*Anonymous

The after photo doesn't seem that dramatic but it's honest. The regression was eery, he just stopped smiling that summer-- weird for a kid who could smile at 3 weeks of age and belly laugh at five weeks.

* Parents wishes for their childs name to remain anonymous

Ruby

Ruby before Autism

Ruby After Autism

Ruby during Recovery

Ruby is 4 now and was diagnosed with moderate/severe autism at 2.5.

She was a bright eyed baby with a few soft signs of issues, but I just
know in my heart she would have been okay if I hadn't vaccinated her

AND if I hadn't received a flu shot during my second trimester.

Kate

Kate After Autism

Kate During Recovery

She was just fine until her 18month immunization shot and she immediately began to fade away from us after that. She was completely non-verbal until almost 3 years old. She received therapy in our home form the age of 2 till 3. At 3 she entered a developmental delay program at our local public school. She continued on in the program until this year. She became mainstreamed for kindergarten. She is on a special needs cheerleading squad in which she became a National Champion last year!!! When we first started she had a helper and covered her ears and ran and cried the entire time..

now she is totally on her own and loving every minute of it.

We have been taking her to a bio-medical Dr. for about a year now and it has been a GOD send. She is social, verbal, interacting and no more outburst. I can remember leaving baskets full of groceries in the middle of the store and walking out in tears because of her meltdowns. I don't think we ate out at a restaurant for almost 2 years. She is not the same child she was even a year in a half ago. Through love, support, hard work and most importantly prayer, we are going to overcome this thing! I could go on and on for hours about her and her progress, we are blessed beyond measure! I like to say she is the color in my black and white world!

Logan

Logan Before Autism

Logan After Autism

Logan During Recovery

We really started worrying about Logan, our only child, when he turned 2 years old and he still didn’t say a word and had an extremely limited diet. I took him to his well child visit and the Doctor told me that it was my fault that he wasn’t talking because I didn’t work with him enough and I needed to read to him more. I sat in my car and cried for 30 minutes before I could leave. I have a friend whose is personal friends with the Director of Hearts for Hearing in Oklahoma City. I was able to get Logan an appointment to get his hearing checked, but I knew for a fact that he wasn’t having hearing problems. His hearing was fine and Hearts for Hearing referred us to Soonerstart for an evaluation. When he was evaluated, Logan was 26 months old and I was told that he was on the mental level of a 6 month old. We were Devastated! So we began therapy with Soonerstart and they were such a big help. Our therapist was actually the first person to mention autism to us and revealed that Logan has Sensory Integration Disorder. That would explain the limited diet. He only prefers to eat hard and crunchy foods. When Logan was 33 months old we got an appointment with OU Health and Science Center and Logan was diagnosed with severe autism.

I got involved in some local autism support groups and was introduced to the gluten/caesin free diet and was given several names of DAN doctors. I had also read Jenny McCarthy’s book and was very inspired. We began to take Logan to a DAN doctor in Dallas. After several tests, it was revealed that Logan had high levels of lead and mercury in his system. He was also having issues with his gut and yeast in his stomach. Logan was put on 13 supplements and we began chelation therapy. After Logan turned 3 years old and was no longer eligible for Soonerstart services, we began to transition to the Moore Public Schools. Logan began DD3, Developmentally Delayed Preschool for 3 years olds. His teacher was Special Ed teacher for the whole State of Oklahoma 2 years ago.

Right now, Logan is in DD4 and sees an Occupational Therapist once a week. He also has a Speech therapist that he sees twice a week in school. He has made tremendous progress. I cannot attribute it to one specific thing though. I think early intervention is the key to success. Logan can say the alphabet and understands many requests and will answer many questions. We also do sign language that we learned from signing times videos. We are currently seeing a DAN doctor in Tulsa because it is closer. Logan is still doing chelation treatment and on his supplements. Do to his limited diet, it is extremely difficult to keep him gluten free, however he is casein free. One thing that Logan truly enjoys is video games. He has a Leapster 2 that he can take with him when we go to lunch for example and it keeps him occupied. Going to lunch or dinner has always been a big issue for Logan because he could not keep still for 5 minutes. He also loves to get on the computer and go to Nick Jr. website. There are lots of games that he can play and are very educational also.

Kellie

Before Autism

After Autism

Sophia

Before Autism

After Autism

During Recovery

Timmy

Timmy before autism

Timmy after autism

After his hep B his head was growing rapidly and he could no longer come home the next week bc of new feeding issues. He has been delayed since then. He was early but was doing well until the hep b when he had issues latching and he got hydrocephalus which ended up becoming benign by 6 months so we never had to get shunts thank God.

Kellan

Kellan Before Autism

Kellan After Autism

Kellan During Recovery

Joshua

Joshua with Autism

Joshua During Recovery

Our son Joshua Joseph Cosse' is named after Moses biblical successor. Joshua means 'Jehovah Saves' ; and Joseph means 'God Shall Add'. Joshua was recently diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder. Likes- singing, nature, trampolines,bubbles, phonics, spelling, reading, counting (in Spanish and Japanese, too), spinning, laughing, dancing, running, kissing/hugging parents, parks, aquariums, pizza, oatmeal raisin walnut cookies, Chick-Fil-A, Chuck E Cheese and cinnamon apples. Dislikes- motorized sounds (vacuum, lawn mower), elevators, carpet, wet face, hair washing, hospitals and soft mushy foods.

We thought it was just ear infections. But, we realized, he did not have ear infections the first 2 years of his life. Regression started at age 2. He is 4 years old now. We have called him 'Baby Miracle' since he was in our womb. We still sing 'Look At Babymiracle' lullaby before bed. We were inspired to create this song since 10 years waiting to successfully conceive and give birth. On the day of fertility counseling, the doctor said, "you're pregnant!" HALLELUJAH! He was 7 weeks old when we fled from Hurricane Katrina (around people, he usually kept eyes closed, hands stiff, even in the womb, he would turn his back to you during sonogram.

Charlie

Charlie Before Autism, After Autism and During Recovery