Biomedical to the rescue!

So, freshly armed with the knowledge that our son was autistic and that we would get no help from insurance, early intervention, or the schools (for a while, anyway), my husband and I naturally panicked. Then, we researched.

The first thing that jumped to mind was the DAN acronym I'd heard Jenny McCarthy talking about at some point. I googled that and found a whole world of treatments I never dreamed existed. These crazy people were suggesting that my son was sick - not just autistic, but physically ill, and that treating the illness could treat the autism. My first reaction was yeah, right, NEXT! But something about it rang true enough for us to try it. We had months to go before the schools or any psychologists were going to be available, so changing C's diet was something we could do immediately, on our own.

And thank God we did! The first step in what's referred to as the GFCF diet is to take away milk and anything else containing casein, the protein in milk. We did that, and within two weeks, C had receptive language again. Within another two weeks, he was also gluten-free and starting to interact with us again. It wasn't an easy diet to start him on, and five months later we're still fine-tuning, but it gave us our little boy back!

Our next big wow was finally finding an omega 3 supplement C would take. Coromega actually dissolves in juice, so he drinks it right down and never even notices it. Three days after he started on it, his teachers and speech therapist all commented that he was like a different child. He was more focused and able to follow directions. He even started playing a little with another child at school.

We've had another big wow this past month with nystatin. Eliminating yeast overgrowth in my little guy's gut is going to be a long, hard road, but just getting some of it out has been huge. C's language has taken a huge leap forward from three and four word phrases to eight words and beyond; he's talking more in general, and it just seems like less effort for him.

So hell yeah, this stuff works, and C is on the road to recovery!