Twelve — Another Piece of the Puzzle — Sat, 23 May 2009 17:58:15 +0000

[...] down to finish it up after Michael goes to bed on Monday night! This week I am talking about choosing therapies, as a follow-up to last week’s post about supplemental [...]

By: Territory Mom

Territory Mom — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 16:46:30 +0000

We did the Wilbarger protocol which really helped. There are days when I want to try everything then there are days where I leave it in God’s hands.
Do I need to detox him? Would a hyperbaric chamber help?
A friend who is the mother of an adult child with autism told me I’m trying to fix something that was never broken.

By: Trish

Trish — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 13:34:25 +0000

Thanks, rickismom!

Maddy, I totally agree with you on the unhealthy diet issue. Someone can be on a special diet but still eat mostly junk food, which isn’t really very helpful.

The way I see it, special diets are about avoiding things that bother a child’s system, but a healthy diet is about making sure they are getting the nutrients they need, so I think people have to consider both issues separately.

By: MaddyM

MaddyM — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 12:29:57 +0000

We have tried [just about] everything over the years.

To keep it fresh I’ll just comment on one thing.

I always instinctively felt that if they / one only eat three things then this is not healthy. I thought that so many of the underlying issues were caused by a poor and unhealthy diet but the GF and other special diets were just hopeless as he wouldn’t budge an inch.

We stuck with the ‘slow’ desensitization method.

Now, he eats a full diet [although he doesn't enjoy it particularly] although he’s healthier he is still just as skinny and he’s still just as autistic.
Best wishes

By: rickismom

rickismom — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 04:47:54 +0000

Good points; definately true!