On Monday, we went to go see a new doctor for Maya who is a integrative pediatrician and one of his specialties is treating children with autism. He is also a DAN doctor, which means he believes in biomedical interventions for the treatment of autism and has been trained in that area. There are tons of people who have seen amazing improvements in their children as a result of treating the underlying medical issues that many believe cause autistic symptoms or cause them to be more severe. There are others who do not believe in this approach. Why are we doing it? As we were reading case study after case study, so much of the information shared by parents and doctors was so similar to our experiences with Maya that it seemed worth trying. Nothing that we are planning on doing is more than "inconvenient" at this point. If there are underlying medical issues that are having an impact on her behavior, we want to address them in as natural a way as possible. The three things we will start with are:
1. Gluten-free casein-free diet
2. A fairly potent multi-vitamin and mineral powder, formulated specifically for children on the autism spectrum.
3. Vitamin B-12 shots.
I am keeping this short, as I do not want to bore you by repeating everything I wrote on our family blog.
I will post separately about why these 3 interventions work for some kids and what our experiences are.
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