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GFCFSF Diet: Introduction
This is my standard welcome-to-our-GFCF-world introduction. I hope it helps you. It took me hundreds of hours to figure all of this out. Good luck to you and your family, we are all in the same boat!

The bad news:
This diet, for the first month or two, will make you crazy. This will pass however, and it will become…[Read more]

GFCF Diet: The Basics
Some Hints on Stocking Your Kitchen With the Basic Ingredients and Utensils
When assigned with a new task that could greatly help your child (or children) many parents can go a little overboard. Especially when it comes to buying the GF CF items you need to have a fully loaded kitchen. This document attempts to outline some o…[Read more]

Book List

***  By https://www.amazon.com/s?k=autism+and+puberty&x=0&y=0&ref=nb_sb_noss

5 Principles of Speech Therapy for Children with Autism
As the saying goes, if you’ve met one child with autism, you’ve met one child with autism. Each child with this diagnosis is completely different and will have different communicative strengths and needs.

For that reason, it’s impossible to set forth a single plan of action in speech thera…[Read more]

Autism and the Gluten/Casein-Free Diet: When Can We Stop?
June 13, 2014

Today’s “Food for Thought?” response is from developmental pediatrician Daniel Coury, medical director of Autism Speaks Autism Treatment Network (AS-ATN). Dr. Coury is also the chief of developmental-behavioral pediatrics at Nationwide Children’s Hospital, in Columbus…[Read more]

Toys for Autistic Children

Special Interest
When choosing toys for autistic children think about what they like. Many autistic kids
have a deep interest in a special subject. Does the child you are shopping for have
an interest in a particular subject?
If so look at gifts in these areas. If the child is interested in dinosaurs, cars, or
planes…[Read more]

Dietary interventions

Dietary interventions are based on the idea that 1) food allergies cause symptoms of autism, and 2) an insufficiency of a specific vitamin or mineral may cause some autistic symptoms. If parents decide to try for a given period of time a special diet, they should be sure that the child’s nutritional status is measured…[Read more]

Seven Ways to Help a Picky Eater
October 9, 2018
Autism often goes hand in hand with food aversions; an expert provides strategies for gently expanding a narrow diet.

If you have a picky eater with autism, know that you’re not alone. A recent review of scientific studies found that children with autism are five times more likely to have meal…[Read more]

Sensory Processing Disorder Checklist
Many of the symptoms listed in the following categories are common to that particular age group.
Where more than a few symptoms are found in a child, we recommend you talk to your doctor or
check the STAR Institute’s treatment directory (spdstar.org) for a professional experienced with

treating Sensory P…[Read more]

Wearable camera captures eye contact in children with autism
by Bahar Gholipour

A camera embedded in a pair of eyeglasses can reliably gauge a child’s tendency to look another person in the eye1.

A tendency to avoid looking at others’ eyes is a hallmark of autism and may appear in infancy — years before clinicians can diagnose the condi…[Read more]

What is early intervention?
Early intervention is a system of services that helps babies and toddlers with developmental delays or disabilities. Early intervention focuses on helping eligible babies and toddlers learn the basic and brand-new skills that typically develop during the first three years of life, such as:

physical (reaching, r…[Read more]

Creating Your Child’s Personal Portfolio

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*** By  https://www.myautism.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/100-Day-Kit.pdf
American Autism Association

Developmental milestones record
Developmental milestones are behaviors or physical skills seen in infants and children as they grow and develop. Rolling over, crawling, walking, and talking are all considered milestones. The milestones are different for each age range.

There is a normal range in which a child may reach each milestone. For…[Read more]

Developmental milestones record
Developmental milestones are behaviors or physical skills seen in infants and children as they grow and develop. Rolling over, crawling, walking, and talking are all considered milestones. The milestones are different for each age range.

There is a normal range in which a child may reach each milestone. For…[Read more]

Top 8 Autism Therapies – Reported by Parents
September 25, 2012
This blog post is by Eric Peacock from MyAutismTeam.

Every parent of a child with autism asks themselves, “Am I doing enough to help my child?”  They look to doctors, specialists, and (particularly) other parents with kids just like theirs for ideas and for validation that they ar…[Read more]